Comparison

Habit Circle vs JotDay

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

Head to head
About

Habit Circle

Build lasting habits with a simple yet powerful tracker. Visualize your progress with insightful statistics and stay motivated. Seamlessly sync across Apple devices and complete tasks directly from your home screen.

Highlights
  • Create and track habits easily
  • Weekly, monthly, and yearly insights
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Interactive home screen widgets
  • Clean and minimalist design
  • Dark and light mode options
Features
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Habit Circle is a simple and powerful habit-tracking app for iOS, designed to help you build consistency and turn positive habits into part of your daily life. Key Features Create & Track Habits Create habits in seconds and track your daily progress with ease. Habit Circle keeps habit tracking simple, so you can stay focused and consistent without friction. Insights & Statistics Understand your habits with clear weekly, monthly, and yearly insights. Well-designed charts help you visualize progress and stay motivated over time. iCloud Sync Your habit data is securely synced across all your Apple devices using iCloud. Access your habits anytime on iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Interactive Widgets Track and complete habits directly from your Home Screen using interactive widgets — no need to open the app. Clean & Minimalist Design A thoughtfully designed interface that stays out of your way. Habit Circle focuses on clarity and usability, helping you build habits without distractions. Dark & Light Modes Choose between dark and light appearances to match your preference and system settings. Habit Circle helps you stay consistent, reflect on your progress, and make meaningful improvements—one habit at a time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

JotDay

Effortlessly track your time with automatic exercise and sleep data retrieval from Apple HealthKit. Monitor app usage, view your day in a clear timeline, and analyze time distribution with 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
  • Concise 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

Habit Circle4 screens
JotDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Habit Circle at 5.0 against JotDay's 4.7. Habit Circle also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). JotDay's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Habit Circle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month 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

Habit Circle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JotDay has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Habit Circle's written reviews are positive against 86% of JotDay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Circle ships an update every 3 weeks, JotDay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Habit Circle versus JotDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit CircleJotDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings121 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer奇 童Remix Design Studio

Customer experience

Habit Circle

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JotDay

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative5.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Habit Circle

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Annually$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$8.99
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 Habit Circle free?
Habit Circle 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, Habit Circle or JotDay?
Habit Circle is rated higher. Habit Circle averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while JotDay averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do Habit Circle or JotDay have ads?
Neither Habit Circle nor JotDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit Circle or JotDay?
Habit Circle ships an update every 3 weeks, and JotDay monthly. Most recently, Habit Circle was updated on October 1, 2026 and JotDay on October 20, 2026.

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