Comparison

RolesTracker vs First Step

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

Head to head
About

RolesTracker

This app helps you achieve a balanced and fulfilling life by tracking your progress across various life roles. You can customize roles, log daily satisfaction, and add notes or photos to your entries. It aims to improve your overall well-being by ensuring you excel in all aspects of your life.

Highlights
  • Track progress across life roles
  • Create and customize roles
  • Log daily satisfaction levels
  • Add photo and text notes
  • Set custom role frequencies
  • Resume or skip tracking
  • Daily reminder notifications
Features
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RolesTracker helps you lead a happy and healthy life by tracking your progress across different life roles. You can choose from pre-defined roles or create your own. By tracking your progress, you can improve your satisfaction level in each role, which in turn will help you lead a well-rounded life. * Minimalistic - Track the progress of all roles every month in one place * Simple Logging - Describe a role’s day with 3 options - active, satisfied, both, or not * Memories - Add photo and text notes to a day in addition to its status * Customize Roles- Create your roles and edit any pre-defined roles * Full Control on Roles- Decide when a role occurs - every day, weekly, monthly * Convenient Tracking - Stop and resume tracking a role for some time. Skip tracking of role for a single day due to any exception * Notification - Choose your comfortable daily reminder time and tone Life becomes healthy and prosperous only when you do well in all the roles and not just one

About

First Step

Features
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First Step helps you start tasks you've been putting off by making them tiny. Tell the app what's on your mind, and AI breaks it into small, concrete steps you can actually do. No planning required. Just begin. BUILT FOR HOW YOUR BRAIN WORKS Big tasks feel impossible. First Step turns them into 2-3 minute actions so small they feel easy. "Clean my room" becomes "pick up 3 things from the floor." That's it. One step at a time. GENTLE FOCUS SESSIONS Tap Start Focus and work through your steps with a calm timer. No pressure, no guilt. You can stop after 2 minutes — or keep going. Most people keep going. AI DAILY SCHEDULING Check in each morning and get a gentle schedule that matches your energy. Too much? Shuffle it. Still too much? Ask for just one thing. Your day, your pace. BRAIN DUMP When your head is full, just talk or type everything out. AI sorts the mess into clear, actionable tasks. One tap to add them to your inbox. TASK WEAVE Working on multiple things? Select 2-5 tasks and AI weaves them into one smart session, finding natural transition points between steps. ROUTINES Group tasks into repeatable routines...morning routine, weekly cleanup, whatever works for you. Start a routine and move through each task in order. APPLE WATCH Your steps follow you. Start a focus session on your wrist, complete steps with a tap, and stay in flow without pulling out your phone. WORKS OFFLINE Create tasks, complete steps, and run focus sessions without internet. Everything syncs when you're back online. WHAT YOU GET WITH FIRST STEP PRO • AI task breakdown into small, doable steps • Daily schedule that matches your energy • Brain Dump with voice and text capture • Task Weave for multi-task sessions • Gentle focus timer with no-pressure exit • Apple Watch companion app • Widgets for your home and lock screen • Unlimited tasks and routines Try free for 7 days. Cancel anytime. Privacy matters: your task content is processed by AI only to generate steps and schedules. No personal data is used for training. See our privacy policy for details. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RolesTracker4 screens
First Step4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RolesTracker at none against First Step's 2. RolesTracker also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. First Step sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. RolesTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
RolesTracker versus First Step: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRolesTrackerFirst Step
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPavithra RavikumarPraise Apata

In-app purchases

None

RolesTracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

First Step

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Access$29.991 Year

Questions

Is RolesTracker free?
RolesTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Step free?
First Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RolesTracker or First Step have ads?
Neither RolesTracker nor First Step shows ads.

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