Comparison

CheckMate vs My Project Maker

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

Head to head
About

CheckMate

This app gamifies habit tracking by turning routines into quests and friends into a raid party. It focuses on positive reinforcement and comeback bonuses, making progress visible without guilt.

Highlights
  • Habits as quests with rarity tiers
  • Co-op challenges with friends (Raids)
  • Pomodoro-style co-working rooms
  • Mood and activity journaling
  • Community quest discovery
  • Customizable pixel-art avatars
Features
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CheckMate is an RPG habit tracker. Your habits become daily quests, and every check-in earns XP and trains your character. Miss a day and nothing breaks: your stats stay where they are. YOUR HABITS TRAIN SIX STATS Strength, Vitality, Craft, Intellect, Wisdom and Charisma. A workout raises Strength. Reading raises Intellect. Each quest trains up to two stats, and raids train them too. A CLASS, TITLES AND FRAMES Your two strongest stats give you a class, like Druid or Bard. Each stat unlocks a title at levels 5, 10, 15 and 20, and a frame at level 10. Rest days never lower them. EVERY MONDAY, YOUR WEEK ON A SCROLL A sealed scroll shows which stats grew last week, with a note from Misa and a way to train the stat that rested. RAIDS WITH FRIENDS Each raid has one clear daily goal, like 10,000 steps or 6 glasses of water. In a Raid Boss, every check-in hits the boss. In a Grove, your party grows a tree from a seed. In Tug of War, two teams of friends pull against each other. Join an official raid, find an open one on the Notice Board in your language, or start a private one. FOCUS TOGETHER Set a focus timer alone or with up to four others: friends join with a code, strangers through Quick Join. Pick 5 to 90 minutes, play rain, crickets, a fireplace, the ocean or a forest, and earn XP for every round you finish. A MOOD JOURNAL THAT SPOTS PATTERNS Log your mood, sleep, energy, stress and what you did. Trends shows what your good days have in common, and the year view colors every day by mood. Lock it with a PIN and open it with Face ID or Touch ID. Keep it on your phone, or back it up to the cloud. REST IS PART OF THE PLAN Your days shown up never go down, and there's no HP to lose. A raid boss heals a little overnight instead of hurting your party. TWO CATS FOR COMPANY Misa and Putica show you around. If you want, they send a short note now and then, at the times you pick. EMBERS Earn Embers by leveling up, earning badges and finishing raids. Spend them to make a quest rare, epic or legendary. Embers can't be bought. IN 7 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, German, Portuguese (Brazil), French, Italian and Polish. Sign in with Apple, Google or email. WHAT IT COSTS Your first few days are fully open: every feature, no paywall, no card. The app shows the date and time they end. After that, CheckMate Pro: subscribe and start with a free trial, or pay once for lifetime access. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Made for brains that need a push, and for anyone with a graveyard of abandoned habit apps behind them. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.checkmate-daily.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.checkmate-daily.com/privacy

About

My Project Maker

Features
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My Project Maker is the simplest way to plan, track, and ship any project — from app builds to home renovations to side hustles. Organize work into Projects, Folders, and Items. See exactly what's done, what's blocked, and what's due next. PROJECTS AT A GLANCE Create projects with a custom icon and color. Each project card shows completion percentage, open items, and done count — all at a glance. Sort manually, by name, by date, or by progress. FOLDERS INSIDE EACH PROJECT Break every project into named folders — like Build, Enhancement, and Bug, or Planning, In Progress, and Review. Give each folder its own icon. Expand and collapse sections to focus on what matters. ITEMS WITH FULL DETAIL Each task tracks: • Status — Todo, In Progress, Done, Blocked, Cancelled • Priority — Low, Medium, High, Critical • Due date — with overdue and due-this-week alerts • Notes — free-form text for extra context Tap to edit. Long-press for quick actions: Edit, Duplicate, Move to Folder, Set Status, Set Priority, or Delete. Swipe left with a confirmation step before anything is removed. ALL ITEMS TAB See every task across all your projects in one flat list. Filter by project, status, or priority. Search by name, project, or folder. Sort by newest, name, status, priority, or due date. KPI DASHBOARD Your project command center: • Total projects, total items, completed count, completion rate • Status breakdown — see how many items are Todo, In Progress, Done, Blocked, or Cancelled • Priority breakdown — spot your Critical and High items across open work • Per-project progress bars • Deadlines section — overdue items flagged in red, due-this-week items highlighted My Project Maker is built for people who want a clean, fast, private way to track real work. Start your first project today.

Screenshots

CheckMate4 screens
My Project Maker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Project Maker at none against CheckMate's 7. CheckMate's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. CheckMate sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. My Project Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CheckMate ships an update every 3 days, My Project Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CheckMate versus My Project Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckMateMy Project Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB3 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperCIOCHINARU IONUT-DANIEL PERSOANA FIZICA AUTORIZATAWilliam Sun

In-app purchases

7 purchases

CheckMate

Subscriptions4
  • CheckMate Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • CheckMate Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • CheckMate Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$21.991 Year
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  • CheckMate Pro Annual14 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time3
  • CheckMate Pro Lifetime$4.99
  • CheckMate Pro (Lifetime)$4.99
  • CheckMate Pro Lifetime$89.99
None

My Project Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CheckMate free?
CheckMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Project Maker free?
My Project Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CheckMate or My Project Maker have ads?
Neither CheckMate nor My Project Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CheckMate or My Project Maker?
CheckMate ships an update every 3 days, and My Project Maker every 3 weeks. Most recently, CheckMate was updated on November 5, 2026 and My Project Maker on October 31, 2026.

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