Comparison

Habitica vs Daybound

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

Head to head
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

About

Daybound

This app helps you overcome procrastination by locking distracting applications until you complete assigned tasks. It uses AI-powered photo verification to confirm task completion, offering built-in and custom routines for accountability without timers or streaks.

Highlights
  • App locking until task completion
  • AI photo verification for task proof
  • Built-in routine templates
  • Custom routine creation
  • Privacy-focused data storage
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If you’ve ever stared at a simple task for way too long even when you know it would only take five minutes, Daybound is for you. When internal motivation isn’t enough, Daybound locks your distracting apps until you finish the tasks you’d normally put off. It’s an app blocker tied directly to task completion. No timers. No streak pressure. No gimmicks. Just simple accountability that actually works. Key Features • Apps stay locked until tasks are done • AI photo verification to unlock • Built-in and custom routines AI-Verified Routines Snap a photo to prove you finished a task. Unlike traditional app blockers, Daybound unlocks when the task is complete–not when a timer runs out. Built-In Template Library Start with common routines like getting out of bed, brushing your teeth, or doing the dishes. They’re simple, practical, and designed to help you build momentum. Custom Routine Templates Create your own routines for anything in your life. If you can take a photo of it, you can turn it into a Daybound task. Privacy First Your photos and routine data stay on your device and in your personal iCloud account. There are no ads, no tracking, and no required account. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Habitica4 screens
Daybound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daybound at 100% against Habitica's 64%. Daybound also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Habitica's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 9). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Daybound sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daybound holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Habitica has 3.6K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Habitica's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daybound's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habitica ships an update every 3 weeks, Daybound every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Habitica versus Daybound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabiticaDaybound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3.6K ratings)4.8 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB93 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHabitRPG, IncBrandon Halloran

Customer experience

Habitica

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

Daybound

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Daybound

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
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
2 purchases

Daybound

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$35.991 Year

Questions

Is Habitica free?
Habitica is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daybound free?
Daybound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Habitica or Daybound?
Daybound is rated higher. Habitica averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Daybound averages 4.8 from 9 ratings.
Do Habitica or Daybound have ads?
Neither Habitica nor Daybound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habitica or Daybound?
Habitica ships an update every 3 weeks, and Daybound every 4 weeks. Most recently, Habitica was updated on October 28, 2026 and Daybound on October 24, 2026.

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