Comparison

Habit Tracker vs mDone

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

Head to head
About

Habit Tracker

This app helps users build new habits and break old ones through progress tracking and visual feedback. Customize your dashboard with colors, icons, and descriptions to stay motivated by seeing your streaks grow.

Highlights
  • Create and track habits
  • Visual grid-based progress charts
  • Customizable dashboard (colors, icons, descriptions)
  • Calendar for managing past completions
  • Archive habits for breaks
  • Data import and export
  • Privacy-focused, no sign-in or cloud storage
Features
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Big life changes do not start big. They start with one small habit, done today, done again tomorrow. HabitKit turns those daily wins into a colorful grid of tiles, one square for every day you show up, so you can finally see yourself becoming the person you want to be. That visible progress is the whole secret behind HabitKit, a beautifully simple habit tracker. When your grid looks this good, you will not want to stop. Fill the tiles, protect your streak, and let consistency do the heavy lifting. Whether you want to work out more, read every night, meditate, drink more water, save money, or finally quit smoking, HabitKit gives every goal the same simple loop: do it, log it, watch the grid grow. No guilt trips, just daily habit tracking that feels rewarding. BUILD GOOD HABITS, QUIT BAD ONES Create the habits you want to grow, or flip it around and quit a habit: every day counts as clean until you log a slip, and your streak counts your clean days in a row. You can even set a daily maximum, like two coffees a day, and simply stay under it instead of going cold turkey. TRACK YOUR HABITS YOUR WAY Check a day off with a simple yes or no, count reps like glasses or pages, or measure amounts with your own unit, like 2 L of water or 7.5 km of running. Set daily goals and flexible schedules that fit your routine: every day, specific intervals, or a number of times per week or month. YOUR PROGRESS AT A GLANCE Every habit gets its own tile grid, like a contribution graph, and every completed day fills in a square. See all your habits together on one dashboard, switch between Classic, Compact, and Split views, and share a beautiful snapshot of your progress when you hit a milestone. One glance tells you the whole story: what you did, what you missed, and how far you have come. WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN Put your favorite habits right on your home screen with small, medium, and multi-habit widgets. Your grids stay in sight, so your goals stay on your mind. Widgets follow your theme too, all the way to pure black dark mode. REMINDERS AT THE RIGHT TIME Get a friendly nudge exactly when you need it, and never forget a habit again. Add a daily check-in to review your whole day, and with Pro, up to three reminders per habit. STATISTICS, STREAKS, AND NOTES Watch your current streak grow, chase your best streak, and set streak goals for extra motivation. Dive into completion statistics and monthly charts, manage past days in the calendar, and add a short note to any day: what went well, what got in the way. MAKE IT YOURS Give every habit its own color and icon, or use any emoji. Organize your dashboard with categories and filters, reorder everything with drag and drop, and pick light, dark, or system theme, including a pure black mode for OLED screens. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No ads. Your habit data stays on your device, and the app works completely offline. HABITKIT PRO HabitKit is free to use with up to four habits, including streaks, the calendar, notes, reminders, and exporting and importing backups. Pro unlocks unlimited habits, charts and statistics, home screen widgets, restoring archived habits, and up to three reminders per habit. Subscribe monthly or yearly, or pay once and keep Pro forever with the lifetime option. Every upgrade supports an independent developer. Start free, see if the grid pulls you in, and upgrade whenever you are ready. You do not need a new life. You need one small habit and a place to see it grow. Download HabitKit and place your first tile today. Terms of Use: https://www.habitkit.app/tos/ Privacy Policy: https://www.habitkit.app/privacy/

About

mDone

A native iOS task manager designed for self-hosted Vikunja servers. It offers smart lists, project organization, home screen widgets, and a focus timer with Live Activities. Enjoy offline support and a privacy-first approach with no tracking.

