Chronicling vs Orderly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chronicling
This app provides a flexible way to monitor habits, health, mood, and daily activities. It offers customizable tracking options, quick logging methods, and insightful data visualization to help users identify patterns and maintain consistency. Secure syncing and data export are also available.
- All-in-one habit and health tracking
- Fully customizable categories
- Fast and effortless logging
- Smart reminders for goals
- Detailed data logging (notes, numbers)
- Visual insights and trends
- Private and secure iCloud sync
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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/.
Orderly
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Orderly is the simplest way to keep track of everything at home — from food and medicine to skincare and household supplies. Stop discovering expired items at the back of your fridge or cabinet. With Orderly, you always know what you have and when it expires. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Add items with a photo, name, expiration date, and notes • Get reminded 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, or up to 6 months before something expires • Organize with custom tags — Food, Medicine, Beauty, and more • Sort by expiry date so you always use things before they go bad • Review expired items at a glance from your home screen STAY ON TOP OF THINGS Set your reminder frequency — once only, daily, or never — so notifications work the way you want. Orderly respects your attention. PREMIUM Upgrade to unlock unlimited items and automatic iCloud backup, so your inventory is safe and synced across all your devices. DESIGNED FOR EVERYDAY LIFE Orderly works beautifully in Light and Dark mode, supports English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, and is built for iPhone. Download Orderly and bring calm to the chaos at home. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Chronicling at 4 against Orderly's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Chronicling sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Orderly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Chronicling | Orderly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (186 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 186 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rebecca Owen | 铭 余 |
In-app purchases
Chronicling
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$39.99
Orderly
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year









