Comparison

Routinely vs Ritual

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

Head to head
About

Routinely

Features
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Turn good intentions into routines you can follow. Routinely helps you group small habits into ordered morning, evening, fitness, wellness, or self-care routines. Schedule each routine for the days and time it belongs, then move through your habits one step at a time. BUILD ROUTINES THAT FIT YOUR DAY - Stack habits into custom routines and arrange them in the order you want to complete them. - Choose weekdays and a due time for each routine. - Set reminders that arrive when it is time to begin. - Complete, skip, or undo habits as your day changes. SEE WHAT IS WORKING Explore Insights for your routines and individual habits. Review completion rates, current and longest streaks, completed-versus-due totals, period-over-period trends, calendar heatmaps, and detailed habit breakdowns across multiple time periods. KEEP YOUR ROUTINE WITHIN REACH Check your progress and complete habits from your iPhone or Apple Watch. Routinely Pro members can also check off habits directly from interactive medium and large Home Screen widgets. START SMALL FOR FREE Create up to 2 routines with 5 habits per routine at no cost. Upgrade to Routinely Pro to unlock unlimited routines and habits, interactive Home Screen widgets, and additional premium features. Routinely offers optional auto-renewable subscriptions. Subscriptions renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription from your App Store account settings. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://routinelyapp.com/privacypolicy/

About

Ritual

Features
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Build daily rituals that create lasting habits. Ritual turns the routines you wish you had into something you actually run โ€” a guided sequence of timed tasks that flows from one to the next, hands-free, with calm precision. Start with a 5-minute morning anchor. A 25-minute deep work block. A 10-minute wind-down before bed. Whatever shape your day takes, Ritual gives it structure without rigidity. Designed for consistency. Every routine you complete builds a streak. The Insights tab shows your 14-week heatmap, weekly cadence, top routines, and favourite time of day โ€” so the habits you're building become visible, not just hopeful. Designed for you. Schedule routines by day of week. Pick from 20 timer colour pairings and 8 app-wide background gradients. Light mode, dark mode, your mode. Pre-loaded with six research-backed starter routines โ€” Morning, Deep Work, Midday Reset, Evening Shutdown, Weekly Reset, Student Study (Pomodoro). Or design your own from scratch. Designed for honesty. 1-tap mood reflection after each completion. An optional "why does this matter?" intention you can set per routine and pause on before the timer starts. Eight quiet milestones (First Step, Week Warrior, 30-Day Chain, the 66-day Automatic mark) that celebrate real behavioural inflection points โ€” not arbitrary numbers. What's not in Ritual. โ€ข No subscription. Core features are free, forever. โ€ข No ads. โ€ข No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. Your data lives on your device. โ€ข No streak-shame, no notifications begging you to come back. An optional one-time Supporter purchase unlocks the custom colour wheel โ€” paint any timer you can imagine โ€” and helps cover ongoing development. The full preset palette and every core feature stay free. Built by one person who wanted a habit app that respects the user. No unnecessary updates or bloatware to disrupt you. If that sounds like what you've been looking for, welcome. Routines that flow. Rituals that stick.

Screenshots

Routinely4 screens
Ritual4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ritual at none against Routinely's 2. Ritual also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Routinely sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Ritual asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Routinely versus Ritual: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutinelyRitual
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB52 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRenewal Software, LLCGEORGE EMMANUEL LIVANOS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Routinely

Subscriptions2
  • Routinely Premium$1.991 Month
  • Routinely Premium$9.991 Year
None

Ritual

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Routinely free?
Routinely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ritual free?
Ritual is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Routinely or Ritual have ads?
Neither Routinely nor Ritual shows ads.

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