Comparison

Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak vs Embly

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak

Features
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Track your habits and watch every streak turn into pixel art you can actually see. HabitPixel is a habit tracker built around a simple idea: each day you complete a habit fills in one colored square on your wall. Skip a day and the gap shows. Over weeks and months, your consistency becomes a piece of art you don't want to break — the same pull that keeps a GitHub streak alive, now for your real-life routines. WHAT YOU GET - A pixel heatmap wall for every habit, so months of progress live on one screen - One-tap check-ins with an optional 5-level mood, turning tracking into a two-second ritual - Real streak counts and a per-habit strength score that reward showing up, not perfection - Full-year analytics: completion rate, best streak, activity by day-of-week, and score bars - Reminders that fire at your chosen time, plus achievement badges you unlock as you go - Notes and mood history on any habit, so you can see the "why" behind a broken week PERFECT FOR - People chasing a daily routine — gym, water, reading, meditation, journaling - Anyone who quit other trackers because a boring checklist felt like a chore - Visual thinkers who need to SEE momentum, not just a number - Habit stackers juggling categories like Morning, Work, and Evening WHY NOT JUST USE A NOTES APP OR A CHECKLIST? A checklist forgets yesterday. HabitPixel remembers every day at once — one glance at your wall tells you if you're on a 40-day run or slipping, and that visible chain is what actually keeps you going. PRIVACY Your habits stay on your device. No account, no sign-up, no tracking. Export your full history to CSV anytime, and import it back whenever you want. FULL ACCESS The free version tracks up to 5 habits with basic streaks and 3 categories. Unlock HabitPixel Pro for unlimited habits and categories, the full-year heatmap and analytics screens, achievements, notes and mood history, past check-in editing, habit archiving, and CSV export/import. Pro is available as a weekly plan, a yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime purchase: - Weekly subscription - Yearly subscription - Lifetime (one-time, pay once) Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Pick one habit, check in today, and start filling your first wall. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

About

Embly

Features
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Embly is a habit tracker you pay for once and keep for good. No account, no ads, and nothing you log ever leaves your device. Add a habit with a tiny "if I do nothing else" version for the hard days. Tap once to log it. Watch your day fill in. Miss a day and your streak holds — the app notices you came back and does not guilt you for leaving. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Embly has no account, no login, and no server. Your habits, your history, your streaks all live only in this app, on this device. There is no analytics pipeline sending your data anywhere and no ad network — nothing to opt out of, because nothing is collected in the first place. A STREAK THAT SURVIVES A BAD WEEK One missed day is forgiven and your streak keeps going. Miss two days in a row and it resets — honestly — but a single slip never costs you everything, and recovering is always free. FREE FOREVER, EVEN IF YOU NEVER PAY • Up to 5 habits, kept for as long as you like • Logging every day, with no cap on history • Your full streak and progress view • The forgiving-streak engine itself • Export your entire history to a file, any time • Restore from a backup file WHAT PAYING UNLOCKS Paying does one thing: it removes the 5-habit ceiling. Nothing else is gated. • Lifetime — pay once, yours forever. No further purchase, ever. • Yearly or Monthly — auto-renewing, cancel any time in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. In the United States, Yearly includes a 7-day free trial. TICK IT WITHOUT OPENING THE APP • Home Screen widget: tap a habit done from the widget itself • Lock Screen widget: today's progress at a glance • Reminder banner: "Done" or "Just the tiny version" right from the notification • Siri: "Log reading in Embly" WHAT EMBLY DOES NOT DO • No account or sign-in • No ads, ever • No paid streak repair — recovering a missed day is free, always • No data leaves your device — nothing uploaded, shared or sold • No cross-device sync — everything lives on this one device; export a backup file if you want a copy elsewhere Built for people who have quit every habit app they have tried — usually right after one missed day sent the streak back to zero. ——— Embly Pro is available as a one-time Lifetime purchase, or as a Monthly or Yearly auto-renewable subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nebulacraftlabs.com/privacy

Screenshots

Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak4 screens
Embly4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak and Embly are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Embly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak ships an update monthly, Embly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak versus Embly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Habit Tracker & StreakEmbly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhuc PhamNebulacraft Labs Ltd.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$9.997 Days
  • Annual Premium3 Days trial$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Embly

Subscriptions2
  • Embly Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Embly Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak free?
Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Embly free?
Embly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak or Embly have ads?
Neither Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak nor Embly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak or Embly?
Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak ships an update monthly, and Embly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pixel Habit Tracker & Streak was updated on October 28, 2026 and Embly on October 22, 2026.

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