Comparison

Bear Habit Tracker vs JotDay

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

Head to head
About

Bear Habit Tracker

Track daily habits and tasks with a cute bear companion. Set goals, monitor progress with intuitive data views, and stay focused with a dedicated mode. Never miss an important event with the countdown feature.

Highlights
  • Daily habit check-in
  • Customizable icons and colors
  • Intuitive data visualization
  • Focus mode with Do Not Disturb
  • Countdown and count-up timers
  • Manage and hide tracking items
Features
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▣ Bear Record is an app that records the regularity of doing something in your study, work or life, to help you reflect on your recent daily life and become a little better. The cute art style and silly bear accompany you to grow up. ▣ Daily Check-in You can create something you want to track, such as drinking milk tea, reciting words, poop, staying up late, etc. Set your favorite color and icon, select the start date of the record. If you complete this thing today, click on the white bear and it will turn colorful. You can check in multiple times a day, and the bear's ears will show the number of times completed today. Also, long press for more operations, such as view details, edit, reset. ▣ Data View The record page intuitively displays the complete data of the tracked items in the past two weeks, so you can see at a glance which days it was completed and how many times. Clicking on a tracking item can view more detailed data. The data for a certain month or year is also clear at a glance. ▣ Manage Tracking Items If you don't want to continue tracking something for now, you can hide it first on the record item management page, and activate it again anytime. If you don't want it at all, you can choose to delete it. ▣ Focus Mode Activate Focus Mode to block distractions and concentrate on your work and studies. Set Do Not Disturb times to make every minute more productive. A cute bear will keep you company while you focus, but if you lose concentration, the bear will fall asleep. ▣ Countdown Feature Never miss an important moment: Use the Countdown feature to record and remind you of all significant events and goals, making it easy to manage your personal and professional schedule. Record how many days until your partner’s birthday, the next holiday, or the next payday. If you set a past date, it functions as a count-up feature, tracking how long it’s been since an event occurred, like how long you've had your phone or how long you've been with your boyfriend. ▣ Easter Eggs The home page bear will have different states, wait for you to discover. ▣ Contact Us If you have any questions during use, or want to give us feedback, please feel free to send an email to: vector_z@qq.com ▣ About Bear Frequency PRO Subscription Service This service is a paid subscription service where you can choose to use it annually or one-time purchase. PRO (Annual) is a paid subscription service, which means you pay in advance for future subscriptions. Currently you can choose to use this service annually. At the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription will auto-renew by default unless you cancel auto-renewal yourself or we cancel the service. - Fee: Please see the in-app purchase page in Bear Record App for specific pricing details. The price may change during promotional periods. When a price adjustment occurs, the new fee will take effect in your next subscription cycle. - Refund: Fees for the current subscription and one-time purchase are non-refundable. Please make sure the service features meet your needs.  - Cancel Subscription: To cancel auto-renewal, operate the cancellation at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel via the following: Open System Settings - Click Apple ID - Click Subscriptions - Select Bear Frequency PRO, cancel subscription. Auto Renewal Agreement: https://cuteapps.cn/bear1/bear_eula.html Contact Us: vector_z@qq.com

About

JotDay

Effortlessly track your time with automatic sleep and exercise logging from HealthKit. Monitor app usage, visualize your day on a timeline, and analyze time distribution with clean daily, weekly, and monthly views. Includes a minimalist focus timer with Live Activity support.

Highlights
  • Automatic sleep and workout tracking
  • App usage tracking via Shortcuts
  • Minimalist focus timer with Live Activity
  • Intuitive timeline view
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly time views
  • Data analysis for time distribution
Features
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JotDay is a time tracking app designed to simplify your recording experience and enhance efficiency. It can automatically retrieve your exercise and sleep time, track app usage through Shortcuts, eliminating the need for manual input. The concise timeline, time blocks, weekly view, and monthly view allow you to have a clearer understanding of your time allocation. Key Features: 1. Sleep and Workout Tracking: Automatically fetches sleep and exercise data from the Apple HealthKit health app for convenient daily life statistics. 2. App Tracking: Configure Shortcuts to track app usage. 3. Minimalist Focus Timer: Supports Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and flip timing, allowing you to start timing quickly at any time and check the timing progress. 4. Timeline: Presents your day in an intuitive timeline, allowing you to easily view activity records and add notes. 5. Time Views: Clean day, week, and month views for easy comparison of time 6. Data Analysis: Easily understand the distribution of different types of focused time. Monthly and Annual Membership Subscription Terms: 1. Upon confirmation of purchase and payment, your subscription will automatically renew through your iTunes account.。 2. Your Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period upon successful payment. 3. To cancel the renewal, please manually disable the auto-renewal feature in the iTunes/AppleID settings management at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. 4. During the trial period, if the iTunes account does not cancel the subscription, the subscription will be automatically activated and billed at the end of the trial period. Any unused trial time will be forfeited upon purchase of the subscription. 5. This service is optional for you to cancel. If you choose not to cancel, the renewal service for the next billing cycle will be activated for you. Privacy Policy: https://jotday.super.site/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bear Habit Tracker4 screens
JotDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bear Habit Tracker and JotDay both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of JotDay's written reviews are positive against 62% of Bear Habit Tracker's. JotDay also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Bear Habit Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and JotDay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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 — 4.7 for Bear Habit Tracker against 4.7 for JotDay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 21 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Bear Habit Tracker's written reviews are positive against 86% of JotDay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bear Habit Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, JotDay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bear Habit Tracker versus JotDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear Habit TrackerJotDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54 ratings)4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews86.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer哲颖 孙Remix Design Studio

Customer experience

Bear Habit Tracker

All ratings49 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral8.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral23.1%
Negative15.4%

JotDay

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative5.4%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bear Habit Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Bear YearVIP$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • 小熊频率 永久会员$4.99
4 purchases

JotDay

Subscriptions2
  • JotDay Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • JotDay Pro Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • JotDay Pro Annual to Lifetime$5.99
  • JotDay Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Bear Habit Tracker free?
Bear Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JotDay free?
JotDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bear Habit Tracker or JotDay?
JotDay is rated higher. Bear Habit Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while JotDay averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do Bear Habit Tracker or JotDay have ads?
Neither Bear Habit Tracker nor JotDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bear Habit Tracker or JotDay?
Bear Habit Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and JotDay monthly. Most recently, Bear Habit Tracker was updated on October 27, 2026 and JotDay on October 30, 2026.

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