Simple Q&A Diary vs Routine Planner, Habit Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Q&A Diary
This journaling app simplifies tracking your life by having you answer a set of questions instead of writing long entries. Customize your questions to focus on habits, productivity, mood, or fitness, making journaling faster and more consistent.
- Answer questions instead of writing essays
- Fully customizable questions
- Entries viewable by day or grouped by question
- Export data as plain text
- Track habits, productivity, mood, and fitness
- Numeric answers visualized as graphs
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In this journaling app you answer a set of questions regularly. This makes journaling faster, more focused, and easier to stick with. You decide what to track - and you can change your questions at any time. Want to lose weight? Add questions like “What did I eat today?” or “How many miles did I run?” Want to improve your habits, productivity, or mood? Just ask the right questions. Answering the same questions daily (or weekly) helps you stay aware, consistent, and goal-oriented. Key ideas - You journal by answering questions, not writing essays - Questions are fully customizable - Entries can be viewed by day or grouped by question - All data can be exported as plain text, so you always own it Free features - One question list with up to 2 questions - Edit your questions at any time (existing entries stay intact) - Text, numeric, and yes/no question types - Skip questions and answer them later — entries remember unanswered questions - Edit or delete any entry - Create entries gradually throughout the day (perfect for gym workouts, habit tracking, or quick notes) - Group entries by question - Search your entire diary - View numeric answers as graphs - Export your diary as plain text and copy it anywhere - Import, export, back up, and restore entries via email - iCloud backup - Custom URL scheme (to open the app from a launcher): simpleqadiary:// Paid features - One template (or list of questions) with unlimited number of questions - Unlimited templates (multiple question lists for different goals) Simple Q&A Diary is ideal for habit tracking, self-reflection, fitness logs, productivity monitoring, and anyone who wants a structured, low-friction journaling system. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker
Build better habits and manage your time effectively with a personal assistant designed for structured time management. This app helps you create and stick to routines with flexible timers, voice alerts, and progress tracking. Explore recommended routines and stay motivated with a supportive community.
- Flexible routine timers with voice alerts
- Customizable routines with over 800 emojis
- Daily, weekly, and monthly progress tracking
- Recommended routines and habit challenges
- Cross-device integration (tablet, smartwatch, smartphone)
- Motivational chatbot and community features
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You've checked the boxes. The day still didn't happen. Routinery tracks your routines and then runs them with you. App of the Day 2026 (Apple) - Best ADHD App of 2025 (Forbes Health) - 5 million downloads A habit tracker, routine tracker and day planner in one. Stack small habits into a daily routine, break it into 1-5 minute steps, and each step runs on its own timer while a voice calls out what comes next. Morning routines, bedtime wind-downs, study blocks, workouts, medication - anything with a fixed order runs the same way. WHY IT WORKS - Starting gets easier. "Study" is too big to begin; "sit at the desk, 1 min" is not. Small steps lower the cost of the first move. - Nothing to decide mid-run. You set the order once, when you built the routine. Nothing left to choose means less to stall on. - Wins come back often. A finish is logged every step, not once a day. - No time math. You set each step's length once. Sink into one thing and the voice pulls you out, so an afternoon doesn't vanish. ASK CHATGPT OR CLAUDE TO BUILD IT - "Make me a 40-minute weekday morning routine" and it lands in the app. - Your assistant can handle routines alongside other tools you've connected there, like Google Calendar. - Connects to ChatGPT, Claude and others over our MCP server, included in the free plan. IT STARTS ON TIME, SCREEN OR NOT - Set the weekdays and time; the reminder arrives then. Weekdays only, three times a week, whatever your schedule. - The voice reads each step aloud, so the routine keeps running while you shower or cook. - A home screen widget shows today's list without opening the app. - Start on the phone, carry on from watch, tablet, or Mac. STAY DEEP IN ONE THING - A pomodoro that announces the next task, so the block keeps its own momentum. - Build the environment: white noise, Focus mode, landscape view, Shortcuts. - Stretch a timer, skip a step, reorder what's left - all without leaving the run. DON'T DO IT ALONE - Share a routine's task list with family or a friend and see how far each of you got. - Finish a routine and the result goes straight