Comparison

Atomic vs Atomic Habits

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

Head to head
About

Atomic

Effortlessly build and sustain habits with a focus on personal growth. This app offers a minimalist design, dark mode, and clear visualizations to support your journey. Enjoy tailored insights and complete control over your data with a strong commitment to privacy.

Highlights
  • Habit building and tracking
  • Goal setting
  • Dark mode support
  • Clear visualizations
  • Tailored insights
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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The effortless way to build and sustain your habits. Our app is designed for comfort with dark mode, clear visualizations, and tailored insights to support your personal growth. Atomic stands out with its minimalist design and unwavering commitment to your privacy. Your habits, your data, your control — with no compromises. Ready for a meaningful habit transformation? Try Atomic now.

About

Atomic Habits

Build lasting habits and achieve your goals with this intuitive tracker. It helps you stay consistent, focused, and motivated through daily routines, streak tracking, and progress insights. Start small today to make significant strides tomorrow.

Highlights
  • Habit Tracking
  • Goal Setting
  • Streak Motivation
  • Daily Routines
  • Reminders & Notifications
  • Progress Insights
Features
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Small habits. Real results. A simple habit tracker built around the four laws of behavior change: make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, make it satisfying. This isn't another streak counter you'll abandon in a week. It's a system for getting 1% better every day and becoming the kind of person who shows up, one small habit at a time. MAKE IT OBVIOUS • Home screen and Lock Screen widgets show today's habits. Check in without opening the app. • Daily reminders at the time you choose. MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE • Find your famous routine: answer a few questions and see whose daily rhythm matches yours. • Daily routines of well-known people and short articles to borrow ideas from. • Join challenges and tick off every day on the challenge calendar. MAKE IT EASY • Create a habit in seconds: icon, color and schedule. • Every day, specific weekdays, a number of times per week or every few days. • Rest days: skip on purpose without breaking your streak. MAKE IT SATISFYING • Streaks keep the chain visible. • Monthly recap, notes on each check-in and an overview of your best weekdays and times of day. • Year in Review turns a year of small habits into a story you can see. GOOD FOR • Morning and evening routines • Building good habits and breaking bad ones (no sugar, no smoking, less screen time) • Exercise, reading, meditation, drinking water • Study, focus and ADHD-friendly daily structure • Readers who want to put the Atomic Habits method into practice FREE AND PREMIUM Free: up to 3 habits, reminders, widgets, streaks, 7-day statistics, your first challenge, data export and import. Premium: unlimited habits, all statistics and Year in Review, every challenge, all premium routines and articles, and iCloud backup. Choose a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic, German, French and Simplified Chinese. You don't need bigger goals. You need a better system. Start with one small habit today. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/44b578c6-e590-4743-bccc-2634e0135196 An independent app, not affiliated with James Clear or the publishers of Atomic Habits.

Screenshots

Atomic4 screens
Atomic Habits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Atomic at 34 against Atomic Habits's 3. Atomic Habits's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Atomic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Atomic Habits sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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 — 4.9 for Atomic against 5.0 for Atomic Habits. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Atomic has 34 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Atomic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Atomic Habits's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Atomic versus Atomic Habits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtomicAtomic Habits
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (34 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKanbon GmbHYakup Arslan

Customer experience

Atomic

All ratings34 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.9%

Atomic Habits

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Atomic

One-time1
  • Atomic Pro$12.99
6 purchases

Atomic Habits

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month Premium Access$3.991 Month
  • 1 Month Premium Access7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • 12 Months Premium Access$19.991 Year
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  • 12 Months Premium Access7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$34.99
  • Lifetime Premium Access$39.99

Questions

Is Atomic free?
Atomic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Atomic Habits free?
Atomic Habits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Atomic or Atomic Habits?
Atomic Habits is rated higher. Atomic averages 4.9 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Atomic Habits averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Atomic or Atomic Habits have ads?
Neither Atomic nor Atomic Habits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Atomic or Atomic Habits?
Atomic ships an update every 2 weeks, and Atomic Habits every 2 weeks. Most recently, Atomic was updated on October 27, 2026 and Atomic Habits on October 27, 2026.

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