Control Habits vs How Often
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control Habits
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Control Habits is the best way to manage those little bad habits, such as smoking or drinking. This way you can easily control how often you do that action, and with the statistics screen you can quickly and easily view the volume. You can check how long ago it was since the last time, and how much time passed before that time With the clock application, you will have quick access to add your habits without having to take out your iPhone. With this we hope to help you at least to know how many times you do that "bad habit"
How Often
Log events and discover hidden patterns in your life, family, or pets. Automatically identifies correlations and trends, presenting them in clear language and visual charts. Export data for sharing with professionals or personal records.
- Automatic pattern discovery
- Cross-profile correlations
- Frequency charts with overlays
- Day/time heatmaps
- Milestone and streak tracking
- CSV data export
- PDF summary reports
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How Often helps you track how frequently things happen — to you, your family, your friends, and even your pets. Whether it's headaches, coughing, exercise, mood swings, or anything else, just log it and let the app find the patterns you can't see on your own. DISCOVER PATTERNS AUTOMATICALLY The insights engine analyzes your data and tells you what it finds — in plain language: "Your headaches tend to follow nights of poor sleep. Over the last 3 weeks, this happened 6 times." "There's a clear pattern — migraine happens most often on Mondays." "Your nausea has dropped from severity 3.8 to 2.1 over the past two weeks." FIND CONNECTIONS ACROSS PEOPLE Track events across family members and discover cross-profile correlations. The app can detect patterns like a cold spreading through the household and tell you about it. SEE YOUR DATA CLEARLY Frequency charts with duration and severity overlays Day-of-week × time-of-day heatmaps Sparklines on the main list for quick trend checks Milestone tracking and streak detection EXPORT AND SHARE Export your data as CSV for analysis or generate a professional PDF summary report with insights, patterns, and correlations — perfect for sharing with a doctor or keeping records. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE No accounts. No cloud storage. No data transmitted anywhere. Speech recognition runs entirely on-device. Your data belongs to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Control Habits at none against How Often's 3. Control Habits also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. How Often sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Control Habits asks for nothing beyond the download.
Control Habits ships an update every 3 weeks, How Often every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control Habits | How Often |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Omar Fazal | Square Remix Inc |
In-app purchases
Control Habits
No in-app purchases
How Often
- Add 1 Profile$1.99
- Add 2 Profiles$2.99
- Add Unlimited Profiles$6.99








