Comparison

Incentive+ vs Habitica

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

Head to head
About

Incentive+

Gamify your daily tasks by earning points for completion. Accumulate points to unlock rewards from your personalized wish list, providing motivation for even the most daunting to-dos.

Highlights
  • Task-based point system
  • Personalized wish list rewards
  • Gamified motivation
  • Task completion tracking
  • Reward detachment warning
Features
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How do you motivate yourself to do something you don’t want to but you HAVE to....? GAMIFY your life and reward yourself when you did the task! This to-do list app awards you with points when you complete a task. With these points you can pick a wish from your wish list IF you scored enough points doing tasks. Only then a check mark button to tick off your wish is visible. So if you really want to buy that computer game, that new dress, or go to dinner in that new restaurant? Then put that as the prize on your wish list, so that you’ve got something to look forward to. In that way, you can suppress the severe dislike and focus on what you do want. Two things to watch out for: - Don’t reward yourself before you’ve done the task. Don’t buy that dress, don’t book that dinner, don’t get that game. The moment you do that, you’ve detached the reward and the task and chances are good you’ll end up enjoying your ‘reward’ without actually finishing the task that was supposed to do. - Think realistically about how many points you give a task and how many points you assign to a wish. Give simple tasks like “empty dishwasher” little points (5 for example) and hard tasks like “paint the house” a lot of points (100 for example). 
 Do the same for wishes. Small wishes like "eat some chocolate" cost a few points (15 for example) and big wishes like “buy new tv" cost more (1500 for example).

About

Habitica

This app gamifies your life by turning tasks and goals into a retro RPG. Build your avatar, complete daily habits, to-dos, and chores to earn rewards and level up. Team up with friends for accountability and battle challenges together.

Highlights
  • Gamified task and goal management
  • Avatar customization and leveling
  • Daily, weekly, and one-time task tracking
  • Social features: parties, challenges, guilds
  • Collectable in-game items and gear
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Customizable themes and reminders
Features
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Habitica is a free habit-building and productivity app that uses retro RPG elements to gamify your tasks and goals. Use Habitica to help with ADHD, self care, New Year’s resolutions, household chores, work tasks, creative projects, fitness goals, back-to-school routines, and more! How it works: Create an avatar then add tasks, chores, or goals you’d like to work on. When you do something in real life, check it off in the app and receive gold, experience, and items that can be used in-game! Features: • Automatically repeating tasks scheduled for your daily, weekly, or monthly routines • Flexible habit tracker for tasks you want to do multiple times a day or only once in awhile • Traditional to do list for tasks that only need to be done once • Color coded tasks and streak counters help you see how you’re doing at a glance • Leveling system to visualize your overall progress • Tons of collectable gear and pets to suit your personal style • Inclusive avatar customizations: wheelchairs, hair styles, skin tones, and more • Regular content releases and seasonal events to keep things fresh • Parties let you team up with friends for extra accountability and battle fierce foes by completing tasks • Challenges offer shared task lists you can add to your personal tasks • Guilds let you connect with others that share your interests and goals • Reminders and widgets to help keep you on track • Customizable color themes with dark and light mode • Syncing across devices — Habitica is an open-source app run by a small team that’s made better by the work of volunteers who contribute pixel art, translations, bug fixes, and more. If you’d like to contribute, reach out! Community, privacy, and transparency are important to us. Your tasks are private and we don’t sell your personal data to third parties. Check out our instagram or twitter(@habitica) for the latest news, announcements, and feature spotlights! —- Habitica can be fully enjoyed for free, but if you would like to help support us, we offer optional in-app purchases and subscriptions. If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your Apple account only when you confirm your purchase. There are four types of optional Habitica subscriptions: $4.99 every month; $14.99 every three months; $29.99 every six months; and $47.99 every year, which is a 20% discount! (Prices may vary by location.) Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account Settings after purchase. Thanks for choosing Habitica! Terms of use: https://habitica.com/static/terms

Screenshots

Incentive+4 screens
Habitica4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Habitica at Free against Incentive+'s $1.99. Habitica also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 24). Incentive+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Habitica is free to download; Incentive+ costs $1.99 up front. Habitica sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Incentive+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Incentive+ against 4.3 for Habitica. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habitica has 3.4K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Incentive+'s written reviews are positive against 64% of Habitica's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Incentive+ ships an update every 15 months, Habitica every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Incentive+ versus Habitica: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIncentive+Habitica
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (24 ratings)4.3 (3.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews — better64.2% of reviews
Number of ratings243.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB62 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperArthur de RijkeHabitRPG, Inc

Customer experience

Incentive+

All ratings24 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral23.1%
Negative7.7%

Habitica

All ratings3,399 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews1,289 reviews
Positive64.2%
Neutral14.4%
Negative21.3%

Bugs and requests

Incentive+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Habitica

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tasks and habits not resetting properly
  • Crashes and freezes on app launch
  • Inconsistent behavior when rearranging tasks
  • Sync issues between mobile and web versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view for tasks and habits
  • Ability to set custom difficulty levels for tasks
  • Offline mode for tasks and habits
  • Apple Watch app
  • More social features and party functionality

In-app purchases

None

Incentive+

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Habitica

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month Subscription$4.991 Month
  • 3 Months Subscription$14.993 Months
  • 6 Months Subscription$29.996 Months
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  • 12 Months Subscription$47.991 Year
One-time6
  • 4 Gems$0.99
  • 21 Gems$4.99
  • For 1 Month$4.99
Show 3 more
  • 42 Gems$9.99
  • 84 Gems$19.99
  • For 12 Months$47.99

Questions

Is Incentive+ free?
Incentive+ costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habitica free?
Habitica is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Incentive+ or Habitica?
Habitica is rated higher. Incentive+ averages 4.2 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Habitica averages 4.3 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Incentive+ or Habitica have ads?
Neither Incentive+ nor Habitica shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Incentive+ or Habitica?
Incentive+ ships an update every 15 months, and Habitica every 3 weeks. Most recently, Incentive+ was updated on September 15, 2026 and Habitica on September 25, 2026.

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