Comparison

Refill vs Habit Grid

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

Head to head
About

Refill

Features
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Refill helps you see the small recurring things that are easy to forget because they are not urgent yet. Instead of building another checklist, create glass orbs that slowly drain as time passes. A full orb can wait. A low orb needs attention. An empty orb means it is time. Use Refill for the quiet things that repeat: watering plants, changing filters, washing sheets, practicing guitar, checking the fridge, calling someone, or any routine you want to keep visible without adding another calendar. When the work is done, press and hold to refill the orb. That deliberate reset keeps each completion intentional. Refill works best for repeat upkeep, not endless task lists. It helps the next small thing stay visible until it is done. Privacy Policy: https://refill.300990.xyz/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Habit Grid

Features
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Habit Grid turns showing up into something you can see. Every habit gets its own contribution grid โ€” one square per day, filling in as you go. A week of effort is a sentence. A year is a picture you can't argue with. TRACK WHAT ACTUALLY MATCHES THE HABIT โ€ข Yes / No โ€” exercise, journaling, anything that's simply done or not โ€ข Number โ€” 30 pages, 8 glasses, 50 push-ups. Going past your target still counts โ€ข Duration โ€” a built-in timer for meditation, study or practice LOG IT IN ONE TAP Today shows exactly what's scheduled, with the right control on every card: a tick, a "+10", or a timer. Swipe one way to complete, the other to take a rest day. Nothing waits on a network, because there isn't one โ€” every tap lands instantly, and every accidental one can be undone. STREAKS THAT UNDERSTAND REST Schedule a habit for weekdays and the weekend never counts against you. Take a day off on purpose โ€” ill, travelling, genuinely resting โ€” and it's marked as skipped and removed from your statistics entirely, instead of breaking a streak you'd earned. Habit density shows how consistent you've really been on the days that were meant to happen. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows everything due today and logs it in one tap, with eight weeks of your grid on every habit. Complications put today's progress, or a single habit's streak, on your watch face. It keeps working when your phone is out of range and catches up when it's back. WIDGETS THAT LOG Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your grid, today's progress and your streaks โ€” and log a habit without opening the app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-in. No server. No analytics or advertising SDKs of any kind โ€” there are no third-party libraries in this app at all. Your habits live on your device and work entirely offline. The only network request Habit Grid can make is to the App Store, when you buy something. FREE โ€ข Two active habits, with full tracking, streaks and history โ€ข The Classic Green grid โ€ข Daily reminders HABIT GRID PRO โ€ข Unlimited habits โ€ข Ten more hand-tuned grid palettes โ€ข Home Screen, Lock Screen and interactive widgets โ€ข Face ID lock โ€ข CSV and JSON export, and backup restore โ€ข Long-range trends and per-habit performance Archiving a habit keeps its grid, streaks and history โ€” and archived habits never count towards the free limit. Keeping your past costs nothing. Built entirely with Apple's own frameworks, for iPhone and Apple Watch. LANGUAGES English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (Simplified) Privacy Policy: https://olumayhor99.github.io/habit-grid-privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Refill4 screens
Habit Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Habit Grid at 3 against Refill's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Refill sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Habit Grid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Refill ships an update every 2 weeks, Habit Grid every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Refill versus Habit Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRefillHabit Grid
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValentin JalbaAdemola Mayowa Olatunji

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Refill

Subscriptions1
  • Refill Premium14 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Refill Premium Lifetime$22.99
3 purchases

Habit Grid

Subscriptions2
  • Habit Grid Pro$1.991 Month
  • Habitgrid pro$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • habitgrid lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Refill free?
Refill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Grid free?
Habit Grid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Refill or Habit Grid have ads?
Neither Refill nor Habit Grid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Refill or Habit Grid?
Refill ships an update every 2 weeks, and Habit Grid every 11 days. Most recently, Refill was updated on October 17, 2026 and Habit Grid on October 7, 2026.

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