Strides vs Habit Tracker Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strides
Organize your life by tracking habits, routines, and goals in one place. Utilize over 150 templates or create your own, with progress reports and reminders to keep you motivated and on task. Supports various tracker types for different needs.
- 150+ customizable tracker templates
- Progress reports and charts
- Unlimited reminders
- Integration with Apple Health
- Sync across iPhone, iPad & Mac
- Four tracker types (streak, milestone, average, target)
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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!
Habit Tracker Journal
Track daily habits and follow routines with a private journal that visually displays your progress and streaks. Features include customizable goals, timers, and local reminders. Optional iCloud sync and group features are available with a subscription.
- Daily habit tracking
- Routine creation with timers
- Streak protection with 'mends'
- Amount-based goals
- Private journaling
- Optional iCloud sync
- Group habit tracking (Hexis+)
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Track daily habits, follow routines and see your effort take shape. Hexis is a private habit tracker and journal with a paper-and-ink feel—one deliberate mark at a time. SEE YOUR EFFORT ADD UP Mark habits with a tap. Look back at your completions, streaks and consistency in a visual record you can make your own. KEEP GOING AFTER A MISSED DAY Your journal starts with three mends, and each full week you keep a habit earns another, up to three at a time. Use a mend to protect a streak without pretending the missed day never happened. FOLLOW YOUR ROUTINE Give your day a clear order with repeatable routines, individual steps, focused timers and a stopwatch. BUILT FOR DAILY USE • Daily or flexible weekly targets • Amount-based goals for pages, minutes, kilometres, and more • Routines with ordered steps, timers and a stopwatch • Tasks on Apple Calendar, if you want them there • Local reminders you control • Home Screen widgets • Apple Watch app and complications • Light, dark, paper, and ink styles PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your personal journal is stored on your devices. There are no ads or tracking. Optional iCloud sync keeps your habits and their progress in your private iCloud; routines stay on your device and can be exported in a backup. No Hexis account is needed. KEEP ONE HABIT TOGETHER With Hexis+, create a private iCloud group around one habit and invite people individually. Members can see the group's selected habit, display names and shared marks—not the rest of your journal. Each participant needs Hexis+ and an iCloud account. Groups have no public feed or discoverable profiles. You can report or locally block another member; the group owner manages invitations and access. HEXIS+ Unlock unlimited habits, private Groups, complete statistics and your full year, premium paper and ink styles, widgets, and habits to quit. Choose a weekly subscription or a yearly subscription with a seven-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your App Store account. Start with one habit. Make the first mark. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscription information: https://tally484.github.io/tally-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tally484.github.io/tally-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Strides at 19K against Habit Tracker Journal's 1. Strides also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Habit Tracker Journal's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Strides sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Habit Tracker Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Habit Tracker Journal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strides has 19K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Strides ships an update fortnightly, Habit Tracker Journal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strides | Habit Tracker Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goals LLC | Martin Joy Elenjikkal |
Customer experience
Strides
Habit Tracker Journal
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
Habit Tracker Journal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Strides
- 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
- Strides Plus$39.99
- Strides Plus$99.99
- Strides Plus$149.99
Habit Tracker Journal
- Hexis+ Weekly$1.997 Days
- Hexis+7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Tally+ Lifetime$39.99









