Productive: A polished, popular cross-platform habit tracker with smart schedules, habit categories, community challenges, and detailed stats. (iOS · Android · Free (capped ~3 habits); Premium ~$3.99/mo or ~$23.99/yr)
HabitForge: The honest, whole-loop habit system — from the original habit-tracker pioneer (2009). Streaks and routines, yes, but also nudges at the real moment (even spoken in your own voice, on smart glasses), the half no streak app has — what a choice does to you hours out, and permission to let the right things drift — plus analysis of which actions actually move your energy, mood, and sleep. Built on HiveJournal.
✓ Community challenges add a bit of accountability
✓ Detailed statistics, plus a journal with helpful articles
Where HabitForge differs
→ The free tier caps you at around three habits
→ It's a tracker with light community — no context or voice nudges, no decision help
→ Tracks completion, not consequence — no "what will this do to me," no intervention ROI
Pick Productive if…
• You want a beautiful, popular cross-platform tracker with good scheduling
• Community challenges motivate you
• You're fine subscribing for unlimited habits
Pick HabitForge if…
• You want the whole loop beyond tracking — the anti-habit half and own-voice nudges
• You want to see which actions truly move your energy, mood, and sleep
• You want a system that helps you decide, not just log
Where we’re honestly behind
– HabitForge is newly relaunched under this name — the original ran 2009–2016, and the revived experience is still being unified from separate surfaces
– No dedicated native iOS/Android habit app yet — it's web + smart glasses today (native mobile is in progress)
– The mature apps (Streaks, Habitify, Loop) have years more polish on the pure tracking basics
– Some pieces of the system currently live on their own screens rather than one cockpit — that unification is the roadmap