Disclosure: Kalend is ours, and it is listed first. It gets the same four fields as every other app, including its drawbacks.
Short answer
Our pick is Kalend — unlimited habits with streaks and grace days, next to your tasks and calendar, free. If you still want a little reward for showing up, HabitKit’s colourful grid scratches the same itch.
Habitica turns your to-do list into a role-playing game: tick off a real habit and your character earns gold, gear and experience. For some people that is the only thing that has ever worked. For others the game slowly becomes one more thing to manage — pets to feed, quests to keep up with, a party you are letting down.
If you want the habits and the streaks without the game around them, these seven apps are calmer. One caveat up front: none of them is as playful as Habitica, and that is the point.
Switch to Kalend if
- You tick the habits but ignore the game now
- You want habits next to your real tasks and calendar
- You would rather not need an account for a habit list
Stay with Habitica if
- The quests and your party are what keep you going
- You like earning gear for doing the dishes
- You use Habitica on Android or the web too
At a glance
| App | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Kalend (ours) | People who want tasks, a calendar, habits and a journal in one free app, kept in their own iCloud | Free. No paid tier, no subscription and no ads; the only purchase is an optional tip |
| Habitica | People who stick to habits when there is a game, a character and a party of friends | Free, with optional in-app purchases and subscriptions |
| Streaks | Apple users who want one of the best habit apps and would rather pay once | Paid download, no subscription |
| HabitKit | People who love a colourful grid of every day they showed up | Free for up to four habits; Pro monthly, yearly or lifetime |
| Habitify | People who want a polished tracker across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch | Free, plus Plus and Pro subscriptions |
| Productive | People who want guided programs and routines | Free tier plus a Premium subscription |
| Routinery | People who know the routine but can’t get started on it | Free for a couple of routines, with ads; Premium for more |
The apps in detail
Kalend
Ours
- Best for
- People who want tasks, a calendar, habits and a journal in one free app, kept in their own iCloud
- Highlights
- Tasks, calendar, habits and a journal in one app
- Your calendar events next to today’s tasks, with an overdue section
- Syncs through your own iCloud — no account, no server of ours
- Works offline
- Pricing
- Free. No paid tier, no subscription and no ads; the only purchase is an optional tip
- Watch out
- Apple-only: no Android app and no web version, and it needs iOS 18 or later. It syncs through your personal iCloud, so there is no sharing — you cannot assign a task or share a list with anyone.
Habitica
- Best for
- People who stick to habits when there is a game, a character and a party of friends
- Highlights
- Checking off real tasks earns gold, experience and items
- Habits, repeating “Dailies” and a normal to-do list
- Streak counters and a levelling system
- Pricing
- Free, with optional in-app purchases and subscriptions
- Watch out
- It is a role-playing game first. If pixel avatars and quests are not your thing, the game is all overhead — and it needs an account.
Streaks
- Best for
- Apple users who want one of the best habit apps and would rather pay once
- Highlights
- Track up to 24 habits, per the listing
- Apple Health tasks complete themselves
- Apple Design Award winner with a great Watch app
- Pricing
- Paid download, no subscription
- Watch out
- Not free, and capped at 24 tasks.
HabitKit
- Best for
- People who love a colourful grid of every day they showed up
- Highlights
- A tile for every day you kept the habit
- No account; data stays on your device and works offline
- Streaks, statistics and notes
- Pricing
- Free for up to four habits; Pro monthly, yearly or lifetime
- Watch out
- Only four habits are free.
Habitify
- Best for
- People who want a polished tracker across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch
- Highlights
- Sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch
- Siri logging
- Reminders and progress charts
- Pricing
- Free, plus Plus and Pro subscriptions
- Watch out
- Health integrations and advanced timers are Pro.
Productive
- Best for
- People who want guided programs and routines
- Highlights
- Habit management with pause and notes
- Guided programs toward a goal
- Reminders by time of day
- Pricing
- Free tier plus a Premium subscription
- Watch out
- Many habits and programs need Premium.
Routinery
- Best for
- People who know the routine but can’t get started on it
- Highlights
- Breaks a routine into short timed steps
- A voice calls out what comes next
- Morning, bedtime, study and workout routines
- Pricing
- Free for a couple of routines, with ads; Premium for more
- Watch out
- It runs routines step by step — it is not a simple tick-the-box tracker, and the free tier is small.
The honest trade-off
Habitica’s social pull is real: when your party takes damage because you skipped a habit, you feel it. A quiet tracker cannot copy that. What it gives you instead is less to look after — you open it, tick, and leave.
A good middle ground is a streak with some forgiveness. Kalend’s grace days mean one missed day does not wipe a long streak, which is usually the moment people quit a habit app for good.
Common questions
Is Habitica free?
Yes. Its App Store listing calls Habitica a free habit-building app, with optional in-app purchases and subscriptions.
What is a good Habitica alternative without the game?
Kalend for free unlimited habits with streaks next to your tasks and calendar; Streaks if you would rather pay once for a dedicated habit app.
Is there a habit tracker with no account?
Kalend and HabitKit both work without an account. Kalend syncs through your own iCloud.
App Store listings checked on 12 November 2026. Prices change — each entry describes how an app is paid for rather than a number that goes stale.
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