Year in Review vs Habitify
Habitify is a polished habit tracker with Apple Watch and Mac apps, and it connects to AI assistants too. Year in Review is built around a different idea: track anything — numbers, sliders, tags and notes — and see your whole year in one heatmap, free.
| Feature | Year in Review | Habitify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free to use | Free plan with limits; Plus and Pro by subscription or lifetime purchase |
| What you can track | Yes/no, numbers, sliders, tags and notes | Habits with goals, timers and notes |
| Apple Health | Yes, free | Yes, Pro |
| Ask Claude or ChatGPT (MCP) | Yes | Yes |
| Apps | iPhone, Android and web | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Android |
| Languages | English, Spanish, Portuguese | 40 languages |
Choose Year in Review if…
- You’d rather not pay a subscription.
- You track things that aren’t yes/no habits: sleep hours, mood, money spent.
- You think in years, not days, and want the year heatmap front and centre.
Choose Habitify if…
- You want an Apple Watch app.
- You track timed habits and want a built-in timer.
- You need one of its 40 languages.
What’s actually different
Free, not freemium
Habitify’s paid plans unlock unlimited active habits, Apple Health sync and more. Year in Review is free to use, Apple Health trackers included.
Track anything, not only habits
A tracker can hold a number, a slider, tags and a note, so it works for sleep, mood or spending as well as for daily habits.
Both talk to AI
Habitify and Year in Review both offer an MCP server, so either works from Claude or ChatGPT. In Year in Review you can log days, edit goals and ask about patterns in plain language.
Questions
Is there a free alternative to Habitify?
Yes. Year in Review is free to use, includes widgets and Apple Health trackers, and you don’t need an account to start.
Does Year in Review work with ChatGPT and Claude like Habitify?
Yes. Connect it through MCP to log days, update goals and ask questions about your year. Connecting needs a free sign-in.
Does Year in Review have an Apple Watch app?
Not today. It runs on iPhone, Android and the web, with home-screen widgets on both phones.
Try Year in Review free
No account needed to start tracking. Your data stays yours.
