Comparison

HabitKey vs Vesper

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

Head to head
About

HabitKey

This app helps users build and maintain consistent routines through flexible tracking and visually appealing progress displays. It supports daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly habits, offering customizable layouts and motivational streak tracking to encourage users in their personal growth journeys.

Highlights
  • Track daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly routines
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Visually appealing progress displays
  • Customizable layout and display styles
  • Streak tracking for motivation
  • Build better routines and break bad ones
Features
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HabitKey helps you build habits that actually stick. Track daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly routines with flexible scheduling and beautiful views that make your progress easy to see. Customize your layout, switch between display styles, and watch your streaks grow over time. Whether you're building better routines, breaking bad ones, or just trying to stay consistent, HabitKey keeps everything simple, motivating, and built around you. Consistency is key.

About

Vesper

Features
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How did today feel? That's the only question Vesper ever asks. No streaks to protect. No scores to chase. No guilt for the days you miss. Vesper doesn’t gamify your feelings or compete for your attention, it asks once each evening, then gets out of your way. What’s left, over time, is an honest, quiet record of your life worth actually looking back on. WHAT VESPER DOES Every evening, Vesper asks how today felt: Good, Meh or Hard. Add a line if you want to remember why. Your answer becomes one colored dot on a simple monthly grid. Miss a day and nothing happens, no penalty, no broken chain to mourn. Vesper never judges your day. It just holds it. Tap any past day to see what you wrote. Once you’ve kept it up for six months, your memory trail unlocks: every note you’ve ever written, in one place, in your own words. VESPER PLUS For anyone who wants to see the bigger picture, Vesper Plus reveals patterns that only show up over time: - Side by Side, comparing recent months at a glance - Shape of Your Weeks, seeing which days tend to feel harder - Quietest & Fullest, the months that stood apart - Yearly Portrait, one full year, at a glance - On This Day, a quiet echo of what today looked like a month or a year ago Plus also includes: - iCloud sync, so your record follows you across every device - An Apple Watch app, for checking in from your wrist - A home screen widget, a glance at your month without opening the app - Curated themes: Chalk, Marigold, and Ink - Anytime check-in, if evenings aren't when your day actually ends Vesper Plus is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Vesper syncs privately through your own iCloud account. Nothing is shared, sold, or used to train anything. Some days are good. Some are hard. Most are somewhere in between. Vesper is a quiet place to keep track of all of them. For details on subscriptions and purchases, see Apple's Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HabitKey4 screens
Vesper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HabitKey at none against Vesper's 3. Vesper's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Vesper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. HabitKey asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
HabitKey versus Vesper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabitKeyVesper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas GliddenCalvin Ng

In-app purchases

None

HabitKey

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Vesper

Subscriptions2
  • Vesper Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Vesper Plus Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vesper Plus Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is HabitKey free?
HabitKey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vesper free?
Vesper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HabitKey or Vesper have ads?
Neither HabitKey nor Vesper shows ads.

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