Comparison

Basalt vs HowOften?

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

Head to head
About

Basalt

Features
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most days, you won't open this app. you write down what you want to keep up, and how many times a week. then you tick it off on your home screen. that is the whole loop. a few times a week counts anywhere from once to seven times a week. three runs, two evenings of reading, one call home on sunday. the week shows where you stand, and a missed tuesday is just a missed tuesday. the widget is the app one routine per widget, on the home screen or the lock screen, and the whole widget is the tap. grid, tower, since day one and more: you pick the look. you only open the app to set a routine up or change it. more than one routine two routines run side by side for free, and with pro as many as you keep up. give a routine an end date if you want one, or let it keep going. a reminder, only when it helps at the time you pick, and only on days when something is still open. plan and calendar the plan shows what the week asks of you. put the sessions in your calendar if you would rather have them there. with other people share a routine by code or QR. whoever follows it sees how it is going and cannot change a thing. or make it a pact with one person (pro): you keep the routine together, and the day is done when you have both ticked it off. they do not need pro to say yes. tied to a place (pro) pin a routine to a place on apple maps, like your gym. the day ticks off only where it happened. quiet on purpose monochrome, in light and dark. no feed, no points, no leaderboard, nothing to scroll. focus (pro) when the phone is what gets in the way: with pro, basalt keeps the apps you pick closed on the hours and days you set, and the websites with them. you choose them in apple's own picker, and basalt never sees which ones you chose. basalt pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. it renews unless you turn it off in your App Store settings at least 24 hours before the period ends. purchases can be restored in the app. terms: https://getklar.org/basalt/terms privacy: https://getklar.org/basalt/privacy

About

HowOften?

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You think you know your habits. You don't. HowOften? is the simplest way to track how often you do things โ€” not because you have to, but because you're curious. Log anything in seconds. Pizza. Coffee. A run. A bad day. Pick a label, write what you did, done. No accounts, no syncing, no complicated setup. At the end of the week, month, and year, HowOften? shows you the full picture. How many times did you eat out this year? How often did you actually work out? The answers might surprise you. Everything stays on your device. No account required, no data leaves your phone.

Screenshots

Basalt4 screens
HowOften?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Basalt at 16.4 against HowOften?'s 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Basalt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and HowOften? sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Basalt versus HowOften?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasaltHowOften?
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size112 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlain KesslerJovan-Yener Milanovic

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Basalt

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Premium Anually$29.991 Year
3 purchases

HowOften?

One-time3
  • small tip$0.99
  • A pizza$2.99
  • A dinner$4.99

Questions

Is Basalt free?
Basalt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HowOften? free?
HowOften? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Basalt or HowOften? have ads?
Neither Basalt nor HowOften? shows ads.

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