Balance vs Shadowfetch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Balance
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Build habits that last. Balance is the daily habit tracker for streaks, Home Screen widgets, and deep focus โ so consistency finally feels doable. Track the day. Protect the streak. See the chain grow. WHY BALANCE โข Daily, weekly, or monthly habits โ not a one-size checklist โข Streaks with pin, pause, and challenge modes (21, 30, or 100 days) โข A real focus timer with Lock Screen Live Activity โข Time logging with mood and difficulty, so you see what actually stuck โข 10+ Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Control Center widgets โข Insights, heatmaps, and patterns โ not just a yes/no grid โข Themes, gradients, and icons that make opening the app feel good โข iCloud on iPhone, iPad, and Mac HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a habit from the library โ or make your own. 2. Check in each day. Log time if you want. Keep the streak alive. 3. Start a challenge or a focus session when you need a push. Your habits stay in your iCloud account. Balance does not run a server that reads them. Download Balance and start the streak today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Shadowfetch
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Shadowfetch keeps important dates visible, whether you are counting down to something ahead or counting up from something that already happened. Add a birthday, anniversary, trip, launch, deadline, ceremony, or personal streak. Shadowfetch sorts it, counts it live, helps you protect it with reminders, and gives you clean exports when you need a backup or handoff. Core features: - Count down to future dates with live days, hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds - Count up from past dates for anniversaries, sobriety streaks, product launches, and milestones - Pin a priority event so it leads the home screen and widget - See a Countdown Progress bar showing how far through the wait you are - Organize events by category: Birthday, Anniversary, Travel, Health, Deadline, Celebration, Milestone, Sports, Holiday, or Other - Create one-time, yearly, or monthly countdowns - Choose all-day dates or exact times - Use absolute time zones or local wall time - Schedule local reminder alerts before important events - Enable milestone notifications for notable countdown moments - Personalize events with a color or background photo - Keep a priority countdown visible with home screen and lock screen widgets - Share polished countdown or elapsed-time cards - Export all events as a spreadsheet-ready CSV - Share an Event Health Report summarizing reminders, pinned items, recurrence, categories, photos, stale records, and upcoming dates Shadowfetch is local-first. It does not require an account, does not include analytics or tracking, and does not upload your event data to a Shadowfetch-operated server. MOMENTS (NEW IN 1.7) Every other countdown app dies at zero - Shadowfetch makes zero the whole point. Events glow TODAY when the day arrives, erupt into confetti in their own color at the exact moment, and then retire to a Memories shelf that keeps the story alive: "127 days ago." One tap turns a finished moment into a count-up ("days since our wedding") or a yearly tradition. Anticipation, celebration, memory - all offline, all yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Balance at Free against Shadowfetch's $0.99. Shadowfetch's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Balance is free to download; Shadowfetch costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Balance ships an update every 2 weeks, Shadowfetch every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Balance | Shadowfetch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $0.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohini Sharma | Robert Corbin |
In-app purchases
Balance
No in-app purchases
Shadowfetch
No in-app purchases









