Comparison

DayZero Habit Tracker vs Habit Empire

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

Head to head
About

DayZero Habit Tracker

Effortlessly build positive habits and break negative ones with a visually stunning tracker. Automatically syncs with Apple Health for seamless progress tracking and offers smart insights to keep you motivated.

Highlights
  • Beautiful streak tracking with progress rings
  • Automatic Apple Health integration
  • AI-powered insights and analytics
  • Daily notes and journaling
  • Habit templates for quick start
  • Home and Lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app for on-the-go tracking
  • Flexible forgiveness rules
Features
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The most beautiful habit tracker for iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch. Build streaks, break bad habits, and watch your life transform — with zero effort. Auto-syncs with Apple Health so your steps, workouts, and sleep track themselves. BUILD BETTER HABITS, ONE STREAK AT A TIME DayZero makes building lasting habits effortless and delightful. With a stunning dark interface, intuitive one-tap completion, and powerful features that go beyond basic tracking, you'll finally stick to the habits that matter most. KEY FEATURES Beautiful Streak Tracking Track up to 24 habits with gorgeous circular progress rings. Build positive habits, break negative ones, or time your activities. Watch your streaks grow with satisfying animations and visual feedback. Track current streak, best streak, and completion rates. Apple Health Integration Automatically complete habits based on your health data. Syncs steps, exercise minutes, sleep hours, mindful minutes, water intake, and more. Set custom goals for any health metric. No manual tracking needed—just live your life. Smart Insights and Analytics AI-powered insights highlight your best habits. Weekly trend analysis shows if you're improving or declining. Streak at Risk alerts warn you before breaking a streak. Pattern recognition reveals your most successful days. Day-of-week analysis shows when you're most consistent. Daily Notes and Journaling Reflect on your progress and track variations. Build a personal journal over time and see your journey unfold day by day. Habit Templates Quick-start with pre-built habits for health, mindfulness, productivity, and more. Customize templates to fit your lifestyle. Popular templates include Exercise, Meditation, Reading, Drink Water, Better Sleep, and more. Beautiful Widgets Home screen widgets show your progress at a glance. Lock screen widgets keep you motivated throughout the day. Multiple widget sizes for every need with real-time updates as you complete habits. Apple Watch App Complete habits directly from your wrist. View streaks and progress on the go. Haptic feedback for every completion. Syncs seamlessly with your iPhone. Forgiveness Rules Strict mode means miss a day, lose your streak. 2-Day Rule allows one missed day every two days. 1-Day Rule allows one missed day, exclusive to DayZero. Automatic coaching suggests when you're ready to level up. Live Activities and Timers Beautiful Live Activities for timed habits. Control timers from your Lock Screen. Track meditation, workouts, reading sessions, and more. Pause, resume, and complete without opening the app. iCloud Sync All your data syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Private and secure—your data stays yours. Automatic backups ensure you never lose progress. Privacy First All data stored locally with optional iCloud sync. No tracking, no ads, no data collection. Your habits are yours alone. BEAUTIFUL DESIGN DayZero features a stunning dark interface with 24 vibrant gradient colors for each habit, over 200 SF Symbols icons, multiple app themes, smooth animations and haptic feedback, and an award-winning onboarding experience. POWERFUL STATISTICS View completion rate with 30-day average, weekly trend indicators, calendar heatmap view, monthly progress calendars, streak history visualization, and day-of-week performance analysis. SMART NOTIFICATIONS Custom reminders for each habit. Per-day scheduling means notifications only appear on active days. Actionable notifications let you complete or snooze from the notification itself. Full notification history and management. Streak at risk alerts keep you on track. WHY DAYZERO? Unlike other habit trackers, DayZero combines the simplicity of Streaks with enhanced features, beautiful design that makes tracking a joy, smart insights that help you succeed, milestone celebrations that keep you motivated, and daily notes that help you reflect and grow. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Habit Empire

Transform your daily habits into a thriving civilization. Each completed habit contributes to building and expanding your empire, making consistency rewarding and progress visible. Evolve through historical ages and optimize your kingdom's growth.

Highlights
  • Turn habits into tangible progress
  • Build and customize your own civilization
  • Unlock unique buildings and technologies
  • Advance through multiple historical ages
  • Grow your population and economy
  • Increase citizen sentiment
  • Make consistency genuinely fun
Features
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What if every habit you completed actually built something? Turn your daily habits into a living civilization. Every workout builds a home. Every book expands your villages knowledge. Every walk helps your kingdom expand. Instead of watching another streak number go up, watch your empire transform from a forgotten island into a thriving civilization. Because consistency should feel rewarding. -------- WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT X Most habit trackers tell you what you’ve done. This one lets you build something you’ll actually care about. 1. Your progress becomes visible. 2. Your habits become meaningful. 3. Your consistency creates an empire. -------- BUILD YOUR EMPIRE Complete habits to earn resources. Use those resources to build: * Homes * Farms * Mines * Libraries * Parks * Castles * And much more. Every building represents a promise you kept to yourself. -------- EVOLVE THROUGH THE AGES Lead your civilization through history. Wood -> Stone -> Iron -> Copper -> Graphene Unlock new technologies, architecture, and possibilities as your empire grows. -------- CREATE A CIVILIZATION THAT THRIVES A great empire isn’t just bigger. It’s balanced. Optimize: * Population * Industry * Sentiment Build a kingdom your citizens are proud to call home. -------- YOUR HABITS MATTER Your empire only grows when you do. Every building, road, and castle exists because of something you accomplished in real life. That’s what makes it yours. -------- PLAY WITH HONOR This game is built on honesty. Only log the habits you truly complete. Your civilization is a reflection of your real progress, not fake streaks or shortcuts. -------- FEATURES * Turn habits into tangible progress * Build and customize your own civilization * Unlock unique buildings and technologies * Advance through multiple historical ages * Grow your population and economy * Increase citizen sentiment * Beautiful medieval-inspired world * Make consistency genuinely fun -------- Stop collecting streaks. Start building something you’re proud of.

Screenshots

DayZero Habit Tracker4 screens
Habit Empire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DayZero Habit Tracker at 5.0 against Habit Empire's 4.7. Habit Empire's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. DayZero Habit Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Habit Empire sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DayZero Habit Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DayZero Habit Tracker versus Habit Empire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayZero Habit TrackerHabit Empire
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShawn GilronanWillpower Coaching LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DayZero Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • DayZero Premium Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • DayZero Pro Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Habit Empire

One-time5
  • Pile of Gems$4.99
  • Bag of Gems$9.99
  • Sack of Gems$19.99
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  • Box of Gems$49.99
  • Chest of Gems$99.99

Questions

Is DayZero Habit Tracker free?
DayZero Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Empire free?
Habit Empire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DayZero Habit Tracker or Habit Empire?
DayZero Habit Tracker is rated higher. DayZero Habit Tracker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Habit Empire averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do DayZero Habit Tracker or Habit Empire have ads?
Neither DayZero Habit Tracker nor Habit Empire shows ads.

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