Comparison

Cadence vs Pantryio

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

Head to head
About

Cadence

This app helps you build positive routines and break bad ones by tracking your daily progress. It offers automatic logging via Apple Health and customizable tracking options for any schedule. Visualize your consistency with detailed stats and on-wrist or home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Automatic logging with Apple Health
  • Customizable habit schedules
  • Visual progress tracking (grid, rings)
  • Apple Watch and Home Screen widgets
  • Actionable alerts and smart reminders
  • Private, local data storage with iCloud sync
Features
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Cadence is a calm, strictly private habit tracker with no subscriptions that helps you focus on your daily progress. No cluttered interfaces and no account signups. Whether you want to build a positive routine or break a bad one, Cadence gives you the clarity to actually stick to it. Log habits by hand, or connect Apple Health and let them log themselves. AUTOMATIC WITH APPLE HEALTH • Connect Once: Link a habit to a Health metric like steps, workouts, water, sleep, or mindful minutes. • Logs Itself: The moment you reach your goal, Cadence marks the habit done for you. Your streak keeps going without a single tap. • You Decide: Connect only the habits you want, and switch it off any time. TRACK IT YOUR WAY • Target Goals: Set "at least" goals to build up or "at most" limits to cut back. • Simple Habits: Track "yes or no" routines like reading or meditating. • Any Schedule: Every day, specific weekdays, 3 times a week, 5 times a day, every other day. If it fits your life, Cadence can track it. • Skip Days: Mark a day as "not applicable" without breaking your streak. Life happens. SEE THE FULL PICTURE • Overview: Your home base to visualize all your habits and progress at a glance. • The Visual Grid: View your long-term consistency on a beautifully color-coded calendar heat map. • Habit Details: Track streaks, personal bests, and completion rates across weeks, months, and years. • Momentum Rings: Instantly gauge your 30-day rolling performance directly from your habit list. ON YOUR WRIST & HOME SCREEN • Apple Watch: Log habits and check your progress right from your wrist. No phone needed. • Widgets: Keep a single habit front and center with small widgets, or track your entire day at a glance. • Heatmap Widget: Put one habit's recent weeks on your Home Screen as a grid of days, shaded by how much you did, with its ring beside them. STAY ON TRACK • Actionable Alerts: Log a habit as "Done" or "Skip" directly from your lock screen without opening the app. • Smart Reminders: Nudges that adapt to you. Hit your weekly goal early, and Cadence stays quiet until next week. • Daily Notes: Attach context to any entry (like noting the weather for a run). • Adaptive Theming: Full support for Light and Dark modes with a carefully curated 28-color palette. • App Icons: Give Cadence a new look on your Home Screen in Settings > Appearance > App Icon. Flat is free, and Mono, Lavender, Blue, Red and two more flat designs come with the one-time unlock. YOUR DATA, YOUR BUSINESS Cadence has no analytics, no tracking SDKs, and no data harvesting. Your habit data lives locally on your device, with free iCloud sync through your private Apple account. Cadence reads Health data on your iPhone and never sends it to us or third parties. Health-derived habit entries may sync through your private iCloud when iCloud Sync is enabled. FREE VS. UNLOCKED Use Cadence completely free for up to 4 active habits, including full iCloud sync. Need more? A single one-time purchase unlocks Cadence: • Unlimited active habits • CSV data export and import • Home Screen widgets • Apple Watch app • Extra app icons • All future updates No subscriptions. No auto-renewals. Pay once, own it forever.

About

Pantryio

Features
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Pantryio is your digital household — for groceries, drinks, hygiene products, medication, and everything else you keep at home. CAPTURE WITH EASE • Scan a barcode — name, brand, and quantity are filled in automatically • Photograph a receipt — AI recognizes all products on the receipt • Photograph your fridge or shelf — AI identifies all visible products • Scan best-before dates with your camera — AI reads the date directly • Add manually — for anything without a barcode NEVER WASTE FOOD AGAIN Pantryio alerts you in time with color-coded indicators and push notifications before products expire — whether it's yogurt, medication, or cosmetics. Only if you've added the relevant information, of course. SMART SHOPPING LIST When a product falls below your minimum stock level, it's automatically added to the shopping list. When you check it off, you can immediately log the quantity and storage location. FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Share your household with family or housemates. Everyone sees the current stock, and anyone can edit the shopping list. STATISTICS & PRICES Consumption analysis, stock duration forecast, and price history — so you know what you actually need and where to find it at the best price. RECIPE SUGGESTIONS (Beta) AI suggests recipes based on your current stock — vegetarian, vegan, or with meat. Missing ingredients can be added to the shopping list with a single tap. (We're continuously working to make the suggestions a better fit for you.) FREE & PLUS Pantryio is free to use. With Plus (€2.49/month) you get unlimited items, more receipts, AI scans, push notifications, and up to 3 households. Privacy: Your data is processed in compliance with GDPR. We use Supabase and Vercel as infrastructure providers and Anthropic for AI features — each under a data processing agreement. No data is shared with third parties for advertising purposes.

Screenshots

Cadence4 screens
Pantryio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pantryio at none against Cadence's 1. Pantryio also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 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. Cadence sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pantryio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cadence ships an update every 2 weeks, Pantryio every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cadence versus Pantryio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCadencePantryio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHyundoh KimFrank Moser

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cadence

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$4.99
None

Pantryio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pantryio free?
Pantryio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cadence or Pantryio have ads?
Neither Cadence nor Pantryio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cadence or Pantryio?
Cadence ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pantryio every 6 days. Most recently, Cadence was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pantryio on October 25, 2026.

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