Comparison

Simple Habits vs School Supplied

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

Head to head
About

Simple Habits

Build positive daily routines and track your progress with this habit tracker. Visualize your streaks and stay motivated to achieve your goals. Protect your data with a passcode and back it up.

Highlights
  • Add daily habits
  • Track habit completion
  • View current and longest streaks
  • Set passcode protection
  • Backup habit data
Features
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Simple Habits helps you build positive habits in your life. It helps you keep track of your progress and maintain your motivation. For each habit, you can easily see your current and longest streak. Your goal is to make your current streak as long as possible. Aim not to break the streak and you will automatically keep the habit. FEATURES * Add the daily habits that you want to build. * Track how you maintain the habits. You can give a check mark to a habit whenever you do it. If you forgot, you can still give the check mark anytime you want. * See how good you are in maintaining the habits. For each habit, you can see the current streak and longest streak. You can also see the details of the streak. This way you can easily see when you succeeded and when you didn’t. * Set a passcode to protect your data. * Backup your data.

About

School Supplied

Effortlessly manage school supply lists for multiple children in one place. Scan physical or digital lists, organize items by child and category, and generate a consolidated shopping list to avoid duplicates.

Highlights
  • Scan supply lists with camera
  • Organize by child, grade, category
  • Generate merged shopping list
  • Spot duplicate items
  • Edit quantities and add notes
Features
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School supply season shouldn't be stressful. School Supplied helps parents and guardians manage school supply lists and important dates for all their kids in one organized place. Add lists your way: Snap a photo of any printed or digital supply list and we'll read it for you, or type items in manually. Either way, your list is ready in seconds. Never miss a date: Scan permission slips, flyers, and school papers to pull out events and reminders automatically. Early dismissals, picture day, field trip forms, all in one place. One app for every kid: Create a profile for each child, build their supply list, and switch between kids with a tap. No more juggling paper lists or jumping between notes apps. Shop smarter: Generate a merged shopping list across all your kids. We'll even spot duplicate items so you only buy what you actually need. Built for real back-to-school season: Scan printed or digital supply lists and school papers with your camera Organize by child, grade, and category. Track events and reminders for every kid. Check off items as you shop. Edit quantities and add notes to any item. School Supplied is free for one child. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited kids, photo scanning, events and reminders, and the merged shopping list. Terms of Use: https://schoolsupplied.app/terms

Screenshots

Simple Habits2 screens
School Supplied4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: School Supplied at 100% against Simple Habits's 59%. School Supplied also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Simple Habits's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (25 vs 5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. School Supplied sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Simple Habits asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

School Supplied holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Habits has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Simple Habits's written reviews are positive against 100% of School Supplied's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Habits ships an update every 4 months, School Supplied monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Simple Habits versus School Supplied: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple HabitsSchool Supplied
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (25 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProductiveTapMESQUITE & THORN DIGITAL, LLC

Customer experience

Simple Habits

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative37.0%

School Supplied

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Habits

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

School Supplied

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual — Save 37%$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • School Supplied Premium$7.99

Questions

Is Simple Habits free?
Simple Habits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is School Supplied free?
School Supplied is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Habits or School Supplied?
School Supplied is rated higher. Simple Habits averages 4.6 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while School Supplied averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Simple Habits or School Supplied have ads?
Neither Simple Habits nor School Supplied shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Habits or School Supplied?
Simple Habits ships an update every 4 months, and School Supplied monthly. Most recently, Simple Habits was updated on November 6, 2026 and School Supplied on November 5, 2026.

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