Routinely vs GrowthTrend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Routinely
This app helps parents establish positive daily routines for children aged 3-12. It uses a star reward system for completed tasks, allowing kids to earn customizable rewards and celebrate achievements. Features include a weekly schedule, growth timeline, and family sharing options.
- Star rewards for completed tasks
- Customizable rewards
- Weekly schedule
- Growth timeline with media
- Family sharing
- Multi-language support
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**Help your child grow — one star at a time.** Routinely is a warm, family-first app that turns daily routines into joyful achievements. Parents log tasks; kids earn stars; everyone celebrates the little wins. **WHY PARENTS LOVE IT** • Less nagging, more positive reinforcement • Captures every "small big" moment of growth • Works with one parent or shared with the whole family • Beautifully simple — fast to log, joyful to use **KEY FEATURES** Star rewards for completed tasks Customizable rewards your child can redeem Weekly schedule for activities & lessons Growth timeline with photos, voice notes & milestones Family sharing — invite your partner to record together 12 languages, locale-aware design **STARTRACK PRO** • Unlimited children, tasks, and rewards • Family invite (share with another parent) • Beautiful Pro themes • Advanced weekly/monthly reports • Lifetime, monthly, or annual plans Made for parents of children aged 3–12. Privacy-first: your data stays on your device by default; cloud sync is opt-in. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://flysky-privacy.pages.dev
GrowthTrend
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■ "Yesterday they did it. Why not today?" Brushing teeth. Homework. Getting ready for tomorrow. They could do it yesterday — today, nothing moves. You've said it a hundred times, and the same scene plays out. Maybe, that evening, you whispered to yourself, "I shouldn't have snapped." But tomorrow they'll do it. You believe it, and the next morning starts the same way. Every day has a wave. Looking only at the wave, we end up scolding the wave. That is what makes parenting feel heavier than it should. ■ Actually, that's normal — it's called regression to the mean Human performance has waves. A day better than usual is followed by a day closer to the average. Psychology calls this Regression to the Mean. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman writes about it in "Thinking, Fast and Slow": "Scold them and the next time they do better. Praise them and the next time they fail." It isn't the scolding or the praise — they were simply returning to their average. But our brains feel the illusion as truth. It's like an optical illusion. Two lines of equal length look different when arrows point outward. Knowing the trick doesn't change what we see. So knowing isn't enough. We have to draw the line. We have to plot the trend. ■ Look at the trend, not the wave This app turns small daily moments into a moving-average line chart. Brushing teeth, bath time, homework, preparing for tomorrow, reading. One tap each. The day's total becomes a single point. The points scatter up and down. That's the wave. Above those points, the 7-day moving average runs. Even when waves swing, the line climbs gently. "Today was terrible," you think — but the line is quietly pointing up. A short comment, written from the data itself, sits above the chart: "There's a small dip recently, but it's part of the wave. The longer trend is climbing." Reading the line, not the point, gives you space from the illusion. ■ One tap, that's it [1] Sort your tasks into three categories. • Essentials (brushing teeth, bath, getting dressed) • Must-do (homework, preparing for tomorrow, lesson practice) • Nice-to-have (reading, folding clothes, free study) [2] For each task, tap one of three buttons. • Done (green) — completed properly • Tried (yellow) — they made the move, room to grow • Skipped (red) — didn't get to it today [3] One tap for your child's mood, too (Good / OK / Bad). As patterns appear, you'll see "today is a lighter-load day" or "we need a different rhythm". A "Bulk" button at each category covers busy mornings in a single touch. If you skip a day, yesterday's score carries forward — so a once-a-week lesson is fairly counted across the week. ■ This app is for parents who • End most evenings drained from scolding • Try not to compare siblings, but find themselves doing it anyway • Want to see their child's growth in data, not in feelings • Want weekly-lesson progress to count properly • Want to step back and look at their own parenting calmly Before aiming at "parenting without scolding", it helps to understand the brain mechanics that make us scold. This app is a small step toward that. ■ Privacy All data stays on your device. Nothing is sent to our servers. No tracking. No profiling. The ads we serve are configured not to read what's on your device. Quiet, certain, inside the family. GrowthTrend — see your child's growth in the trend, not in the wave. ■ Sister apps "TroubleNote" — a parent-only log of friend trouble, organized by person and time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GrowthTrend at none against Routinely's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Routinely sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. GrowthTrend asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Routinely | GrowthTrend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FLY SKY PTY LTD | Tatsuro Saito |
In-app purchases
Routinely
- Routinely Pro$6.991 Month
- Routinely Pro$39.991 Year
- Routinely Pro Lifetime$89.99
GrowthTrend
No in-app purchases