to the person you picked. SEE IT ADD UP - A plant grows for each day you keep a streak; weekly and monthly stats show what holds. FOR THE DAILY AND THE ONE-OFF - Keep undated tasks and weekly repeats in one daily routine planner. - A one-time task gets a timer too. - Can't face it now? Park it in Anytime for later. - Shift work that moves weekly still fits: Morning, Afternoon, Evening. - See the day as a list, a calendar, or a timeline. WHO USES ROUTINERY - Adults with ADHD who know the task and still can't start - People who lose hours once they sink into something - People who double-check in case they missed one - Anyone who waits to start until they can do it perfectly - Shift workers, people on daily medication, parents on the school run - Anyone who wrote a routine down and never once ran it ROUTINERY AT A GLANCE Is Routinery free? Yes. 2 routines free, no account, first one running in under a minute. Premium lifts the routine cap: monthly, 6-month or yearly. The free plan shows ads; Premium is ad-free. Do I need an account, and what about privacy? No account, no sign-up. Routine data is stored on our servers; usage analytics go through third-party tools. What you type is never used to train AI models. Email hello@routinery.app and we delete your data. Does Routinery work offline? Almost entirely. Routines, timers, voice, reminders and history run offline. Only device sync needs a connection. What does Routinery connect to? Siri Shortcuts, widgets, Apple Watch, and AI assistants over MCP. No direct sync with Apple Health or calendars. No export button either; pull your data out over MCP instead, free plan included. What devices does Routinery run on? iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. No web version. Questions, bugs or ideas: hello@routinery.app Routinery is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat ADHD.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Simple Q&A Diary at none against Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's shown. Simple Q&A Diary also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (18K vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Simple Q&A Diary sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Routine Planner, Habit Tracker sells 21 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Q&A Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Routine Planner, Habit Tracker has 18K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Simple Q&A Diary's written reviews are positive against 83% of Routine Planner, Habit Tracker's.
Simple Q&A Diary ships an update every 2 months, Routine Planner, Habit Tracker every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Q&A Diary | Routine Planner, Habit Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (18K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 82.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 18K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Karen Grigorian | Routinery Corp. |
Customer experience
Simple Q&A Diary
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Bugs and requests
Simple Q&A Diary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Routine steps not updating correctly
- Crashes when trying to edit routines
- Sync issues between phone and Apple Watch app
Requested features
5 requests- More than 2 free routines
- One-time purchase option instead of subscription
- Ability to create checklists within tasks
- Option to run routines without set times
- Improved Apple Watch integration and complications
In-app purchases
Simple Q&A Diary
- One Template$1.991 Month
- Unlimited Templates (monthly)$3.991 Month
- Unlimited Templates (yearly)$34.991 Year
- Unlimited templates$69.99
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker
- Routinery Premium (Weekly)7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Routinery Premium (1 Month)$3.991 Month
- Routinery Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$5.001 Month
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- Routinery Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$5.491 Month
- Routinery Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Routinery Premium (3 months)7 Days trial$12.493 Months
- Routinery Plus Yearly Plan7 Days trial$24.001 Year
- Routinery Premium (6 months)7 Days trial2 variants$24.006 Months
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)$24.991 Year
- Routinery Membership1 Year trial$36.001 Year
- Routinery Scholarship$36.001 Year
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)1 Year trial$36.001 Year
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$36.001 Year
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.491 Year
- Routinery Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$41.991 Year
- Routinery Premium (Family)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Routinery 1-month Gift$4.19
- Routinery 6 months Gift$20.00
- Routinery 6 months Gift$27.99
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- Routinery 12 months Gift$30.00
- Routinery 12 months Gift$41.99
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