Comparison

Streaks vs Habit Builder

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

Head to head
About

Streaks

This app helps you build positive habits and break negative ones by tracking your daily progress. Achieve consecutive day streaks for up to 24 tasks, with iCloud syncing, reminders, and health app integration.

Highlights
  • Track up to 24 daily tasks
  • Build consecutive day streaks
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Health app integration
  • Automatic reminders
  • Negative task creation
  • Timed tasks
Features
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STREAKS. The to-do list that helps you form good habits. Apple Design Award winner. Track up to 24 tasks you want to complete each day. Your goal is to build a streak of consecutive days. * Tasks sync across all of your devices using iCloud * Share your tasks with other Streaks users so they can encourage you and keep your accountable * Streaks automatically knows when you complete tasks linked to the Health app, such as water tracking and caffeine tracking. * Streaks reminds you automatically when you need to complete a task * Record daily notes for your tasks * You can also create negative tasks to break bad habits * Create timed tasks to track mindfulness, brushing your teeth, or anything “I was smoking 15 cigarettes each day. Streaks helped me to quit smoking by reducing and then eliminating my daily use.” - Ben, Adelaide. Streaks is a highly customizable habit tracker, including: * Widgets for your phone's home screen * 78 different color themes * Over 600 task icons to choose from * Choose how often a task needs to be completed or repeated “I've now reduced my coffee intake by 70% with Streaks, something I struggled with for 5 years. It's a life changing app to me.” - Otávio, Chicago. * Includes one of the highest-praised Apple Watch apps, including Health app integration, complications, and rich notifications. * Support for Siri Shortcuts, iPad and iCloud * Today Widget allows you to quickly view and complete your tasks * View your current and best streak, and a whole range of other statistics Questions, suggestions or other feedback? Please email support@streaks.app, or tweet us @TheStreaksApp. If you like Streaks, please leave us a review! Your reviews enable us to keep improving and updating the app. ABOUT APPLE WATCH: Streaks supports all Apple complication types. Note that the screenshots show Infograph faces, which are available only on Apple Watch Series 4 and newer. ABOUT HEALTH DATA: On supported devices, Streaks reads data from the Health app with your permission to determine completion of your tasks. All data is accessed in full accordance with the iOS app review rules set by Apple. Please read our privacy policy at https://streaks.app/privacy.html for more information on our use of data. Automatic step and distance data is only available automatically when using an iPhone 5S or newer, or using an accessory that writes to the Health app such as Apple Watch. If you have any questions, please contact support@streaks.app. -- STREAKS® is a registered trademark of Crunchy Bagel Pty Ltd.

About

Habit Builder

Build positive habits with a customizable tracker. Set reminders, monitor progress with visual statistics, and ensure data persistence through cloud integration. Develop consistency and build healthier routines over time.

Highlights
  • Customizable habit creation with colors and icons
  • Automatic CloudKit data synchronization
  • Daily and weekly habit reminders
  • Progress tracking with calendar and charts
  • Statistics for total days completed
Features
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Habit Builder is a habit tracker with no streaks to lose. It counts the days you show up, and that count only goes up. Miss a day and it stays blank. Nothing resets. Need a break? Hold the day's square to make it a rest day, and it still counts. A bad week costs you nothing, so there's never a reason to start over. What's in it - Today lists the day's habits by part of the day. Tap a square when it's done, hold it to rest. - Habits for every day, a few days a week, or a count, like 8 glasses of water. - Forgot yesterday? Step back on the week at the top of Today and log it. - The Wall puts twelve weeks of every habit on one screen. - A journal for a mood and a line about any day, with a photo if you like. Lock it with Face ID. - One reminder per habit, quiet on a day you've already logged. Siri and Shortcuts can log a habit too. Your habits stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. There's no account to make and no ads. Export everything as a CSV whenever you like, or bring your history in from one. Habit Builder is free. I'm one developer on the Gold Coast, and I read every email: hello@thecosypeople.com.au

Screenshots

Streaks4 screens
Habit Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Habit Builder at Free against Streaks's $5.99. Habit Builder also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 72%). Streaks's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (27K vs 17). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Habit Builder is free to download; Streaks costs $5.99 up front. 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 — 4.8 for Streaks against 4.9 for Habit Builder. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Streaks has 27K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Streaks's written reviews are positive against 89% of Habit Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Streaks ships an update every 2 weeks, Habit Builder every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Streaks versus Habit Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreaksHabit Builder
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (27K ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27K — better17
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrunchy BagelAlexander Thompson

Customer experience

Streaks

All ratings27,354 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews1,626 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral9.7%
Negative18.5%

Habit Builder

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Streaks

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tasks randomly disappearing or reappearing
  • Inconsistent behavior when completing tasks
  • Apple Watch app not always syncing properly
  • Issues with the interactive widget functionality

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to track more than 12 tasks
  • Ability to mark tasks as missed or partially completed
  • More detailed progress tracking and statistics
  • Customizable task categories and organization
  • Improved weekly/monthly goal tracking
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  • Shareable streaks and accountability features

Habit Builder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Streaks

No in-app purchases

None

Habit Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Streaks free?
Streaks costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habit Builder free?
Habit Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Streaks or Habit Builder?
Habit Builder is rated higher. Streaks averages 4.8 out of 5 from 27K ratings, while Habit Builder averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Streaks or Habit Builder have ads?
Neither Streaks nor Habit Builder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Streaks or Habit Builder?
Streaks ships an update every 2 weeks, and Habit Builder every 13 months. Most recently, Streaks was updated on October 26, 2026 and Habit Builder on October 25, 2026.

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