DEF Reset vs Circles
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
Circles
Organize contacts into custom groups and set a cadence for staying in touch. Receive gentle nudges for check-ins and remember important details about your connections. Keep your relationships private and personal, with no account required.
- Organize people into custom circles
- Set contact cadence for each group
- Daily check-in nudges
- Remember birthdays and stories
- Direct call/text from profiles
- No account or sign-up required
- No ads or data uploads
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Your relationships live in circles: the family you grew up with, the close friends who know you, the work colleagues you've built something with, the community you've chosen. Circles lets you organize people by how you know them, set a gentle cadence for each group, and reach out before life drifts in between. WHAT CIRCLES DOES - Group people into circles you define — Family, Close Friends, Work, Church, Book Club, whatever matters - Set a rhythm: how often you want to stay in touch with each group - Get a quiet daily nudge when someone needs a check-in - Remember birthdays, stories, and what to ask them next time - Tap call or text directly from their profile WHAT CIRCLES DOESN'T DO - No account. No sign-up. Nothing uploaded. - No ads. No notifications asking you to rate the app. - No posting, no social graph, no "who viewed your profile." Your people stay on your phone. Your relationships stay yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Circles at 5.0 against DEF Reset's 3.2. Circles also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly). DEF Reset's advantage is ratings volume (116 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Circles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEF Reset has 116 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DEF Reset ships an update monthly, Circles daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DEF Reset | Circles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (116 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 116 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jocko Publishing | Village Practices LLC |
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
Circles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DEF Reset
No in-app purchases
Circles
No in-app purchases
