Comparison

Habit Tracker vs Cold Take

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

Cold Take

Features
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Cold Take is a private decision journal for the calls that matter. When you make a meaningful decision, write down what you chose, why, what you expect to happen, and how confident you are. Cold Take brings the entry back later so you can judge what actually happened with a cooler head. Over time, you build a calibration record of your own judgement: where you are sharp, where you are overconfident, and which kinds of calls tend to age well. Features: - Log a decision in under a minute - Set confidence, stakes, and return dates - Get local reminders for first looks and optional deep-freeze reviews - Rate outcomes against what you expected - Search, filter, and delete takes - See calibration and pattern insights - Export your record as JSON or CSV - Sync privately with iCloud Cold Take does not use ads, tracking, social feeds, or AI calls. Your decision record is stored on-device and synced through your private iCloud database when iCloud is available.

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
Cold Take4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cold Take at none against Habit Tracker's 11. Habit Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Cold Take asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update every 9 days, Cold Take fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Habit Tracker versus Cold Take: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackerCold Take
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size227 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian RoehlJoshua Welford

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

Cold Take

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

Cold Take

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cold Take free?
Cold Take is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Habit Tracker or Cold Take have ads?
Neither Habit Tracker nor Cold Take shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or Cold Take?
Habit Tracker ships an update every 9 days, and Cold Take fortnightly. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on October 25, 2026 and Cold Take on October 6, 2026.

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