Comparison

Strides vs Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Strides

This app helps you organize your habits, routines, and goals in a single to-do list. Track progress with reminders and charts, and choose from over 150 templates or create your own. Get organized and build your perfect routine.

Highlights
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Customizable trackers
  • 150+ templates
  • Progress reports and charts
  • Reminders
  • Daily checklist
Features
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Imagine having all of your most important habits, routines and goals together in one simple to do list. Now you can! With Strides, you can track good or bad habits, SMART goals, and more. Keep up with reminders to hold you accountable and charts to keep you motivated. Explore new ways to manage your life with over 150 templates and the ability to create your own trackers. Get organized with a daily checklist to help create your perfect routine. Keep up with what you’ve accomplished with progress reports that compile your goals, projects and progress all in one place. Set up reminders and add notes to ensure you’re on track and on task. Track anything you want with four types of trackers. Streak calendars let you keep up with your success rate, and milestone calendars help you to keep up with project timelines. Want to keep track of a repeating number? Check out the Average tracker. Looking to hit a goal by a specific date? Give the Target tracker a try. Start keeping track of your habits and goals anywhere you go. Download today to get organized and create the perfect routine with Strides. TRACKERS: - 150+ templates to choose from, or create your own customized tracker - Progress Reports with everything in one place - View charts with history, streak, success rate and more - Unlimited reminders to set yourself up for success ADDITIONAL FEATURES: - Integration with Apple Health - Sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac - Add notes to logs and trackers - Reminders to keep you on track SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: "I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU! Strides is one of the most useful apps out there. Nowadays, I can't even imagine myself without it :)” ~Leyla "Amazing app. The sheer amount of flexibility with what you can track with Strides is amazing." ~Carlo "My life has become so much more organized and fulfilled since I started using your app. I really appreciate it!” ~Micah "Best tracking app. I love, love, love this app! This is exactly what I've been looking for for two or three years. I can track multiple goals and see them all on one screen. Perfect!" ~Kate – Strides is free forever to track what's most important to you. If you want to get even more out of it and support development, you can upgrade to Strides Plus with a monthly or annual subscription - or with a one-time purchase of the lifetime plan - to unlock all premium features, including Unlimited Trackers, sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac, Tags & Filters, Today List, Export Data, Goal Notes and more. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. – Read our full Privacy Policy / Terms of Use: https://www.stridesapp.com/privacy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Keep making strides!

About

Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

Build better habits and manage your time effectively with a personal assistant designed for structured time management. This app helps you create and stick to routines with flexible timers, voice alerts, and progress tracking. Explore recommended routines and stay motivated with a supportive community.

Highlights
  • Flexible routine timers with voice alerts
  • Customizable routines with over 800 emojis
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly progress tracking
  • Recommended routines and habit challenges
  • Cross-device integration (tablet, smartwatch, smartphone)
  • Motivational chatbot and community features
Features
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You've checked the boxes. The day still didn't happen. Routinery tracks your routines and then runs them with you. App of the Day 2026 (Apple) - Best ADHD App of 2025 (Forbes Health) - 5 million downloads A habit tracker, routine tracker and day planner in one. Stack small habits into a daily routine, break it into 1-5 minute steps, and each step runs on its own timer while a voice calls out what comes next. Morning routines, bedtime wind-downs, study blocks, workouts, medication - anything with a fixed order runs the same way. WHY IT WORKS - Starting gets easier. "Study" is too big to begin; "sit at the desk, 1 min" is not. Small steps lower the cost of the first move. - Nothing to decide mid-run. You set the order once, when you built the routine. Nothing left to choose means less to stall on. - Wins come back often. A finish is logged every step, not once a day. - No time math. You set each step's length once. Sink into one thing and the voice pulls you out, so an afternoon doesn't vanish. ASK CHATGPT OR CLAUDE TO BUILD IT - "Make me a 40-minute weekday morning routine" and it lands in the app. - Your assistant can handle routines alongside other tools you've connected there, like Google Calendar. - Connects to ChatGPT, Claude and others over our MCP server, included in the free plan. IT STARTS ON TIME, SCREEN OR NOT - Set the weekdays and time; the reminder arrives then. Weekdays only, three times a week, whatever your schedule. - The voice reads each step aloud, so the routine keeps running while you shower or cook. - A home screen widget shows today's list without opening the app. - Start on the phone, carry on from watch, tablet, or Mac. STAY DEEP IN ONE THING - A pomodoro that announces the next task, so the block keeps its own momentum. - Build the environment: white noise, Focus mode, landscape view, Shortcuts. - Stretch a timer, skip a step, reorder what's left - all without leaving the run. DON'T DO IT ALONE - Share a routine's task list with family or a friend and see how far each of you got. - Finish a routine and the result goes straight to the person you picked. SEE IT ADD UP - A plant grows for each day you keep a streak; weekly and monthly stats show what holds. FOR THE DAILY AND THE ONE-OFF - Keep undated tasks and weekly repeats in one daily routine planner. - A one-time task gets a timer too. - Can't face it now? Park it in Anytime for later. - Shift work that moves weekly still fits: Morning, Afternoon, Evening. - See the day as a list, a calendar, or a timeline. WHO USES ROUTINERY - Adults with ADHD who know the task and still can't start - People who lose hours once they sink into something - People who double-check in case they missed one - Anyone who waits to start until they can do it perfectly - Shift workers, people on daily medication, parents on the school run - Anyone who wrote a routine down and never once ran it ROUTINERY AT A GLANCE Is Routinery free? Yes. 2 routines free, no account, first one running in under a minute. Premium lifts the routine cap: monthly, 6-month or yearly. The free plan shows ads; Premium is ad-free. Do I need an account, and what about privacy? No account, no sign-up. Routine data is stored on our servers; usage analytics go through third-party tools. What you type is never used to train AI models. Email hello@routinery.app and we delete your data. Does Routinery work offline? Almost entirely. Routines, timers, voice, reminders and history run offline. Only device sync needs a connection. What does Routinery connect to? Siri Shortcuts, widgets, Apple Watch, and AI assistants over MCP. No direct sync with Apple Health or calendars. No export button either; pull your data out over MCP instead, free plan included. What devices does Routinery run on? iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. No web version. Questions, bugs or ideas: hello@routinery.app Routinery is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat ADHD.

