Is Habitica or Streaks better?

Neither clearly leads. Habitica starts at Free and Streaks at $5.99/one-time, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Habitica or Streaks?

Habitica has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Habitica and $5.99/one-time for Streaks.

Does Habitica or Streaks run on more platforms?

Habitica runs on Web, IOS, Android. Streaks runs on iOS.

Can I use Habitica for free?

Yes. Habitica has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Streaks starts at $5.99/one-time.

What is Habitica best used for?

Habitica is most often used for you have abandoned every plain to-do list and need an external consequence for skipping a routine., a small group of friends or a study group wants mutual accountability without a project tracker., building daily habits such as medication, exercise or practice, where the streak matters more than any deadline., you want a task tool you can export from and in principle self-host, rather than one that holds your data.. Of those, you have abandoned every plain to-do list and need an external consequence for skipping a routine. and a small group of friends or a study group wants mutual accountability without a project tracker. are not what Streaks is typically brought in for.

What can Habitica do that Streaks cannot?

Habitica covers Three task types, Health and damage, Parties and quests, Classes and skills. Streaks covers Streak tracking, Apple Health integration, Apple Watch app, Flexible scheduling.

Productivity · head to head

Habitica vs Streaks

Habitica

Productivity

Open source task manager that runs your habits, dailies and to-dos as a role-playing game

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Streaks

Productivity

iOS habit tracker sold as a one-time purchase, not a subscription

From: $5.99/one-time
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Habitica has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Habitica nothing verifies a completed task, so the entire reward economy runs on self-report, and the first time you tick a Daily you did not do, the health and gold mechanics stop meaning anything and the app becomes a checklist with a cartoon on it.; Streaks it is iOS and Apple Watch only, with no Android version, so it is not usable for anyone outside Apple's ecosystem.
They diverge on capability: Habitica covers Three task types, Streaks covers Streak tracking.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Habitica and Streaks actually diverge.

Attributes where Habitica and Streaks differ
Attribute	Habitica	Streaks
Starting price	Free	$5.99/one-time
Pricing model	freemium	One-time purchase
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	Web, IOS, Android	iOS
Founded	2013	Unknown

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Productivity).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Habitica

Three task types
Health and damage
Parties and quests
Classes and skills
Pets and mounts
Challenges
Custom rewards
Group plans

Only in Streaks

Streak tracking
Apple Health integration
Apple Watch app
Flexible scheduling
Widgets
iCloud sync

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Habitica

You have abandoned every plain to-do list and need an external consequence for skipping a routine.not Streaks
A small group of friends or a study group wants mutual accountability without a project tracker.not Streaks
Building daily habits such as medication, exercise or practice, where the streak matters more than any deadline.not Streaks
You want a task tool you can export from and in principle self-host, rather than one that holds your data.not Streaks

Streaks

Someone wanting a simple visual habit tracker without recurring subscription feesnot Habitica
A person wanting habits like step count or sleep to auto-complete via Apple Health datanot Habitica
An Apple Watch user wanting to log habits without pulling out a phonenot Habitica
Someone tracking a mix of daily and weekly recurring to-dos in one placenot Habitica

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Habitica

Nothing verifies a completed task, so the entire reward economy runs on self-report, and the first time you tick a Daily you did not do, the health and gold mechanics stop meaning anything and the app becomes a checklist with a cartoon on it.
Missed Dailies cost health whether you were ill, travelling or on holiday, so returning after a week away can mean death, a lost level and stripped gear, which is the point at which many users abandon the account rather than rebuild it.
The task features are thin next to conventional managers, with no subtask dependencies, no file attachments, no nested projects and limited recurrence rules, so anything more structured than a flat list has to be kept somewhere else.
Development is carried by a small core team with volunteer contributors, so mobile releases, sync fixes and platform updates arrive slowly and reported bugs can sit on the community boards for a long time.
There is no organisational layer at all, meaning no admin console, no single sign-on and no way to provision or remove members, so a company cannot adopt it centrally even where individual employees rely on it.

Streaks

It is iOS and Apple Watch only, with no Android version, so it is not usable for anyone outside Apple's ecosystem.
The base app caps at 24 tracked habits, which is enough for most users but a real limit for anyone wanting to track a larger number of items.
Sync is via iCloud only, so there is no web or cross-platform account, which limits use to Apple devices exclusively.
It has fewer social or accountability features, such as shared habit tracking with friends, compared with some subscription-based competitors.
A single lifetime purchase means no ongoing development revenue tied to the individual user, so it depends on new sales and occasional priced major updates rather than recurring income to fund development.

Pricing, plan by plan

Habitica

Free

FreeFree
- Basic habit and task tracking
- Character creation
- Community features
Membership$4.99/month
- Premium items and gear
- Extra experience
- Pet and mount system

Streaks

$5.99/one-time

Streaks$5.99/one-time
- Full app, no subscription
- Up to 24 tracked habits
- Apple Watch app included

Which should you pick?

Choose Habitica if

You need three task types.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, IOS, Android.
You also want health and damage.

Habitica review

Choose Streaks if

You need streak tracking.
You work on iOS.
You also want apple health integration.

Streaks review

Questions people ask

Is Habitica or Streaks better?: Neither clearly leads. Habitica starts at Free and Streaks at $5.99/one-time, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Habitica or Streaks?: Habitica has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Habitica and $5.99/one-time for Streaks.
Does Habitica or Streaks run on more platforms?: Habitica runs on Web, IOS, Android. Streaks runs on iOS.
Can I use Habitica for free?: Yes. Habitica has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Streaks starts at $5.99/one-time.
What is Habitica best used for?: Habitica is most often used for you have abandoned every plain to-do list and need an external consequence for skipping a routine., a small group of friends or a study group wants mutual accountability without a project tracker., building daily habits such as medication, exercise or practice, where the streak matters more than any deadline., you want a task tool you can export from and in principle self-host, rather than one that holds your data.. Of those, you have abandoned every plain to-do list and need an external consequence for skipping a routine. and a small group of friends or a study group wants mutual accountability without a project tracker. are not what Streaks is typically brought in for.
What can Habitica do that Streaks cannot?: Habitica covers Three task types, Health and damage, Parties and quests, Classes and skills. Streaks covers Streak tracking, Apple Health integration, Apple Watch app, Flexible scheduling.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Habitica: Is Habitica actually free?

Yes. Every task feature is free with no time limit. The subscription buys gems, monthly mystery items and higher drop rates, so not paying never costs you access to your own lists.

Streaks: Is Streaks a subscription?

No, it is a one-time App Store purchase, currently priced around 5.99 USD, with no recurring fee.

Habitica: Can I get my data out?

Yes. Habitica exports your user data as JSON and your task history as CSV, and the code is open source, so the data is genuinely portable even though nothing else will import the game state.

Streaks: Does it work on Android?

No, it is iOS and Apple Watch only.

Habitica: Does it work offline?

Badly. The mobile apps queue some actions, but scoring, drops and party activity need a connection, and long offline stretches tend to produce sync conflicts.

Streaks: Does it integrate with Apple Health?

Yes, habits tied to metrics like steps or sleep can auto-complete based on Apple Health data.

Habitica: Can a team at work use it?

There are paid group plans for parties, but no admin console, no single sign-on and no company billing, so it suits a group of willing colleagues rather than a managed rollout.

Habitica vs Streaks

Habitica

Streaks

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Habitica

Only in Streaks

What people use each for

Habitica

Streaks

Where each one falls short

Habitica

Streaks

Pricing, plan by plan

Habitica

Streaks

Which should you pick?

Choose Habitica if

Choose Streaks if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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