Comparison

CLIMB vs Reckon

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

Head to head
About

CLIMB

Features
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Climb a mountain while you focus. Every minute of focus moves your climber up the trail. Camp when you need a break. Plant your flag at the summit. CLIMB turns the time you spend studying, reading, learning, or working deep into a real, illustrated climb. Set a goal, hit start, and watch your climber move up the mountain in real time. The longer you focus, the higher you go. Whether you're prepping for finals, finishing a thesis, learning a language, or just trying to read for an hour without picking up your phone, CLIMB makes the time you put in visible. HOW IT WORKS Set a goal anywhere from 30 minutes to a full afternoon. Start the climb. Your climber moves up the trail in real time as the minutes pass. Need a break? Tap Camp. Your timer pauses, your progress saves, and the climber waits for you at the campsite. When you reach the summit, plant your flag and the mountain joins your history. FEATURES • An illustrated mountain for every climb • Live climber animation that ticks with every minute • Camp anytime. Breaks never count against your study time • Mountain history with summit passport cards • Tasks with sub-tasks, labels, and priorities • Link tasks to climbs so your study sessions are intentional • Streaks that grow the more days you climb in a row • Badges for summits, no-break climbs, time milestones, and rare achievements • Collectible climber avatars • Daily and streak-at-risk reminders • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email CLIMB WITH FRIENDS • Invite friends with a private code or QR. No public discovery, no follower games • See which friends are climbing right now • Leave a stone on a friend's summit to cheer them on • Daily, weekly, monthly, and all-time leaderboards • Ghost Mode for climbing privately whenever you want LIVE ACTIVITIES ON iPHONE Your climb ticks on the lock screen and inside the Dynamic Island. Glance at your progress without unlocking, even when the app is closed. PREMIUM CLIMB is free to use, with no ads and no third-party tracking. Premium unlocks: • Unlimited active climbs (free accounts can have up to 3 going at once) • Full access to your climb archive • Available as yearly, or monthly BUILT FOR • Students prepping for exams • Readers working through long books • Language learners building daily habits • Coders, writers, designers, and anyone who works deep • Anyone trying to stop scrolling and start finishing Stop scrolling. Start climbing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ikidevs.com/climb/privacy/

About

Reckon

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Reckon is a habit tracker that doesn't pretend. It doesn't motivate you. It doesn't gamify your discipline. It doesn't show you streaks lined up like trophies. It shows you a grid - your week, your goals, what you did and what you didn't do - and every evening at 22:30, it tells you exactly how you performed. No praise. No encouragement. Just the verdict. If you want a cheerleader, this is the wrong app. HOW IT WORKS Set up to 10 or less daily or weekly goals. Cardio. Protein target. Gym sessions. Water. Whatever you actually want to track. Each day each goal is one square in your week grid. Green if done. Red if missed. Orange if the day is still open. The grid sits on your home screen via a widget — your week, always visible, always honest. Every evening at 22:30, Reckon sends a notification that names exactly what you missed. Skipped cardio? You'll hear about it. Behind on your weekly gym quota? It says so. Hit every goal? It acknowledges that — flatly, without celebration. WIDGET ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Tap squares directly from the widget to mark goals done. No need to open the app. Medium and large widget sizes. Choose Light, Dark, or System theme - independent of your iPhone's theme. Hide goal icons for a minimal look. CUSTOMIZE THE PALETTE Five built-in color palettes (Default, Forest, Monochrome, Ocean, Warm) plus the option to create your own. Edit any palette's colors. Customize light and dark variants independently. Or let Reckon derive the dark variant automatically. WHAT'S NOT HERE No streaks. No social features. No leaderboards. No achievements. No AI coach. No premium tier. No subscriptions. No ads. No data collected. One price, one purchase, yours. PRIVACY Reckon stores everything locally on your device. No accounts. No cloud sync. No telemetry. No tracking. Your data never leaves your iPhone. REQUIREMENTS iOS 17.0 or later. iPhone only. No iPad version yet.

Screenshots

CLIMB4 screens
Reckon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CLIMB at Free against Reckon's $3.99. Reckon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

CLIMB is free to download; Reckon costs $3.99 up front. CLIMB sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Reckon asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
CLIMB versus Reckon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCLIMBReckon
PriceFree — better$3.99
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB1 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperEmre AydinEren Can Ozkaya

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CLIMB

Subscriptions2
  • Climb Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Climb Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Reckon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CLIMB free?
CLIMB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reckon free?
Reckon costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do CLIMB or Reckon have ads?
Neither CLIMB nor Reckon shows ads.

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