Comparison

Grow vs Shap.IO

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily habit tracking
  • Weekly progress view
  • Yearly insights and charts
  • Goal planning
  • Motivation through visual growth
  • Lifestyle improvement
Features
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GROW. 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.

About

Shap.IO

Features
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Log what you eat in 10 seconds and see when you'll reach your goal weight. PHOTO, TEXT OR BARCODE Take a photo of your plate and the AI tells you what's on it, with grams, calories, protein, carbs and fat. Rather type? "200 g chicken and rice" works too. Packaged food? Scan the barcode and the label's numbers come straight in. YOUR GOAL, WITH A DATE Tell us the weight you want to reach and we work out your daily calories and the date you'll get there if you follow the plan. Lose fat, build muscle, or both at once. WHAT'S LEFT, AFTER EVERY MEAL Save a meal and see how many calories are left, for how many meals, and whether you're short on protein. Close the day on target and we'll tell you what days like that add up to on the scale. YOUR GYM, IN THE SAME APP Start a workout in one tap and log every set. Build routines from the exercise library, with technique videos and your last weight already filled in. If you want it, a weekly AI plan built around your days and your level. RECIPES WITH REAL PHOTOS A wall of recipes with calories and time up front. Save the ones you like, change them, or cook them step by step. SIMPLE ON PURPOSE Four questions to get started. One screen for today: what's left, your macros and your week. Large text and labelled buttons. No ads. Works with Apple Health: your steps and workouts count toward what you burn each day. In English, Spanish, German and Portuguese. FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited AI logging for your first 14 days, then 10 a week, plus barcode scanning, recipes, routines and workout logging. Pro (4.99 €/month or 29.99 €/year): unlimited AI logging, weekly AI training plans and your weekly review. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://furtive-group-eb3.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-366304841abe80c0b61df085c6a52b62

Screenshots

Grow4 screens
Shap.IO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shap.IO at Free against Grow's $0.99. Shap.IO also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). Grow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

Shap.IO is free to download; Grow costs $0.99 up front. Shap.IO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Grow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grow ships an update every 2 weeks, Shap.IO every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Grow versus Shap.IO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowShap.IO
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB52 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOzlem AKBUDAKEnrique Mateo

In-app purchases

None

Grow

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Shap.IO

Subscriptions2
  • Shap.IO Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Shap.IO Premium Annual$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Grow free?
Grow costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shap.IO free?
Shap.IO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grow or Shap.IO have ads?
Neither Grow nor Shap.IO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grow or Shap.IO?
Grow ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shap.IO every 3 days. Most recently, Grow was updated on October 28, 2026 and Shap.IO on October 28, 2026.

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