Comparison

Compound vs Yearly Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Compound

This minimalist app displays your entire year on a single screen, allowing you to track daily habits with a single tap. It focuses on visualizing patterns and consistency without pressure or reminders, prioritizing privacy with local data storage.

Highlights
  • Yearly view on one screen
  • One-tap daily check-ins
  • Optional daily notes
  • Visual pattern emergence
  • Clean, minimalist interface
  • Local data storage
  • No notifications or reminders
Features
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Compound is a minimalist habit tracker designed around a single idea: see your entire year at a glance. Every day of the year lives on one screen. Tap once to check in. Add notes if you want. Over time, patterns emerge naturally. See your whole year All 365 days are visible at once. No scrolling. No dashboards. The layout automatically adapts to your screen so your year always fits. One tap per day Tap a day to mark that you showed up. That’s it. The calendar shows what happened, clearly and honestly. Optional depth Add short daily notes with a long press Review reflections in a simple timeline Run time bound personal experiments alongside your daily check ins Use as much or as little as you want. Visual patterns See consistency over weeks and months. Runs appear naturally. No streak pressure. No resets. Designed for focus Clean, minimalist interface No notifications or reminders No gamification Thoughtful dark mode Privacy first No accounts No cloud sync All data stored locally on your device Export and import your data anytime Missing a day is okay Compound is descriptive, not motivational. It shows what happened, not what should have happened. Show up when you can. Watch it compound.

About

Yearly Tracker

This app helps you achieve your yearly goals and build consistent habits with a clean, distraction-free interface. Track progress, view summaries, and stay motivated without unnecessary complexity.

Highlights
  • Set yearly goals
  • Track daily habits
  • Dashboard summary
  • Progress recaps
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Offline-first and private
Features
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Yearly Tracker is a private, offline space for tracking the habits, goals, and progress that shape your year. Version 2.0 introduces a completely redesigned experience inspired by art, editorial design, and the idea of your year as a personal archive. Track daily habits with a simple ledger, follow progress toward yearly goals, browse a curated collection of artwork, and keep your progress visible with Home Screen widgets. Habits Record each day as good, bad, or empty and build a visual history of your routines over time. Yearly Goals Track milestones and count-based goals with simple, tactile progress controls. Art Collection Choose from a bundled collection of public-domain artwork or use Random Art to give the app a different atmosphere each time you return. Widgets Keep your habits, goals, and yearly progress visible from your Home Screen, with artwork that stays in sync with the app. Private by design No account. No tracking. No analytics. Your data stays on your device. Yearly Tracker is designed to be a quiet place to record the year you’re building.

Screenshots

Compound4 screens
Yearly Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Yearly Tracker at fortnightly against Compound's every 2 months. Yearly Tracker also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Compound against 5.0 for Yearly Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compound ships an update every 2 months, Yearly Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Compound versus Yearly Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompoundYearly Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhijat SaraswatAndres Botia

Customer experience

Compound

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

Yearly Tracker

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Compound

No in-app purchases

None

Yearly Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compound free?
Compound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yearly Tracker free?
Yearly Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Compound or Yearly Tracker?
Compound and Yearly Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Compound or Yearly Tracker have ads?
Neither Compound nor Yearly Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Compound or Yearly Tracker?
Compound ships an update every 2 months, and Yearly Tracker fortnightly. Most recently, Compound was updated on October 16, 2026 and Yearly Tracker on October 23, 2026.

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