HabitMeter vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
HabitMeter
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Finally, a habit tracker that measures REAL progress, not just checkboxes. Track minutes of meditation. Count pages read. Log steps walked. Measure liters of water. HabitMeter turns your habits into visible, measurable achievements. WHY HABITMETER Unlike other habit apps that only track "done" or "not done," HabitMeter shows your actual progress. See exactly how close you are to your daily goal with beautiful progress rings and detailed statistics. GYM AND STRENGTH TRAINING Log sets and reps with the weight you lifted. Group bench press, squats and cardio into one session, then see the whole routine in a single chart and watch the load climb month after month. Miscounted a set? Correct the count without ever rewriting the weight. TRACK ANYTHING MEASURABLE โข Minutes (meditation, reading, exercise) โข Steps and distance (walking, running) โข Liters (water intake) โข Pages (books, journaling) โข Custom units (anything you want) HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Never miss a habit. Add beautiful widgets to your Home Screen. HEALTH APP INTEGRATION Automatically sync steps, workouts, water intake, and mindful minutes from health data. Your data flows seamlessly, with no double entry. GAMIFICATION THAT MOTIVATES Unlock 50 achievement badges as you build consistency. Celebrate milestones with satisfying animations, sounds, and haptic feedback. POWERFUL STATISTICS โข Weekly, monthly, and yearly charts โข Interactive calendar view โข Streak tracking โข Completion rates โข Personal records MINDFUL TIMER Dedicated countdown mode for meditation, breathing exercises, and focus sessions. Syncs with health data mindful minutes. 10 READY-TO-USE TEMPLATES Reading, Meditation, Walking, Exercise, Water, Breathing, Sleep, Journaling, Running, Focus. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your habits live on your device and in your own iCloud, so a new phone starts where the old one stopped. No account with us, ever, and we cannot read any of it. Only three things reach a server of ours: a habit's name, to propose its setup; an activity's name, for an energy estimate; your weekly totals, if you ask for a weekly review. Never your entries, never your weight. Nothing reaches anybody else unless you send it: share a habit's setup as a link, or let chosen people follow one habit's progress, and stop it again whenever you like. You can switch HabitMeter off in the system settings under iCloud. No tracking, no ads, no analytics. ENERGY BURNED (PREMIUM) HabitMeter estimates what a session cost, from the activity, how long it took and your body weight. Optionally it writes that estimate to the Health app as active energy. Your weight stays on this device, never in iCloud and never with us, and is only used for the calculation. YOUR WEEK, READ Every week HabitMeter sums up what went up and what slipped, and proposes new goals that fit the training you actually did. Nothing changes until you accept it. Your weekly totals are sent to our server for that, never your entries and never your weight. FREE VS PREMIUM FREE: Unlimited habits, groups, second values like weight, flexible goals, widgets, health data sync, 36 badges, sharing a habit's live progress, the group session chart for the last 7 days. PREMIUM: The weekly review with goal adjustment, energy burned per session, advanced statistics, your full history year by year, personal records, progress suggestions, premium badges, extra chart styles, and the group session chart across a full 30 days. Premium is a subscription. The yearly plan starts with a free month. --- Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://merzkevin.de/privacy-HabitMeter.html
Pulse
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Pulse is a focused interval timer built for fast, repeatable training sessions. Create custom presets for work, rest, rounds, and sets, then start training with large full-screen timing, clear phase transitions, and workout history saved on-device. Use Pulse for HIIT, Tabata, circuit training, boxing rounds, bike intervals, or any structured workout that needs reliable timing. Live Activities keep the active timer visible from the Lock Screen, while voice announcements, sound cues, haptics, and keep-screen-on controls help you stay in the workout. Pulse also supports optional Bluetooth heart-rate monitors so you can see live BPM during training. Cast the timer to your TV with AirPlay or Chromecast so the whole room can follow along. Your presets and workout history stay on your device. No account is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HabitMeter at none against Pulse's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. HabitMeter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pulse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HabitMeter | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Merz | Clarved Inc. |
In-app purchases
HabitMeter
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly1 Month trial$22.991 Year
- Lifetime$79.99
Pulse
- Remove Ads$3.99









