Comparison

Redemption Arc vs Glad

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

Glad

This AI-powered partner helps you achieve your goals by breaking them into daily missions. Choose your coach's personality and receive personalized messages and reminders to stay consistent. Track progress and celebrate wins to build lasting habits.

Highlights
  • AI accountability partner
  • Daily mission creation
  • Customizable coach personality
  • Personalized messages and reminders
  • Progress tracking and analytics
  • Habit building streaks
Features
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Most habit trackers quit on you after two weeks. Glad doesn't. Glad isn't a habit tracker — he's your accountability partner. You pick his personality, he holds you to your goals, and he refuses to let you off the hook. WHY HABIT TRACKERS FAIL YOU - Too many features. You spend more time logging the habit than doing it. - Too much friction. Fifty taps to check a box. - A streak that shatters the first hard day — so you feel like a failure and quit. Building real discipline was never about a prettier checklist. It comes from a system and a partner pushing you to stay consistent. That's Glad. MEET YOUR PARTNER Pick from 8 coach personalities and Glad talks to you in that voice everywhere — from a gentle cheerleader to blunt, sassy, or brutally honest. Choose the energy that actually gets YOU moving. HOW IT WORKS - Set your goals and the missions that build them. - When it's time, Glad reaches out in his voice. Ignore him? He comes back — sharper — until you start. - Swipe to start, he times it live, swipe to finish. Right from your Lock Screen. No app to open, nothing to log. NO STREAKS. ON PURPOSE. One missed day should not erase your progress. Instead of a fragile streak, Glad gives you one weekly Discipline Score — measured against LAST week's you, not some impossible ideal. An off day can still be a winning week. YOUR WEEKLY WRAP-UP Every week, Glad breaks down what you crushed and what to work on next — the goal you fed and the one you starved — so you always know your next move. ASK HIM ANYTHING Talk to Glad any time. He knows your whole record — your time per goal, your streak, your score — so "what should I work on?" gets a real answer, not generic advice. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE - Start & finish from your Lock Screen — zero friction. - Reschedule with a drag when plans change. - See your strongest days and times, and lean into them. - Missions, goals, and reminders that bend to your day. WHO GLAD IS FOR Anyone who's downloaded a habit app, felt motivated for two weeks, and quit. Students, gym-goers, the self-improvement crowd, and every serial "I'll start Monday" restarter who's ready to actually stick with it. Stop tracking your life. Start living it — with a partner who won't let you quit. — — — Glad is free to try for 7 days. A subscription unlocks every personality and feature. - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription auto-renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://simmonscaden23-coder.github.io/glad-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://simmonscaden23-coder.github.io/glad-legal/privacy.html

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Glad at free with in-app purchases against Redemption Arc's subscription. Glad also leads on device support and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 Glad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Redemption Arc against 5.0 for Glad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Redemption Arc versus Glad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRedemption ArcGlad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Devices—iPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB48 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlterkon Software, LLCCaden Simmons

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Redemption Arc

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

Glad

Subscriptions2
  • Glad Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Glad Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Redemption Arc free?
Redemption Arc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glad free?
Glad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Redemption Arc or Glad?
Redemption Arc and Glad are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.

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