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Alternatives to Streaks
19 productivity tools sit alongside Streaks in this directory. Below is what separates each from Streaks on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Streaks starts at
- $5.99/one-time
Why people look past Streaks
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Streaks entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Streaks carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 13 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Streaks publishes a single plan, Streaks at $5.99/one-time. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Security-focused AI email client with end-to-end encryption and a lifetime purchase option
- Can be used without paying; Streaks cannot.
- Sold on a Per user per year, or one-time purchase model rather than One-time purchase.
- 3 tiers to Streaks's 1.
Mac launcher and automation tool sold as a one-time Powerpack licence rather than a subscription
- Can be used without paying; Streaks cannot.
- Starts $28.009999999999998 a one-time dearer, at £34/one-time.
- 3 tiers to Streaks's 1.
Free shared grocery list app with a simple icon-based interface, no subscription required for core use
- Can be used without paying; Streaks cannot.
- Sold on a Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras model rather than One-time purchase.
- 2 tiers to Streaks's 1.
Journalling app for iOS, Android and Mac now sold as a subscription after years as a one-time purchase
- Can be used without paying; Streaks cannot.
- Sold on a Free tier plus subscription model rather than One-time purchase.
- 3 tiers to Streaks's 1.
Free multi-account email client from Blix with unified inbox, smart filters and calendar
- Can be used without paying; Streaks cannot.
- Sold on a quote model rather than One-time purchase.
Recipe and grocery list app, formerly Whisk, rebranded after Samsung acquisition and integrated with Samsung appliances
- Can be used without paying; Streaks cannot.
- Sold on a Free, no subscription model rather than One-time purchase.
Every Streaks alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaks (this page) | $5.99/one-time | One-time purchase | 1 | |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | 3 | vs Streaks |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs Streaks |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | 2 | vs Streaks |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | 3 | vs Streaks |
| Bluemail | Free | Quote | 1 | vs Streaks |
| Samsung Food | Free | Free, no subscription | 1 | vs Streaks |
| Spark Mail | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Streaks |
| Mealime | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium subscription | 2 | vs Streaks |
| Supernormal | Free, then $20/month | Per month by credits | 3 | vs Streaks |
| MeetGeek | Free, then $9.99/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Streaks |
| Bluedot | Free, then $14/month | Per recording user per month | 4 | vs Streaks |
| LibreOffice | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Streaks |
| Gamma | Free, then $12/month | - | 6 | vs Streaks |
| AnyList | On request | Per user per year | 1 | vs Streaks |
| Mimestream | $4.99/month | Per user per month | 1 | vs Streaks |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | $4.99/one-time | One-time purchase, priced separately per platform | 2 | vs Streaks |
| HEY | $99/year | Per user per month | 3 | vs Streaks |
| Fastmail | $3/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Streaks |
| RowShare | On request | Subscription | - | vs Streaks |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Streaks badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Canary Mail , Free
- Alfred , Free, then £34/one-time
- Bring! , Free
- Day One , Free
- Bluemail , Free
- Samsung Food , Free
- Spark Mail , Free
- Mealime , Free, then $5.99/month
Cheaper than Streaks (3)
Entry price under Streaks's $5.99/one-time. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Mimestream , $4.99/month
- Paprika Recipe Manager , $4.99/one-time
- Fastmail , $3/month
What you would be giving up
Streaks is most often brought in for someone wanting a simple visual habit tracker without recurring subscription fees, a person wanting habits like step count or sleep to auto-complete via apple health data, an apple watch user wanting to log habits without pulling out a phone, someone tracking a mix of daily and weekly recurring to-dos in one place. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Streaks is broadly right and the question is cost, the Streaks pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Productivity category lists everything the directory holds, and best productivity tools ranks them.
Streaks runs on ios. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Streaks alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Streaks?
- 19 other productivity tools are listed in this directory, led by Canary Mail, Alfred, Bring!, Day One. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Streaks?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Canary Mail, Alfred, Bring!, Day One, Bluemail.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Streaks?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Streaks's $5.99/one-time: Mimestream at $4.99/month, Paprika Recipe Manager at $4.99/one-time, Fastmail at $3/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Streaks?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Streaks?
- Streaks is most often brought in for someone wanting a simple visual habit tracker without recurring subscription fees, a person wanting habits like step count or sleep to auto-complete via apple health data, an apple watch user wanting to log habits without pulling out a phone, someone tracking a mix of daily and weekly recurring to-dos in one place. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Streaks?
- None of the productivity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Streaks alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Productivity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Streaks against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Streaks covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every productivity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Productivity category, 19 tools beside Streaks. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.