Comparison

Redemption Arc vs Tally

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

Head to head
About

Redemption Arc

This app offers a disciplined approach to habit tracking, allowing users to create daily habits, quantity goals, and timed sessions. Earn experience points, level up, and progress through ranks as you build streaks and stay consistent with your routine.

Highlights
  • Daily habit creation
  • Quantity and timed goals
  • Streak building and XP earning
  • Rank progression system
  • Dark interface
  • Calendar and stats views
  • Sleep tracking
  • Countdown and stopwatch timers
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Redemption Arc is a habit tracker built for people who want a more intense, disciplined way to stay consistent. Create daily habits, quantity goals, and timed sessions. Check in each day, build streaks, earn XP, raise your power level, and progress through rank tiers as you stay on track. The app includes a focused dark interface, calendar and stats views, sleep tracking, and countdown or stopwatch timers for duration-based habits. Sign in with Apple, track your progress over time, and manage your routine in one place. *All of the above features require an active subscription* Whether you're rebuilding discipline or trying to stay consistent one day at a time, Redemption Arc helps turn progress into momentum. An auto-renewing subscription is required to access the full app after onboarding. Available plans include monthly and yearly subscriptions, with pricing shown in-app and varying by region. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in Apple Account Settings after purchase. *Note: no features are available without a subscription* Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.redemptionarc.app/privacy Contact: info@alterkon.com

About

Tally

This app helps you understand where your time goes by gently prompting you to log activities throughout the day. It provides visual breakdowns of your time, allowing you to identify patterns and achieve a better balance between productivity and rest.

Highlights
  • Gentle daily prompts for logging
  • Quick-log from notifications
  • Customizable categories with icons
  • Visual daily timeline
  • Balance bars for productivity and rest
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly insights
  • Offline functionality
Features
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You know the feeling. It's 9 PM and you're wondering where the day went. You were busy — but doing what, exactly? Tally answers that question. Not with timers or complicated tracking. Just a gentle nudge throughout the day: "What did you just do?" Tap a category and you're done. Three seconds, tops. Do this for a few days and something shifts. You stop guessing and start seeing. The afternoon you thought was productive? Mostly phone. The evening you felt was wasted? Actually a solid mix of cooking and reading. Tally doesn't judge. It just shows you the picture. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Your daily timeline is a visual map of how your hours were spent, color-coded by category. At a glance, you see the shape of your day — what you did, and what slipped by unlogged. LOG WITHOUT THINKING - A gentle nudge at the interval you choose - Quick-log directly from the notification — no need to open the app - Pick from your most-used categories with a single tap - Only active during your waking hours — you set the schedule CATEGORIES THAT FIT YOUR LIFE Tally comes with 10 default categories: Work, Rest, Exercise, Social Media, Reading, Commute, Cooking, Entertainment, Social, and Other. Add your own — unlimited, with custom icons and colors. Your categories should reflect how you actually spend time, not how you wish you did. BALANCE, NOT JUST DATA Tally tracks four dimensions of a well-spent day through balance bars: - Create: time spent on focused, productive work - Recharge: rest, exercise, cooking — recovery that actually counts - Focus: your day minus the distractions - Awareness: how much of your day you've accounted for Each bar has a personal target. When all four close, you've had a balanced day — by your own definition, not anyone else's. SEE THE PATTERNS The Insights tab breaks down your time across four views: - Daily: where today's hours went, charted by category - Weekly: seven days side by side — spot the rhythm of your week - Monthly: trends that only emerge over longer stretches - Yearly: the full picture of how your time adds up No scores designed to guilt you. Just clean data about your own life. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY - iCloud sync keeps your data across all your devices - Dark mode that follows your system setting - Works offline — your data is local first, always - No account required. No sign-up. No analytics tracking you. Tally is completely free. Every feature, every insight, every category — no paywalls, no limits, no "upgrade to unlock" screens. WHAT TALLY IS NOT Tally is not a Pomodoro tool. There are no work/break cycles. Tally is not a billing tracker. There are no projects or clients. Tally is a mirror. It shows you where your time goes. What you do with that information is entirely up to you. Terms of Use: https://www.theblackholecompany.com/termsConditions.html

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tally at free against Redemption Arc's subscription. Tally also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support. Redemption Arc's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18). On price 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. Redemption Arc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Tally 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

Redemption Arc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tally has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Redemption Arc versus Tally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRedemption ArcTally
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB23 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlterkon Software, LLCYoussef Ismaili

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Redemption Arc

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Redemption Arc Yearly$19.991 Year
5 purchases

Tally

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Generous Tip$9.99
  • Crazy Tip$49.99

Questions

Is Redemption Arc free?
Redemption Arc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Redemption Arc or Tally?
Redemption Arc is rated higher. Redemption Arc averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tally averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.

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