Comparison

Habit Tracker vs timespent

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

Head to head
About

Habit Tracker

This app helps you build positive habits and break negative ones through a visual, grid-based tracking system. Log progress with a tap, monitor streaks, and view detailed charts to stay motivated and achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • Visual grid-based habit tracking
  • Streak tracking for motivation
  • Detailed progress charts
  • Customizable habit appearance
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • iCloud backup
Features
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**BEST NEW APPS AND UPDATES - SELECTED BY APP STORE EDITORS** Build better daily habits. Meet Habit Tracker Grid, the simple-yet-powerful daily habit tracker designed to help you make progress and achieve your goals, one step at a time. Simply put, it’s an app for creating and tracking habits. Whether you want to build positive habits, like taking a daily walk, or break free from bad habits, Habit Tracker is your go-to companion. With its minimalistic design and intuitive interface, you'll find staying on track and keeping your life structured easier than ever. Track, tap, and transform: Log progress with just a tap and watch your habits come to life on beautiful, color-coded grids. Every achievement is visualized, motivating you to stay consistent, accountable, and keep moving forward. Habit Tracker shows you how many days in a row you’ve kept your habit streak alive, giving you motivation to keep pushing and hit all your goals. Flexible and versatile: Habit Tracker is perfect for any habit you want to track, whether it’s getting in 20 minutes of exercise, eating your “five a day” fruit and veg, reading, or anything else. You can log multiple entries per day, giving you the flexibility to record every moment of progress. Start your journey towards a better you. Try Habit Tracker today and make every day count! --- TRACK DAILY HABITS After creating new habits, track how often each habit is done, as many times per day as you need, and view your progress on colorful grids: The number of times a habit is performed on a given day is highlighted by the shade of the color — the more often a habit has been recorded, the bolder the color of the dot in the grid appears compared to the other dots. Each habit can be customized to your liking, including the title, description, icon, and color scheme. Daily streaks and percentage goal progress can be displayed below the grids for extra motivation. --- CHARTS Level up and view detailed charts that provide info on habits over days, weeks, and months. Get breakdowns of habits logged on weekdays vs weekends, and see the exact number of habits logged each day alongside average values. --- WIDGETS Manage your favorite habits right from Control Center, Home Screen, and Lock Screen. View charts and stats at a glance. --- SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND SPOTLIGHT Perform actions like logging habits without even opening the app with Siri, for example, say "Hey Siri, add an entry with Habits." Create custom shortcuts in the Shortcuts app and run them via Automations and Spotlight. --- CLOUD BACKUP Habit Tracker Grid uses iCloud sync to store your data in your personal iCloud account, so you’ll never lose your data if you lose or replace your iPhone. All your data stays private to you, always. --- Some of the content discussed above requires an in-app purchase: The free version of Habit Tracker Grid allows you to view one habit in your list. Habits Pro is required to add more than one habit and use widgets. Habit Tracker Grid contains no ads. Habits Pro is required for the additional features and capabilities mentioned above, which can be accessed by either an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time in-app purchase. --- Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. --- Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/lazycatapps/home/habits/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

timespent

This app offers a flexible and simple way to track goals, habits, skills, and activities. It allows users to measure progress by various metrics, including time, weight, distance, or simple tallies, and visualize their journey with charts and calendars.

Highlights
  • Focus & activity timer
  • Habit & routine tracking
  • Workout & fitness logging
  • Daily checklist & task tracking
  • Skill & practice journaling
  • Home screen widgets
  • Heatmap calendars
Features
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** AWARDED BEST NEW APPS CATEGORY — APP STORE EDITORS ** hi, i'm Cal. i built timespent to be the simplest, most flexible way to track your goals, habits, skills, and activities. for those who used my old activity timer app, you'll find everything you loved and a whole lot more. timespent takes tracking to a new level, letting you measure activities by weight, distance, or volume—or just keep a simple tally too. here are just a few ways you can use timespent: – focus & activity timer log focused work sessions with the built-in focus timer, perfect for pomodoro-style sprints or deep work. track your hours spent studying, meditating, or mastering a skill on your way to 10,000 hours. – habit & routine tracker build powerful routines and track your progress. minimize screentime, create a reading log, maintain a gratitude journal, or track any habit you want to build or break. see your consistency grow day by day. – workout & fitness log create a complete workout history. log strength training with sets, reps, and weight. track your cardio sessions by distance and time, whether you're running, cycling, or swimming. count your yoga poses or push-ups. every bit of progress, logged. – daily checklist & task tracker stay on top of your recurring tasks. did you water the plants? take your medications or supplements? complete your daily chores? use quick tallies to check things off and free up your mind. – skill & practice journal use the focus timer to record practice sessions that level-up your skills. they say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert—now you can track your journey there. watch your dedication pay off, whether you're practicing an instrument, coding a new project, or learning a new language. plus, timespent is more than just a list of numbers. it helps you visualize your journey with powerful, but simple, tools: – home screen widgets: keep your progress front and center so you never lose sight of your goals. – heatmap calendars: get a beautiful at-a-glance view of your consistency. – personal goals: set daily or weekly targets to stay motivated and celebrate every milestone you reach. – clean charts & stats: understand your trends without overwhelming or cluttered graphs. – reminders: send yourself notifications and words of encouragement. – arcs: track and organize your routines with a gentler approach to streaks & goals. – apple watch & fitness integration: import workouts automatically. start tracking what matters most. a better you is just one tap away. — Cal.

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
timespent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: timespent at 98% against Habit Tracker's 64%. timespent also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and timespent sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

timespent holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 226 and 167 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Habit Tracker's written reviews are positive against 98% of timespent's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update weekly, timespent every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Habit Tracker versus timespent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit Trackertimespent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (226 ratings)4.9 (167 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews98.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings226 — better167
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid SteppenbeckGlasshouse Studio, LLC

Customer experience

Habit Tracker

All ratings226 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral6.2%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative25.0%

timespent

All ratings167 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.9%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • Habits Pro (Weekly)3 Days trial$1.497 Days
  • Habits Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Habits Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Habits Pro (Lifetime)$74.99
4 purchases

timespent

Subscriptions3
  • Boundless (Weekly)$0.997 Days
  • Boundless (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Boundless (Yearly)$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Boundless (Forever)$49.99

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is timespent free?
timespent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Habit Tracker or timespent?
timespent is rated higher. Habit Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 226 ratings, while timespent averages 4.9 from 167 ratings.
Do Habit Tracker or timespent have ads?
Neither Habit Tracker nor timespent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or timespent?
Habit Tracker ships an update weekly, and timespent every 3 days. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on September 19, 2026 and timespent on September 22, 2026.

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