Comparison

HeatMap vs Streaky

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HeatMap

Visualize your progress with a daily streak tracker that uses a GitHub-style contribution grid. Log habits with simple taps, counters, or timers, and gain insights from detailed statistics. Integrates with home screen widgets and Siri Shortcuts for seamless tracking.

Highlights
  • GitHub-style contribution grid visualization
  • Yes/No, Counter, and Timer tracking modes
  • Detailed statistics and trend analysis
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Offline functionality with optional sync
  • Multiple color palettes and themes
Features
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Every day you keep a habit turns one square green. Skip a week and you see the gap. That is the whole idea: a year of your life on one screen, honest and impossible to argue with. HeatMap is a habit tracker built around the GitHub-style contribution grid. Open it, tap once, done. No cluttered dashboard, no ads, no guilt-tripping notifications. THREE WAYS TO TRACK - Yes / No — did you go to the gym today? - Counter — pages read, glasses of water, cups of coffee. - Timer — start it and log real minutes of practice, study or meditation. Set a daily target, or a gentler one like "4 times a week", and the grid follows your rule instead of shaming you for a rest day. STATISTICS THAT ACTUALLY TELL YOU SOMETHING - Current streak, personal record, total days - Your most productive weekday, and weekdays vs weekends - Six-month trend, month-over-month change and a year-end projection - Your longest gaps, so you can see where a habit usually breaks Tap any number to open the full chart behind it. RIGHT ON YOUR HOME SCREEN - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing your live heatmap - A Control Center button to log a habit without opening the app - Siri Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, mark meditation" WORKS OFFLINE, SYNCS WHEN YOU WANT Start tracking immediately — no account, no email, no onboarding quiz. Everything is stored on your device and keeps working on a plane or underground. Sign in later and your existing habits move with you to iPhone, iPad and the web, in both directions, with nothing lost. MADE TO BE LOOKED AT EVERY DAY Twelve hand-picked colour palettes, icons for every kind of habit, full light and dark themes, and a calm interface that gets out of your way. Available in English, Russian, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Japanese. GOOD FOR Gym and workouts, running, reading, meditation, language learning, drinking water, journaling, practising an instrument, quitting smoking, cutting screen time, side projects, deep work, medication, skincare. FREE, WITH NO CATCH Track habits with every colour palette and the complete set of statistics — free. No ads, no paywall standing in front of your own charts, no trial that quietly starts charging you. Built by one developer who tracks his own habits with it. Every message gets read, and a lot of what is in the app came from user requests. Tell us what is missing.

About

Streaky

Build lasting routines with a privacy-focused habit tracker. Monitor your progress with detailed statistics, visual aids like heatmaps, and motivational streaks. Enjoy offline functionality and customizable reminders without any cloud syncing or account creation.

Highlights
  • Motivational streaks with confetti milestones
  • Personal progress comparison (this month vs. last)
  • Shareable streak cards
  • Rich statistics and progress rings
  • GitHub-style heatmap for progress visualization
  • Flexible scheduling and one-off tasks
  • 24 achievements and XP/level system
  • Smart local reminders
  • Optional app lock for privacy
Features
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Build habits that actually stick - one day at a time. Streaky is a privacy-first habit tracker that turns daily intentions into lasting routines. No sign-up, no cloud, no tracking. Everything lives on your phone. WHY STREAKY • Streaks that motivate. Watch your chain grow day after day, with confetti at 7, 30, 100 and 365 days. • You vs you. This month against last month, this week against last week, and your best week on record - the only comparison that predicts whether a habit sticks. • Shareable streak cards. Turn a streak into an image for your story or a group chat. Nothing is uploaded; the card is drawn on your phone and handed straight to the share sheet. • Rich statistics. Progress rings for today, week and month. Donut breakdowns by habit. Weekday rhythm charts, all rendered natively. • GitHub-style heatmap. Fifteen weeks of progress at a glance. Tap any day to log a check-in, however long ago it was. • Your schedule, your rules. Start a habit on a future date. Skip a day for a holiday or an illness without breaking the chain. Add a one-off task for a single date - it archives itself once the day has passed. • 24 achievements. Early Bird, Night Owl, Weekend Warrior, Perfectionist, Iron Discipline. They unlock on patterns, not just on length. • Smart reminders. Pick the exact time and the exact weekdays for each habit. Local notifications only; nothing reaches a server. • App Lock. Optional Face ID, Touch ID or device passcode. Your habits stay yours even if someone picks up your phone. • XP and levels. Every check-in earns XP. Streaks pay bonuses. Rise through nine ranks, from Seeker to Habit Deity. • 37 languages. Switch anytime in Profile, independently of your device language. PRIVACY FIRST Streaky has no backend, no account system, no cloud sync and no analytics. Every habit, check-in, streak and achievement lives only on your phone. Google AdMob serves non-personalized ads by default so the app can stay free - no behavioral profile of you is ever built. Export your data as JSON whenever you like. Reset everything with one tap. Uninstalling wipes it all. WHO IT IS FOR - People who want to build daily habits without a subscription. - Minimalists who would rather not hand a wellness app their data. - Anyone who prefers offline-first tools that respect privacy. - Anyone who wants a habit app that opens fast and gets out of the way. Free forever, with optional rewarded ads to unlock extra habit slots. No dark patterns, no nagging.

Screenshots

HeatMap4 screens
Streaky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HeatMap at none against Streaky's shown. HeatMap also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Streaky's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HeatMap against 5.0 for Streaky. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HeatMap versus Streaky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeatMapStreaky
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeonid ChirkovVasyl Horiuk

Customer experience

HeatMap

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Streaky

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HeatMap

No in-app purchases

None

Streaky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HeatMap free?
HeatMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Streaky free?
Streaky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HeatMap or Streaky?
HeatMap and Streaky are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do HeatMap or Streaky have ads?
Streaky shows ads; HeatMap does not.
Which is updated more often, HeatMap or Streaky?
HeatMap ships an update every 2 weeks, and Streaky every 2 weeks. Most recently, HeatMap was updated on October 17, 2026 and Streaky on October 25, 2026.

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