Comparison

Habit Tracker vs CalNote

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

Head to head
About

Habit Tracker

Build lasting daily habits with a visually engaging tracker. Monitor your progress with detailed statistics and a unique yearly calendar view that fills with color as you complete your routines. Stay motivated and achieve your goals with a clean, distraction-free interface.

Highlights
  • Set daily routines
  • Track habits with a tap
  • Visualize yearly progress
  • Measure streaks and trends
  • Clean, distraction-free design
  • Motivation through visual progress
Features
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Turn small daily actions into a year you can see. Yearlit is a calm habit tracker for building consistency without pressure. Pick the habits you want to keep, check in with one tap, and watch your year fill with color as you show up. No complicated system. No noisy gamification. Just simple daily progress, visible over time. HOW YEARLIT WORKS Choose a tiny habit Start with something realistic: drink water, move for 5 minutes, read one page, write three lines, meditate, stretch, study, or anything you want to practice. Check in each day Mark your habit complete with one tap. Yearlit keeps the habit tracking simple so you can focus on showing up, not managing another productivity system. Watch your year take shape Every completed day becomes a colored dot in your yearly habit calendar. Over time, those dots become proof of your consistency. WHY YEARLIT IS DIFFERENT Yearlit is built for people who keep restarting. Most habit apps focus on pressure, perfect streaks, and more things to manage. Yearlit focuses on visible proof. One day counts. One small action counts. Missing a day does not erase the year you are building. Use Yearlit to: - Track daily habits and routines - Build streaks without obsessing over them - See your progress in a full-year calendar - Track multiple habits or goals - Review stats, trends, and completion rates - Add Home Screen widgets for habits, streaks, and year progress - Use reminders to return without noise - Reflect on your progress over time - Track mood and patterns if you want more context BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Yearlit works for simple habits and long-term goals: - Fitness and movement - Reading - Hydration - Journaling - Meditation - Studying - Sleep routines - Creative practice - Self-care - Any daily promise you want to keep You do not need a perfect plan. You need a small action you can repeat. Start today. Add one habit. Mark one dot. Build the kind of year you can look back on. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Yearlit offers optional premium upgrades. Prices may vary depending on your region. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled 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 or cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CalNote

Features
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Your calendar, as a leather-bound planner. CalNote turns the events in your iPhone Calendar and Reminders into a leather-bound paper planner. No handwriting or Apple Pencil needed: tap to add plans on your iPhone, and decorate big days with stickers and markers (the month page, stickers and markers are free). Your plans are saved right in the iPhone Calendar, so CalNote works alongside the calendar you already use. PAGES YOU CAN FLIP Open the cover and turn the pages. Paper texture, ruled lines, and the curl of the page all feel like a real planner. - Month page (free): a whole month on one page, with all of the selected day's plans in the list below - Two-page week: your week on a vertical timeline across two pages - Weekly grid: seven days in large boxes - Day page: one day, large, on a timeline - Year page: the whole year on one sheet WRITE RIGHT WHERE IT GOES Tap + at the top right, or press and hold an empty spot in a month box or on a timeline to add a plan at that date and time. Save plans you use often as templates. REMINDERS AND NOTES, TOO - Reminders page: see today, overdue, no due date, incomplete, completed, and each list, including reminders without a due date. Pick one on the left page and it opens on the right - Notes page: keep phone numbers, packing lists, and anything you want to look back on, with checkboxes and photos. Place the bookmark on a note to jump straight back to it MARK THE BIG DAYS - Stickers: add them next to a date. New designs are added the more days you open the app - Markers: frame deadlines and big days with a highlighter and a short note - Sticky notes: stick them on the top edge of a page and jump to that month - Bookmark: keep your place and come back from anywhere MAKE IT YOURS Choose the leather color and grain, a name on the cover, paper color, ruled lines, typeface, ink color, how today is marked, and whether weeks start on Monday or Sunday. Lock the planner with Face ID or Touch ID. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets are included. YOUR PLANS STAY ON YOUR IPHONE No account needed. Plans are saved in your iPhone Calendar and Reminders, notes and photos stay on this iPhone, and nothing is sent to our servers. PRICING The month page, Reminders page, Notes page, stickers, markers, sticky notes, bookmark, templates, and look settings are free. Premium adds the two-page week, weekly grid, day, and year pages, My Stickers, the medium and large Home Screen widgets, and the circular and inline Lock Screen widgets. Choose monthly, yearly (7-day free trial), or a one-time purchase. - Monthly and Yearly Premium are auto-renewing subscriptions. Unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, the next period is charged to your Apple ID. You can cancel in your App Store account settings. - When the yearly free trial ends, it automatically becomes a paid subscription. Cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends and you won't be charged. - Lifetime Premium is a one-time purchase that you keep forever. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://daily-apps-showcase.pages.dev/privacy/calnote/

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
CalNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CalNote at every 3 days against Habit Tracker's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and CalNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, CalNote every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Habit Tracker versus CalNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackerCalNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMYKHAY.LO. TYMOFYEYEVAtsushi Ito

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Yearlit Monthly Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$17.991 Year
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  • Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • One Time$44.99
3 purchases

CalNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalNote free?
CalNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Habit Tracker or CalNote have ads?
Neither Habit Tracker nor CalNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or CalNote?
Habit Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and CalNote every 3 days. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and CalNote on October 31, 2026.

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