Ripples vs Margo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ripples
This app helps you build and maintain new habits and achieve your goals. It offers a visual calendar grid to track your progress, detailed metrics, and the ability to log specific amounts for each action. You can also add notes, use Siri shortcuts, and view your progress with widgets.
- Visual calendar grid progress tracking
- Vital metrics and analytics
- Track specific amounts and custom units
- Notes and journal entries
- Siri shortcuts and automation
- Interactive widgets
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Build habits with a visual tracker that makes daily progress easy to see—and easier to continue. Ripples turns every check-in into a clear, color-coded picture of your routines, goals, and consistency. SEE THE PATTERN Use flexible calendar grids to spot streaks, gaps, and trends at a glance. Organize habits into dashboards and create a view that fits your routine. TRACK MORE THAN CHECKMARKS Record simple check-ins or quantities such as pages, minutes, water, distance, money, and custom units. Add a note to any entry and review your history in the Journal. STAY CONSISTENT WITH LESS FRICTION Set multiple reminders, check in from interactive widgets, and build Shortcuts or Siri automations for the routines you repeat every day. UNDERSTAND YOUR PROGRESS See current and best streaks, consistency metrics, totals, averages, and daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly charts. Compare years to understand what changed and where you are improving. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your habits and goals remain visible only to you and sync through end-to-end encrypted iCloud. Start with one habit. Watch the pattern grow. Privacy Policy: https://www.ripples.day/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Margo
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A native Markdown editor for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Built entirely in SwiftUI — not a web app in disguise. YOUR FILES, NOT OUR VAULT Margo opens .md files from your filesystem. No proprietary database, no locked-in library, no special folder structure required. Your files stay yours, readable by any app, synced by any service. Edit a file in Margo, open it in another editor — it just works. ONE APP, EVERY APPLE DEVICE The same full-featured editor on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Not a desktop app with a stripped-down mobile companion — real feature parity across every screen. One purchase covers all your Apple devices. LIVE PREVIEW WITH BIDIRECTIONAL SCROLL SYNC See your Markdown rendered in real time. Scroll the editor and the preview follows. Scroll the preview and the editor follows. Both directions, always in sync. MATH, DIAGRAMS, AND 30+ LANGUAGES — OFFLINE LaTeX equations via MathJax. Flowcharts and sequence diagrams via Mermaid. Syntax highlighting for 30+ programming languages via Prism. Everything is bundled inside the app. No internet connection needed, no external CDN, no tracking. EXPORT TO WORD, PDF, EPUB AND MORE Turn any document into a Word file (.docx), an EPUB ebook, RTF, a styled HTML page, or a print-ready PDF — right from the toolbar. Word export keeps real heading styles, so your outline and table of contents carry over to Word, Pages, and Google Docs. MAKE IT YOURS 11 preview themes and 15 editor themes. Adjust font size, tab width, tabs or spaces — every preference is live-applied, no restart needed. AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT - Table of contents with click-to-navigate - Auto-pairing of brackets, quotes, and backticks - Smart list continuation for bullets, numbers, and task lists - Drag and drop images into your document - Find and replace - Word, character, and line counts - Open Markdown — and any text file like YAML, JSON, or source — from the Files app or share sheet - Localized in 22 languages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ripples at Free against Margo's $19.99. Margo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Ripples is free to download; Margo costs $19.99 up front. Ripples sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Margo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ripples ships an update fortnightly, Margo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ripples | Margo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (235 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 235 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mykola Harmash | Marco Tini |
Bugs and requests
Ripples
Reported bugs
5 issues- Notifications not working reliably
- UI bugs causing app to become unusable
- Restore purchases not functioning
- Pro features not unlocking after purchase
- Lifetime purchase redemption not working
Requested features
12 requests- Check-in reminders/notifications
- Apple Watch app and complications
- iCloud sync across devices
- Weekly and monthly habit tracking
- Filtering by categories or tags
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- Smaller board sizes for better screen visibility
- Easier bulk check-in for past dates
- Notes field for individual check-ins
- Habit reordering functionality
- Compact main menu view
- Track amounts with custom units (e.g., pages read)
- Square widgets
Margo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ripples
- Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
- Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
- Powerpack$9.99
- Powerpack Family$17.99
- Ripples Plus Lifetime$24.99
Margo
No in-app purchases









