Comparison

HelloHabit vs Dopamine Lock

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

Head to head
About

HelloHabit

This app helps you build positive habits and achieve your goals through personalized tracking and journaling. Set custom habits, receive reminders, and monitor your progress with detailed statistics. It also offers a rich text journal to reflect on your journey and a calendar view for scheduling.

Highlights
  • Custom habit creation
  • Habit suggestions
  • Goal setting (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Multiple reminders
  • Activity logging
  • Streaks and statistics
  • Rich text journaling
  • Calendar view
Features
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Focus, grow, and feel your best. HelloHabit helps you manage tasks, build habits, and achieve success. TASKS Task Lists: Create lists for tasks, errands, routines, and anything you want to remember. Custom Lists: Organize tasks by project, priority, schedule, or personal category. Task Reminders: Add reminders to keep important tasks visible at the right time. Progress Tracking: Mark tasks complete and review what you have finished. HABIT TRACKING Custom Habits: Personalize your routine with habits like exercise, run, steps, read, meditate, drink water, wake up early, sleep early, journal, brush teeth, cook, quit smoking, quit drinking, quit social media, quit skin picking, and more. Suggestions: Explore hundreds of habit ideas for your list, including fitness, health, productivity, and wellness goals. Goals: Set daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly targets to achieve your desired outcomes. Reminders: Set up multiple reminders per habit to stay on track and build consistency. Activity Entries: Log unlimited activities for past or current dates to monitor your progress. Streaks and Stats: Track your progress with detailed streaks, statistics, and records to stay motivated. Timers: Stay focused with stopwatch or countdown timers for time-bound habits. Health Sync: Automatically sync health-related habits with Apple Health for comprehensive tracking. Quit Trackers: Monitor the duration since quitting habits to celebrate milestones. JOURNAL Detailed Notes: Record insights and progress for each habit to reflect on your journey. Rich Text Editor: Customize notes with formatting and styles for better organization. Centralized View: Access habit activity and notes in one place for easy reference. Filtering: Organize journal entries by habit to review specific areas of focus. Bookmarking: Mark important notes for quick reference and easy access. SCHEDULE Reminder Options: Set one-time, daily, weekly, or monthly reminders to keep your habits top of mind. Unlimited Reminders: Add as many reminders as needed for each habit to stay consistent. Calendar View: Check your schedule in daily, weekly, or monthly formats to plan ahead effectively. PLATFORM Dark Mode: Try out a sleek, dark interface for comfortable nighttime use. Customization: Personalize various settings to suit your preferences and needs. Sync Across Devices: Access your data seamlessly on all your devices for convenience. Customer Support: Get help via an in-app chat feature for quick assistance. Terms of Use: https://hellohabit.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hellohabit.com/privacy

About

Dopamine Lock

Features
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Make time for what you planned. You planned to read at 9 PM. Somehow, you are still scrolling. With Dopamine Lock, choose what to do, when to do it and which apps get in the way. Selected apps lock during your scheduled time and unlock when the window ends. PLAN YOUR TIME Reading, studying, focused work or movement: give your plan a name, choose recurring weekdays and set a start and end time. Windows must be at least 15 minutes and end on the same day. BLOCK ONLY WHAT DISTRACTS YOU Select apps, categories and websites with Apple Screen Time. Keep useful apps available. START AUTOMATICALLY No daily timer to start. Editing is restricted while a plan is running, and finishing your activity early does not unlock your apps. If something urgent comes up, you can end that occurrence after a 10-second pause. Other plans and future repetitions stay in place. SEE YOUR PLAN HISTORY Review ended windows and interruptions. These records do not certify that you completed an activity or that your device remained blocked. ONE PLAN, FREE Start with one free plan. A single Pro purchase supports up to 10 plans, each with its own schedule and app selection. No subscription. ON YOUR IPHONE No account, ads or external analytics. Plans, records and Screen Time selections stay on your device. Existing workout goals and Pro purchases are preserved. Apple Health is used only for existing workout goals. Screen Time permission is required. Blocking depends on iOS and stops if permission is revoked. The app interface is currently available in Korean.

Screenshots

HelloHabit4 screens
Dopamine Lock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HelloHabit at every 8 days against Dopamine Lock's every 2 months. HelloHabit also leads on device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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. HelloHabit sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Dopamine Lock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HelloHabit ships an update every 8 days, Dopamine Lock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HelloHabit versus Dopamine Lock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelloHabitDopamine Lock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRightLife, Inc.donghyeok yeom

Bugs and requests

HelloHabit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps and calories not syncing
  • Login screen freezing
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Calendar and reminders integration
  • Ability to track habits with decimals
  • Archiving completed habits
  • More color customization options
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  • Adjustable text size and dark mode

Dopamine Lock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

HelloHabit

Subscriptions9
  • Unlimited Access$3.991 Month
  • HelloHabit Premium2 variants$4.997 Days
  • HelloHabit Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • HelloHabit Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • HelloHabit Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • HelloHabit Premium$14.991 Year
  • HelloHabit Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • HelloHabit Premium$29.991 Year
  • HelloHabit Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • HelloHabit Plus$34.99
  • HelloHabit Plus$59.99
  • Lifetime Access$59.99
1 purchases

Dopamine Lock

One-time1
  • Dopamine Lock Pro$0.49

Questions

Is HelloHabit free?
HelloHabit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dopamine Lock free?
Dopamine Lock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HelloHabit or Dopamine Lock have ads?
Neither HelloHabit nor Dopamine Lock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HelloHabit or Dopamine Lock?
HelloHabit ships an update every 8 days, and Dopamine Lock every 2 months. Most recently, HelloHabit was updated on October 25, 2026 and Dopamine Lock on October 6, 2026.

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