Comparison

Mistake Board vs Arctic Habit

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

Head to head
About

Mistake Board

Features
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Rushed to argue in a meeting, bought a subscription on impulse, or agreed to extra work while exhausted? Capture it in one line and leave yourself a better next step. Mistake Board is a local-first reflection journal. One line is enough to save a note. Expand the optional reflection when you want to add what happened and why. Write how to avoid it next time to create a prevention card automatically. You can: • Keep active notes on a board and file them when resolved • Log “It Happened Again” on the same record and keep its timeline • Review recurring patterns over 7 or 30 days • Pin an action rule and set a free weekly review reminder • Search, export, and create or restore JSON backups No account is required. Your records stay on your device. Feedback is optional: only when you submit, your text, optional email, and the app/device information listed on the form are forwarded through the feedback server. Records are not uploaded automatically. Recording, the board, review, cards, recurrences, search, export, and backup restore stay free. An optional one-time Pro purchase adds a privacy lock, extra reminders, and Home Screen / Lock Screen widgets. The App Store shows the price.

About

Arctic Habit

Enhance focus and productivity with a unique timer that rewards your concentration by growing a virtual Arctic habitat. Rescue animals and decorate your island as you complete study, reading, or deep work sessions. Track your habits and gain insights into your focus patterns.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus timer with animal rewards
  • Customizable Arctic island habitat
  • Session tagging for study, reading, and more
  • Streak tracking and habit analytics
  • Deep Focus mode to block other apps
  • Focus sounds (rain, waves, lo-fi)
  • To-do list integration with Pro
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Focus and rescue your Arctic friends. Turn study, reading and deep work into a growing island of penguins, seals and orcas. MAKE FOCUS FEEL REWARDING • Set a session from 10 to 180 minutes. As you focus, the ice melts; completing the session frees your chosen animal or decoration. • Place your rewards on your own ice island. Watch penguins huddle, seals greet one another at the water's edge and orcas swim and dive. • Shape the snow and ocean with Focus Ice earned from completed sessions. Day and night follow your device's clock. UNDERSTAND YOUR HABITS • Tag sessions for study, reading, languages or exercise. • Follow your streak, compare day, week, month and year charts, and revisit your session history. • Turn on Deep Focus to lock other apps during a session. Screen Time permission is required; essential system apps remain available. • Choose focus sounds such as rain, waves, white noise, lo-fi and piano. GO FURTHER WITH ARCTIC PRO • Analyze time by tag, see your six-month focus grid and discover your golden hours. • Organize To-Dos under your tags and start a focus session for a task. Create unlimited tags. • Save Deep Focus presets of the apps you allow for study and work. • Enjoy an aurora over your island and double a completed session's Focus Ice without ads. • Unlock the orca after your first paid subscription purchase, rather than during the free trial. The focus timer, core island progression, streaks and focus charts are available free. Free users can optionally watch a rewarded ad after a session to double that session's Focus Ice; ads never interrupt an active focus session. Pro offers monthly and yearly auto-renewable plans. Eligible new subscribers receive a 7-day free trial. Prices, eligibility and renewal details appear before purchase. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Focus history and your island stay on this device. Sign in with Apple, Google or a one-time email code. Delete your account from Settings. Build a habit. Grow a habitat. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://policy.go2gym365.com/arctichabit/en/privacy

Screenshots

Mistake Board4 screens
Arctic Habit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mistake Board at none against Arctic Habit's shown. Arctic Habit's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mistake Board sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Arctic Habit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mistake Board ships an update every 5 days, Arctic Habit every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mistake Board versus Arctic Habit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMistake BoardArctic Habit
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昶 黄jeonghwan lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mistake Board

One-time1
  • Mistake Board Pro$4.99
2 purchases

Arctic Habit

Subscriptions2
  • Arctic Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Arctic Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Mistake Board free?
Mistake Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arctic Habit free?
Arctic Habit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mistake Board or Arctic Habit have ads?
Arctic Habit shows ads; Mistake Board does not.
Which is updated more often, Mistake Board or Arctic Habit?
Mistake Board ships an update every 5 days, and Arctic Habit every 2 days. Most recently, Mistake Board was updated on October 25, 2026 and Arctic Habit on October 23, 2026.

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