CheckMate vs QuesToDo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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Turn the habits you want to build into daily quests. Complete a task, earn XP, and make progress with friends. Miss a day? Your progress waits for you. DAILY QUESTS, REAL HABITS Turn morning runs, journaling, study sessions, water intake, anything - into quests with XP rewards. Build streaks at your own pace. Rest days are encouraged, not punished. CheckMate is the habit tracker that respects your downtime. CO-OP RAIDS WITH FRIENDS The only habit RPG with multiplayer raids. Team up with friends, fight bosses by checking off your real habits, and win together. Accountability without the pressure. Four raid types: take down a boss with shared HP, grow a tree (cherry, birch, or oak) in a co-op grove, compete 5v5 in tug-of-war, or settle it in pure endurance. This is what makes CheckMate different from every other habit tracker on the store - your party carries you, you carry them. ADVENTURING POMODORO Focus sessions wrapped in a fantasy adventure. 25-minute focus + 5-minute rest by default, fully customizable. Ambient soundscapes (rain, crickets, fireplace, ocean, forest) play in the background while your screen is locked. Perfect for deep work, study sessions, or grinding through a long project. MOOD JOURNAL Track your mood, sleep, and energy alongside your habits, view trends in your life. Face ID locked for privacy. WHY CHECKMATE OVER OTHER HABIT TRACKERS - No HP loss when you miss a day - Rest days celebrated, not punished - Co-op multiplayer raids - accountability with friends or strangers - Privacy-first journal locked behind Face ID or fingerprint - Respects your time - no manipulative streak guilt CheckMate is the habit RPG for people who want gamification without the anxiety. The RPG nerds, the burnt-out productivity hackers, and the friends-keep-each-other-going crews. Ready to start your quest? Download, build with your party. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
QuesToDo
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QuesToDo turns your daily to-dos into quests in a small RPG. Finish a task and you earn XP. Your adventurer levels up, learns skills, and unlocks new pixel-art gear. Nothing about the task list changes — what changes is that clearing it visibly moves something forward. Most to-do apps are hard to stick with because completing an item does nothing. In QuesToDo, every completion shows up as growth. ◆ Quests - Three difficulties (Easy / Normal / Hard) that award different XP - Repeats: daily, chosen weekdays, every other week, or every N days - Due dates with optional times, priorities, and genres - Folders, search, sorting, and drag-and-drop reordering - Tapped the wrong one? Undo the completion and carry on ◆ Growing your adventurer - Earn XP on completion and assign stat points on level-up - Over 50 skills: spells, techniques, titles, and passives - Activate a skill once a day to boost the XP you earn that day - Achievement titles that unlock from how you actually use the app ◆ Pixel-art avatar - Over 80 parts across hair, clothes, accessories, weapons, and shields - New parts unlock as you level up — dress your adventurer your way - Completion animations play the effect of the spell or technique you triggered ◆ Built to keep you going - Streak tracking for consecutive days - Daily reminders, due-date alerts, and a heads-up when a streak is about to break - Share your level-ups to X ◆ Records (Premium) - Total XP, monthly and yearly completions, and a range of averages - Charts by month, by weekday, and by time of day, so you can see your own patterns ◆ Premium (In-App Purchase) - Removes banner ads - Unlocks Records (statistics) - Plans: Monthly (auto-renewing, 1 month) / Yearly (auto-renewing, 1 year) / Lifetime (one-time purchase, yours forever) - Prices are shown on the plan screen in the app and in the In-App Purchases section of this page ◆ About auto-renewing subscriptions - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase - The subscription renews automatically at the same price for the same period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - You can manage or cancel auto-renewal any time in your App Store account settings All of your data is stored on your device, and no account or sign-up is required. Backups can be exported and imported. Register your first quest and start the adventure. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ninomaedev.github.io/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CheckMate at none against QuesToDo's shown. QuesToDo's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. CheckMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and QuesToDo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CheckMate ships an update every 3 days, QuesToDo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CheckMate | QuesToDo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CIOCHINARU IONUT-DANIEL PERSOANA FIZICA AUTORIZATA | HAJIME SAKAMOTO |
In-app purchases
CheckMate
- CheckMate Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- CheckMate Pro Annual14 Days trial$34.991 Year
- CheckMate Pro Lifetime$89.99
QuesToDo
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$19.99









