Grow vs Anxiety Loop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grow
Effortlessly track daily progress and visualize your improvements over time. This app offers clear weekly and yearly insights to help you build better habits with purpose and stay motivated on your journey.
- Daily habit tracking
- Weekly progress view
- Yearly insights and charts
- Goal planning
- Motivation through visual growth
- Lifestyle improvement
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GROW — A CALMER HABIT TRACKER FOR BETTER HABITS Most habit trackers reward you with streaks, then make you feel like you've failed the moment you miss a day. Grow doesn't. There are no streaks to break and no badges to chase. Instead, Grow shows you the bigger picture: when your habits actually work, and how they quietly compound over weeks, months, and a whole year. Because building a better life isn't about a perfect run of days. It's about understanding yourself, and showing up again and again, without the pressure. NO STREAKS. NO GUILT. JUST PROGRESS. Miss a day? Nothing breaks. Grow is built so a single setback never undoes your momentum or your motivation. You see how far you've come, not where you slipped, so it's easy to simply pick back up tomorrow. SEE WHEN YOUR HABITS ACTUALLY WORK Grow reveals the patterns behind your habits. Discover which days of the week you're strongest, watch your monthly totals build across the year, and see your effort compounding instead of fixating on small dips. Real change is a trend, not a tally. INSIGHTS THAT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOURSELF The Insights tab stacks all your habits together in one clear picture, so you can compare them side by side and find the ones that genuinely resonate, the habits that stick for you. No two people are the same, and Grow helps you learn what works for you specifically. SEE YOUR WHOLE YEAR AT A GLANCE Zoom out from today to your entire year. Spot your strongest months, follow your momentum, and keep your long game in view, beautifully mapped and never cluttered. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING BY CATEGORY Group habits into categories and switch between them instantly. Focus on what matters today without losing the bigger picture. DESIGNED TO BE CALM, NOT OVERWHELMING Grow honors sleek, elegant, distraction-free design. No noisy gamification, no manufactured rewards, just a clean, native app that's a quiet pleasure to open every day, in both light and dark mode. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your habits are yours alone. Grow syncs seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud, and keeps your data private. PERFECT FOR - Workouts, stretching, and getting your steps in - Reading, studying, and learning a new language or a word a day - Sleeping on time and drinking more water - Meditation, journaling, and a daily moment of gratitude - Practicing an instrument or a creative craft - Cutting back on screen time, caffeine, or other habits you'd like to change - Taking vitamins or keeping up a daily routine - Anyone who's abandoned a habit app after breaking a streak - Students, professionals, parents, and anyone who wants to understand themselves better, without the pressure WHAT GROW DOESN'T DO - No streaks to lose - No badges, points, or gimmicks - No guilt, no clutter, no noise Start small. Stay consistent. Watch yourself grow.
Anxiety Loop
Gently track your anxiety levels and identify recurring patterns with simple daily check-ins. Understand your triggers and access calming exercises to find your peace. Designed for real life, it offers a private and intuitive way to build self-awareness.
- One-tap daily check-ins
- Track body sensations and triggers
- View anxiety trends over time
- Access breathing exercises
- Utilize grounding techniques
- Optional gentle reminders
- Private on-device data storage
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Notice your anxiety. Understand your patterns. Find your calm. Anxiety Loop is a simple, gentle way to track how you’re feeling and notice repeating anxiety patterns over time. With one-tap daily check-ins, you can build awareness of your anxiety loops without pressure, judgment, or overwhelm. SIMPLE CHECK-INS • Tap how you’re feeling: Calm, Elevated, Anxious, or Overwhelmed • Add optional details about body sensations and triggers • Takes just seconds. No journaling required UNDERSTAND YOUR PATTERNS • See anxiety trends over days and weeks • Notice what triggers stress and what helps you stay calm • Gain insight without obsessing over numbers CALMING EXERCISES • Breathing exercises to help settle your nervous system • Grounding techniques for moments of overwhelm DESIGNED FOR REAL LIFE • Gentle reminders to check in (optional) • Clean, calming interface with dark mode • Your data stays private on your device and iCloud Whether you’re managing everyday stress, noticing anxiety loops, or building more self-awareness, Anxiety Loop meets you where you are. No complicated mood journals. No lengthy questionnaires. Just simple awareness that adds up over time.• Quick resets you can use anywhere Disclaimer Anxiety Loop is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact a healthcare professional or local crisis helpline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Anxiety Loop at Free against Grow's $0.99. Anxiety Loop also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Grow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
Anxiety Loop is free to download; Grow costs $0.99 up front. Anxiety Loop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grow asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Grow against 5.0 for Anxiety Loop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Grow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Anxiety Loop's.
Grow ships an update fortnightly, Anxiety Loop every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grow | Anxiety Loop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ozlem AKBUDAK | Studio 0172 LLC |
Customer experience
Grow
Anxiety Loop
In-app purchases
Grow
No in-app purchases
Anxiety Loop
- Anxiety Loop Pro$19.99









