HelloHabit vs TickTick

HelloHabit

• People who want habits and a to-do list in the same app
• Tracking across a mix of iPhone, Android, Mac and a web browser
• Quitting a habit, with a counter of the time since stopping

TickTick

• People who want tasks, habits and a focus timer in a single app
• Keeping the same lists on Windows, Mac, Linux, phones and the web
• Students and school staff, who can apply for a discount on Premium

HelloHabit

• The vendor's pages do not state what the free version includes or where Premium begins.
• The vendor's site shows no prices, and the US App Store lists Premium at five amounts from $4.99 to $49.99 without billing periods.
• A lifetime purchase, where offered, covers on-device Premium features; the terms do not guarantee features that rely on server, cloud, API or AI technology.

TickTick

• The free plan is capped at 9 lists, 99 tasks per list, 5 habits and 1 attachment per day.
• Multiple calendar views, task duration and email reminders are listed as Premium features.
• The pricing page shows Premium only as a $49.99 annual plan; a $4.99 monthly option appears on the App Store listing.
• Location-based reminders are listed as iOS only.

HelloHabit

Habits with targets

Create custom habits or pick from hundreds of suggestions, set daily, weekly, monthly or yearly targets, and log activity entries for past or current dates.

Task lists

Keep lists for tasks, errands and routines, organize them by project, priority, schedule or category, add reminders, and review what has been completed.

Streaks, stats and timers

Each habit has streaks, statistics and records, and time-bound habits can run on a stopwatch or countdown timer.

Quit trackers

For habits you are giving up, such as smoking or drinking, a quit tracker counts the time since you stopped and marks milestones.

Journal

Write rich-text notes for each habit, see activity and notes in one view, filter entries by habit and bookmark the ones to return to.

Reminders, calendar and sync

Set one-time, daily, weekly or monthly reminders, view the schedule by day, week or month, sync data across devices, and pull health-related habits from Apple Health.

TickTick

Typed and spoken task capture

Dates and times are recognized as a task is typed. Voice Capture turns speech into one or more tasks and uses AI to pull out dates and priorities.

Calendar views

Yearly, monthly, weekly, multi-day, multi-week and agenda views show tasks alongside subscribed calendars. The free plan has a basic calendar view; Premium lists multiple views.

Kanban, timeline and matrix

A list can be shown as a kanban board, as a timeline for tasks that have a duration, or as an Eisenhower matrix that sorts tasks by urgency and importance.

Pomodoro timer

Work on a task in 25-minute focus intervals. Statistics report focus time next to completed tasks and habit logs.

Habit tracker

Habits are logged and charted in the same app as tasks. The free plan allows 5 habits and Premium allows 299.

Shared lists

Share a list with other people and assign tasks to them. The member count is 2 on the free plan and 29 on Premium.

HelloHabit

• Free$0

  The app without Premium. The vendor's pages do not say which features or limits apply.

• HelloHabit Premium$4.99 to $49.99

  billing period not shown on the App Store listing

  Listed at $4.99, $9.99, $14.99, $29.99 and $49.99. The terms describe auto-renewing subscriptions and an optional one-time lifetime purchase.

• HelloHabit Plus$59.99

  billing period not shown on the App Store listing

  A separate item in the in-app purchase list, shown without a description of how it differs from Premium.

TickTick

• Free$0

  9 lists with 99 tasks each, list and kanban views, date recognition as you type, task reminders and cross-platform sync.

• Premium$49.99

  per year

  299 lists with 999 tasks each, multiple calendar views, task duration, email reminders, themes and 299 habits.

HelloHabit

• Lifetime license

  One-time lifetime purchase described in the terms

  The terms say users may be offered a one-time payment for lifetime access to on-device Premium features, for as long as the app is actively developed. No price is published.

TickTick

• Education

  25% off Premium for students, faculty and staff

  Eligible students, faculty and staff can apply with proof of status for 25% off one year of Premium. TickTick lists the price after the discount as $37.99.

• Annual discount

  Annual billing costs about 17% less than monthly

  The App Store listing shows Premium at $4.99 monthly or $49.99 annually, so a year paid up front costs about 17% less than 12 monthly payments ($59.88).