Comparison

StreakUp vs Routine Timer

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

Head to head
About

StreakUp

This app helps you build and maintain positive habits with gamified streaks, streak protection, and milestone rewards. It focuses on behavioral psychology to prevent discouragement from missed days and encourages consistent progress.

Highlights
  • Gamified streaks
  • Streak protection (Shields)
  • Milestone rewards and badges
  • Emotional tone check-ins
  • Compassionate comeback flow
  • Personal best tracking
  • Shareable progress cards
Features
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Build habits. Grow a little friend. StreakUp helps you turn everyday goals into habits, with a pet alongside you. Plan your routine, mark what you finish and watch your progress grow. Your completed goals earn meals for your pet, too. PICK YOUR LITTLE COMPANION A pocket gremlin, a baby cloud or a walking mushroom. Three different characters. One to grow with you. Choose your pet, give it a name and start your journey together. SMALL WINS FEED SOMETHING BIGGER Finish a goal. Earn a meal. Help your pet grow. See its appearance and mood change as you care for it. Without enough food over time, your pet may leave to find some. You can begin again with a new pet. MAKE ROOM FOR WHAT MATTERS Reading more. Moving regularly. Making time to study or practice. Set daily or weekly goals around the things you want to do. Choose reminders that fit your day, then record what you complete. SEE HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME Follow your streaks, habit heatmaps and goal history. Celebrate milestones and share your progress with a streak card. Earn Streak Shields at milestones to protect a streak after a missed day. Log again the next day to keep that protected streak going. TALK THROUGH YOUR NEXT STEP Not sure where to begin? Talk it through with your pet. Get ideas for a smaller step when a goal feels too much. Optional AI chat can use your goals, recorded progress and recent conversation. Saved memories can help carry useful details into a later chat. View and delete those memories in the app. Your pet stays visible while you chat, with changing expressions and animations. AI chat is optional and available to adults aged 18 and over. You choose whether to share the displayed context before using it. AI can make mistakes and does not replace professional advice. Habit tracking and pet care do not require AI chat. A LITTLE CHAT TO GET YOU STARTED Eligible devices receive 3 included AI replies daily for 30 days. The welcome period starts when you first accept the AI notice. This offer does not start a paid subscription or bill you automatically. CHOOSE WHAT FITS YOU The free version includes ads and a limited number of habits and tasks. Premium removes ads and includes unlimited habits, tasks and all color themes. Paid Premium includes up to 30 replies per day with StreakUp AI. Lifetime keeps Premium habit features permanently and includes StreakUp AI for one year. Included AI ends after one year. Lifetime habit features continue. During eligible welcome access or Premium, you can use your own API key. Supported providers are Anthropic and OpenAI. Your provider bills that usage separately. ChatGPT, Claude and other consumer subscriptions do not include API access here. Safety and service limits apply to all AI options. Local prices, purchase terms and any eligible offers appear before checkout. Subscriptions renew until canceled under your store's terms. Pick one goal. Meet your pet. Take the next small step. https://alexandergrtch.github.io/privacy-policies/habit-tracker-2026/terms-of-use.html

About

Routine Timer

Features
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Big friendly timers. One step at a time. No pressure. Routine Timer is a visual timer for kids and grown-ups who get stuck between steps. Morning, homework, cleanup, bedtime: any routine becomes a sequence of visual steps, each with its own full-screen timer. A big color ring shrinks as the minutes pass, and a gentle tap says it is time to move on. MADE FOR REAL LIFE • Build a routine from steps: an icon and a duration, nothing else to set up • One giant timer per step, readable from across the room • A haptic nudge on every transition, and a notification with sound when the screen is off • Pause, skip, go back or restart any step. No streaks, no guilt, no failure stats • Notifications keep the routine going while the phone is locked PERFECT FOR • Morning routine before school, bedtime routine after the bath • Homework blocks and focus sprints • Toddlers and preschoolers learning to get ready on their own • Kids with ADHD or autism who do better with a schedule they can see • Cleanup bursts, chores and screen-time limits WHY IT WORKS A child cannot feel ten minutes, but can see a color ring getting smaller. Steps take the arguing out of transitions: the timer says it is time, not the parent. Grown-ups use it the same way for their own mornings and work sprints. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no ads. Works offline. SIMPLE PRICING Your first routine is free, full featured, forever: every step, sounds and notifications. One purchase unlocks unlimited routines. No subscription, nothing recurring. If you already unlocked the app, nothing changes for you.

Screenshots

StreakUp4 screens
Routine Timer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Routine Timer at none against StreakUp's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. StreakUp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Routine Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StreakUp ships an update weekly, Routine Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
StreakUp versus Routine Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreakUpRoutine Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlexander Kemosihor Romanenko

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StreakUp

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$38.991 Year
One-time1
  • StreakUp Premium Lifetime$59.99
1 purchases

Routine Timer

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$12.99

Questions

Is StreakUp free?
StreakUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Routine Timer free?
Routine Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StreakUp or Routine Timer have ads?
StreakUp shows ads; Routine Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, StreakUp or Routine Timer?
StreakUp ships an update weekly, and Routine Timer every 9 days. Most recently, StreakUp was updated on November 15, 2026 and Routine Timer on November 6, 2026.

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