Comparison

Raise The Bar vs Habitica

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

Head to head
About

Raise The Bar

This app helps you track progress towards your goals and manage tasks with a visual, bar-based system. It offers time tracking, to-do lists, custom reminders, and statistics to help you stay focused and motivated. "Level up" different aspects of your life by tracking your achievements.

Highlights
  • Visual goal progress bars
  • Active time tracking
  • To-do lists
  • Customizable reminders
  • Daily/weekly statistics
  • Gamified XP system
  • Repeatable goals
Features
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Raise the Bar is a Productivity, Goal Tracking, and ToDo List app. Simply put: use bars to track things. Visually observing progress helps us to feel invested in completing our goals. The short and long term interaction with these goals can help build and maintain focus as well as increase development of solidified habits, all through reminders, statistics, and rewarded progression. We created RTB to have a fun way to "Level Up" different aspects of our lives.You can use it seriously, for important Goals you want to keep track of, or you can use it playfully, for anything you can think up. Simply make a new bar and start Tracking the amount you do something, start a timer to automatically track the time you spend doing it, or make a List of ToDo's to check off what you've done! What are you waiting for? Go Level Up your life!! Features • Active Time Tracking • Set Goals to Achieve • To-Do Lists • Custom Reminders for Goal/List • Unlimited Goals! • Color Your Lists and Goal Bars! • Daily/Weekly Stats • Time/Amount Tracking • Level Up by tracking Experience Points (XP) • FAQ section for help • Setup repeatable goals to repeat on your schedule • Force touch on a goal to peek into your goals edit page • Reorder your bars to fit your needs RTB Premium Subscription: • No Banner Ads • Unlimited Reminders • Unlimited Repeatables • Exclusive access to new pro features • 1 year subscription for only $4.99 renews automatically. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period • Privacy Policy can be found here http://www.afewguys.com/privacy • Terms of Service can be found here http://www.afewguys.com/terms How does it work? 1. Name the activity to track. (Be creative!) 2. Pick category of bar: Level-Up or Achieve Goal (more information in FAQ) 3.You choose the type: Time spent or # of "reps." (Activities can often be tracked with either type, so choose freely!) Examples: Time Spent • Running • Reading • Drinking • Sleeping • Violin • Chemistry • Halo/COD/BF4/WoW/TF2/Minecraft/etc. • Dog Walking • Parachuting Amount (#) • Calories Eaten • Miles Ran • Books Read • Beers Drank • Hours Slept • Pull-Ups • Peaks Climbed • Cities Visited • Hotdogs Eaten To-Do List Examples: • Groceries • Workouts • Christmas Shopping • Homework • Errands Email: support@afewguys.com Please send us feedback so we can make the app even better! Your comments/questions help us make a better game for EVERYONE!! (And seriously, we'll probably implement most things you ask us to...so just ASK!!) http://www.facebook.com/RTBapp http://www.afewguys.com http://www.twitter.com/afewguysapps

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

Raise The Bar4 screens
Habitica4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Habitica at 4.3 against Raise The Bar's 2.8. Habitica also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 12). Raise The Bar's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Raise The Bar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and Habitica sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Habitica holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habitica has 3.4K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Raise The Bar's written reviews are positive against 64% of Habitica's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Raise The Bar versus Habitica: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaise The BarHabitica
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (12 ratings)4.3 (3.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.7% of reviews — better64.2% of reviews
Number of ratings123.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB62 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerafewguys AppsHabitRPG, Inc

Customer experience

Raise The Bar

All ratings12 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative25.8%

Habitica

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

Bugs and requests

Raise The Bar

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

1 purchases

Raise The Bar

Subscriptions1
  • Raise The Bar Premium$4.991 Year
10 purchases

Habitica

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month Subscription$4.991 Month
  • 3 Months Subscription$14.993 Months
  • 6 Months Subscription$29.996 Months
Show 1 more
  • 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 Raise The Bar free?
Raise The Bar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habitica free?
Habitica is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Raise The Bar or Habitica?
Habitica is rated higher. Raise The Bar averages 2.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Habitica averages 4.3 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Raise The Bar or Habitica have ads?
Neither Raise The Bar nor Habitica shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Raise The Bar or Habitica?
Raise The Bar ships an update every 3 weeks, and Habitica every 3 weeks. Most recently, Raise The Bar was updated on June 9, 2026 and Habitica on September 23, 2026.

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