Comparison

Habit Tracker vs Countdown

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

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About

Habit Tracker

This app helps you build and maintain good habits with a visual, tile-based dashboard. It offers a customizable and intuitive interface to track your progress and stay motivated on your journey to forming new routines or breaking old patterns.

Highlights
  • Visual tile grid dashboard
  • Fully customizable experience
  • Intuitive and user-friendly design
  • Progress and streak tracking
  • Customizable setup
  • Simple interface
Features
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Habitly is a simple habit tracker that turns every day you show up into a colorful streak grid. Check off a habit with one tap and watch the grid fill in. A whole year fits on one screen, so a good week, a strong month and your best streak are easy to see. TRACK ANY HABIT • Daily habits, or a set number of times per week or month • Count amounts, like 3 liters of water or 20 pages • Fill in a missed check-in from the calendar • 14 colors and more than 120 icons SEE EVERY STREAK • A 365-day grid for every habit • Current streak, best streak and total completions • Statistics: completion trend, time of day, weekly pattern and insights • An overview of all your habits with perfect days and success rate • Track your streaks WIDGETS AND APPLE WATCH • Interactive Home Screen widgets: check off habits without opening the app (Habitly Pro) • A weekly widget with up to 5 habits (Habitly Pro) • An Apple Watch app with watch face complications REMINDERS AND NOTES • Reminders on the days and at the times you choose • Mark a habit as done right from the notification, or get reminded again in an hour • Add a note to any day from the calendar YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY • No account needed • iCloud sync across your devices (Habitly Pro) • Export and import your data (Habitly Pro) • Light and dark mode, plus alternate app icons • Share cards of your progress HABITLY PRO Habitly is free to download and includes up to 3 habits. Habitly Pro unlocks unlimited habits, interactive widgets, iCloud sync, several reminders per habit, weekly and monthly statistics, data import and export, and all your habits on Apple Watch. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless they are turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. The lifetime purchase is paid once and does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://square-amusement-cca.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-Terms-and-Conditions-18928221d506496d95c721d2a365187d Terms of Use: https://square-amusement-cca.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-Terms-and-Conditions-18928221d506496d95c721d2a365187d

About

Countdown

Features
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Some days you think about for weeks. The trip you booked. The wedding. The last day of term. Countdown puts them somewhere you'll actually see them - on your watch face, your Lock Screen and your Home Screen. COUNTDOWNS ON YOUR WATCH FACE This is the part most countdown apps forget. Put Countdown on your Apple Watch face and the days remaining sit right there next to the time, all day. Lift your wrist and you know - no app to open, no phone to dig out. It fits the faces you already wear - corner slots, round dials, the wide strip across the middle, the single line under the clock. Apple Watch Ultra's big slots look especially good. There's a full watch app too, so you can flick through everything you're counting down to without touching your phone. AND ON YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN Add a countdown widget in three Home Screen sizes, or slip one under the clock on your Lock Screen. Widgets keep themselves up to date, so the number is right whenever you glance at it. TEN SECONDS TO SET UP Name it, pick a date and time, done. Birthdays and anniversaries repeat every year and roll over on their own, so you never type the same date twice. Switch on Count Up After Date and once the day passes the event counts the time since instead - days together, days sober, days in the new job. When the day arrives, a notification lets you know. MAKE EACH ONE LOOK LIKE THE THING IT'S FOR A ski trip shouldn't look like a dentist appointment. Dozens of icons across travel, celebrations, winter, work and life, plus eight colour gradients. Search and filter to find anything fast. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS No account. No sign-up. No profile. Your countdowns live on your device and sync privately through your own iCloud, so they turn up on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch - and never on our servers, because we don't have any. WHAT PEOPLE COUNT DOWN TO Holidays and flights • Birthdays • Weddings • Christmas • Due dates • Exams and results day • Retirement • Pay day • Concerts • Ski season • Days sober • The weekend --- WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE Countdown is free to download and use, supported by ads. The free version includes: • Unlimited countdowns and count-ups • Home Screen, Lock Screen and Today View widgets • The Apple Watch app and watch face complication • Repeating events - daily, weekly, monthly or yearly • A notification when the day arrives • Icons, colour gradients, search and filter • Private iCloud sync across your devices COUNTDOWN PRO - OPTIONAL Pro removes every ad and adds: • The multi-event widget - your next four dates in one tile • Widget backgrounds: match the event, pick a colour, graphite, or your own photo • All four watch face styles: standard, one huge number, with the date, or a list of your next events • Your own photos as event backgrounds • Categories to organise your events • Share cards for posting to social media Two ways to buy Pro: • Pro Annual - US$9.99 per year, renews until you cancel • Pro Lifetime - US$19.99 once, never renews Your local price is shown before you confirm. PREFER NOT TO PAY? WATCH AN AD INSTEAD Two Pro features - photo backgrounds and share cards - can also be unlocked for the current session by watching a short video ad. Always optional, never required. --- Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The annual subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. You can manage or cancel it in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Pro Lifetime is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://countdown.zintly.com/privacy-policy Questions, a bug, or an idea? Email contact@zintly.com - a real person reads every message. Requires iOS 18.2 or later. Apple Watch features require watchOS 11.2 or later.

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Habit Tracker at none against Countdown's shown. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Countdown sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update weekly, Countdown every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Habit Tracker versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackerCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryusuf kildanMRCH CONSULTING PTY LTD

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Year
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  • Annual Subscription$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$12.99
2 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Habit Tracker or Countdown have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Habit Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or Countdown?
Habit Tracker ships an update weekly, and Countdown every 9 days. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on November 3, 2026 and Countdown on October 30, 2026.

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