Comparison

HabitTracker vs Deny

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

Head to head
About

HabitTracker

Features
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Build better habits with a simple, beautiful tracker. HabitTracker helps you stay consistent with daily, weekly, and monthly habits. Track your progress with a clean calendar view, celebrate streaks, and customize each habit with colors and emojis. Features: • Daily, weekly, monthly, and custom frequency tracking • Streak tracking to keep you motivated • Home screen widget for quick progress checks • Smart reminders so you never forget • Beautiful color customization for each habit • Calendar overview with completion history • Stats including streaks and completion rates

About

Deny

This app helps you regain focus by blocking distracting applications. It requires a friend's approval to unlock apps, fostering accountability and making screen time limits stick. Take back your attention with a collaborative approach to digital well-being.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps and sites
  • Schedule app blocking
  • Daily time limits for apps
  • Friend approval required for unlocks
  • Temporary unlock with countdown
  • Collaborative progress tracking
Features
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Deny locks the apps that waste your time — and puts a friend in charge of the key. Most screen-time apps fail for one reason: the moment you want back in, you just tap "ignore limit." Deny removes that escape hatch. Block your most distracting apps, and when you want to unlock them, you have to ask a friend to approve it. HOW IT WORKS • Build block groups — pick the apps and sites to lock, on a schedule or a daily time limit. • Stay locked. Blocked apps are shielded by iOS, so there's no sneaking past them. • Allow temporary unlocks — give yourself a set number of minutes, with a live countdown showing exactly when apps re-lock. • Bring in friends. Connect with an invite code, then ask a friend for screen time. They approve or deny — you stay accountable. • See each other's progress and keep one another honest. WHY DENY • Friends make it stick. Accountability beats willpower. • Honest by design — no one-tap "ignore." • Private. Your data is yours; we never sell it or use it for ads. Deny uses Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) features to block apps on your own device. Take back your attention — together.

Screenshots

HabitTracker4 screens
Deny4 screens

Verdict

The call

HabitTracker and Deny are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HabitTracker versus Deny: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabitTrackerDeny
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan ZhangStepAI K.K.

In-app purchases

None

HabitTracker

No in-app purchases

None

Deny

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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