Comparison

Spaced Recall vs Habit Tracker Journal

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

Head to head
About

Spaced Recall

Features
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Spaced Recall is a notes app that makes sure you remember what you write. Write a note, from a single fact to a page with headings, lists and pictures, and Spaced Recall brings it back for review just before you would forget it: after a few days, then a week, two weeks, a month and longer each time you remember it. WRITING NOTES • Headings, bold, italics, highlights, bulleted and numbered lists, checklists and quotes • Add a picture from your camera or your photos • Sort notes into categories, and rename a category by holding it • Search your library, and export or import it at any time REVIEWING • Each day's reviews are a short stack you swipe through. A long note scrolls, and the next swipe moves on. • Choose how many reviews a day and which days you rest, and your reviews are spread to fit • Reminders at the times you choose, one note for each • The calendar shows what is coming up and what you have done. Hold a note to move it to another day. • Keep a streak, rise through the ranks, and pause everything with holiday mode LANGUAGES Practise Spanish, Italian, French or Seychellois Creole a few words at a time, from the language into English or the other way round. The drill finds your level from the first few words, and each direction keeps its own progress. THE LIBRARIAN An assistant that can tidy your categories, find notes, move reviews and change settings for you. Nothing changes until you confirm it. WORKS WITH CLAUDE AND CHATGPT Connect an AI assistant under Account, Your data, then ask it to save a note to Spaced Recall in the middle of a conversation, or to quiz you on what is due today. FRIENDS, IF YOU WANT THEM With an account, your library syncs with the web app at spacedrecall.app, and you can add friends, chat, share notes, put a note up as a story for a day and see the leaderboard. You can also share a note with anyone by link. You can report or block anyone, and delete your account from inside the app. Without an account, everything stays on your iPhone. Spaced Recall is free. An optional tip jar adds a supporter badge to your name and unlocks nothing else. Rainbow, the monthly supporter tier, is an auto-renewing subscription. You can cancel it at any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://spacedrecall.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://spacedrecall.app/privacy/

About

Habit Tracker Journal

Track daily habits and follow routines with a private journal that visually displays your progress and streaks. Features include customizable goals, timers, and local reminders. Optional iCloud sync and group features are available with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Daily habit tracking
  • Routine creation with timers
  • Streak protection with 'mends'
  • Amount-based goals
  • Private journaling
  • Optional iCloud sync
  • Group habit tracking (Hexis+)
Features
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Track daily habits, follow routines and see your effort take shape. Hexis is a private habit tracker and journal with a paper-and-ink feel—one deliberate mark at a time. SEE YOUR EFFORT ADD UP Mark habits with a tap. Look back at your completions, streaks and consistency in a visual record you can make your own. KEEP GOING AFTER A MISSED DAY Your journal starts with three mends, and each full week you keep a habit earns another, up to three at a time. Use a mend to protect a streak without pretending the missed day never happened. FOLLOW YOUR ROUTINE Give your day a clear order with repeatable routines, individual steps, focused timers and a stopwatch. BUILT FOR DAILY USE • Daily or flexible weekly targets • Amount-based goals for pages, minutes, kilometres, and more • Routines with ordered steps, timers and a stopwatch • Tasks on Apple Calendar, if you want them there • Local reminders you control • Home Screen widgets • Apple Watch app and complications • Light, dark, paper, and ink styles PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your personal journal is stored on your devices. There are no ads or tracking. Optional iCloud sync keeps your habits and their progress in your private iCloud; routines stay on your device and can be exported in a backup. No Hexis account is needed. KEEP ONE HABIT TOGETHER With Hexis+, create a private iCloud group around one habit and invite people individually. Members can see the group's selected habit, display names and shared marks—not the rest of your journal. Each participant needs Hexis+ and an iCloud account. Groups have no public feed or discoverable profiles. You can report or locally block another member; the group owner manages invitations and access. HEXIS+ Unlock unlimited habits, private Groups, complete statistics and your full year, premium paper and ink styles, widgets, and habits to quit. Choose a weekly subscription or a yearly subscription with a seven-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your App Store account. Start with one habit. Make the first mark. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscription information: https://tally484.github.io/tally-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tally484.github.io/tally-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Spaced Recall4 screens
Habit Tracker Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Spaced Recall at 15.1 against Habit Tracker Journal's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Spaced Recall sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month and Habit Tracker Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spaced Recall ships an update every 9 days, Habit Tracker Journal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Spaced Recall versus Habit Tracker Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpaced RecallHabit Tracker Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTEVEN DENCHEVMartin Joy Elenjikkal

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Spaced Recall

Subscriptions1
  • Rainbow tip$3.001 Month
One-time3
  • Bronze tip$1.00
  • Silver tip$2.00
  • Gold tip$5.00
3 purchases

Habit Tracker Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Hexis+ Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Hexis+7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tally+ Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Spaced Recall free?
Spaced Recall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Tracker Journal free?
Habit Tracker Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spaced Recall or Habit Tracker Journal have ads?
Neither Spaced Recall nor Habit Tracker Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spaced Recall or Habit Tracker Journal?
Spaced Recall ships an update every 9 days, and Habit Tracker Journal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Spaced Recall was updated on October 31, 2026 and Habit Tracker Journal on November 5, 2026.

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