TRAKBITFull disclosure: we make TrakBit, one of the six apps below. Most "best habit tracker" lists are written by a company that ranks itself first. We're not going to do that. Each app here is the right pick for someone — and for several kinds of people, it isn't us.
🕐 30-second summary
- Streaks — best if you live in Apple's ecosystem and want one purchase (US$5.99) with no subscription.
- Habitify — best cross-platform pick: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android and the web.
- Progressio — best if most of your habits are health metrics (steps, sleep, water) on iPhone and Apple Watch.
- HabitKit — best visual, no-login tracker, and it runs on Android.
- Loop Habit Tracker — best free, open-source option for Android.
- TrakBit — best if you want planned days off without losing your streak: configurable rest days, plus Apple Health auto-complete included for free.
Quick comparison
| App | Price | Free tier | Platforms | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaks | US$5.99 one-time | No free tier | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro | Apple-only users who want one purchase |
| Habitify | Free plan; paid Plus and Pro (Pro was US$49.99/year in the US) | Limited habits; Apple Health logging on paid plans | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android, web | Tracking across many devices |
| Progressio | Free; Pro subscription | Up to 3 habits; Apple Health on Pro | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | Health-metric habits |
| HabitKit | Free; Pro monthly, annual or lifetime | Up to 4 habits | iPhone, Android | A visual grid with no account |
| Loop Habit Tracker | Free, open source | Everything | Android only | Zero cost, zero data collection |
| TrakBit | Free; optional Pro: US$1.99/month, US$14.99/year or US$24.99 lifetime | Unlimited habits, Apple Health auto-complete, reminders | iPhone, Apple Watch (Android in closed testing) | People who keep quitting after a missed day |
Prices are US App Store prices when we checked (October 2026); developers change them, so confirm on the store before you buy.
Streaks: best if you're fully inside the Apple ecosystem
Streaks is a one-time US$5.99 purchase with no subscription. It won an Apple Design Award in 2016 and still holds up, with more than 27,000 ratings averaging 4.8 stars on the US App Store. Its standout feature is native Apple Health integration: habits like "walk 8,000 steps" complete themselves without opening the app. It runs natively on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Vision Pro.
The tradeoff: it's built around the classic streak. Miss a day and the chain breaks, which is exactly the moment many people stop tracking.
Best for: Apple users who want a polished, pay-once tracker that disappears into their routine.
Habitify: best for tracking across every device
Habitify is the most cross-platform app on this list: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, Android and the web all stay in sync. It has a free plan, but more habits and automatic Apple Health logging are part of its paid Plus and Pro plans (Pro was US$49.99/year on the US App Store when we checked, with lifetime options).
The tradeoff: the features most people want — more habits and automatic logging — sit behind the paywall.
Best for: people who switch between a phone, a laptop and the web every day.
Progressio: best for health-metric habits
Progressio is built around Apple Health. With Pro, you can link habits to more than 25 health metrics — steps, active energy, sleep, water, workouts — and they complete automatically when you hit the goal, with a standalone Apple Watch app. Free users can track up to 3 habits.
The tradeoff: Apple Health integration and unlimited habits are Pro-only, and it's Apple-only.
Best for: people whose habits are mostly numbers that Apple Health already measures.
HabitKit: best visual tracker, and it runs on Android
HabitKit is a solo-developer success story built around a GitHub-style contribution grid that makes long streaks satisfying to look at. Data stays on your device and no account is required. It's free for up to 4 habits, with Pro available as a monthly, annual or lifetime purchase (HabitKit tests its price points, so check the store for current numbers).
The tradeoff: with more than 4 habits, you'll need Pro.
Best for: Android users, and anyone who wants a visual, no-login tracker.
Loop Habit Tracker: best free, open-source option on Android
Loop Habit Tracker is free, open source (GPL-3.0), ad-free and works fully offline with no account. Instead of a fragile streak, it shows a habit-strength score that degrades gradually when you miss a day. It's maintained by an open-source community and distributed on Google Play and F-Droid.
The tradeoff: it's Android-only — there is no iPhone version — and it has less polish than commercial apps.
Best for: Android users who want zero cost and zero data collection, permanently.
TrakBit: best if a missed day usually makes you quit
TrakBit is built around a finding most trackers ignore: in the best-known study of how habits form (Lally et al., 2010, European Journal of Social Psychology), missing a single day did not materially affect the habit — yet most apps reset your streak to zero when it happens. In TrakBit, a missed day is logged, your history stays intact, and you pick up tomorrow without starting over. Its reminders and insights are based on behavioral science (the Fogg Behavior Model), not just a streak counter.
What you get for free, even after the trial:
- Unlimited habits.
- Apple Health auto-complete — habits like steps or workouts mark themselves done when you hit your goal. In Habitify and Progressio, that's a paid feature.
- Reminders and the Apple Watch app, plus Focus sessions that can block distracting apps with Screen Time while a habit timer runs.
- 31 languages, from Spanish and Japanese to Hindi and Vietnamese.
TrakBit Pro is optional — US$1.99/month (3-day free trial), US$14.99/year (7-day free trial) or US$24.99 once for lifetime access — and adds sharing your progress, creating challenges, and scanning our free printable habit trackers into the app.
The honest tradeoffs: TrakBit is newer, with far fewer ratings than Streaks or Habitify. It runs on iPhone and Apple Watch today (Android is in closed testing), with no Mac or web app yet.
Best for: anyone who has quit a habit tracker after breaking a streak, iPhone users who want Apple Health auto-complete without paying for it, and people who'd rather use a tracker in their own language.
How to choose in 30 seconds
- On Android? Loop if you want free and open source; HabitKit if you want a visual grid.
- Need it on a Mac or the web too? Habitify.
- Want to pay once and be done? Streaks.
- Mostly tracking health numbers? Progressio — or TrakBit if you want that for free.
- Keep quitting after a missed day? TrakBit.
FAQ
What is the best habit tracker app in 2026? It depends on your phone and how you react to missing a day. Streaks is the best pay-once option for Apple users, Habitify is the best cross-platform app, Loop is the best free Android app, and TrakBit is the best fit if broken streaks usually make you give up.
Which habit tracker completes habits automatically from Apple Health? Streaks, Habitify, Progressio and TrakBit can all complete habits from Apple Health data. In Habitify and Progressio it requires a paid plan; in TrakBit it's included for free, and Streaks includes it in its one-time price.
What is the best free habit tracker? On Android, Loop Habit Tracker is completely free and open source. On iPhone, TrakBit keeps unlimited habits and Apple Health auto-complete free after its trial; HabitKit and Progressio are free with a habit limit.
Is there a habit tracker that doesn't reset your streak when you miss a day? TrakBit lets you set rest days for each habit, and those days don't break your streak (missing any other day does). Loop Habit Tracker uses a habit-strength score that drops gradually rather than all at once.
How much does TrakBit cost? TrakBit is free to download, and habit tracking stays free after the trial. TrakBit Pro costs US$1.99/month, US$14.99/year or US$24.99 for lifetime access on the US App Store, and adds sharing, challenges and printable scanning.