HabitForge vs BulkUp AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HabitForge
This app helps you build positive routines and break bad ones. It offers various tracking methods, customizable reminders, and detailed statistics. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with a one-time purchase.
- Track daily habits and build streaks
- Multiple habit types (Yes/No, Counter, Timer, Don't Do)
- Customizable reminders and notifications
- Detailed statistics and progress visualization
- Apple ecosystem integration (Watch, Widgets, Siri)
- Privacy-focused with no account required
- One-time purchase, no subscriptions
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Build better habits. One-time purchase. No subscription, ever. HabitForge is a native, private habit tracker for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Track daily habits, build streaks, and visualize your year — no ads, no subscription, no compromise. WHY HABITFORGE? • One-time purchase. No recurring fees. • 100% on your device. No account required. • Family Sharing included. • Full Apple ecosystem: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, widgets, Siri. FREE FOR EVERYONE, ALWAYS These features are included for free, forever: • Apple Watch app + complications • iCloud sync across all your devices • CSV data export • Custom reminders per habit • Daily summary notifications • Day notes • Drag & drop reorder • Lock screen widgets 4 HABIT TYPES • Yes / No — Simple daily check-off • Counter — Reps, glasses, pages • Timer — Meditation, focus, exercise • Don't Do — Quit bad habits Choose your frequency: daily, specific days, X times per week, or X times per month. 25 BUILT-IN TEMPLATES Get started fast with 25 ready-to-use templates: Health, Productivity, Wellness, Finance, Learning, Personal. Drink water, meditate, read, practice an instrument, save money — all preconfigured. HABITFORGE PRO — ONE-TIME Unlock everything, forever: • Unlimited habits (5 free) • 365-day contribution grid (GitHub style) • Advanced per-habit statistics • Habit strength score • Auto-complete from Apple Health (steps, calories, sleep, mindfulness) • Pro templates with HealthKit sync (Sleep, Active Calories) • Export your year as a shareable image • All your habits in one widget (up to 8) • Family Sharing included POWERFUL STATS (PRO) • 365-day GitHub-style contribution grid • Current and best streak per habit • 30-day, 90-day, and all-time completion rates • Best and worst weekday analysis • 6-month rate trends • Habit strength score (30-day weighted) • Perfect day tracking with milestones APPLE WATCH (NEW IN V1.1) • Check off habits straight from your wrist • Counter +/-, timer, "slip" tracking for Don't Do • Watch face complication (circular, corner, inline) • iCloud sync with iPhone WIDGETS & NATIVE EXPERIENCE • Today widget (small + medium) — tap to check off • Large widget — full day view • Lock Screen widget — progress at a glance • Interactive check-offs via App Intents DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY • No account. No login. No tracking. • iCloud sync via Apple's private CloudKit. • Your data never leaves your devices. Start building better habits today. No subscription. One-time purchase. Yours forever. Questions or feedback? Contact us via Settings → Support.
BulkUp AI
This app offers personalized calorie and macro targets for weight gain, loss, or maintenance. It features AI-powered food logging via photo and provides a supportive environment for tracking progress without shame.
- Personalized calorie and macro targets
- AI food logging with photo scan
- Weight gain, loss, and maintenance plans
- Progress tracking without shame
- Streak and badge rewards
- Daily calorie range feedback
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BulkUp AI is a calorie tracker that adapts to your goal, not the other way round. Want to gain weight? Lose it? Hold steady? You get a plan built for your body and your pace, and a home screen that shows exactly where you stand today. WHY BULKUP AI - One plan, any goal: gain, lose or maintain, with calories and macros calculated for your body, activity and the pace you choose. - AI food logging: snap a photo of your meal and we estimate the calories, protein, carbs and fats. No hunting through databases. - Honest numbers: your daily range tells you when you have eaten too little as well as too much. Starving yourself is not a win, and the app will never pretend it is. - No shame: progress is always framed toward your goal. No red warning colors for a missed day, whichever direction you are heading. - Streaks and badges that reward showing up, never punish you for stopping. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE TO EAT ENOUGH Most calorie apps assume you want to eat less. If you are naturally skinny, or coming back from illness or injury, that assumption makes them useless. BulkUp AI sets a surplus you can actually hit and shows you how close you got. HOW IT WORKS 1. Answer a few quick questions: height, weight, age, goal and how fast you want to get there. 2. Get your daily calorie and macro targets, plus a realistic date for reaching your goal. 3. Log meals in 3 taps: snap a photo, search, or add manually. 4. Watch your ring fill, your streak grow, and your weight trend toward your target. WHO IT'S FOR - Anyone who wants to gain weight and struggles to eat enough. - Anyone losing weight who is tired of apps that shame them. - Anyone holding a hard-won result who just wants to stay there. BulkUp AI requires a subscription to use: - Monthly: $4.99/month - Yearly: $17.99/year (best value) Terms of Use (EULA): https://bulkupai.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bulkupai.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BulkUp AI at 5.0 against HabitForge's 4.0. BulkUp AI also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). HabitForge's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. HabitForge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BulkUp AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BulkUp AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
HabitForge ships an update every 2 months, BulkUp AI every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HabitForge | BulkUp AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Masure | Naseem Khan |
Customer experience
HabitForge
BulkUp AI
In-app purchases
HabitForge
- HabitForge Pro$4.99
BulkUp AI
- BulkUp AI Monthly$4.991 Month
- BulkUp AI Yearly$17.991 Year









