Comparison

Productive vs Habit Ace

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

Head to head
About

Productive

Build positive habits and achieve your goals with this comprehensive planner. Track progress, engage in challenges, and gain insights to enhance your productivity and well-being.

Highlights
  • Habit creation and management
  • Personalized goal programs
  • Guided challenges
  • Expert insights and articles
  • Customizable habit appearance
  • Progress statistics and streaks
  • Smart reminders and notifications
  • ADHD assistance features
Features
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Meet Productive - the app that helps you build positive life-changing habits. With Productive, you can set personal goals, track your progress, and focus on what makes you healthier, happier and more productive! FEATURES HABIT MANAGEMENT Create, complete, stop, or pause habits whenever it is convenient for you. Add notes to your habits to highlight the main points during the day. PROGRAMS Сhoose your goal, receive daily habit tips, reflection check-ins, and motivation prompts to get the boost you need. CHALLENGES Improve your daily routine by completing guided tasks and competing with other users from all over the world. ARTICLES Grow awareness of your own productivity and motivation with personalized expert insights. CUSTOMIZATION Customize the app the way you want! You can name your habit, choose a unique icon, and even pick its color. STATISTICS Track your habits and analyze progress by building motivating chains of completed habits and perfect days. The longer your chain of completed habits, the more likely you will keep the streak going. NOTIFICATIONS Set up smart reminders, and personalize the app to get notifications of what's scheduled for each part of the day. ADHD ASSISTANCE Manage distractions and deal with ADHD by concentrating on a focused daily routine. PREMIUM FEATURES - Unlimited number of habits - Endless motivation with various challenges - Full-text articles to draw inspiration - Improved reminders for individual habits - Location-based reminders - Motivating stats for each habit - Habit trends with week-by-week data SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Subscription payments will be charged to your App Store account at confirmation of your purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew and you will be charged unless auto-renew is turned off or unless you cancel at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription or trial period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. The cost of renewal depends on the Subscription Plan you choose. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to Account Settings after purchase or by contacting Customer Support. If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve the application, please do not hesitate to contact us at productive@bendingspoons.com Privacy Policy: http://www.apalon.com/privacy_policy.html EULA: http://www.apalon.com/terms_of_use.html AdChoices: http://www.apalon.com/privacy_policy.html#4 California Privacy Notice: https://apalon.com/privacy_policy.html#h

About

Habit Ace

Build positive daily, weekly, or monthly habits with a fun and motivating tracker. Monitor progress, extend streaks, and visualize achievements with customizable widgets. Set reminders and notes to stay on track.

Highlights
  • Track daily, weekly, and monthly habits
  • Monitor current and longest streaks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Set habit reminders
  • Customizable habit colors
  • Archive inactive habits
  • Automatic backup and sync
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Habit Ace helps you build powerful habits in a fun way. Whether it is a daily, weekly, or monthly habit, Habit Ace tracks your progress and keeps you motivated. Your mission is to complete your progress charts and make your streaks as long as possible. By doing so, you are building habits that make you feel fulfilled. FEATURES * Add daily/weekly/monthly habits. You can track not only daily, but also weekly and monthly habits. Each type has its own tab for your convenience. * Track how you maintain the habits. You can give a check mark to a habit whenever you do it. If you forget, you can still give the check mark anytime you want. * See how good you are at maintaining the habits. For each habit, you can see the current and longest streak. You can also see the details of the streak. This way, you can easily see when you succeeded and when you didn’t. * Add widgets to your Lock Screen and Home Screen. You can view your progress right on your Lock Screen and Home Screen. Feel the satisfaction of seeing completed charts when you have done all your habits. * Do a habit multiple times a day (or a week or a month). If you want to do a habit multiple times per time period, you can do that. Just turn on Multiple Mode when adding a new habit. Then swipe right or left to reveal the + and - buttons to change the count. * Set reminders to do your habits. The reminders will appear automatically according to the type of habit (daily, weekly, or monthly). * Set custom colors for your habits. Setting custom colors will help you locate your habits easily (e.g., morning habits). * Archive inactive habits. When you decide not to do a habit for some time, you can archive it. This way, your data will stay intact and you can reactivate the habit at any time. * Create notes on a habit. Do you want to record why you failed to do a habit yesterday? You can do that by creating a note for that day. The same thing applies to weekly and monthly habits. * For daily habits, choose the days that are okay to skip. Your streak will continue through these days. If you choose not to do the habit on the weekend, for example, you won’t break your streak. * Automatic backup & sync. Your data is automatically backed up and synchronized through your iCloud account. The optional Premium subscription costs $1.99/month USD. Premium users can track an unlimited number of habits. It will be charged to your iTunes account after the purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your Account Settings.

Screenshots

Productive4 screens
Habit Ace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Habit Ace at none against Productive's shown. Habit Ace also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Productive's advantage is ratings volume (91K vs 5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Productive sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 3 months and Habit Ace sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Habit Ace holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Productive has 91K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Productive's written reviews are positive against 50% of Habit Ace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Productive ships an update fortnightly, Habit Ace monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Productive versus Habit Ace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProductiveHabit Ace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (91K ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings91K — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size330 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosaic S.r.l.Donald Latumahina

Customer experience

Productive

All ratings91,101 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews572 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative41.1%

Habit Ace

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Productive

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Habit completion not always registering correctly
  • Streaks and history randomly resetting
  • Timers and reminders not working as expected
  • Syncing issues between iPhone and iPad

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add custom habits and measurements
  • More flexible scheduling options (e.g. every other day, specific days of month)
  • Integration with other productivity apps and calendars
  • Offline mode and local data storage
  • Detailed analytics and progress tracking

Habit Ace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Productive

Subscriptions8
  • Productive Premium 3 Months7 Days trial$5.993 Months
  • Weekly Bundle Premium with FT7 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Productive Premium 1 Month$10.991 Month
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  • Productive Premium 1 Year7 Days trial2 variants$19.991 Year
  • Productive Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Productive Premium 1 Year$59.991 Year
  • Productive Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Productive Premium 1 Year7 Days trial3 variants$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Upgrade Productive$3.99
1 purchases

Habit Ace

Subscriptions1
  • Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Productive free?
Productive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Ace free?
Habit Ace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Productive or Habit Ace?
Habit Ace is rated higher. Productive averages 4.6 out of 5 from 91K ratings, while Habit Ace averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Productive or Habit Ace have ads?
Productive shows ads; Habit Ace does not.
Which is updated more often, Productive or Habit Ace?
Productive ships an update fortnightly, and Habit Ace monthly. Most recently, Productive was updated on September 25, 2026 and Habit Ace on June 1, 2026.

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