Comparison

Today. vs Onward Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Today.

This app allows for quick, on-the-go journaling with options for voice memos, photos, and rich text editing. It offers AI-powered reflection features that run entirely on-device for privacy. Organize entries, customize themes, and export your data.

Highlights
  • Quick capture via widgets and Siri
  • Voice memo transcription
  • Rich text editor
  • On-device AI for reflection
  • Private by design, no ads or tracking
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Export as Markdown or JSON
Features
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Today. is a journal for the moments between moments. Most journaling apps wait for you to sit down and write a page. Today. is built for the quick, interstitial captures you make all day — a thought on a walk, a line after a meeting, a photo, a voice memo, a single sentence. A sentence is enough. But when you do want to sit and write at length, the full editor is right there. Jot a line or compose a considered entry — the same calm place fits both. Then, when you want to look back, Today. helps you make sense of it — with AI that runs entirely on your device. CAPTURE, FAST • Write in a tap — from the app, a Home Screen widget, the share sheet, or Siri • Voice memos, transcribed on-device so they're searchable and readable • Photos and links, right inline • Tags and moods when you want them, never required WRITE AT ANY DEPTH A real editor for the days you want one: • Headings, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and highlights • Bulleted and numbered lists, block quotes, and code blocks • Alignment, indentation, links, and inline photos The same entry can be a single line today and a full page tomorrow. REFLECT, PRIVATELY • Reflection: a gentle observation about your recent days • Ask Your Journal: ask a question, get an answer grounded in your own entries • Weekly Review: themes, what shifted, small wins, and a question for tomorrow • Open Loops: resurface the things you said you'd do It all runs on-device with Apple Intelligence. Your entries are never sent to a server for AI. Ever. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no tracking, no ads, no analytics • Your journal syncs across your Apple devices through your own iCloud • Export everything as Markdown or JSON, any time — it's your writing YOURS TO SHAPE • Organize entries into Volumes • Themes and journal fonts to make it feel like yours FAIR BY DEFAULT The AI features are free for everyone. If Today. becomes part of your day, an optional tip or supporter tier keeps it independent and unlocks the theme and font wardrobe. No paywalls on the things that matter. AI features require a device with Apple Intelligence. Privacy Policy: https://today.veritasdevs.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Onward Habit Tracker

Features
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Did you do it today? Onward is a habit tracker built for the boring part — showing up again tomorrow. Open it, check off the day, and get on with your life. Your calendar fills in as you go, so a rough week is easy to spot and easy to recover from. THE DAILY LOOP — UNDER 30 SECONDS One tap records a completion. Need to skip a day or pause a habit for a while? Onward treats a missed day, a deliberate skip, and a pause as three different things — because they are. Your streaks and history stay honest. SEE WHERE YOU SLIP Completion rates, current and best streaks, and weekday patterns for every habit. The monthly view shows exactly which days keep getting away from you — so you can fix Fridays before they become a whole month. MAKE THE LIST YOURS Group habits into sections, tag them, and drag them into an order that makes sense to you. Reorganize anytime; each habit's full history moves with it. ASK YOUR AI ABOUT YOUR HABITS This is the part most trackers don't do. Connect Onward to ChatGPT or Claude and ask real questions about your own history: which habit is slipping, how last month compared, why Fridays fall apart. Your assistant can even add a habit or log today's completion for you — without opening the app. You stay in control: - Read access and write access are separate — grant one or both - You approve access yourself; your password is never shared - Disconnect any assistant at any time - Onward does the math, and your history stays in Onward SHARE A READ-ONLY PROGRESS REPORT Send a link to a coach, partner, or friend and stay accountable. Choose exactly which habits they can see, add an expiry if you want one, and revoke or regenerate the link whenever you like. Your email and account settings stay privnks simply stop working. START WITH ONE Pick a habit. Check it off today. Then keep going — onward. Onward works great on its own. Connecting ChatGPT or Claude is optional; availability and menu names may vary by AI plan and worksp

Screenshots

Today.4 screens
Onward Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Onward Habit Tracker at none against Today.'s 3. Onward Habit Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). On price, ads 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. Today. sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Onward Habit Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Today. versus Onward Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToday.Onward Habit Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTough Drafts LLCSmirnov Labs

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Today.

One-time3
  • Leave a Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Big Tip$9.99
None

Onward Habit Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Today. free?
Today. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Onward Habit Tracker free?
Onward Habit Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Today. or Onward Habit Tracker have ads?
Neither Today. nor Onward Habit Tracker shows ads.

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