Comparison

Helios vs Habit

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

Head to head
About

Helios

This app helps freelancers and remote workers manage their time and projects efficiently. It allows you to create tasks, organize them by project, set hourly rates to track revenue, and export detailed statistics. The tool also provides reminders and analysis to boost your productivity.

Highlights
  • Task creation and time tracking
  • Project organization
  • Hourly rate and revenue calculation
  • Time statistics analysis
  • CSV export via email
  • Task focus reminders
Features
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Helios is a simple time-tracking tool for freelancers and remote workers. We aim to simplify time tracking process by organizing important tasks in one place and focus your attention on the work. Create tasks, organize them by projects, set hourly rate to calculate your revenue, export your statistics via email in .csv. Set periodical sound signal and notifications as a reminder of what you're working on. Analyze statistics for completed tasks in Archive to improve your productivity. What you can do with Helios: - Create tasks and track time that you spend on it - Organize tasks by projects - Set hourly rate to calculate revenue - Analyze your spent time grouped by day - Export statistics via email in .csv - Focus on task, use sound signal and notifications as a reminder - Time would be tracked even if app is in the background or closed

About

Habit

This app helps you build and track daily habits with a clean interface and visual progress reports. It offers reminders and motivational quotes to keep you on track. Premium features unlock unlimited habits, widgets, and customization options.

Highlights
  • Daily habit tracking
  • Visual progress reports
  • Customizable reminders
  • Motivational quotes
  • Unlimited habit tracking (Premium)
  • Widgets (Premium)
  • Data backup (Premium)
Features
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Build habits that actually stick. Tick off your daily habits, watch your streak grow, and see your progress in clear stats and charts. Featured by Apple as App of the Day in 120+ countries. Simple, fast, ad-free habit tracking — with reminders that fit your day. Why more than 900,000 users choose Daily Habit Tracker? 1. You don’t need to pay a penny to start building great habits. 2. Ad-free. We hate ads & don’t want to bother our users 3. Stats & Graphs. Track a clear overview of your progress. 4. Reminders. Receive a friendly notification on time. 5. Motivate yourself. Add motivation quotes to your habits. PREMIUM FEATURES - Track unlimited habits. - Widget. Get a handy tool for a fast tick off. - Colour customisation. Choose the colour you love. - Extended notifications. Mark habit as done, postpone reminder for 5 minutes, 1 or 4 hours straight from the notification. - Backup Your Data. Keep your progress safe using iCloud backup - Dark mode. Join the dark side for better vision and style. === All your ideas, feedback and suggestions are welcome: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habittrackerapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/habit.app/ Email: support+habit@kodeon.ai Terms of Service: https://growthbundle.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://growthbundle.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Helios4 screens
Habit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Habit at Free against Helios's $4.99. Habit also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 1). Helios's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads, 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

Habit is free to download; Helios costs $4.99 up front. Habit sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Helios asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Helios holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habit has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Helios's written reviews are positive against 37% of Habit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Helios ships an update every 2 weeks, Habit every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Helios versus Habit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeliosHabit
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.7 (2.4K ratings)
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews — better36.6% of reviews
Number of ratings12.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSVETLANA POLISHCHUKKodeon, Inc.

Customer experience

Helios

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral16.7%
Negative22.2%

Habit

All ratings2,409 ratings
Positive65.4%
Neutral6.6%
Negative28.1%
Written reviews741 reviews
Positive36.6%
Neutral8.2%
Negative55.2%

Bugs and requests

Helios

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Habit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Premium features disappearing after updates
  • Restore purchases not working as expected
  • Habit tracking percentages not updating correctly
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add reminders for specific times of day
  • Allow custom habit scheduling (e.g. Mon-Wed-Fri)
  • Implement Apple Watch support
  • Provide more detailed habit analytics and insights
  • Enable backup and restore of habit data

In-app purchases

None

Helios

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Habit

Subscriptions3
  • Habit Premium1 Year trial2 variants$19.991 Year
  • Habit Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • AppLife Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
One-time6
  • Thank you!$4.99
  • I Like Habit App$6.99
  • Bigger Thank you!$6.99
Show 3 more
  • Bigger Like$8.99
  • Bigger Love$9.99
  • Love & Champagne for The Team!$14.99

Questions

Is Helios free?
Helios costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habit free?
Habit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Helios or Habit?
Helios is rated higher. Helios averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Habit averages 3.7 from 2.4K ratings.
Do Helios or Habit have ads?
Neither Helios nor Habit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Helios or Habit?
Helios ships an update every 2 weeks, and Habit every 2 months. Most recently, Helios was updated on November 1, 2026 and Habit on November 2, 2026.

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