Comparison

Project Runner vs CheckMate

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

Head to head
About

Project Runner

Manage projects and tasks with a user-friendly interface. This app simplifies project tracking, offering a streamlined alternative to overly complex management tools. Get started quickly with minimal instruction.

Highlights
  • Project tracking
  • Task management
  • Easy to use interface
  • Minimal tutorials
  • Streamlined workflow
Features
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Easily track your project and tasks. Maybe you are using 'TODO' apps since other project management apps are too complicate to use. But do you think it is enough to manage your project? We made Project Runner to solve this kind of problem. 'Easy to use' Any instruction is needed. Just few tutorials we offer are enough to master Project Runner. Keep it simple and make it more. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/project-runner-pp/ Terms and Conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/project-runner-terms/

About

CheckMate

This app gamifies habit tracking by turning routines into quests and friends into a raid party. It focuses on positive reinforcement and comeback bonuses, making progress visible without guilt.

Highlights
  • Habits as quests with rarity tiers
  • Co-op challenges with friends (Raids)
  • Pomodoro-style co-working rooms
  • Mood and activity journaling
  • Community quest discovery
  • Customizable pixel-art avatars
Features
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CheckMate is an RPG habit tracker. Your habits become daily quests, and every check-in earns XP and trains your character. Miss a day and nothing breaks: your stats stay where they are. YOUR HABITS TRAIN SIX STATS Strength, Vitality, Craft, Intellect, Wisdom and Charisma. A workout raises Strength. Reading raises Intellect. Each quest trains up to two stats, and raids train them too. A CLASS, TITLES AND FRAMES Your two strongest stats give you a class, like Druid or Bard. Each stat unlocks a title at levels 5, 10, 15 and 20, and a frame at level 10. Rest days never lower them. EVERY MONDAY, YOUR WEEK ON A SCROLL A sealed scroll shows which stats grew last week, with a note from Misa and a way to train the stat that rested. RAIDS WITH FRIENDS Each raid has one clear daily goal, like 10,000 steps or 6 glasses of water. In a Raid Boss, every check-in hits the boss. In a Grove, your party grows a tree from a seed. In Tug of War, two teams of friends pull against each other. Join an official raid, find an open one on the Notice Board in your language, or start a private one. FOCUS TOGETHER Set a focus timer alone or with up to four others: friends join with a code, strangers through Quick Join. Pick 5 to 90 minutes, play rain, crickets, a fireplace, the ocean or a forest, and earn XP for every round you finish. A MOOD JOURNAL THAT SPOTS PATTERNS Log your mood, sleep, energy, stress and what you did. Trends shows what your good days have in common, and the year view colors every day by mood. Lock it with a PIN and open it with Face ID or Touch ID. Keep it on your phone, or back it up to the cloud. REST IS PART OF THE PLAN Your days shown up never go down, and there's no HP to lose. A raid boss heals a little overnight instead of hurting your party. TWO CATS FOR COMPANY Misa and Putica show you around. If you want, they send a short note now and then, at the times you pick. EMBERS Earn Embers by leveling up, earning badges and finishing raids. Spend them to make a quest rare, epic or legendary. Embers can't be bought. IN 7 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, German, Portuguese (Brazil), French, Italian and Polish. Sign in with Apple, Google or email. WHAT IT COSTS Your first few days are fully open: every feature, no paywall, no card. The app shows the date and time they end. After that, CheckMate Pro: subscribe and start with a free trial, or pay once for lifetime access. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Made for brains that need a push, and for anyone with a graveyard of abandoned habit apps behind them. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.checkmate-daily.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.checkmate-daily.com/privacy

Screenshots

Project Runner4 screens
CheckMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

Project Runner and CheckMate are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Project Runner sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and CheckMate sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Project Runner against 5.0 for CheckMate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Project Runner versus CheckMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject RunnerCheckMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB117 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperWonyoung JangCIOCHINARU IONUT-DANIEL PERSOANA FIZICA AUTORIZATA

Customer experience

Project Runner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CheckMate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Project Runner

Subscriptions1
  • Project Runner Annual7 Days trial$4.991 Year
7 purchases

CheckMate

Subscriptions4
  • CheckMate Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • CheckMate Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • CheckMate Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$21.991 Year
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  • CheckMate Pro Annual14 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time3
  • CheckMate Pro Lifetime$4.99
  • CheckMate Pro (Lifetime)$4.99
  • CheckMate Pro Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Project Runner free?
Project Runner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CheckMate free?
CheckMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Project Runner or CheckMate?
Project Runner and CheckMate are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Project Runner or CheckMate have ads?
Neither Project Runner nor CheckMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Project Runner or CheckMate?
Project Runner ships an update every 3 days, and CheckMate every 3 days. Most recently, Project Runner was updated on November 3, 2026 and CheckMate on November 5, 2026.

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