Comparison

HeatMap vs RoutineCanvas

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

Head to head
About

HeatMap

Visualize your progress with a daily streak tracker that uses a GitHub-style contribution grid. Log habits with simple taps, counters, or timers, and gain insights from detailed statistics. Integrates with home screen widgets and Siri Shortcuts for seamless tracking.

Highlights
  • GitHub-style contribution grid visualization
  • Yes/No, Counter, and Timer tracking modes
  • Detailed statistics and trend analysis
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Offline functionality with optional sync
  • Multiple color palettes and themes
Features
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Every day you keep a habit turns one square green. Skip a week and you see the gap. That is the whole idea: a year of your life on one screen, honest and impossible to argue with. HeatMap is a habit tracker built around the GitHub-style contribution grid. Open it, tap once, done. No cluttered dashboard, no ads, no guilt-tripping notifications. THREE WAYS TO TRACK - Yes / No — did you go to the gym today? - Counter — pages read, glasses of water, cups of coffee. - Timer — start it and log real minutes of practice, study or meditation. Set a daily target, or a gentler one like "4 times a week", and the grid follows your rule instead of shaming you for a rest day. STATISTICS THAT ACTUALLY TELL YOU SOMETHING - Current streak, personal record, total days - Your most productive weekday, and weekdays vs weekends - Six-month trend, month-over-month change and a year-end projection - Your longest gaps, so you can see where a habit usually breaks Tap any number to open the full chart behind it. RIGHT ON YOUR HOME SCREEN - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing your live heatmap - A Control Center button to log a habit without opening the app - Siri Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, mark meditation" WORKS OFFLINE, SYNCS WHEN YOU WANT Start tracking immediately — no account, no email, no onboarding quiz. Everything is stored on your device and keeps working on a plane or underground. Sign in later and your existing habits move with you to iPhone, iPad and the web, in both directions, with nothing lost. MADE TO BE LOOKED AT EVERY DAY Twelve hand-picked colour palettes, icons for every kind of habit, full light and dark themes, and a calm interface that gets out of your way. Available in English, Russian, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Japanese. GOOD FOR Gym and workouts, running, reading, meditation, language learning, drinking water, journaling, practising an instrument, quitting smoking, cutting screen time, side projects, deep work, medication, skincare. FREE, WITH NO CATCH Track habits with every colour palette and the complete set of statistics — free. No ads, no paywall standing in front of your own charts, no trial that quietly starts charging you. Built by one developer who tracks his own habits with it. Every message gets read, and a lot of what is in the app came from user requests. Tell us what is missing.

About

RoutineCanvas

Features
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Build better habits, one day at a time. RoutineCanvas helps you create, track, and visualize your daily routines with a beautiful heatmap-style contribution grid — inspired by GitHub's activity view. FREE FEATURES - Track up to 5 habits - Yes/No (boolean) tracking - Multiple views: List, Grid, Month Grid - Home screen widgets - Local backups & data export - Negative habit tracking - Streak counter & streak goals - Daily, weekly, and monthly frequencies - Customizable reminders (1 per habit) - Dark mode & accessibility support UPGRADE TO PRO - Unlimited habits - Number & Duration tracking (log quantities and time) - Categories & Tags to organize your habits - Cloud Sync via iCloud (AES-256 encrypted) - Advanced Statistics: charts, trends, contribution grids - Multiple reminders per habit (up to 5) - Interval Streaks with custom completion schedules - Siri Shortcuts — complete habits with your voice - General Notifications to stay on track WHY RoutineCanvas? - Privacy-first: all data stored locally, cloud sync is optional and end-to-end encrypted - No ads, no tracking, no social features — just you and your habits - Works offline, syncs when you're ready - Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Start free with 5 habits. Upgrade anytime: - Monthly: €1.09 - Yearly: €5.99 - Lifetime: €19.99 (one-time purchase) Terms of Use: https://www.routinecanvas.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.routinecanvas.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

HeatMap4 screens
RoutineCanvas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HeatMap at none against RoutineCanvas's 3. RoutineCanvas's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. RoutineCanvas sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. HeatMap asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeatMap ships an update every 2 weeks, RoutineCanvas every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HeatMap versus RoutineCanvas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeatMapRoutineCanvas
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeonid ChirkovHeinrich Hermann

In-app purchases

None

HeatMap

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

RoutineCanvas

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is HeatMap free?
HeatMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RoutineCanvas free?
RoutineCanvas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HeatMap or RoutineCanvas have ads?
Neither HeatMap nor RoutineCanvas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HeatMap or RoutineCanvas?
HeatMap ships an update every 2 weeks, and RoutineCanvas every 3 days. Most recently, HeatMap was updated on October 17, 2026 and RoutineCanvas on October 23, 2026.

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