Comparison

Routine Tracker vs Tadpole

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

Head to head
About

Routine Tracker

Features
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Consistency is a simple and minimalistic routine tracker that helps people achieve goals by building accountability and mastering a routine, either by creating new habits or breaking bad ones. 

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SMART PLANS  
Stop wondering where to start and focus on doing. Just tell your goals and have a customizable routine plan that works for you in seconds. 
BREAK BAD HABITS  
Consistency is designed for helping you create good habits or break bad ones. 
WIDGETS 
Track your accountability directly from your home screen widget 

- - - - - TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tadpole

Features
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Tadpole is a consistency challenge tracker for people who want to stop quitting on themselves and start building proof that they can show up. Instead of endless habits or crowded planners, Tadpole helps you turn personal goals into short, trackable challenges. Choose a start date, set your schedule, log each day, and finish what you started. Create challenges for anything you want to stay consistent with: • fitness • studying • reading • creative routines • work focus • health habits • personal discipline Each day, log your challenge as Done, Partial or Missed. A missed day does not erase your progress. Partial effort still counts. Tadpole is built around the idea that consistency does not have to be perfect — it just has to keep coming back. Over time, Tadpole makes your effort visible with progress trails, daily progress, consistency scores, calendar views, and completed challenge results. When you finish a challenge, you can look back at what you built and see real evidence of your follow-through. Tadpole is not a task manager. It is not a packed productivity suite. It is a focused loop: Create a challenge. Show up daily. Track your progress. Complete the challenge. Build proof. Whether you want to study twice a week, walk more, practice guitar, read every morning, build a creative routine, or stay consistent with a personal goal, Tadpole gives you a clean and simple place to keep going. First, you do the challenge. Then, you become someone who shows up. Eventually, the behavior becomes part of who you are. Tadpole helps you stay consistent, finish personal challenges, and build proof of who you are becoming.

Screenshots

Routine Tracker4 screens
Tadpole4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tadpole at none against Routine Tracker's 2. Routine Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Routine Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Tadpole asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Routine Tracker versus Tadpole: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutine TrackerTadpole
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatheus fernandesRoelof Jan Dijkman

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Routine Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Consistency - Mensal$5.991 Month
  • Consistency - Anual$29.991 Year
None

Tadpole

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Routine Tracker free?
Routine Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tadpole free?
Tadpole is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Routine Tracker or Tadpole have ads?
Neither Routine Tracker nor Tadpole shows ads.

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