Comparison

Streak Timer vs Stay

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

Head to head
About

Streak Timer

Build lasting habits with this streak tracking application. It offers a companion watch app for easy streak management and a detailed historical view of your progress, including reasons for resets. A Pro version unlocks customization and reminders.

Highlights
  • Companion watch app for streak control
  • Free form note section
  • Historical view of streaks and resets
  • Average and longest streak tracking
  • Custom backgrounds (Pro)
  • Time-based reminders (Pro)
Features
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A habit building app that lets you track streaks for various things. It includes:  - A companion watch app that lets you pause, resume and reset streaks. - A free form note section that lets you add personal advice, rules and observations. - A historical view section that shows: * Your previous streaks, and their reset reasons/triggers. * Your average and longest streaks. - A Pro version that lets you add custom backgrounds and set reminders at specific times.

About

Stay

This app helps you track progress on a single habit you're trying to quit or start. It provides daily check-ins, milestone celebrations, and shareable content to visualize your journey. Focus on one change at a time to build lasting habits.

Highlights
  • Single habit day counter
  • Daily check-in reminders
  • Milestone achievement tracking
  • Cinematic shareable posts
  • Lock screen widget
  • Witness Pact feature
Features
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You've started over a hundred times. This time, count it. Stay is a day counter for the one thing you're trying to quit — or start. Name it once. Then watch the days build. No accounts. No data collection. No tracking. Just a number that means something, and the proof to share when you're ready. — WHAT STAY DOES — - Counts the days since you started. - Sends a check-in at the time you're most likely to break. - Builds a private archive of every milestone you reach. - Turns your photos and videos into cinematic share posts. — BUILT FOR ONE THING AT A TIME — Stay is designed around one principle: the people who actually change focus on one decision at a time. Not ten habits at once. Not a perfect morning routine. One thing. Whatever yours is — drinking, vaping, scrolling, junk food, late nights, anything — Stay makes the streak visible and the relapse expensive. — STORIES — Story Mode turns a photo or short video from your day into a cinematic share post. Five editorial filters — quiet, cinematic, documentary, editorial, vhs — render your personal moment as a Stay-branded share card with your day count overlaid. Use it to mark the day. Post the version of yourself you're choosing. — FEATURES — - Day counter with a single, focused commitment - Daily check-in built around your weakest hour - Streak insurance for the days you stumble (one per month) - Milestone moments at days 7, 14, 30, 50, 100, 200, and 365 - Lock screen widget so your streak is always one glance away - Story Mode: turn your photo or video into a cinematic share post - Witness Pact: tell one person you trust, on day one, what you're changing - Share cards that unlock as your streak grows, including a midnight design and a one-year edition - Private achievement archive - Private by default. No accounts. No sharing without your permission. — PREMIUM — Try Stay Premium free for 7 days, then $29.99/year. Cancel anytime. Premium unlocks: - Story Mode with all five cinematic filters - Full achievement archive with every milestone poster - Streak insurance for the days you stumble - Multi-goal tracking - Profile Card export — your full journey, in one shareable image — PRIVACY — Your streak, your warning, your witness — all of it lives on your device and syncs only to your private iCloud. Stay does not sell, share, or analyze your data. There are no ads. — THE BIG IDEA — You don't need an app to count the days. You need an app that makes the days count. Stay is for the day you're done starting over. Privacy Policy: https://getstay.app/#privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Streak Timer4 screens
Stay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Streak Timer at 3 against Stay's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Streak Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 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 — 5.0 for Streak Timer against 5.0 for Stay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Streak Timer versus Stay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreak TimerStay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB3 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperNahom RegassaBondLabs Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Streak Timer

One-time1
  • Streak Timer Pro$2.99
2 purchases

Stay

Subscriptions2
  • Stay Premium$6.997 Days
  • Stay Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Streak Timer free?
Streak Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stay free?
Stay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Streak Timer or Stay?
Streak Timer and Stay are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Streak Timer or Stay have ads?
Neither Streak Timer nor Stay shows ads.

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