Comparison

CereVault vs Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

CereVault

Features
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CereVault is a private AI chat app for your Mac. It talks to large language models running on your own machine or local network — Ollama, LM Studio, and CereVault Serve — so your conversations never leave your control. No cloud account, no telemetry, no data sent to anyone else's servers. WHY CEREVAULT • Truly private — models run locally, so your prompts, files, and chats stay on your hardware. • Works with the tools you already use — auto-discovers Ollama, LM Studio, and CereVault Serve on your machine or LAN. • Universal app — one download runs natively on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. NEW: AGENT MODE Turn on Agent mode and your local model can do more than chat. In a request → act → respond loop, it can: • Search the web (via your own Brave Search key) • Remember durable facts about you, stored locally • Read files from folders you explicitly grant • Write, move, and delete files — off by default, and every change asks first Every tool action is shown inline so you always see what the agent did, and an info button in the chat header summarizes exactly which model, tools, folders, and memory are in play. NEW: WORKSPACES Create separate workspaces, each with its own enabled tools, memory, granted folders, permissions, model, and chat history. Keep a locked-down read-only research space and a separate one that can edit a project folder — switching is instant. NEW: MCP SERVERS Connect external Model Context Protocol tool servers to a workspace and their tools join the agent right alongside web search and files. Every third-party tool call asks for your confirmation first. NEW: AUTOMATIONS Schedule a saved prompt to run on its own — every few minutes, hourly, or daily — and CereVault runs the agent and saves the result as a new chat. Runs are read-only by default. MORE • Vision — attach images for vision-capable models (Gemma 3, Llava, Qwen-VL, and more) • Voice dictation — on-device speech, so audio doesn't leave your Mac • Markdown rendering — headings, code blocks, tables, and lists render cleanly • Drag-and-drop image attach, tap-to-zoom thumbnails, adjustable text size • Native text selection and one-tap Copy / Copy as Markdown on any message CereVault puts a capable AI assistant on your Mac without giving up your privacy. Bring your own local models and keep every conversation yours.

About

Habit Tracker

Build positive routines and achieve your goals with this daily habit tracker. It offers flexible tracking, progress visualization, and smart reminders to help you stay consistent. Integrates with Apple Health for automatic data syncing.

Highlights
  • Build and quit habits
  • Apple Health sync
  • Customizable schedules
  • Multiple tracking types
  • Progress visualization
  • Streak protection features
  • Built-in focus timer
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
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Make today count with Habit Tracker: Planner Routine, a calm daily habit tracker for building routines, reaching goals, protecting focus time, and understanding your progress. Create habits for anything you want to build or quit. Track simple checkmarks, counts, durations, or custom values. Plan routines by day, category, time of day, start date, end date, and custom weekly schedules. See progress without digging. Your Today view shows daily goals, completion rate, category filters, and quick logging in one clean dashboard. Add notes after important completions so your habit history captures the reason behind the result, not just the checkmark. Works with Apple Health. Link supported habits and your progress fills in automatically from the Health app: steps, activity minutes, active energy, sleep, water, heart rate variability, and mindfulness minutes. Values you log in Habit Tracker can be saved back to Apple Health too. Health data only syncs after you grant permission, and sync is included for free. Turn consistency into insight with stats, streaks, heatmaps, and reports. Review weekly, monthly, and yearly progress, spot your best days, compare sleep and hydration trends, and connect mood logs with habit completion to learn what helps your days feel better. Protect your streaks on hard days. Every week of completed days banks a Streak Shield that is spent automatically to save a streak when you miss a day. Skip a day on purpose without losing momentum, or turn on Vacation Mode so nothing breaks while you are away. Get a nudge only when it matters. Smart streak risk alerts warn you in the evening before a streak ends, and an optional evening check-in lists whatever is still open for the day. Both stay quiet when everything is already done. Stay focused with a built-in focus timer. Run timed sessions, save deep work minutes automatically, and attach focus time to any duration habit. Keep habits close with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Check progress, quick-log routines, and keep weekly, monthly, and yearly report widgets visible throughout the day. Built for everyday use: - Build and quit habits - Apple Health sync for steps, sleep, water, mindfulness, and more - Daily, weekday, weekend, and custom schedules - Checkmark, count, duration, and value tracking - Categories for routine, health, fitness, mind, work, and more - Habit templates for walking, water, sleep, meditation, reading, workouts, deep work, and more - Streaks, totals, heatmaps, and completion rates - Streak Shields, Vacation Mode, and streak-safe skip days - Smart streak risk alerts and an evening check-in - Mood logging and daily rewards - Focus sessions with automatic habit logging - Time and location reminders - Widgets for today, progress, and reports - Theme colors, with alternate app icons available in Premium - App Lock, export, and import tools available in Premium Habit Tracker Premium is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited habits, extra reminders, advanced reports, all widget habits, App Lock, backup/import, and alternate app icons. Your routines should feel clear, motivating, and easy to return to. Habit Tracker helps you notice what is working and keep going, one day at a time.

Screenshots

CereVault3 screens
Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Habit Tracker at Free against CereVault's $9.99. Habit Tracker also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). CereVault's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Habit Tracker is free to download; CereVault costs $9.99 up front. Habit Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CereVault asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CereVault ships an update every 5 weeks, Habit Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CereVault versus Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCereVaultHabit Tracker
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrett BakkerANDREI RUSTI

In-app purchases

None

CereVault

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Habit Tracker

One-time1
  • Habit Tracker Premium$2.99

Questions

Is CereVault free?
CereVault costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CereVault or Habit Tracker have ads?
Neither CereVault nor Habit Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CereVault or Habit Tracker?
CereVault ships an update every 5 weeks, and Habit Tracker weekly. Most recently, CereVault was updated on September 15, 2026 and Habit Tracker on September 23, 2026.

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