Highlights
  • Smart Lists (Today, Upcoming, Overdue)
  • Projects and Favorites
  • Home Screen & Lock Screen Widgets
  • Focus Timer with Live Activities
  • Repeating Tasks
  • Calendar View
  • Offline Support
Features
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Take control of your tasks with mDone, a native task manager for iPhone, iPad and Mac, built for your self-hosted Vikunja server. If you run your own Vikunja instance and want a polished, native way to manage your tasks, mDone is made for you: a thoughtful, focused interface for your self-hosted productivity setup. KEY FEATURES Quick Add That Understands You Type "Buy milk tomorrow at 5pm +Home !2 *shopping" and mDone files it in the right project, with the due date, priority and label already set. Everything it picks up shows as a chip before you add the task, so nothing happens by surprise. Switch it on in Settings. Smart Lists Stay on top of what matters. Today, Upcoming and Overdue views organise your tasks, so you always know what to focus on next. Current Tasks Keep long-running work top of mind. Mark a task as Current and it stays pinned above Today, with a progress bar you can update and a gentle nudge when it has sat untouched for too long. Kanban Boards Open any project as a board. Drag cards between columns and reorder them, exactly as they appear in Vikunja's web app. Subtasks, Checklists and Labels Break big tasks into subtasks, link related tasks, tick off checklists written in a task's description, and add or create labels without leaving the app. Projects and Favorites Organise tasks into projects and sub-projects, sort them by date, priority or your own manual order, and keep the ones you use most one tap away. Siri, Hands-Free Say "Add a task in mDone" and Siri adds it without opening the app. Works over CarPlay, on AirPods and on Apple Watch. Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets See your tasks at a glance: today's agenda, what is coming up, and anything overdue. Focus Timer with Live Activities Work through a task with purpose. Live Activities keep the timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Repeating Tasks Daily, weekly, monthly or custom intervals. Completing a repeating task schedules its next occurrence. Calendar View See your tasks across days and weeks alongside your calendar events. Spot the gaps and plan ahead. Offline Support mDone caches your tasks so you can keep working without a connection. Changes sync back to your server when you are online again. Privacy First Zero analytics, zero tracking, zero third-party SDKs. mDone talks only to your Vikunja server, and your data stays entirely under your control. Available in English and Simplified Chinese. REQUIREMENTS - A self-hosted Vikunja server (vikunja.io) - An account on that server mDone is open source. Visit the GitHub repository to report issues, request features, or contribute.

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
mDone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mDone at none against Habit Tracker's 11. mDone also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Habit Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. mDone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mDone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habit Tracker has 2.5K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Habit Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of mDone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update every 8 days, mDone weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Habit Tracker versus mDone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackermDone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.5K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian RoehlMarcus Williams

Customer experience

Habit Tracker

All ratings2,508 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews504 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral4.6%
Negative5.8%

mDone

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Habit Tracker

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes on launch
  • Widgets not updating automatically

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more widget size options
  • Implement Apple Health integration
  • Allow setting habit frequency (e.g. 3 times per week)
  • Add ability to log notes/details for each habit
  • Implement Apple Watch app
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  • Provide calendar view of habits
  • Enable ability to mark a habit as incomplete

mDone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • HabitKit Pro (1 Month)$0.991 Month
  • HabitKit Pro (1 Month)2 variants$1.991 Month
  • HabitKit Pro (1 Month)$4.991 Month
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  • HabitKit Pro (1 Year)$5.991 Year
  • HabitKit Pro (1 Year)2 variants$11.991 Year
  • HabitKit Pro (1 Year)$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • HabitKit Pro (Lifetime)$14.99
  • HabitKit Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
  • HabitKit Pro$59.99
None

mDone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mDone free?
mDone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Habit Tracker or mDone?
mDone is rated higher. Habit Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while mDone averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Habit Tracker or mDone have ads?
Neither Habit Tracker nor mDone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or mDone?
Habit Tracker ships an update every 8 days, and mDone weekly. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on October 30, 2026 and mDone on October 24, 2026.

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