Comparison

Cadence vs FileMaster

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 or break bad ones with a focus on daily progress. It offers flexible tracking options, visual progress overviews, and on-device data privacy. Unlock unlimited habits and sync features with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Flexible habit scheduling
  • Visual progress grids and heatmaps
  • Momentum rings for 30-day performance
  • Apple Watch and widget support
  • Actionable lock screen alerts
  • Private, on-device data storage
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

FileMaster

This app transforms your device into a high-definition scanner with AI-powered edge detection and perspective correction. It offers advanced on-device OCR to extract text from scanned documents and a comprehensive media converter for images, PDFs, and videos.

Highlights
  • 100% Offline & Private Processing
  • AI-Powered Document Scanner
  • Automatic Edge Detection & Correction
  • On-Device OCR Text Extraction
  • Image to PDF Conversion
  • PDF to Image Conversion
  • Video to Audio Extractor
Features
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Meet FileMaster PRO: the ultimate offline scanner and file utility suite built for professionals, students, and businesses who value privacy, speed, and premium features. 100% OFFLINE & ABSOLUTELY PRIVATE In today's digital age, your privacy is more important than ever. FileMaster was engineered with a privacy-first approach. The entire application processes everything locally on your own device. We do not upload your sensitive documents, personal IDs, invoices, or receipts to any external cloud servers. What happens on your device, stays completely on your device. SMART AI-POWERED DOCUMENT SCANNER Transform your iPhone or iPad into a portable, high-definition scanner. Scan multi-page documents, IDs, receipts, books, and whiteboards in a matter of seconds. Our advanced automatic edge detection and perspective correction algorithms ensure that every single scan looks exactly like it was done on a professional flatbed scanner. ADVANCED OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) Extracting text from a physical document has never been easier. FileMaster features powerful on-device OCR technology that instantly recognizes and extracts text from any scanned image. You can copy, share, or edit the extracted text seamlessly. COMPREHENSIVE MEDIA CONVERTER FileMaster is not just a scanner; it is a full-fledged file utility powerhouse. With our built-in conversion tools, you can easily adapt your files to any situation: - Convert Images to PDF: Select multiple photos and merge them into a highly compressed PDF document. - Convert PDF to Images: Break down any PDF file and extract each page as a separate, high-quality JPG image. - Image Format Converter: Easily convert between JPG and PNG formats with a single tap. - Video to Audio Extractor: Extract the audio track from any video, saving it as a high-quality MP3 file. - Video Compression: Compress large video files while maintaining excellent visual quality. FILEMASTER PRO Unlock the full potential of your device with a FileMaster PRO subscription. Enjoy unlimited scanning, advanced OCR, secure file management, and a completely ad-free experience. Choose between our flexible plans to suit your needs and take control of your document management today. Privacy Policy: https://filemasterapp.netlify.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://filemasterapp.netlify.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Cadence4 screens
FileMaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cadence at 100% against FileMaster's 0%. Cadence also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). FileMaster's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and FileMaster sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cadence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cadence has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cadence's written reviews are positive against 0% of FileMaster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cadence ships an update every 10 days, FileMaster every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cadence versus FileMaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCadenceFileMaster
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHyundoh KimAli Taghiyev

Customer experience

Cadence

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FileMaster

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cadence

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$4.99
2 purchases

FileMaster

Subscriptions2
  • FileMaster PRO Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • 1 Year Premium$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FileMaster free?
FileMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cadence or FileMaster?
Cadence is rated higher. Cadence averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while FileMaster averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cadence or FileMaster have ads?
FileMaster shows ads; Cadence does not.
Which is updated more often, Cadence or FileMaster?
Cadence ships an update every 10 days, and FileMaster every 2 months. Most recently, Cadence was updated on October 25, 2026 and FileMaster on October 28, 2026.

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