Comparison

Winter Arc Tracker vs Trudge

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

Head to head
About

Winter Arc Tracker

This app helps you commit to personal goals during the winter months by setting daily rules and tracking your adherence. It provides a visual representation of your progress and streak, encouraging consistency. The app works offline and requires no account creation.

Highlights
  • Set up to 10 daily non-negotiable rules
  • Create a personalized contract card
  • Daily check-in to lock in progress
  • Visual 92-day grid for streak tracking
  • Offline functionality
  • Optional daily reminders
Features
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Your Winter Arc, tracked. The Winter Arc is simple: while everyone else coasts through the cold months, you lock in. Pick your window (Oct 1 to Dec 31 is the classic), write the daily rules you refuse to skip, sign your name, and show up every single day. WRITE YOUR NON-NEGOTIABLES Up to 10 daily rules: train every day, 10k steps, no alcohol, read 10 pages, up before 6, no phone after 9pm. Yours, in your words. Tap a suggestion or type your own. SIGN THE CONTRACT A contract card with your rules, your dates and your signature. Post it before day one. Telling people is half the discipline. CHECK IN. LOCK THE DAY. Every day, check off each rule. All of them done = a perfect day and a streak. Miss one and the grid shows it. No hiding. WATCH THE ARC FILL UP A 92-day grid (or however long you set), perfect-day streak, best streak, rules hit rate, days left. Share the progress card whenever you want. BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL - Optional daily reminder at the hour you choose - Works fully offline. No account, no sign-up, nothing leaves your phone - Any dates: Oct 1 to Dec 31, 90 days from today, Nov 1 to Jan 31, or your own - Available in English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian Free to use, supported by a small ad on the progress screen. Your check-in list stays ad-free, always. Winterlock is a habit tracker, not a coach or a medical tool. The only thing it measures is whether you kept your word.

About

Trudge

Features
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No idea why. Still walking. Trudge is a habit challenge for people who quit after one bad day. Pack up to 3 small rules, then walk a Trudge toward the Mountains, one day at a time. Miss a day? It's a storm, not a reset. You never start over. Winter Trudge runs Oct 1 – Dec 31. Starting late? Fine. Day one is whenever you start. Or begin a 30-Day Trudge on any day of the year. ON THE TRAIL • Footprints: hold the button to leave today's footprint. A real thud, real haptics, one day closer to the Mountains. • Storms: a missed day is logged "STORM — SHELTERED". No red X, no guilt, no reset. • Comebacks: your first day back is stamped "BACK ON THE ICE" and earns double Aura. • Pack light: 3 small rules, not 10. "After coffee, I read 10 pages." • The Pledge: sign it, let a witness co-sign, seal it with Addie's footprint. • The Trail: every day of your Trudge on one map, leading to the Mountains. • Postcards: a 9:16 share card for every day, plus a cinematic cut. • Field Report: your week on one page. • Season recap: your footprints, comebacks and Aura, zero resets. • Widgets: your trail, an interactive footprint button, and Day X/92 on the Lock Screen. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tell Addie, a penguin with somewhere to be, what stopped you last time. 2. Pack up to 3 rules and seal the pledge. 3. Leave today's footprint. It takes 10 seconds. FREE, FOR REAL Tracking, footprints, widgets and postcards are free: one Trudge, up to 3 rules, every storm and every comeback. TRUDGE PRO (OPTIONAL) • Progress photos: a Day 1 vs Day N compare card • Comeback Coach: suggests a smaller rule after two storms • Up to 5 rules, and up to 5 Trudges at once • Postcards without the watermark • Alternate app icons Pro comes as an annual subscription with a 7-day free trial, or a monthly subscription. From October to December there's also the Winter Pass: Pro for 90 days from purchase, one payment. It never renews. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before it ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you subscribe. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trudge.korsund.com/privacy/ A storm doesn't end your Trudge. The Mountains do.

Screenshots

Winter Arc Tracker4 screens
Trudge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Trudge at none against Winter Arc Tracker's shown. 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. Winter Arc Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Trudge sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Winter Arc Tracker versus Trudge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinter Arc TrackerTrudge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB27 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGCL TechSupanat Konprom

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Winter Arc Tracker

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
4 purchases

Trudge

Subscriptions2
  • Trudge Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Trudge Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Winter Arc Pass$14.99
  • Trudge Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Winter Arc Tracker free?
Winter Arc Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trudge free?
Trudge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Winter Arc Tracker or Trudge have ads?
Winter Arc Tracker shows ads; Trudge does not.

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