Streaks: The Apple Design Award–winning iOS tracker — a beautiful, simple grid of up to two dozen habits with deep Apple Health integration. (iOS · iPadOS · Apple Watch (Apple-only) · One-time ~$4.99 (no subscription))
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.
✓ Gorgeous, effortless, and fast — a deserved Apple Design Award
✓ One-time price, no subscription — you buy it once
✓ Deep Apple Health integration (auto-completes health-linked habits)
✓ Rock-solid, mature, and delightfully simple
Where HabitForge differs
→ Apple-only — nothing on Android, Windows, or the open web
→ It's a pure streak grid: no context nudges, no voice, no analysis of what actually helps
→ It only tracks doing more — never what a choice costs you or what's worth skipping
→ Capped habit count and, by design, no depth beyond the grid
Pick Streaks if…
• You're all-in on Apple and want the most beautiful, simple tracker
• You'd rather pay once than subscribe
• Apple Health auto-completion is a big draw
Pick HabitForge if…
• You're not exclusively on Apple, or you want it on the web and on glasses
• You want more than a grid — the anti-habit half, own-voice nudges, and intervention ROI
• You want a system that helps you decide, not just a checklist
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