Comparison

Forma vs Grid

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

Head to head
About

Forma

This app helps you build lasting routines with a clean, focused interface. Track habits, maintain streaks, and receive gentle reminders. It works offline and offers an optional one-time purchase for advanced features.

Highlights
  • Customizable habit creation
  • Daily habit grouping
  • Streak tracking
  • Gentle reminders and weekly digests
  • Offline functionality
  • Optional one-time upgrade for unlimited habits and cloud sync
Features
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Build a daily routine you can return to. Forma is a habit tracker with the warmth of a paper journal. Choose what matters, cross off today's habits, and see your progress build over time. MAKE TODAY CLEAR Track reading, study, movement, creative practice or everyday self-care. Set daily habits, choose specific days, or aim for a number of times each week. Use checkmarks, counts or minute timers to fit what you're working on. FIND YOUR RHYTHM Create a morning or evening routine and follow it step by step. Timed steps and a Lock Screen timer help you keep your place. Add reminders when you want a nudge, or give a habit a smaller version for busy days. SEE THE DAYS ADD UP Follow your current and best streaks, review your monthly progress, and keep a visual record of the habits you've completed. Your journal gives you something concrete to look back on. START SMALL Start with one free habit and one routine. Track locally without an account. Optional sign-in is available for cloud sync with Pro. GO FURTHER WITH FORMA PRO • Unlimited habits and routines • Home Screen widgets for quick check-ins • Full-year activity maps and past journal pages • Streak freezes and Vacation Mode • Optional Apple Health tracking for steps, exercise, mindful minutes, walking distance and sleep • Insights into patterns across your habits, mood, energy and Health data, when enough information is available • Shareable monthly and yearly recaps • Optional cloud sync and backup Insights describe associations, not causes or medical advice. Apple Health access is optional. CHOOSE HOW YOU UPGRADE Prefer to buy once? Forma Pro offers a lifetime purchase. Monthly and annual subscriptions are also available. Prices and any eligible trial are shown before you purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Choose one habit you'd like to keep. Start your first page today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mosamir01.github.io/forma-privacy/privacy-policy.html Additional terms: https://mosamir01.github.io/forma-privacy/terms-of-service.html

About

Grid

Features
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Your habits, as a grid you can actually see. Grid turns your habits into a contribution grid, like the one developers get on their code profile. One tap fills a square. Green builds up. Streaks become obvious, and so do the gaps. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add a habit. Three are free, and you do not need an account. 2. Tap the square when you do it. 3. Watch the grid fill in. That's the whole app. WHY A GRID AND NOT ANOTHER CHECKLIST A grid shows a whole year at once. You do not need to open a chart to know how the last three months went: the colour tells you in half a second. Missing a day stays visible instead of disappearing, which is exactly why people keep going. FREE, WITHOUT LIMITS - One-tap tracking and the full colour grid - Home-screen widgets, with no upgrade prompt - Streaks, stats, Perfect Days - 3 habits, 30 days of history, forever - Nothing to sign up for, no ads, no data selling, no social feed GRID PREMIUM - Unlimited habits - Full grid history, not just the last 30 days - Streak rescue and deeper streak analytics - Habit autopsy and load coaching: see which days and habits actually hold - AI-written weekly reviews - Clean share cards without a watermark - Custom colours and icons, CSV export - 7-day free trial, then $1.99 per month or the annual plan. Cancel anytime, and your grid stays yours. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Choose which weekdays count toward a streak, so a gym habit on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays still builds one. Turn on vacation mode and a planned break stops counting against you. Set a reminder for the time you actually do the thing. NEVER LOSE YOUR GRID Sign in once and your grid syncs. New phone, reinstall, lost device: your squares come back with you. Grid Premium is an auto-renewing subscription charged to your store account and can be cancelled any time in your store settings. Prices vary by region.

Screenshots

Forma4 screens
Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Forma at every 4 days against Grid's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Forma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Grid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forma ships an update every 4 days, Grid every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Forma versus Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormaGrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohamed AboushadyAtanas Dimitrov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Forma

One-time1
  • Forma Pro$14.99
2 purchases

Grid

Subscriptions2
  • Grid Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Grid Premium Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Forma free?
Forma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grid free?
Grid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Forma or Grid have ads?
Neither Forma nor Grid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forma or Grid?
Forma ships an update every 4 days, and Grid every 2 weeks. Most recently, Forma was updated on October 31, 2026 and Grid on November 6, 2026.

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