Comparison

HabitStack vs BoxFlow

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

Head to head
About

HabitStack

Build a morning routine by stacking new habits onto existing anchors. This app guides you through your sequence step-by-step, with a forgiving streak system. Track your progress and see how automatic your routine becomes.

Highlights
  • Stack habits onto existing anchors
  • Run morning routine as a guided flow
  • Forgiving streak system with grace days
  • Momentum Engine for habit automation scoring
  • Streak calendar and consistency trends
  • Optional Pro subscription for advanced features
Features
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HabitStack helps you build a morning routine that actually sticks. Instead of tracking habits in isolation, you stack small new habits onto the anchors you already do — your first coffee, brushing your teeth — so the whole routine flows in order and nothing gets forgotten. STACK HABITS ONTO ANCHORS Start from something you already do every morning, then stack new habits before or after it. Reorder the stack, set a duration and reminder per step, and build a sequence that feels natural. RUN YOUR MORNING AS A FLOW The Morning Run walks you through the stack one step at a time, so you move through the routine instead of staring at a checklist. A FORGIVING STREAK Keep one streak for the whole routine — with a built-in grace day, skip, and freeze, because one missed morning shouldn't erase weeks of progress. SEE WHAT'S REALLY STICKING The Momentum Engine scores how automatic each routine is becoming and estimates when it could feel effortless — an estimate grounded in habit research, never a promise. Watch your streak calendar and consistency trends build over time. HABITSTACK PRO (optional subscription) The routine builder, morning run, streak, and calendar are free. Pro unlocks multiple routines, your complete history, per-habit consistency, best-time-of-day and weakest-link insights, and shareable weekly reports. - $4.99/month or $29.99/year, with a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation; auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/habit-stack/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/habit-stack/terms

About

BoxFlow

This app guides users through shadow boxing rounds with timed work and rest periods. It paces breathing exercises and provides a single focus cue for each session. Users can track progress and access a library of boxing techniques.

Highlights
  • Timed boxing rounds
  • Paced breathing exercises
  • Daily focus cue
  • Technique library
  • Progress tracking
  • Unlimited rounds
Features
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BoxFlow runs your shadow boxing rounds, paces your breathing in the rest, and gives you one thing to work on. Built for beginners who shadow box at home. Unlike boxing apps that claim to watch your form, it has no camera and no sensors, and it never watches you train. It counts what it called and records what you told it — and it says which is which on every screen. THE ROUND BoxFlow calls the tempo and the combinations, so it knows exactly how many punches it asked for. Work and rest are timed against the plan, and the bell is a full-screen colour change you cannot miss. THE SIXTH BREATH A one-minute rest paced at six breaths a minute is exactly six breaths. BoxFlow paces them, you tap the ring at the end of each exhale, and every confirmed breath prints a mark on the ring. Six a minute beat both box breathing and free breathing on heart rate and perceived effort in a randomised trial of exactly this rest interval. ONE CUE, CHOSEN BY YOU Coaches at a national championship averaged eight instructions a round. You get one, you pick it from three, and it is phrased as something to do out in the world rather than something to think about inside your body — the phrasing that measurably improves punch speed and force. THE LADDER Six rungs of round structure. You move up when your last three sessions say you are ready, not when the calendar says so. TECHNIQUE, WITH ITS SOURCE SHOWN Teaching points and common mistakes taken from the international amateur boxing coaching manual, plus a plain answer to the claims this sport repeats — box breathing, 10,000 hours, 300 reps a day, and apps that say they can measure your form. FREE, FOREVER The whole training loop: unlimited rounds, every ladder rung, the breath pacer, the daily cue, the full technique library, your streak, and your last 14 sessions. The timer is never paywalled. BOXFLOW PRO (optional subscription) Unlimited history, the breath and cue trends, effort-versus-output insights, unlimited custom combinations, and CSV export of your own log. - Monthly or annual, with a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation; auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in Settings BoxFlow is training practice, not medical advice. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/778/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/778/terms

Screenshots

HabitStack4 screens
BoxFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

HabitStack and BoxFlow are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. HabitStack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and BoxFlow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HabitStack against 5.0 for BoxFlow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HabitStack versus BoxFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabitStackBoxFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJACQUELINE RAE BELLAMYASHOK KUMAR

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HabitStack

Subscriptions2
  • HabitStack Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • HabitStack Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

BoxFlow

Subscriptions2
  • BoxFlow Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • BoxFlow Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is HabitStack free?
HabitStack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoxFlow free?
BoxFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HabitStack or BoxFlow?
HabitStack and BoxFlow are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HabitStack or BoxFlow have ads?
Neither HabitStack nor BoxFlow shows ads.

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