Minimal Habit & Routine vs Pausean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minimal Habit & Routine
Visualize your daily progress and monthly patterns with a clean, minimalist interface. This private and ad-free tool helps you build consistent habits by making streaks and gaps easily visible. Customize categories and icons to fit your personal tracking needs.
- Effortless pattern spotting
- Fully customizable categories and icons
- 100% private, no sign-ups
- Clean, minimalist design
- Table-style monthly view
- Track habits, mood, fitness, and more
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See your day at a glance. Rows turns each day into a single line and your month into a clear, beautiful pattern — private, ad‑free, and ready in seconds. Why choose Rows? • Effortless Patterns: Quickly spot streaks, highs, and gaps so habits actually stick. • Fully Customizable: Make Rows yours with simple categories and icons that match your life. • 100% Private: No ads, no sign-ups, and all data is stored securely only on your device. Clean & Minimalist Design Add categories, tap to log each day, and watch patterns emerge in a clean table-style monthly view. A few taps is all it takes to customize icons, colors, and the layout so the system fits you — not the other way around. Perfect for tracking: • Habits & Routines • Mood & Mental Health • Medication & Symptoms • Fitness, Weight & Sleep Download Rows and start your private monthly log today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pausean
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Turn your phone over. The time is yours. Pausean is a focus timer that starts when you put your phone down. Set your minutes on the dial, lay your phone face down, and your time begins. Every quiet stretch becomes a stone in your bowl. A GENTLE START - Tap once to get ready, then turn your phone over. Your time starts the moment it lies face down. - In the first seconds you feel three slow breaths as soft vibrations. No need to look. - The dial clicks into place minute by minute and shows which stone you will receive. NO PRESSURE, NO GUILT - Picking your phone up briefly is fine. Your time keeps running for 60 seconds. - Jokers let you pause a session when something comes up. - No streaks, no red days. An empty day simply stays empty. YOUR BOWL - Each duration forms its own kind of stone. - Each month gets its own bowl. With Pro, past bowls stay on your shelf. - Older stones gather dust over time. Rub them with your finger and they shine again. - Press and hold a stone to see what you can do with it. BREATHE - Guided breathing has its own tab. Arriving and Letting go are free for everyone. - Every exercise leaves a piece of sea glass in your bowl. - Feel the breath (Pro): soft vibrations guide you, so you can close your eyes. AUTUMN STONES Until November 29, every session forms one of four autumn stones: chestnut, leaf print, pumpkin stone and honey stone. The pumpkin stone is free for everyone this season. SHARE YOUR CALM Share a session, a single stone, your week or your month as a quiet image. PAUSEAN PRO - Pocket mode: sessions also run while your phone is put away - All breathing exercises and Feel the breath - History as a week and month calendar, plus statistics - Past bowls on your shelf - All seasonal stones and stone sets - More jokers per day Pausean Pro is available as a subscription or as a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads. Your sessions live only on your phone. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. Designed for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass, and built to work with VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://calmsides.com/pausean/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Minimal Habit & Routine at every 4 days against Pausean's fortnightly. Pausean's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Minimal Habit & Routine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pausean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Minimal Habit & Routine ships an update every 4 days, Pausean fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Minimal Habit & Routine | Pausean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chang Joo Park | Calmsides |
In-app purchases
Minimal Habit & Routine
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
Pausean
- Pausean Pro — Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pausean Pro — Lifetime$22.99
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