Comparison

Chronicling vs Negative Todo

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

Head to head
About

Chronicling

Log habits, chores, and symptoms with a flexible tracker. Visualize frequency, patterns, and time since last logged. Offers gentle reminders and customizable categories.

Highlights
  • Log events with a tap
  • Track frequency and patterns
  • Gentle reminders and goals
  • Customizable categories and groups
  • Sync across Apple devices
  • Export data to CSV
Features
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Keep track of anything you want to keep an eye on, from habits and chores to symptoms. Chronicling shows how long it's been, how often things happen, and which days and times they tend to happen. Some things happen every day, like coffee, a walk or your medication. Others come and go: changing the bed sheets, a headache, calling home. Chronicling handles both, so it all lives in one place. "If you're looking for a flexible approach to tracking events in your life and want to try an app with an excellent, modern design that supports the latest iOS and iPadOS technologies, be sure to give Chronicling a try." - MacStories LOG IT IN A TAP - Add events from your Apple Watch, widgets, Control Center, the Lock Screen, Siri and Shortcuts - Record a number or a note too, such as cups, miles, pages or how you felt - Automate logging with Shortcuts, from workouts to arriving home SEE HOW OFTEN, AND WHEN - Time since last logged, average gap and longest gap for every category - Heatmaps, charts and trends over weeks, months and years - Spot patterns by weekday and time of day - An annual Wrapped to look back at your year GENTLE REMINDERS - Time Since Last Event: get a nudge when it's been too long since you last logged something, from a few hours to a few months - Daily Goal: pick a time of day, and you'll only be notified if you haven't hit that day's goal - Rolling Goal: aim for a number over the last few days or weeks, with a daily check that only notifies you if you're falling short YOUR CATEGORIES, YOUR WAY - Create your own categories with emoji or symbols and your own colors - Choose the period each category's stats cover - Organize them into groups and filter by Focus ON ALL YOUR DEVICES - iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro - Private iCloud sync between your devices - Export to CSV or a single-file backup at any time - your data is yours If you have questions, suggestions or any other feedback, please contact me at support@chroniclingapp.com. Subscriptions to Chronicling Premium will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see https://chroniclingapp.com/terms-of-use/ and https://chroniclingapp.com/privacy-policy/.

About

Negative Todo

Features
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Welcome to Negative Todo – a unique productivity tool designed to help you cultivate mindfulness and self-awareness by tracking and reducing negative habits. Our app empowers you to identify and challenge counterproductive patterns, encouraging a healthier and more balanced lifestyle. With Negative Todo, you can effortlessly add multiple items at once or input them individually. Our comprehensive list includes behaviors like overthinking past failures, excessive self-criticism, procrastination, and more. Check off each item as you become aware of it throughout your day. The app automatically resets each checked item at midnight, allowing you to start each day with a clean slate. Your daily achievements are summed up in a calendar format, offering a visual representation of your progress over time. Easily share your daily scores with friends and family through seamless calendar screenshots. Our elegant black-and-white UI ensures a sleek and modern user experience.

Screenshots

Chronicling4 screens
Negative Todo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Negative Todo at daily against Chronicling's weekly. Negative Todo also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.4). Chronicling's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Chronicling sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Negative Todo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chronicling ships an update weekly, Negative Todo daily. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chronicling versus Negative Todo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChroniclingNegative Todo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (188 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings188 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRebecca Owenyajing pang

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chronicling

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

Negative Todo

One-time1
  • Negative Todo Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Chronicling free?
Chronicling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Negative Todo free?
Negative Todo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chronicling or Negative Todo have ads?
Neither Chronicling nor Negative Todo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chronicling or Negative Todo?
Chronicling ships an update weekly, and Negative Todo daily. Most recently, Chronicling was updated on November 12, 2026 and Negative Todo on November 7, 2026.

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