Streaks vs Basho Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Track up to 24 daily tasks
- Build consecutive day streaks
- iCloud sync across devices
- Health app integration
- Automatic reminders
- Negative task creation
- Timed tasks
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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.
Basho Steps
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Walk, and Basho's journey moves with you. In 1689 the poet Matsuo Basho set out from Edo on foot and walked the deep north for about 150 days. This pedometer turns your own steps into that road. Each milestone opens a new station of Oku no Hosomichi, with the original hokku and a fresh English rendering written for this app. THE FREE ROAD - TO MATSUSHIMA Leave the grass door at Fukagawa. Pass Senju, Nikko, the barrier at Shirakawa, the twin-trunk pine, and the morning bell at Shiogama. At 18,000 steps you reach Matsushima Bay - the most beautiful place on the journey, and the one where the master wrote no poem at all. Some places are already poems. You only walk into them. THE OKU ROAD - ONE PURCHASE, THE DEEP NORTH Past the bay the road bends inland: the summer grass of Hiraizumi, the stillness of the mountain temple, the gathered rains of the Mogami, the rough sea at Izumozaki, the scent of the springs at Yamanaka, and the clam-shell parting at Ogaki, where the journey ends by beginning again. WHAT THIS APP IS - Real hokku by Basho in the original, with original English renderings - Your steps only, counted on your iPhone and kept on your iPhone - An Apple Watch companion that sends each station to your wrist - A travel pack of ten things you cannot use, and are glad to have WHAT THIS APP IS NOT No ads. No account. No tracking. No data collection. No location. No health claims - this is a book that happens to count steps, not a fitness program. One purchase opens the second half forever. There is no subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Basho Steps at Free against Streaks's $5.99. Basho Steps also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Streaks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#1 vs unranked). On ads 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
Basho Steps is free to download; Streaks costs $5.99 up front. Basho Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Streaks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Streaks ships an update fortnightly, Basho Steps every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Streaks | Basho Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (27K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #1 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 262 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crunchy Bagel | RIEKO NAITO |
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
Basho Steps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Streaks
No in-app purchases
Basho Steps
- The Oku Road$2.99









