Comparison

Habit Tracker vs Sown

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

Head to head
About

Habit Tracker

This app helps you build and maintain positive habits by visualizing your progress and streaks. Track your consistency with manual check-ins, automatic counters, and planned days off. Reach milestones and earn trophies as you achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • Build habits with streaks
  • Manual and automatic check-ins
  • Planned days off
  • Reminders and widgets
  • Habit history and insights
  • Milestones and trophies
  • Local data storage
Features
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Build a streak you’re proud of. Flame is a habit tracker and streak counter that makes your consistency visible. Read more, keep up with your workouts, or leave late-night scrolling behind. From your first few days to your next personal best, see how long you can keep your commitment going. Features Build and break habits with streaks • Build a habit with manual check-ins. Mark it done when you’ve followed through, and add another day to your streak. • Break a habit with an automatic counter. Your streak grows at midnight without daily check-ins. Reset it when you need a fresh start. • Choose which days count. Follow a daily routine or set a weekly schedule. Planned days off won’t break your streak. • Keep your commitments in view with reminders for each habit and home screen widgets. • Forgot to check in? Update past days from the calendar. • Missed a day? Use a streak freeze to keep your streak going while recording the missed day, or restart and work toward a new personal best. Track your consistency • Review completed days, missed days, and freezes in your habit history. • Explore your activity heatmap in Insights and see how consistently you’ve kept your habits over the last 30 days. • Look beyond your current streak with personal bests, lifetime totals, and a record of your comebacks. Reach milestones and share your streaks • Set a target to work toward, whether it’s your first week or a longer challenge. • Earn trophies at 7, 30, 90, 365, and 1,000 days. • Share achievements with ready-made visuals, or keep them as personal milestones. • Archive completed streaks to preserve their trophies and make room for your next goal. Your streak data stays on your phone • Keep your progress on your device. Export a backup file to save a copy, restore it later, or move your streaks to a new phone. -- Flame Pro Start tracking for free. Premium unlocks unlimited streaks, streak freezes, home screen widgets, Insights, backup and restore, plus custom themes and icons. Subscription terms: https://www.with-aura.com/subscription-terms/flame-subscription-terms

About

Sown

Features
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Sown is a mindful habit tracker that helps you build the life you want — one good day at a time. Organise your habits into what matters most. Must-dos are your non-negotiables — the basics like sleep, hygiene and responsibilities. Nice-to-dos are the hobbies and interests that make life fulfilling. Don't-dos are the habits you're ready to quit. Complete a must-do by swiping to strikethrough — just like crossing it off in a notebook. Finish all your must-dos without slipping on a don't-do and you earn a good day. Chain good days together to build your streak. KEY FEATURES • Swipe to complete — satisfying gesture-based completion with haptic feedback • Good day streaks — all must-dos done + no slips = a good day • Habit groups — combine related habits (e.g. Gym, Run, Swim under "Exercise") and complete any one to satisfy the group • Don't-do tracking — track the habits you want to quit and mark slips honestly • Screen Time blocking — link don't-do habits to specific apps and block them when you hit your limit • Focus mode — get intercepted when opening a blocked app and redirected to something productive • HealthKit integration — auto-complete habits based on steps, exercise minutes, distance, sleep and more • Smart reminders — context-aware notifications based on your schedule and time of day • Journaling — write end-of-day reflections and rate your fulfilment • Photo tracking — attach photos to hobby habits and see your progress in a monthly collage • Monthly calendar — see your completed habits, good days and notes at a glance • iCloud sync — keep everything in sync across all your devices • Today's tasks — add one-off tasks alongside your daily habits Sown is built around a simple idea: be honest with yourself. No streaks you didn't earn. No credit for habits you didn't do. Just real progress, tracked beautifully in a calm, paper-notebook aesthetic. Some days you get everything done. Some days you won't. Both are fine.

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
Sown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sown at none against Habit Tracker's 6. Sown also leads on ads (none vs shown). Habit Tracker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Habit Tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update weekly, Sown every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Habit Tracker versus Sown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackerSown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (248 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings248 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB18 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperExplora (Apps)Incept5

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Flame Tracker Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Flame Tracker Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Flame Tracker Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • Flame Tracker Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Flame Tracker Pro - Lifetime Offer$24.99
  • Flame Tracker Pro - Lifetime$49.99
None

Sown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sown free?
Sown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Habit Tracker or Sown have ads?
Habit Tracker shows ads; Sown does not.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or Sown?
Habit Tracker ships an update weekly, and Sown every 2 months. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Sown on October 31, 2026.

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