Alto Daily Habit Tracker vs Scratchpad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alto Daily Habit Tracker
This app helps you monitor your daily habits by leveraging Apple Reminders. Simply create recurring tasks in Reminders, select your list, and start tracking your streaks and progress.
- Habit tracking via Apple Reminders
- Streak monitoring
- Goal setting
- Simple interface
- Recurrent task support
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Track habits using Apple Reminders. You can track your habits in a simple way: 1. Create a list in Apple Reminders. 2. Add recurrent tasks. Eg "run", "read", "gym". 3. Select the list in Alto Daily. Done. Now you can see your habit streaks.
Scratchpad
Capture fleeting thoughts and ideas instantly with a clean, distraction-free interface. This lightweight app offers quick drafting, word counts, and iCloud sync for seamless access across devices. It's designed for simplicity and speed, making note-taking effortless.
- Distraction-free interface
- Lightning-fast and lightweight
- iCloud sync
- Word and character count
- Linkifies URLs
- Shortcuts and share sheet support
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Capture your thoughts instantly in a single, always-accessible note. Perfect for brain dumps, quick drafts, one-off jots, and fleeting ideas. Your thoughts are just a tap away. • Clean, distraction-free interface • Lightning-fast and lightweight • Sync with iCloud, or not • Word and character count • Font settings • Linkifies URLs • Support for Shortcuts and share sheet Plain text only. Simple by design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Alto Daily Habit Tracker at Free against Scratchpad's $12.00. Alto Daily Habit Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). Scratchpad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (96% vs 80%). On rating, 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
Alto Daily Habit Tracker is free to download; Scratchpad costs $12.00 up front. Alto Daily Habit Tracker sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Scratchpad asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Alto Daily Habit Tracker against 4.8 for Scratchpad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratchpad has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Alto Daily Habit Tracker's written reviews are positive against 96% of Scratchpad's.
Alto Daily Habit Tracker ships an update every 6 days, Scratchpad fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alto Daily Habit Tracker | Scratchpad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $12.00 |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | System Operator LLC | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Alto Daily Habit Tracker
Scratchpad
In-app purchases
Alto Daily Habit Tracker
- A coffee$1.99
- Donate 3.99$3.99
- A thank you$4.99
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- Alto Daily Pro$9.99
- A big thank you$9.99
- A huge thank you$14.99
Scratchpad
No in-app purchases
Questions
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