DEF Reset vs Broken Shepherds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DEF Reset
This app helps users build enduring habits and discipline by tracking daily essential habits. Users can also interact with and compete against others on their personal improvement journey.
- Track eight essential daily habits
- Build enduring habits and discipline
- Interact with other users
- Compete with others
- Follow users on their path
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The Discipline Equals Freedom (DEF) Reset is a personal improvement and community app designed to instill enduring habits and discipline. Each day, you'll track eight essential habits and interact, compete, and follow others on the path
Broken Shepherds
This app provides a transparent platform for non-profit organizations to share their financial information and connect with the public. Users can explore listed organizations, understand fund utilization, and find local volunteer opportunities.
- Non-profit organization listings
- Transparency ratings
- Fund utilization insights
- Volunteer opportunity browsing
- Regional humanitarian relief discovery
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Broken Shepherds strives to bring transparency to the non-profit sector by providing a platform for non-profit organizations to share their information and connect with the public. Features: - Hundreds of thousands of non-profit organizations listed from all over the US. - Light Rating indicates how transparent the non-profit is. - Get insight on how non-profits utilize their funds. - Browse nearby volunteer opportunities. - Discover regional organizations on the ground providing local humanitarian relief. Broken Shepherds platform and service offering provide tracking and monitoring of non-profit organizations to provide transparency for and facilitate assessment of donations, revenue allocations and expenses, assets and liabilities, fundraising and the provision and receipt of non-profit services by non-profit organizations, donors and volunteers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Broken Shepherds at 4.0 against DEF Reset's 3.2. Broken Shepherds also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 28%) and device support (3 vs 1). DEF Reset's advantage is ratings volume (115 vs 19). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Broken Shepherds holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEF Reset has 115 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of DEF Reset's written reviews are positive against 56% of Broken Shepherds's.
DEF Reset ships an update monthly, Broken Shepherds every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DEF Reset | Broken Shepherds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (115 ratings) | 4.0 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jocko Publishing | Broken Shepherds |
Customer experience
DEF Reset
Broken Shepherds
Bugs and requests
DEF Reset
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing on end-user license agreement
- Inability to update profile picture
- Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions
- Password reset issues and login failures
Requested features
3 requests- Year-round progress tracking and calendar
- Customizable workout and habit options
- Incentives or rewards for reaching milestones
Broken Shepherds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DEF Reset
No in-app purchases
Broken Shepherds
No in-app purchases
Questions
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