Comparison

Habit tracker vs Symbolic.ai

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

Head to head
About

Habit tracker

This app helps you build and maintain positive habits with an easy-to-use logging system. Visualize your progress on a detailed habit screen and track any goal you set for yourself.

Highlights
  • Easy habit logging
  • Detailed habit view
  • Customizable habit tracking
  • Progress visualization
  • Track any daily goal
Features
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Patterns is a habit tracker app that makes logging new days easy and satisfying. On the home screen, you have a few recent days to log in, but to see the full view of all the days, you can go to the habit details screen. Most popular habits to track: – Exercise – Balanced diet – Hydration – Meditation – No alcohol – Quit smoking – Yoga – Take a walk – Learn something new – Social media detox – Connect with friends The best thing about this is you can come up with anything you want to stick to daily. Terms of Use: https://degisner.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-4b80e7d93fa149a4959fea10cf6374f0?pvs=4 Privacy Policy: https://degisner.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-0ad2b0995cbe4320a9094de46612fd7d?pvs=4

About

Symbolic.ai

Capture research, record interviews, and send materials directly into your AI publishing projects. This app is designed for newsrooms and corporate communications teams needing fast, secure tools for knowledge work.

Highlights
  • On-device audio recording and transcription
  • Capture content via iOS Share Sheet
  • Organize research and recordings by project
  • Personal library for uncategorized items
  • Real-time upload progress and error recovery
  • Enterprise-grade AI for research and writing
Features
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Symbolic.ai is the mobile companion to the AI publishing platform built specifically for newsrooms and corporate coomunications and PR teams. Capture research, record interviews, speaches and events, and securely send material straight into your Symbolic projects — from anywhere. Built for publishers, journalists, and communicators who need fast, secure, professional-grade tools. KEY FEATURES • Record audio and transcribe on device — capture interviews, voice memos, and field notes with automatic on-device transcription. • Capture from anywhere via the iOS Share Sheet — send articles, web links, and files from Safari, Mail, or any app straight into a Symbolic project. • Organize by project — keep research, references, and recordings grouped where you need them. • A personal library for everything that doesn't belong to a project yet. • Send any item to a project with one tap, or browse your full document set with tags and previews. • Real-time upload progress and error recovery, so you never lose what you just captured. DESIGNED FOR KNOWLEDGE WORK Symbolic.ai gives publishing teams enterprise-grade AI for research, writing, fact-checking, and packaging for publication — built around editorial integrity. The mobile app keeps the capture step in your pocket, so material flows into your workspace the moment you collect it. SIGN IN Requires a Symbolic.ai account. Visit symbolic.ai to learn more or contact your team admin. PRIVACY Microphone access is used to record audio you choose to capture. Speech recognition runs on device by default. See our privacy policy for full details.

Screenshots

Habit tracker4 screens
Symbolic.ai4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Symbolic.ai at none against Habit tracker's 6. Symbolic.ai also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Habit tracker's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 7). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Symbolic.ai asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Symbolic.ai holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habit tracker has 38 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Habit tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Symbolic.ai's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Symbolic.ai every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Habit tracker versus Symbolic.ai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit trackerSymbolic.ai
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (38 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew TanchukSymbolic.ai

Customer experience

Habit tracker

All ratings37 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral13.7%
Negative15.7%

Symbolic.ai

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Habit tracker

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Lack of proper time-zone support
  • Data stuck inside the app (no export)
  • All habits gone after updating to 2.0
  • Widget broken for colored Homescreens
  • Widget glitches and doesn't synchronize perfectly
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  • Widget function doesn't work
  • Cannot add widget to homescreen
  • Lost all progress after last update
  • App shuts down immediately on iPhone
  • Interactive widget is buggy and inconsistent
  • Calendar acts strangely when backfilling days
  • Widget doesn't indicate what column represents the current day
  • Widget doesn't update the app
  • Responsiveness of the widget could be better
  • App crashes when deleting the last habit
  • Small widget controls fewer habits

Requested features

13 requests
  • Export function
  • See longest streak
  • Change calendar start day
  • Desktop Mac version
  • iCloud sync
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  • Integrate with Journal API
  • See a whole week (7 days)
  • Small analytics for tasks
  • Apple Watch app
  • One-time purchase option
  • Interval selection for days of week
  • Month over month history view
  • Suggestions for habits on main screen

Symbolic.ai

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Habit tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly Individual$1.491 Month
  • Premium Monthly Family$3.991 Month
  • Premium Annual Individual7 Days trial$11.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual Family7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium Lifetime Family$19.99
  • Premium Lifetime Individual$29.99
None

Symbolic.ai

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Habit tracker free?
Habit tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Symbolic.ai free?
Symbolic.ai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Habit tracker or Symbolic.ai?
Symbolic.ai is rated higher. Habit tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Symbolic.ai averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Habit tracker or Symbolic.ai have ads?
Neither Habit tracker nor Symbolic.ai shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit tracker or Symbolic.ai?
Habit tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Symbolic.ai every 11 days. Most recently, Habit tracker was updated on October 30, 2026 and Symbolic.ai on October 24, 2026.

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