Habit Tracker vs KnowMax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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, statistics, notes, and reminders. Pro unlocks unlimited habits, home screen widgets, import and export backups, 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/
KnowMax
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KnowMax sits between you and the apps that pull your attention, giving you the chance to learn something new everyday. When you open Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube — or any app you choose to gate — KnowMax steps in first. It shows you a short article picked for the topics you care about, drawn entirely from openly licensed and public-domain sources. Read it, pass a quick three-question comprehension quiz, and the app unlocks. That's the whole idea. No blocking, no shaming, no productivity guilt. Just a small, deliberate pause between you and the bottomless feed — and a chance to learn something real every time you reach for your phone. WHY IT WORKS • You're not blocked, you're delayed. Reading is the price of access. • The length of articles can be customised as per your needs. • Topics come from your interests across 36 categories: philosophy, history, AI, neuroscience, business, economics, music, finance, and more. • A two-attempt, multiple-choice quiz gently checks that you actually read. • Didn't pass? You can still unlock the app, or swap to a different article. You're never trapped. CURATED, NEVER SCRAPED Every article passes a strict licence check before it ever reaches your phone. We only serve content that explicitly permits redistribution — Creative Commons (CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC0), public-domain, and US-government works — from trusted sources like NASA, PLOS, arXiv, PubMed Central, Wikipedia, The Conversation, and Our World in Data. Quizzes are prepared ahead of time and cached, so the gate stays instant. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY On iPhone, KnowMax uses Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) framework in individual mode. The list of apps you choose to gate stays on your device — Apple's API never even reveals it to us. We don't read your articles back to ourselves, sell your data, or share anything with advertisers. Read the full policy at knowmax.co.in/privacy. PRICING • Free to start. Your first 5 articles are on us, no card required. • KnowMax subscription unlocks everything: gate as many apps as you like, all 36 topics, the full library of curated articles, daily personalised reading, streak shields, and Serendipity Mode — a fresh topic from outside your usual interests. Monthly or annual; cancel anytime in your App Store subscription settings. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone who want to read more and scroll less. KnowMax is not a parental-control app, not a digital-detox cure, and not a productivity tracker. It's a small daily ritual that turns a phone reflex into something more intentional. Its meant to help you form both a reading and a learning habit. A note on streaks: read on consecutive days to build a streak, and earn streak shields that protect it on the days life gets in the way. Miss a read while you're offline and we simply let you through — no penalty, no recovery maze. Questions, bugs, or ideas? Email support@knowmax.co.in. We read every message. Privacy Policy: https://knowmax.co.in/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: support@knowmax.co.in
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Habit Tracker at every 2 weeks against KnowMax's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and KnowMax sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Habit Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, KnowMax monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Habit Tracker | KnowMax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Roehl | Anirudh Mehta |
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
KnowMax
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Habit Tracker
- 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
- HabitKit Pro (Lifetime)$14.99
- HabitKit Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
- HabitKit Pro$59.99
KnowMax
- KnowMax Monthly$2.991 Month
- KnowMax Annual$26.991 Year







