Comparison

Star Writer vs Habitica

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

Head to head
About

Star Writer

Create mesmerizing psychedelic art with this drawing tool. The speed of your finger movements directly influences the flow of energy in your creations. Explore endless visual possibilities by adjusting star sizes.

Highlights
  • Psychedelic imagery creation
  • Finger-drag responsive energy flow
  • Adjustable star sizes
  • Intuitive drawing interface
Features
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Star Writer is the essential tool for creating beautiful psychedelic imagery. The flow of energy through your drawing is directly responsive to how fast you drag your finger across the screen. Adjust the size of your stars for endless possibilities!

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

Star Writer1 screens
Habitica4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Star Writer at 5.0 against Habitica's 4.3. Star Writer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (83% vs 64%). Habitica's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 42 months) and ratings volume (3.6K vs 4). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Habitica sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Star Writer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Star Writer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habitica has 3.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Star Writer's written reviews are positive against 64% of Habitica's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Star Writer ships an update every 42 months, Habitica every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Star Writer versus Habitica: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar WriterHabitica
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (3.6K ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better64.4% of reviews
Number of ratings43.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB69 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRainbow Brainskull LLCHabitRPG, Inc

Customer experience

Star Writer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Habitica

All ratings3,523 ratings
Positive81.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews1,298 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.3%

Bugs and requests

Star Writer

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

Star Writer

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
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  • 42 Gems$9.99
  • 84 Gems$19.99
  • For 12 Months$47.99

Questions

Is Star Writer free?
Star Writer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habitica free?
Habitica is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Star Writer or Habitica?
Star Writer is rated higher. Star Writer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Habitica averages 4.3 from 3.6K ratings.
Do Star Writer or Habitica have ads?
Neither Star Writer nor Habitica shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Star Writer or Habitica?
Star Writer ships an update every 42 months, and Habitica every 3 weeks. Most recently, Star Writer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Habitica on November 1, 2026.

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