Comparison

Ritualist vs DeckPilot

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

Head to head
About

Ritualist

Features
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Build and keep the habits that matter — from morning routines and mindful breathing to healthier eating windows, better focus, and lasting change. SIMPLE & POWERFUL TRACKING • Create habits in seconds with smart suggestions • Track completions with a single tap • Binary, numeric, and timed habits — pick the format that fits • Beautiful monthly calendar with streak tracking • Log completions and sessions for any past day FASTING & BREATHING, BUILT IN • Intermittent fasting with 16:8, 18:6 & more • Guided breathing: Box Breathing, 4-7-8, Cyclic Sighing and custom patterns • Start a timer, log how you feel, review your full session history • Live Activities keep your current session visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • End a fast right from the Live Activity with a confirmation step that protects your data ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Group habits into categories • Flexible scheduling — daily or specific days • Home Screen widgets for quick check-ins • Color themes to make the app feel like yours PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS • An "About You" card reveals your best day, peak time, and longest streak • Share-ready achievement cards — streak milestones, perfect days, weekly recaps and more • Redesigned achievement moments with tier-coloured celebrations and a personal note baked into every share • AI-powered personality analysis based on your habit patterns (Pro) REMINDERS THAT FIND YOU • Time-based reminders for every habit • Location-based reminders with geofencing • Apple Health sync for steps, water, sleep, mindfulness and more FREE FOR EVERYONE • Up to 5 habits with daily tracking • Time and location reminders • Fasting and breathing with built-in protocols • Apple Health sync, color themes, completion calendar • iCloud sync across your devices • Tips and motivational insights UNLOCK PRO • Unlimited habits • AI personality insights tuned to your patterns • Smart scheduling suggestions • Data import and export DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY • Your data stays on your device and in your iCloud • No account required • No third-party advertising trackers Terms of Use: https://vladblajovan.github.io/RitualistApp/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://vladblajovan.github.io/RitualistApp/privacy/

About

DeckPilot

Transform your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch into custom button decks for your Mac. Streamline workflows with customizable buttons, macros, and gestures that adapt to your active application. Enjoy tactile feedback and dynamic visual cues for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Customizable button decks for Mac apps
  • Macro builder with AppleScript and Shortcuts integration
  • Tactile feedback and customizable haptics
  • Dynamic button states and visual cues
  • Trackpad gesture emulation
  • Touch Bar functionality on mobile devices
  • MIDI support for DAWs
Features
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Made for people who care about how they work with their Mac. The keyboard, mouse, and trackpad shape how you reach into your Mac. There's another way. DeckPilot turns your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch into custom button decks that follow whichever app you're in. Logic, Xcode, Figma, Slack: the right buttons are always under your thumb. Quick to set up Install on your Mac and iPhone, connect once over Wi-Fi or USB. Auto-reconnects the way AirDrop does. No hardware to buy. Buttons for everything Tap to open Figma. Tap to mute Zoom. Tap to fire a 5-step macro. Build them from apps, files, websites, keyboard shortcuts, AppleScript, or Apple Shortcuts, and chain anything together in a visual macro builder. 300,000+ icons, or bring your own. One button, more than one move Tap for one thing, double-tap for another, hold for a third. Or hold to pop open a whole submenu of buttons from a single tile. One button can run your whole flow. Buttons you can feel Every press lands with a real mechanical click and a tactile thump. Pick the feel, from a crisp keyboard to a soft, heavy thock, with sound and haptics you tune separately. Your Mac's clipboard, on your phone Everything you copy on your Mac lands in a searchable history on your phone. Pin what you reuse, see when you copied it, and send any snippet back to your Mac with a tap. Images come through full-size. Every workflow its own look A teal gradient and big icons for your DAW. A tight grid with greyscale icons for your code editor. Pick from the community gallery or design your own. Buttons that already know A red mic pill on your Zoom button when you're muted. A live waveform on Spotify when it's playing. You stop checking your Mac, because the buttons already know. Keep your favorites close Pin the decks you live in and they stay a swipe away, whatever app you're in. Trackpad gestures you know Two fingers down to minimize, two up to maximize, three across to switch spaces. Or bind any swipe to almost anything: Apple Shortcuts, AppleScript, macros, jumping decks. Touch Bar, reborn Apple's Touch Bar is gone. DeckPilot brings it back as a floating glass strip on your phone. Volume, brightness, media, mic mute, a clock, and live Battery, CPU, and Memory readouts, colored to match each deck. Widgets on every screen Home Screen widgets put your top buttons one tap from anywhere. The Lock Screen widget shows your active deck without unlocking, and joins iOS 17+ StandBy on a charger. On your wrist, too A dedicated Apple Watch deck with multiple pages and real app icons. Digital Crown for volume and brightness. Complications for one-tap Mute and Play/Pause. Built-in MIDI for any DAW Faders, knobs, XY pads, velocity pads, and transport for Logic Pro, GarageBand, Ableton Live, FL Studio, and anything that speaks MIDI. Also good - Built-in AppleScript editor with ten dark themes - Auto-lock and OLED-safe auto-dim after a short idle - Share .deckpacks, browse community templates, try Demo Mode without pairing - Privacy-first. Commands stay on your Wi-Fi, nothing leaves your network Made for developers, designers, streamers, and musicians who want a faster way to drive their Mac. To unlock the full kit, DeckPilot offers an optional Pro subscription. Pro: $7.99/month or $39/year, auto-renewable. Lifetime: $79 one-time. Pro adds multi-page decks, larger grids, MIDI, macros, AppleScript, app-aware switching, multi-launch buttons, advanced gestures, Apple Watch, per-deck themes, and Shortcuts. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://deckpilot.co/terms Privacy: https://deckpilot.co/privacy Support: https://deckpilot.co/support

Screenshots

Ritualist4 screens
DeckPilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ritualist and DeckPilot are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Ritualist sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and DeckPilot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ritualist versus DeckPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRitualistDeckPilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVlad BlajovanKeshav Kewlani

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ritualist

Subscriptions3
  • Ritualist Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Ritualist Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Ritualist Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
3 purchases

DeckPilot

Subscriptions2
  • DeckPilot Pro$7.991 Month
  • DeckPilot Pro$39.001 Year
One-time1
  • Founding Member$79.00

Questions

Is Ritualist free?
Ritualist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DeckPilot free?
DeckPilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ritualist or DeckPilot have ads?
Neither Ritualist nor DeckPilot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ritualist or DeckPilot?
Ritualist ships an update every 4 days, and DeckPilot every 4 days. Most recently, Ritualist was updated on October 25, 2026 and DeckPilot on October 24, 2026.

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