Comparison

Habit List vs Continuo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Habit List

Build positive habits and break negative ones with this intuitive tracker. It helps you stay focused, motivated, and on track to achieve your goals through streaks, reminders, and progress visualization.

Highlights
  • Streak tracking and motivation
  • Daily habit focus
  • Customizable reminders and badges
  • Progress and trend visualization
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Privacy-focused with no account required
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Create good habits. Break bad ones. Build a better you. Habit List includes everything you need to reach your goals, wrapped in a beautiful and intuitive interface. It motivates you, helps you stay focused, and keeps you on track. Get motivated with streaks — Keeping streaks alive is a powerful motivator. See how high you can go, then try to beat your personal best. Red badges mean you've slacked and need to get back on track. Yellow badges show up after a streak ends, indicating it's time to recommit to building a new one. Gray badges are optional, missing them won’t break your streak. Green means go, complete it today! Focus on what’s due — No need to wade through all your habits to figure out what to do, Habit List only shows what’s due today. And you can set the default order for your habits, so items that you’ll complete first are at the top of your list. Habit List's beautiful, distraction-free design keeps you focused and on task. Stay on track with reminders and badges — Habits are powerful because they’re automatic, but while you’re building routines, reminders are indispensable. App badges show the number of remaining habits for the day, great for reminding you to complete your list. You can even set a daily review reminder to get in the habit of using the app. View trends over time — Step back and see the big picture with weekly and monthly completion percentages. Bar colors range from green to red and give a visual indicator of how you’re doing. Flexible scheduling — Choose from 3 kinds of schedules: Specific Days, Non-specific Days, or Intervals. So you can schedule your workouts M-W-F, bring lunch to work any 4 days per week, or write a blog post every 2-3 days. No matter what kind of habit you're building, Habit List has you covered. Track your progress — See your history at a glance and gain insight into what's working—or isn't. Always miss your Friday workout? Maybe a different day or early morning routine would work better. Habit List also tracks your personal best (longest streak) and total completions. No detail too small — Need to track multiple times per day habits, like drinking 8 glasses of water? No problem. Going on vacation? Skip habits without breaking your streak. Miss a habit early in the day? Mark it as missed to keep your list uncluttered. You can also change the week start date, use light or dark mode, and keep things private with a passcode or touch ID. Speaking of privacy, we don’t require you to set up an account, don’t track your habits, and your personal data is 100% private. Try Habit List for free — Your first three habits are on us. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited habits, passcode/touch ID lock, dark mode, and support future development.

About

Continuo

This app helps you improve by tracking important daily activities in a visually appealing calendar. Monitor your progress over time to identify areas needing more focus. Offers free unlimited tracking with an optional subscription for advanced features like cloud sync and Siri integration.

Highlights
  • Track unlimited activities
  • Colorful calendar view
  • Progress statistics
  • Cloud sync and backup
  • Daily notes
  • Siri shortcuts
  • Home screen widget
Features
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Improve yourself, one day at a time. Easily track the activities that are important to you in a beautiful, colorful calendar. You can see your progress over time, and pinpoint which activities are going great, and which need some extra time commitment. Track an unlimited number of activities for free, for as long as you want. For a small annual subscription, you can sync and back up your data, add a daily note, record your activities with Siri, and much more. SYNC Back up your data to the cloud, securely and automatically. REMINDERS Set an optional daily reminder that gently prompts you enter your data. COLORS Assign any color to each of your activities. DAILY NOTE Optionally write a short note to remember what happened that day. SIRI SHORTCUTS Find out how an activity is going, or set an activity amount, simply by talking to Siri. TODAY WIDGET View your current data on a widget on your home screen, without opening the app. DARK MODE Switch to a beautiful dark color scheme, or let the app do it automatically based on the time of day. STATISTICS View a graphical display of your progress over time. BACKUP Save or share a JSON or CSV file of all your data. -------- "We know that tracking habits is a great way to improve motivation. If you’re looking for an app to help you with that, Continuo is easily one of the prettier looking apps for doing so." - Lifehacker Regularly featured by Apple in the App Store's "Build Better Habits" and "Apps We Love" lists in the United States, China, and Canada! -------- We're always looking for ways to improve Continuo, so please contact support@continuo.app with questions or suggestions.

