Commitments vs HabitBull

Commitments is a habit tracker for promises made to yourself and other people. It supports recurring commitments with yes-or-no completion, or quantity tracking using units, targets, and per-tap steps. Users can add photos, receive nudges, and follow streak counts, Sparks, and Streak Freezes. Circles let people share commitments and activity; creating and hosting a Circle requires Commitments+, while joining is free. Pacts are one-to-one shared daily promises, and invitations and acceptance are free. The core free plan also allows ticking commitments, attaching photos, and sending nudges. The app is available on iOS and macOS, with a home-screen widget for iOS and optional Live Activity and Apple Watch companion. Syncing and Circle sharing use Apple iCloud and CloudKit. The maker says it does not operate a backend holding app data and cannot access commitments, entries, or Circles stored in users’ iCloud accounts.

HabitBull is a mobile app for building positive habits or breaking negative ones, available on Android and iOS. It supports yes-or-no habits and numeric targets, including schedules for repeating an activity several times a week. Streak tracking helps users keep a chain going, while reminders can be set for particular times; general reminders can also be disabled in settings. The maker advertises graphs and analytics for exploring habit data, and Android users can enter data from home-screen widgets. The free plan allows up to five habits. A yearly subscription costs $19.99 a year, with the first week free and one year of Premium access. Premium users can sync data between Android and iOS through automatic background syncing, though it is not real-time, and export data as a CSV file. Users can use the app without registering, but progress may be at risk after losing a phone or reinstalling. The privacy policy lists usage data, advertising identifiers, geographic position, and email address among data the app may collect.