Ascend vs Proc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ascend
Build lasting habits and achieve your goals with this straightforward and motivating tracker. It offers unlimited habit creation, custom reminders, and visual progress tracking to help you stay consistent. Focus on your journey without distractions or unnecessary data collection.
- Unlimited habit creation
- Customizable reminders
- Visual progress tracking
- Daily goal support
- Flexible scheduling
- Skip days without penalty
- Simple, distraction-free design
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Build better habits, stay consistent, and reach your goals with Ascend — a simple, motivating habit tracker designed to keep you on track every day. Whether you want to drink more water, exercise regularly, read daily, or learn a new skill, Ascend makes it easy to create habits, set goals, and celebrate your progress. Features • Create Unlimited Habits – Track anything from health routines to personal goals • Custom Reminders – Get notified exactly when you need a nudge • Progress Tracking – Visualize your streaks and achievements over time • Daily Goal Support – Set how many times a day to complete each habit • Flexible Scheduling – Choose specific days or custom repeat patterns • Skip Days Without Guilt – Keep your habit list clean and motivating • Beautiful, Simple Design – Focus on your goals without distractions No accounts, no unnecessary data collection — just your habits, your progress, and your success. Why Ascend? Many habit trackers overwhelm you with features you don’t need. Ascend keeps it simple, powerful, and privacy-friendly so you can focus on building the life you want. Start small, stay consistent, and watch your habits — and your life — grow. For guidelines for use of our app refer to Apple's terms of service here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Proc
This app helps you stay focused on your studies by locking distracting apps until you demonstrate progress on your assignments. It uses AI to verify your work, ensuring you only unlock access after completing tasks. Connect your Canvas account for automatic assignment import and track your progress against daily goals.
- AI-verified assignment progress
- Automatic app blocking
- Canvas integration
- Daily progress goals
- Anonymous classmate progress comparison
- Customizable commitment settings
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Proc turns "I'll study later" into "I studied." Pick the apps that derail you, set your assignments, and Proc keeps those apps locked until you've actually made progress on your work — checked by AI, not the honor system. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your assignments — type them in or import them straight from Canvas. 2. Choose the apps to block (social media, short-video apps, games — your call). 3. Do the work and submit it. Proc's AI reads your submission and scores how complete it is against the assignment. 4. Hit your daily progress goal and your apps unlock. Fall behind and they stay locked. AI-VERIFIED PROGRESS, NOT A HONOR SLIDER Your progress isn't a number you drag — it's earned. Proc uses Google's Gemini AI to judge how far along your real work is, so the apps you unlock reflect work you actually did. It checks completeness and whether you're on-topic; it never just hands you the answers. A DAILY PACE THAT'S ACTUALLY DOABLE Proc spreads each assignment across the days you have before it's due, so you get a fair daily target instead of a last-minute wall. Work ahead one day and you bank breathing room for the next. CANVAS, BUILT IN Connect Canvas once and your current-semester courses and assignments flow in automatically — no retyping due dates. SEE HOW YOUR CLASS IS DOING Verify your school email and the School tab shows how classmates are progressing on the same assignments — completely anonymous. No names, no leaderboards-as-shame, just a sense of where you stand. Report and block controls keep it safe. STICK TO YOUR WORD Set a commitment — how many days ahead you want to stay, whether weekends count — and Proc holds you to it. Making your blocking harder is instant; easing it takes a cooling- off period, so a moment of weakness doesn't undo your week. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Most of your data lives on your device. We don't use analytics or advertising SDKs and we don't track you across other apps. Your Canvas token stays in your device's Keychain. See our full Privacy Policy at theprocapp.com/privacy. Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) on your own device — Proc never manages anyone else's phone. Stop doomscrolling your deadlines away. Get Proc. *All features described above require a subscription.* Privacy Policy: https://theprocapp.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://theprocapp.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Ascend at freemium against Proc's subscription. Proc's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Ascend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Proc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ascend against 5.0 for Proc. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Proc has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ascend ships an update every 3 days, Proc every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ascend | Proc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tanner Bennett | Soro Development LLC |
Customer experience
Ascend
Proc
In-app purchases
Ascend
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
Proc
- Proc Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Proc Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$49.991 Year









