Comparison

Ivy vs Habit Jars

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

Head to head
About

Ivy

This app helps you focus on what matters by planning your day, tracking progress, and reviewing accomplishments. It offers features like repeating reminders, time-based goals, and voice input for planning. Celebrate your completed tasks with animations and build a journal of your day.

Highlights
  • Daily planning and commitment
  • Repeating reminders and time-based goals
  • Voice input for quick planning
  • Focus Mode for time tracking
  • Completion animations and haptics
  • Journaling of completed tasks
  • Review list for unfinished items
Features
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No more never-ending to-do lists. No more overcommitting. Feel good about your days. Ivy lets you start fresh every morning, focus on what matters, and call it done in the evening. Try Ivy free for 14 days. No separate registration required. How it works: In the morning - Start on a fresh canvas with the weather forecast, your all-day events, and the interests you want to focus on. - Choose what to work on from your Ideas list. - Begin your day. Your top three items appear on the iPhone Lock Screen. During the day - Block distractions with Focus Shields. - Give each task your full attention in an immersive, full-screen Focus Session. - Keep your current task in view with Live Activities on iPhone and Apple Watch. - Get credit for the time you put in, even when you don't finish a task. In the evening - Close your day. Your Focus Shields are lifted, and unfinished tasks return to your Ideas list. - Celebrate your accomplishments with an immersive 3D experience. - Revisit what you completed, what you worked on, and for how long in your journal timeline. - Tomorrow starts empty. Many ideas – no overwhelm - Organize your ideas by interest. - Your Ideas list stays compact, showing only the top three ideas from each interest. - Dive into each interest for long-term planning. So much more - Recurring tasks. - Notes, notifications, and alarms. - Voice input (requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence) and Home Screen widgets. - Apple Calendar and Reminders integration. - Flag items as super tasks. - Scheduled items automatically appear in chronological order. - Import from other apps. 14-day free trial - Try Ivy free for 14 days. No separate registration required. - Ivy offers monthly and annual subscriptions, as well as lifetime access with a one-time purchase and no recurring charges. Your subscription starts when you begin the free trial, but you won't be charged during the trial. After 14 days, your subscription automatically renews at the paid rate shown when you subscribe, unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. - All options provide full access to Ivy on all supported devices. - Prices may vary by region. Subscription payments are charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple Account subscription settings. Privacy Policy: https://semantical.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Reach us at hello@semantical.com.

About

Habit Jars

This app helps you build self-improvement routines by visualizing your progress with a unique jar metaphor. Log habits to fill jars with marbles, track streaks, and organize your goals with custom colors. It's designed for privacy and ease of use.

Highlights
  • Visualize progress with habit jars
  • Log habits by adding marbles
  • Track streaks and stats
  • Organize habits with custom colors
  • Private data storage via iCloud
Features
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Jars to track your habits, one marble at a time. Make daily routines and goals visible, with all features available from the start. Each habit is a jar. Every check-in drops one marble into it, making your progress visible. Arrange your jars on shelves and give each one a color so you can see how every habit is going at a glance. Follow a daily streak or collect marbles at your own pace. Made for Daily Habits and Routines • Goals and streaks to support the routine you want. • Decorations and colors to make your shelves your own. • New lid designs to personalize each jar. • Realistic sound effects, physics and haptics make every marble satisfying. • A redesigned calendar and stats to look back on your check-ins. • Widgets keep your habits visible on your Home Screen. • Optimized for iPhone Duo, with refreshed screens. • Private by design: your data is stored in your iCloud account. Every feature is free, including goals, decorations, lids, sounds, calendar and widgets. You get one shelf with 3 slots to use for jars and decorations, and there is no marble cap. A one-time Lifetime purchase unlocks more shelves. No subscription. Start with one habit and watch your jar fill up. Privacy Policy: https://floperillat.com/habit-jars/privacy Terms of Service: https://floperillat.com/habit-jars/terms

Screenshots

Ivy4 screens
Habit Jars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Habit Jars at free with in-app purchases against Ivy's subscription. Habit Jars also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Ivy's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Ivy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Habit Jars sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ivy against 5.0 for Habit Jars. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ivy has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ivy ships an update fortnightly, Habit Jars every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ivy versus Habit Jars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIvyHabit Jars
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026
Further details — not scored
Size329 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSemanticalFlorent Perillat

Customer experience

Ivy

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Habit Jars

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ivy

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • 1 Year14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$79.99
5 purchases

Habit Jars

One-time5
  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$4.99
  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$8.99
  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$12.99
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  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$17.99
  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$22.99

Questions

Is Ivy free?
Ivy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Jars free?
Habit Jars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ivy or Habit Jars?
Ivy and Habit Jars are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Ivy or Habit Jars have ads?
Neither Ivy nor Habit Jars shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ivy or Habit Jars?
Ivy ships an update fortnightly, and Habit Jars every 3 days. Most recently, Ivy was updated on November 14, 2026 and Habit Jars on November 13, 2026.

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