Comparison

Chimer vs Habit Grid

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

Head to head
About

Chimer

This app provides periodic chime alarms that work in the background, even on your watch. Set custom intervals and repeat counts for continuous or finite notifications. It's designed for focused work or timed tasks.

Highlights
  • Periodic chime alarms
  • Background operation
  • Watch complications
  • Customizable intervals
  • Repeat count setting
  • Infinite or finite alarms
Features
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Uninterrupted periodic nudge alarm app - watch only app Once you set timer, it chimes with intervals of set time. It works even on the background. You can check out the set time on the complications. You can set number of repeats, the process of chimer times on the complications. when there is no number of repeats set, chimer goes infinitely. โ€ข Please read the p.s. on description. because of Apple policies, I couldn't set them up in a comfy way by default. โ€ข This app can't be used with Workout/Activity app since an Apple watch can have only one Work Session at the same time. p.s. In case you don't like Chimer app opens on wrist raise, go to watch's settings -> General -> return to clock -> Chimer -> select customize and select always on "while not in session" then it won't pop up on wrist raise. It's unable to be turned off by default by Apple. p.s. 2 Since this is an Apple watch only app, you can't install it on your iPhone's App store app. Please install this app through App store app on your apple watch. This is how Apple set up for its every watch stand-alone app

About

Habit Grid

Features
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Habit Grid turns showing up into something you can see. Every habit gets its own contribution grid โ€” one square per day, filling in as you go. A week of effort is a sentence. A year is a picture you can't argue with. TRACK WHAT ACTUALLY MATCHES THE HABIT โ€ข Yes / No โ€” exercise, journaling, anything that's simply done or not โ€ข Number โ€” 30 pages, 8 glasses, 50 push-ups. Going past your target still counts โ€ข Duration โ€” a built-in timer for meditation, study or practice LOG IT IN ONE TAP Today shows exactly what's scheduled, with the right control on every card: a tick, a "+10", or a timer. Swipe one way to complete, the other to take a rest day. Nothing waits on a network, because there isn't one โ€” every tap lands instantly, and every accidental one can be undone. STREAKS THAT UNDERSTAND REST Schedule a habit for weekdays and the weekend never counts against you. Take a day off on purpose โ€” ill, travelling, genuinely resting โ€” and it's marked as skipped and removed from your statistics entirely, instead of breaking a streak you'd earned. Habit density shows how consistent you've really been on the days that were meant to happen. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows everything due today and logs it in one tap, with eight weeks of your grid on every habit. Complications put today's progress, or a single habit's streak, on your watch face. It keeps working when your phone is out of range and catches up when it's back. WIDGETS THAT LOG Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your grid, today's progress and your streaks โ€” and log a habit without opening the app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-in. No server. No analytics or advertising SDKs of any kind โ€” there are no third-party libraries in this app at all. Your habits live on your device and work entirely offline. The only network request Habit Grid can make is to the App Store, when you buy something. FREE โ€ข Two active habits, with full tracking, streaks and history โ€ข The Classic Green grid โ€ข Daily reminders HABIT GRID PRO โ€ข Unlimited habits โ€ข Ten more hand-tuned grid palettes โ€ข Home Screen, Lock Screen and interactive widgets โ€ข Face ID lock โ€ข CSV and JSON export, and backup restore โ€ข Long-range trends and per-habit performance Archiving a habit keeps its grid, streaks and history โ€” and archived habits never count towards the free limit. Keeping your past costs nothing. Built entirely with Apple's own frameworks, for iPhone and Apple Watch. LANGUAGES English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (Simplified) Privacy Policy: https://olumayhor99.github.io/habit-grid-privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Habit Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Habit Grid at Free against Chimer's $1.99. Chimer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Habit Grid is free to download; Chimer costs $1.99 up front. Habit Grid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Chimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chimer ships an update fortnightly, Habit Grid every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Chimer versus Habit Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChimerHabit Grid
Price$1.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHwasung KimAdemola Mayowa Olatunji

In-app purchases

None

Chimer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Habit Grid

Subscriptions2
  • Habit Grid Pro$1.991 Month
  • Habitgrid pro$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • habitgrid lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Chimer free?
Chimer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habit Grid free?
Habit Grid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chimer or Habit Grid have ads?
Neither Chimer nor Habit Grid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chimer or Habit Grid?
Chimer ships an update fortnightly, and Habit Grid every 11 days. Most recently, Chimer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Habit Grid on October 7, 2026.

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