Comparison

Habit Tracker vs Note Scanner by Papercut

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

Head to head
About

Habit Tracker

Visualize your progress with a unique tile grid system that makes building and breaking habits satisfying. Track streaks, set flexible goals, and stay motivated with smart reminders and beautiful themes. See your consistency grow day by day.

Highlights
  • Contribution-style heatmap grid
  • Streak tracking
  • Flexible goal setting
  • Smart reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Calendar view with backfill
  • Stats and insights
Features
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HabitIt turns your habits into something you can see. Every habit becomes a grid of tiles - one square per day - so your progress grows in front of you like a contribution chart. Miss a day and you'll see the gap. String days together and watch the color deepen. It's the most satisfying way to stay consistent. Whether you're building a new routine or breaking an old one, HabitIt keeps you honest with streaks, goals, and a clean design that gets out of your way. WHY HABITIT • See your progress, don't just log it - the tile grid shows weeks and months at a glance • Stay motivated with streaks that reward showing up every day • Set goals that fit real life - daily, a few times a week, or your own target • Beautiful by default - pick from a full palette of colors and themes for every habit FEATURES • Contribution-style heatmap grid for every habit • Current and best streak tracking • Flexible goals: daily, weekly, or custom frequency • Smart reminders so you never forget • Home screen widgets - your grids, right where you'll see them • Calendar view with backfill - forgot to check in? Mark past days in seconds • Stats and insights that show how far you've come • Organize, reorder, and archive habits as your life changes • Light and dark themes that look great everywhere BUILT FOR CONSISTENCY No clutter. No guilt. Just a simple, beautiful way to keep score of the habits that matter - drinking more water, reading, working out, meditating, journaling, quitting a bad habit, or anything you want to do more often. Open the app, tap a tile, fill in your day. That's it. HABITIT PREMIUM Go unlimited with Premium: • Unlimited habits - track as many as you want • Cloud backup - keep your habits and history safe, and restore anytime Everything else - widgets, stats, themes, and the full tile grid - is free, forever. Start free and upgrade whenever you're ready. Download HabitIt and start filling in your first grid today. 
Legal and Regulatory In-app purchases and subscriptions are governed by Apple's standard terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Note Scanner by Papercut

Features
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Papercut turns your messiest notes into something beautiful. Lecture notes, meeting scribbles, half-finished thoughts, a photo of a whiteboard - however you capture it, Papercut reads what you wrote and rebuilds it as a clean, structured page: headings, callouts, checklists, even charts pulled straight from your numbers. WRITE HOWEVER YOU LIKE Type it, scribble it on paper and snap a photo, or paste in a screenshot. No format, no rules - Papercut takes it all. WATCH IT BECOME BEAUTIFUL One tap and your messy note is rebuilt into a clean page you'd actually want to keep. MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU Switch any converted page between Clean, Journal, and Slate looks. Same content, a style that matches how you think. SEND IT ANYWHERE Share a link, export a print-perfect PDF, or download a standalone HTML file that opens anywhere - no Papercut account needed on the other end. YOURS TO KEEP, ALWAYS Everything lives in your library and exports as a file you own. Your notes never get locked away, and we never sell, share, or train on what you write. Papercut is for anyone who still writes things down - students, journalers, meeting-takers, and anyone whose best ideas start as a mess. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
Note Scanner by Papercut4 screens

Verdict

The call

Habit Tracker and Note Scanner by Papercut are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Habit Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Note Scanner by Papercut sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Habit Tracker versus Note Scanner by Papercut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackerNote Scanner by Papercut
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANTON ZHUKSaad Amin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$34.99
6 purchases

Note Scanner by Papercut

Subscriptions3
  • Papercut Subscription Base$9.991 Month
  • Papercut Plus$19.991 Month
  • Papercut Pro$34.991 Month
One-time3
  • 5 Reports$2.99
  • 10 Reports$4.99
  • 25 Reports$9.99

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note Scanner by Papercut free?
Note Scanner by Papercut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Habit Tracker or Note Scanner by Papercut have ads?
Neither Habit Tracker nor Note Scanner by Papercut shows ads.

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