Screenshots

Habit List4 screens
Continuo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Continuo at 4.8 against Habit List's 4.0. Continuo also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (80% vs 69%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Continuo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Continuo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 309 and 278 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Habit List's written reviews are positive against 80% of Continuo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit List ships an update every 4 weeks, Continuo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Habit List versus Continuo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit ListContinuo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (309 ratings)4.8 (278 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews79.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings309 — better278
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGerard GualbertoNaftali Beder

Customer experience

Habit List

All ratings307 ratings
Positive73.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews267 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral6.7%
Negative24.3%

Continuo

All ratings278 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive79.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative12.6%

User reviews

Habit List

From 309 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Clean and minimalist design
  • 👍 Flexible habit scheduling options
  • 👍 Helpful for tracking progress and building habits
  • 👍 Motivating streak tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs, especially after updates
  • 🐛 Data loss and inability to restore habits
  • 🔒 Lack of cloud sync or backup options
  • 🔒 Limited to 3 habits in free version
  • 💡 Need for more statistical and visualization features

Continuo

From 278 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Clean, minimalist, elegant design
  • 🎨 Beautiful color customization options
  • ⚡ Simple and intuitive user interface
  • 📊 Excellent visual habit tracking with calendar view
  • 🎯 Focused on core functionality without bloat

Room to improve

  • 💰 Requires payment to track multiple habits
  • 🐛 App crashes on startup for some users
  • ⚠️ Performance lag and stuttering in recent updates
  • 📱 Poor iPad optimization and landscape support
  • 🎨 Color selection interface overwhelming

Bugs and requests

Habit List

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch after iOS updates
  • Habits disappearing or not updating correctly
  • Buttons and UI elements becoming unresponsive

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to group/categorize habits
  • Option to track negative habits or limits
  • Sync across devices and backup functionality
  • More customization options (colors, icons, etc.)
  • Apple Watch app integration

Continuo

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes immediately upon opening
  • Significant performance lag and stuttering in recent updates
  • Statistics showing 'no days recorded' despite logged activities
  • iPad app only works in portrait mode, not landscape
  • Accidentally removed activities still count toward statistics
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  • Colors appear differently or are indistinguishable in dark mode
  • Recent update changed original colors to more saturated versions
  • Menu navigation unintuitive (tapping to close doesn't work as expected)

Requested features

13 requests
  • Native iPad app with proper landscape orientation
  • Interactive iOS 17 widgets with slider controls
  • Dark mode toggle with better color compatibility
  • Individual reminders for each habit/task
  • Notes or comments feature for daily entries
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  • Numeric input option alongside sliders
  • Ability to edit activities on any day, not just current day
  • Improved statistics dashboard with completion rates
  • Landscape view for better bar visibility
  • Precise slider stop points (e.g., 20%, 1 out of 5)
  • Time tracking feature for activities
  • Curated color packs or custom color creation
  • Improved font options

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Habit List

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Premium$4.99
3 purchases

Continuo

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$0.991 Month
  • Premium$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock App$2.99

Questions

Is Habit List free?
Habit List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Continuo free?
Continuo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Habit List or Continuo?
Continuo is rated higher. Habit List averages 4.0 out of 5 from 309 ratings, while Continuo averages 4.8 from 278 ratings.
Do Habit List or Continuo have ads?
Neither Habit List nor Continuo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit List or Continuo?
Habit List ships an update every 4 weeks, and Continuo every 9 days. Most recently, Habit List was updated on September 23, 2026 and Continuo on September 17, 2026.

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