Ember vs Neutral Scroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ember
This app helps you build and maintain daily routines and goals with a simple, satisfying interface. It offers features like smart reminders, streak protection, and detailed statistics to keep you motivated. Track habits you want to start or quit, and sync with Apple Health for automatic completion.
- Daily or weekly goal tracking
- Smart, context-aware reminders
- Streak protection and vacation mode
- Apple Health sync for automatic completion
- Quit habit tracking
- Interactive home screen widgets
- Full calendar editor for backfilling
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Most habit apps charge $50–70 every year. Ember offers lifetime access for less than many apps charge for a single month. No account. No data collected. No catch. A fast, focused habit tracker that makes staying consistent feel simple and satisfying. DESIGNED FOR EASE OF USE See all your habits in a clean grid or list. Open the app, tap, and you are done. No clutter, hidden menus, or loading screens getting in the way. Every completion feels like a small win, so you actually want to come back tomorrow. BUILT AROUND YOU - Daily or weekly goals - Multi-tap habits for flexible targets - Morning, Day, Evening, or Night categories - Custom day end times for night owls - Drag to reorder habits to match your real routine EXCLUSIVE FEATURES Full Calendar Editor: Log habits on any past date, no matter how far back. Backfill entire weeks or months in minutes and bring over your history from other apps without starting from zero. Smart Reminders: Already hit your goal for the day? Ember stays silent. You only get nudges when you still have something to do, so reminders feel helpful instead of annoying. Apple Watch App: Log habits directly from your wrist in seconds. Perfect for the gym, walks, or moments when your phone is not nearby. Health App Sync: Add habits like Steps or Calories and they sync with Apple Health. The habit completes automatically once you reach your target. Quit Habits: Track what you want to stop doing, not just what you want to start. Perfect for quitting smoking, vaping, snus, or alcohol. Login Streak: Earn a streak for showing up. Get rewarded with milestones for opening the app and checking in. Milestone Icons: 14 milestone icons to unlock through pure consistency, from Wood (3 days) and Coal (7 days) all the way to Legend (1,000 days), plus 8 color styles you can switch to anytime. Your home screen becomes a visible reminder of how far you have come. Streak Protection: Stay consistent and earn protection. One missed day will not erase weeks of effort, so a bad day does not break your motivation. Challenge Mode: Make protection cost something. After it saves a day, that habit needs one extra check-in the next day. Vacation Planning: Freeze your habits before you travel or take a break. Your streaks stay safe and wait for you to return, instead of punishing you for living your life. Statistics & Reports: Monthly and yearly views, personal records, and weekly and monthly reports. Hit a number worth bragging about? Share it as a card. 5 Widget Styles: Tiles, List, Rings, Pulse, and Focus widgets. All are interactive, so you can log habits straight from your Home Screen without opening the app. PRICING Free to start, with up to 6 habits and no time limit. Premium adds unlimited habits, Streak Protection, Vacation Planning, and the milestone icons. Upgrade anytime: weekly, monthly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Lifetime has no renewal date. It is yours forever. YOUR DATA No account required No tracking Secure iCloud sync between your devices Export your data anytime if you ever want to leave 19 LANGUAGES Available in English, Swedish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Turkish, Thai, Hindi, Indonesian, and more. Stop overpaying just to track your habits. Support: https://edgarpielb.com/ember/#support Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://edgarpielb.com/ember/privacy
Neutral Scroll
This app offers a sensory pause from habitual phone use. It provides a calming, content-free experience with haptic feedback and visual gradients to help you disengage from endless scrolling. It also acts as a gentle reminder when you attempt to open other apps.
- Content-free scrolling experience
- Haptic feedback for engagement
- Visual gradients and color shifts
- Time-boxed usage periods
- Optional app opening reminder
- Privacy-focused, no tracking
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A sensory pause for the moment your hand reaches for the feed. The urge to scroll isn't really about content. It's about regulation - a fidget, a friction, something to hold. Neutral Scroll gives you that, without the algorithm underneath. You open it. You stay for a time boxed period of time. The screen quietly winds itself down, and you put your phone away. — TWO MODES — Scroll A paged gradient of muted hues. Each swipe snaps cleanly to the next color, with one soft haptic pulse per page. No content. No counter. Just rhythm. Find A target somewhere on the screen, invisible. The closer your finger gets, the faster and heavier the haptic feedback. Land it, and the colour collapses to your fingertip and washes in a new hue. — A SOFTER DOOR — Pick the apps you reach for out of habit. When you open them, Neutral Scroll catches you at the door with a gentle reminder, and points you here instead. Built on Apple's Screen Time framework. Always opt-in. Always your choice. — WHAT IT DOESN'T DO — No likes, no streaks, no scores. No notifications, ever. No tracking, no analytics, no account. No social features, no sharing, no leaderboards. No reason to come back besides the experience itself. — PRIVACY — Neutral Scroll collects nothing. No analytics, no telemetry, no account. The optional shield runs entirely on-device through Apple's Family Controls. Nothing leaves your phone. — REQUIREMENTS — iPhone running iOS 17 or later. Uses the Taptic Engine, so iPhone only — no iPad, no Mac. One-time purchase. No subscription. No in-app purchases. No ads. neutralscroll.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Neutral Scroll at none against Ember's 3. Neutral Scroll also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Ember's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Ember sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Neutral Scroll asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ember ships an update fortnightly, Neutral Scroll every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ember | Neutral Scroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edgar Pielbusch | ProfoundLabs Ltd |
Customer experience
Ember
Neutral Scroll
In-app purchases
Ember
- Ember Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
- Ember Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Premium Version$9.99
Neutral Scroll
No in-app purchases









