CereVault vs Habit Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CereVault
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CereVault is a private AI chat app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It talks to language models running on your own machine or local network (Ollama, LM Studio, and CereVault Serve), so your conversations stay under your control. No account, no subscription, no telemetry. WHY CEREVAULT • Private by design: models run locally, so your prompts, files, and chats stay on your hardware. • Works with what you already use: auto-discovers Ollama, LM Studio, and CereVault Serve on your machine or network. • One app everywhere: runs natively on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. AGENT MODE Turn on Agent mode and your local model can do more than chat: • Search the web with no setup (DuckDuckGo), or add your own Brave Search key, and see the sources each answer used • Remember durable facts about you, stored on your device • Read files from folders you explicitly grant • Write, move, or delete files: off by default, and every change asks first • Use external tools through MCP servers: every call asks first You stay in control. Every tool action appears inline, and CereVault checks searches and tool calls for emails, phone numbers, card numbers, and API keys, and asks before sending anything that contains them. WORKSPACES Create separate workspaces, each with its own tools, memory, folders, permissions, model, and chats. Keep a locked-down read-only research space and a separate one that can edit a project folder. AUTOMATIONS Schedule a saved prompt to run every few minutes, hourly, or daily. CereVault runs the agent and saves the result as a new chat. Runs are read-only unless you allow changes. MORE • Streaming replies: answers appear as your model writes them • Vision: attach images for vision-capable models • Voice dictation: uses on-device speech recognition where available • Markdown rendering: headings, code blocks, tables, and lists • Smart chat titles: your model names each conversation for you • Drag-and-drop attachments, adjustable text size, and one-tap Copy or Copy as Markdown PRIVACY CereVault has no accounts and no analytics. Chats and memory are stored on your device, and keys are kept in the system Keychain. If you use web search, only the search query is sent to the search provider (DuckDuckGo, or Brave if you add a key), and you're asked first if it looks like it contains personal data. Bring your own local models and keep every conversation yours.
Habit Tracker
Build positive routines and break bad habits with this comprehensive tracker. Log progress with checkmarks, counts, or durations, and gain insights through detailed stats and heatmaps. Integrates with Apple Health for automatic data syncing.
- Build and quit habits
- Apple Health sync
- Customizable schedules
- Multiple tracking types
- Progress stats and heatmaps
- Streak protection features
- Built-in focus timer
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
CereVault ships an update every 5 weeks, Habit Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CereVault | Habit Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brett Bakker | ANDREI RUSTI |
In-app purchases
CereVault
No in-app purchases
Habit Tracker
- Habit Tracker Premium$2.99









