Comparison

HugTime vs KeepEatClean

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

Head to head
About

HugTime

This app encourages a daily 20-second hug ritual to foster connection and calm. It provides gentle reminders and tracks your progress without pressure, making it easy to build a consistent habit with loved ones and pets.

Highlights
  • Daily 20-second hug reminder
  • Streak tracking with Grace Law
  • Private by default data storage
  • Support for people and pets
  • Calm and non-intrusive design
  • Free tier for one person
Features
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HugTime turns hugs into a daily ritual. A 20-second hug releases oxytocin — the calm-and-connection hormone. HugTime helps you make that small, powerful moment a daily habit with the people and pets you love. How it works - Add the people and pets in your life - Set a gentle daily reminder - Tap "Start the hug" — a calm 20-second countdown plays - Watch your streak grow Designed to feel calm, not pushy - No streak-loss panic — the Grace Law freezes your streak when you miss a day instead of breaking it - Warm, Apple-quiet design — no notifications spam, no guilt - Built for real life with partners, kids, parents, friends, and pets - Private by default — all your data stays on your device Free forever One person, full ritual, no ads, no time limit. HugTime Premium - Unlimited loved ones and pets - Reminders for everyone in your circle - No ads, ever - Future features as they ship - Annual $29.99/year (7-day free trial) - Monthly $4.99/month - Lifetime $49.99 once (founding price) Cancel anytime. One person is always free. ——— Terms of Use (EULA): https://myhugtime.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://myhugtime.com/legal/privacy HugTime offers an auto-renewing subscription (Yearly / Monthly) and a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.

About

KeepEatClean

Track your nutrition and lifestyle choices to understand their impact on your biological age. This app provides insights into how meals, sleep, and activity affect your body's real age, offering a science-backed approach to longevity.

Highlights
  • Biological Age Engine
  • Longevity Math impact scoring
  • AI Meal Scanner
  • EatClean Score for meals
  • Daily Activity Rings
  • Vitals Dashboard via Apple Health
  • Squad accountability feature
Features
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Understand which eating habits suit you through patterns from your own meals and wearable data. KeepEatClean brings your food diary and wearable history together on your iPhone. Log what you eat, correct the details, and explore how nutrition and meal timing line up with your own sleep and recovery. BUILD A FOOD HISTORY YOU CAN CORRECT Log meals with a photo and edit your meals and portions. A useful history starts with records that reflect what you actually ate. LOG FROM YOUR APPLE WATCH The companion Apple Watch app in version 1.22 brings quick logging to your wrist. Tap a usual meal or water, save a meal time with Eating now, or say what you ate and confirm the estimate. KeepEatClean on iPhone is required for setup and meal estimation. Watch-face complications put your daily context close to hand. BRING IN YOUR WEARABLE DATA Connect Apple Health or use the separate WHOOP integration. Available sleep, HRV and recovery information depends on your connected sources. Apple Watch data connects through Apple Health. EXPLORE FOOD × BODY PATTERNS Look for associations across days when both food and body data are available. KeepEatClean shows learning progress when there is not enough history. Patterns need at least 12 paired days and additional evidence checks. Reaching 12 days does not guarantee a finding. No clear pattern is a valid result, and an association does not establish cause and effect. START WITH THE FREE TIER KeepEatClean offers a free tier and an optional Pro subscription. Review the current features and subscription terms inside the app. Your meals. Your wearable history. A clearer view of your habits. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HugTime4 screens
KeepEatClean4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HugTime at daily against KeepEatClean's every 6 days. HugTime also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). KeepEatClean's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. HugTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and KeepEatClean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. 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 HugTime against 5.0 for KeepEatClean. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KeepEatClean has 11 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HugTime ships an update daily, KeepEatClean every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HugTime versus KeepEatClean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHugTimeKeepEatClean
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGowimeVelcrest Group

Customer experience

HugTime

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KeepEatClean

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HugTime

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

KeepEatClean

Subscriptions2
  • KeepEatClean Pro Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • KeepEatClean Pro Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is HugTime free?
HugTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KeepEatClean free?
KeepEatClean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HugTime or KeepEatClean?
HugTime and KeepEatClean are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do HugTime or KeepEatClean have ads?
Neither HugTime nor KeepEatClean shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HugTime or KeepEatClean?
HugTime ships an update daily, and KeepEatClean every 6 days. Most recently, HugTime was updated on November 5, 2026 and KeepEatClean on October 31, 2026.

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