Comparison

Hush Habit vs Properpad

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

Head to head
About

Hush Habit

Features
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Hush Habit is a private, local-first field journal for observing recurring routines. Define one behavior, write a working hypothesis, choose an interruption plan, and record what actually happened without streak pressure or an opaque score. PROTOCOL LAB Create a 3-to-30-day observation window with a baseline estimate, planned pause, replacement action, and reversible environment edit. Keep one protocol active at a time, review progress, and preserve completed protocols in an archive. CUE ATLAS Inspect direct counts from your saved observations: cue labels, time bands, outcomes, replacement use, observed days, and the median of urge values you entered. Every summary exposes its denominator and calculation boundary. SEARCHABLE JOURNAL Filter observations by cue or outcome, search notes and protocol names, edit records, and remove entries you no longer want. Sample records make the complete workflow reviewable from the first launch and disappear when you save your own work. SOURCE-LINKED PRACTICE DECK Browse 12 illustrated field exercises for cue snapshots, if-then plans, short pauses, replacement menus, environment edits, factual review, and bounded protocols. Five primary literature notes link directly to DOI source pages. PORTABLE, PRIVATE RECORDS Export a PDF field report, CSV observation rows, plain-text summary, or JSON workspace backup. Restore a backup by merge or replace. Optional local reminders are requested only after you enable them. No account, advertising, tracking, third-party analytics SDK, subscription, or developer-operated backend is required. Records stay in the app's local container unless you intentionally share an export. Hush Habit is a personal observation journal. It does not diagnose, prevent, or treat a medical or mental-health condition.

About

Properpad

Features
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Properpad is a private notepad with a lock. Write notes, checklists, to-do lists and memos in seconds. It works offline, shows no ads and needs no account, so your notes stay on your iPhone and iPad. Open the app and start typing. Every note saves as you write. NOTES, CHECKLISTS & MEMOS • Quick notes, long notes, meeting notes, ideas and journal entries • Rich text: headings, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, quotes, code blocks and links • Text colors, highlight and font sizes • Bulleted and numbered lists • Checklists with progress for to-do lists, shopping lists and packing lists • Tables with a header row and a total row that adds up numbers for you • Add photos from your camera or photo library • Record voice notes inside any note • Autosave, undo and redo, plus word and character count NOTE SKINS Give any note its own page: a soft color, and ruled, grid or dotted lines. Write on a lined notebook page, plan on a grid, or keep it plain. LOCK YOUR NOTES • Lock Properpad with a 4-digit PIN • Unlock with Face ID or Touch ID. Your PIN always works too. • No account, no sign-in and no cloud. Your notes are stored on your device. • No ads and no advertising tracking • Optional crash reports never include what you write, and you can turn them off REMINDERS • Set a reminder on any note: in an hour, later today, tomorrow, next week or a time you choose • Get a notification when it is time ORGANIZE EVERYTHING • Color folders for work, school, personal, projects and travel • Tags to group notes across folders • Pin important notes to the top, or swipe a note to pin it • Archive notes you do not need every day. They stay searchable. • Deleted notes stay in the trash for 30 days, so you can restore them • List or grid view • Duplicate a note to use it as a template FIND ANY NOTE FAST Search titles, note text, checklist items and tags as you type. Type # to see every note with a tag. BACKUP, RESTORE & PDF • Back up all notes, photos and voice notes to one file, and keep it in Files or wherever you like • Restore on a new iPhone. Restoring adds notes and never overwrites the ones you have. • Export any note as a PDF • Share a note as text, or copy it anywhere CALM, READABLE DESIGN • Dark mode, light mode, or follow your system setting • A comfortable serif for your writing and a clear typeface for everything else • Made for iPhone and iPad WHY PROPERPAD • Works offline. Write and read notes without internet. • No ads, no pop-ups • No account or login • Simple, fast and lightweight • Private: your notes stay on your device Properpad is a notepad, notebook and memo pad for anyone who wants simple notes that stay private. Download it and write your first note.

Screenshots

Hush Habit4 screens
Properpad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Properpad at Free against Hush Habit's $0.99. Properpad also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Hush Habit's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Properpad is free to download; Hush Habit costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hush Habit ships an update every 11 days, Properpad monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Hush Habit versus Properpad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHush HabitProperpad
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert CorbinAavitech Solutions Private Limited

In-app purchases

None

Hush Habit

No in-app purchases

None

Properpad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hush Habit free?
Hush Habit costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Properpad free?
Properpad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hush Habit or Properpad have ads?
Neither Hush Habit nor Properpad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hush Habit or Properpad?
Hush Habit ships an update every 11 days, and Properpad monthly. Most recently, Hush Habit was updated on November 9, 2026 and Properpad on October 31, 2026.

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