Comparison

LapseIn vs Habit Jars

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

Head to head
About

LapseIn

Features
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OCUS. RECORD. LOOK BACK. LapseIn turns your focus sessions into time-lapse videos. Start a timer, point your camera at your workspace, and get to work. When the session ends, edit your time-lapse with customizable overlays for your focus time, goals, streaks, and progress. Save the video in LapseIn, export it, share it, or keep only a session log when you don’t want to store a video. CHALLENGE A FRIEND Send a friend a focus challenge and work toward a time goal together. Challenges share your session time and progress without sharing your video. BUILD GOALS AND STREAKS Create goals, track your daily focus time, and build streaks as you make progress. STAY ACCOUNTABLE Add friends as accountability partners, share 24-hour Stories, and follow people whose progress motivates you. JOIN STUDY ROOMS Focus alongside others in live study rooms, follow the leaderboard, and celebrate milestones together. CREATE AND SHARE RECAPS Turn your sessions into daily, weekly, or goal recap videos. Share sessions to Stories or your Feed, or export your recaps to other apps. YOUR VIDEOS, YOUR CHOICE Videos saved in LapseIn stay on your device unless you choose to share them. Delete individual Stories, Feed posts, saved recaps, or your account from the app at any time. Terms of Use: https://lapsein.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lapsein.com/privacy

About

Habit Jars

This app helps you build self-improvement routines by visualizing your progress with a unique jar metaphor. Log habits to fill jars with marbles, track streaks, and organize your goals with custom colors. It's designed for privacy and ease of use.

Highlights
  • Visualize progress with habit jars
  • Log habits by adding marbles
  • Track streaks and stats
  • Organize habits with custom colors
  • Private data storage via iCloud
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The perfect habit tracker to help you on your shelf-improvement journey (pun intended). Habit Jars helps you visualize your progress. Every time you log a habit, you drop a marble into a jar. Keep stacking marbles at your own pace or start a Streak to help you stay consistent and motivated. You can organize your shelves, and give a unique color to each jar to easily track your progress at a glance. Why people love it: - Designed to feel like a real object in your hand. - Easy to use: tap to add a marble, that's it. - Track your streaks and stats over time. - Decorate your shelves to make the app feel like home. The app is free to download and you can unlock unlimited jars and marbles with a one-time purchase. No subscriptions, ever. So start small, fill your jars, and become the best version of yourshelf (fine I’ll stop). Privacy Policy: https://floperillat.com/habit-jars/privacy Terms of Service: https://floperillat.com/habit-jars/terms

Screenshots

LapseIn4 screens
Habit Jars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LapseIn at 18 against Habit Jars's 26. On price, update cadence, 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. LapseIn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Habit Jars sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LapseIn ships an update every 2 days, Habit Jars every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
LapseIn versus Habit Jars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLapseInHabit Jars
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB78 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJOSE DANIEL CANTU CANTUFlorent Perillat

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LapseIn

Subscriptions2
  • LockIn Pro$4.991 Month
  • LockIn Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
5 purchases

Habit Jars

One-time5
  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$4.99
  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$8.99
  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$12.99
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  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$17.99
  • Habit Jars - Lifetime$22.99

Questions

Is LapseIn free?
LapseIn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Jars free?
Habit Jars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LapseIn or Habit Jars have ads?
Neither LapseIn nor Habit Jars shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LapseIn or Habit Jars?
LapseIn ships an update every 2 days, and Habit Jars every 3 days. Most recently, LapseIn was updated on October 25, 2026 and Habit Jars on October 24, 2026.

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