Screenshots

Strides4 screens
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Strides at none against Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's shown. Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Strides sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Routine Planner, Habit Tracker sells 21 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Strides against 4.7 for Routine Planner, Habit Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19K and 18K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Strides's written reviews are positive against 83% of Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strides ships an update every 2 weeks, Routine Planner, Habit Tracker every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Strides versus Routine Planner, Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridesRoutine Planner, Habit Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings) — better4.7 (18K ratings)
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews82.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better18K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB163 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGoals LLCRoutinery Corp.

Customer experience

Strides

All ratings19,250 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews1,167 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative14.0%

Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

All ratings18,111 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews1,288 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative10.7%

User reviews

Strides

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Flexible and customizable
  • 📊 Detailed progress tracking
  • 🔄 Helpful for building habits
  • 🎯 Effective for achieving goals
  • 🤖 Seamless integration with Apple Watch

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Limited free version features
  • 🐛 Syncing and notification issues
  • 🕰️ Lack of time-tracking capabilities
  • 🗂️ Difficulty organizing multiple habits

Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

From 18K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient and helpful for routines
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 🙂 Motivating and improves productivity
  • 💡 Customizable routines and tasks
  • 🕰️ Useful timers and reminders

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited to 2 free routines
  • 💰 Subscription model can be expensive
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • ⏱️ Rigid time-based structure not flexible enough
  • 🔀 Difficulty rearranging tasks within routines

Bugs and requests

Strides

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after iOS 14.8 update
  • Incorrect data logging and display issues
  • Notification bugs showing outdated information

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow more than 3 habits in free version
  • Add time tracking and time-based goals
  • Improve syncing and notification reliability
  • Introduce more customization and organization options
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription

Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Routine steps not updating correctly
  • Crashes when trying to edit routines
  • Sync issues between phone and Apple Watch app

Requested features

5 requests
  • More than 2 free routines
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Ability to create checklists within tasks
  • Option to run routines without set times
  • Improved Apple Watch integration and complications

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Strides

Subscriptions6
  • Strides Plus$4.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$7.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$9.991 Month
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  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Strides Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Strides Plus$39.99
  • Strides Plus$99.99
  • Strides Plus$149.99
21 purchases

Routine Planner, Habit Tracker

Subscriptions16
  • Routinery Premium (Weekly)7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Routinery Premium (1 Month)$3.991 Month
  • Routinery Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$5.001 Month
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  • Routinery Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$5.491 Month
  • Routinery Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Routinery Premium (3 months)7 Days trial$12.493 Months
  • Routinery Plus Yearly Plan7 Days trial$24.001 Year
  • Routinery Premium (6 months)7 Days trial2 variants$24.006 Months
  • Routinery Premium (Yearly)$24.991 Year
  • Routinery Membership1 Year trial$36.001 Year
  • Routinery Scholarship$36.001 Year
  • Routinery Premium (Yearly)1 Year trial$36.001 Year
  • Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$36.001 Year
  • Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.491 Year
  • Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$41.991 Year
  • Routinery Premium (Family)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time5
  • Routinery 1-month Gift$4.19
  • Routinery 6 months Gift$20.00
  • Routinery 6 months Gift$27.99
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  • Routinery 12 months Gift$30.00
  • Routinery 12 months Gift$41.99

Questions

Is Strides free?
Strides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Routine Planner, Habit Tracker free?
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strides or Routine Planner, Habit Tracker?
Strides is rated higher. Strides averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Routine Planner, Habit Tracker averages 4.7 from 18K ratings.
Do Strides or Routine Planner, Habit Tracker have ads?
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker shows ads; Strides does not.
Which is updated more often, Strides or Routine Planner, Habit Tracker?
Strides ships an update every 2 weeks, and Routine Planner, Habit Tracker every 10 days. Most recently, Strides was updated on October 25, 2026 and Routine Planner, Habit Tracker on October 26, 2026.

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