Comparison

Habit Tracker vs Control

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 lasting habits with a minimal and powerful tracker. Monitor streaks, set custom goals, and visualize your progress with clear statistics and calendars. Syncs with Apple Health for automatic tracking.

Highlights
  • Streak tracking
  • Measurable goals
  • Apple Health sync
  • Detailed statistics
  • Smart reminders
  • Customizable habits
  • Weekly and calendar views
Features
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Dayrise — Your Habits, Beautifully Tracked Build lasting habits with Dayrise, a minimal habit tracker that turns your daily progress into a living sunrise. Complete your habits and watch the sun rise, from deep night to full daylight. YOUR DAY AS A SUNRISE Every day starts in the dark. Each completed habit raises the sun, and even partial progress moves it higher. ◦ Living sky: stars and the current moon phase at night, clouds by day, and dawn colors in between ◦ Today at a glance: completed, in progress and remaining habits ◦ Sunrise history: see every day as a miniature sunrise and revisit your past progress ◦ Monthly Progress: track your month, Top Habit and all-time records POWERFUL FEATURES, SIMPLE DESIGN ◦ Streak tracking: build consistency and grow your streak ◦ Measurable goals: track water, steps, minutes, or any custom value ◦ Apple Health sync: automatically track steps, water, distance, sleep, exercise, daylight, mindfulness and more ◦ Built-in timer: start, pause and resume your timed habits ◦ Weekly & Calendar views: see your progress by day, week or month ◦ Detailed statistics: weekly, monthly, yearly & all-time charts ◦ Period comparison: compare totals and averages with previous periods ◦ Smart reminders: set custom times and skip reminders when already done ◦ Habit templates: get started quickly with ready-made presets ON YOUR HOME SCREEN ◦ Sunrise widget: watch today’s sky rise with your progress ◦ Habit widget: see progress and streaks on your Home or Lock Screen ◦ Complete from the widget: finish habits without opening the app ◦ Live Activity: control your timer from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island FLEXIBLE & CUSTOMIZABLE ◦ Build or Quit: build good habits or break unwanted ones ◦ Custom schedule: choose days or daily, weekly and monthly frequency ◦ Groups: organize and filter your habits ◦ Skip & postpone: take a day off without losing your streak ◦ Custom icons & colors: give every habit its own look ◦ Quick actions: complete or undo habits from the main screen ◦ Hall of Fame: archive completed habits and keep their records ◦ Dark & light themes, custom app icons, and 9 languages YOUR PROGRESS, VISUALIZED See each habit’s calendar, completion rate, Best Streak and Total Days. Explore statistics with charts, totals, best results and averages to see how your progress changes over time. DAYRISE PRO Get unlimited habits, full sunrise history, all-time Best Streak and Total Days records, plus premium icons and app icons. PRIVACY & FAMILY ◦ Privacy-first: no account or sign-up; your habits stay on your device and in your private iCloud ◦ iCloud sync: keep your progress synced across devices ◦ Family Sharing: share your subscription with up to 5 family members Start small. Stay consistent. Dayrise makes every day count.

About

Control

Consolidate your daily trackers, planners, and reminders into a single, elegant app. Monitor habits, budgets, fitness, and more directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Live Activities. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • 20+ customizable iOS widgets
  • Track habits, budget, fitness, and more
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities support
  • Private data storage on device
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • No sign-ups or dark patterns
Features
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Your Home Screen, redesigned. Control is a library of 20+ beautifully crafted iOS widgets - every tracker, planner, and reminder you actually use, gathered in one app. Habits, budget, fitness, medication, birthdays, travel, and much more, all glanceable from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. No more juggling ten single-purpose apps. No sign-ups, no dark patterns. - TRACK EVERYTHING - • Habits - daily routines, streaks, goals • Budget - spending, savings, monthly limits • Subscriptions - see exactly what's recurring and when • Portfolio - stocks and crypto, refreshed automatically • Debt - loans and credit cards, payoff progress • Currency - live exchange rates between any two currencies • Fitness - steps, workouts, calories burned via Apple Health • Calories - daily intake, weight goals • Period - cycle tracking with predictions • Medication - dose reminders for every prescription • Birthdays - pulled from Contacts, never forget another one • Books - what you're reading, with auto-fetched covers • Movies - your watchlist with poster art • Pets - feeding, walks, vet visits • Vehicle - mileage, services, fuel logs • Hotel & Travel - live check-out countdowns and trip dashboards • Past Trips - a souvenir of where you've been • Food Expiration - what's in your fridge and when it spoils • Game Tracker - leaderboards plus a multi-touch player picker • Speedometer - live drive sessions • Clipboard - quick-paste from history • To-do - checklists that sync across devices • Quit Tracker - sober days, money saved, life regained - PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Everything is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud account. No external servers. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your habits, finances, and reminders are yours. Control is built for people who want their Home Screen to do something useful. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Control at free against Habit Tracker's freemium. Habit Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, update cadence and 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

Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.4 for Habit Tracker against 4.5 for Control. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habit Tracker has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Control weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Habit Tracker versus Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackerControl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (13 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitrii GroshevAlex Patrick Palacean

Customer experience

Habit Tracker

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Control

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$3.491 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$59.99
1 purchases

Control

One-time1
  • Control Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Habit Tracker or Control?
Control is rated higher. Habit Tracker averages 4.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Control averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Habit Tracker or Control have ads?
Neither Habit Tracker nor Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or Control?
Habit Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Control weekly. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on August 31, 2026 and Control on September 19, 2026.

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