6 Best HabitKit Alternatives for iPhone in 2026
Checked 20 October 2026. Every competitor detail below comes from that app's US App Store page and Apple's public lookup data, fetched that day. Left details come from the app itself.
HabitKit is a habit tracker built around a grid of colored tiles, "like a contribution graph": every day you show up, another tile fills in. It has 4.8 stars from 2,492 ratings on the US App Store. Reasons you might look elsewhere: Home Screen widgets without paying, an Apple Watch app, Lock Screen widgets, or more than four free habits. Here are six alternatives, including the closest lookalike.
Disclosure: we make Left, so we have put it first. Here is why, and when another app suits you better.
Quick verdict
- Best for free habit widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, next to countdowns and time left: Left.
- Closest look to HabitKit's grids: Habit & Goal Tracker GridKit.
- Best for heatmaps plus Apple Watch, Live Activities and StandBy: Awesome Habits.
- Best for the biggest community and group habits: Habit Tracker by Inner Grow.
- Best paid-once tracker with an Apple Watch app: Streaks.
- Best for red and green chains and detailed charts: Way of Life.
What HabitKit does well
By Sebastian Roehl. Its App Store page describes a tile grid per habit with Classic, Compact and Split dashboard views, build or quit habits, counts and custom units, flexible schedules, streak goals and notes on any day. It needs no account, keeps data on your device and works offline; recent release notes add a daily iCloud backup and free export and import.
- Price: "HabitKit is free to use with up to four habits, including streaks, statistics, notes, and reminders." HabitKit Pro, monthly, yearly or lifetime, unlocks unlimited habits, Home Screen widgets, restoring archived habits and more reminders per habit.
- Platforms: iPhone, Apple silicon Macs and Vision Pro. Apple Watch and iPad aren't in its compatibility list.
If the tile grid motivates you and four habits is enough, HabitKit is a great app. For a direct comparison with Left, see HabitKit vs Left.
Comparison table
Ratings and counts are from the US App Store, checked 20 October 2026; Left's is its worldwide average. "Not stated" means the listing doesn't mention it, not that the feature is missing.
| App | Free plan | Home Screen widgets | Lock Screen widgets | Apple Watch | Rating (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HabitKit | Up to 4 habits | Pro | Not stated | Not listed | 4.8 (2,492) |
 Left | 2 habits, 2 streaks, 2 Aims, 2 countdowns | Free (habit widgets) | Free (habit widgets) | Yes, with complications | 4.7 (worldwide) |
 GridKit | One habit | Pro | Pro | Not listed | 4.5 (230) |
 Awesome Habits | Not stated | Yes, interactive | Yes | Yes | 4.8 (940) |
 Habit Tracker (Inner Grow) | Not stated | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4.8 (148,058) |
 Streaks | No free version ($5.99 once) | Yes | Not stated | Yes | 4.8 (27,353) |
 Way of Life | Free; Premium unlocks unlimited habits | Yes (placement not stated) | Not stated | Not listed | 4.8 (5,317) |
1. Left: habits you can log from the Home Screen, for free
Left is a time awareness app for iPhone. Habits, streaks and Aims live in Since, next to countdowns in Ahead and year and life progress in Time Left.
- Your own grid: each habit has a completion grid, with days completed, days missed, longest streak and habit strength.
- Habits: a goal per day, week or month and how many times, on every day, weekdays, weekends, specific days or a number of days per week, with up to 4 reminders per habit.
- Free widgets: the Habit widget is interactive, so you tap today's symbol to log it from the Home Screen, and it also works as a rectangular Lock Screen widget. The Habits list widget shows 4 or 8 habits on the Home Screen and also comes in Lock Screen sizes.
- Live Activity nudge: Get a persistent reminder shows a Live Activity an hour before a time you choose if the habit isn't logged yet.
- Quitting: use a streak instead of a habit. It counts up from Started on... and keeps your restarts, average streak and longest streak.
- Left Premium extras: unlimited habits, Apple Health tracking that completes a habit when you meet the goal, and friends who can follow your habits for accountability.
Best for: people who want habit widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen without paying, and like seeing habits next to countdowns and the time left in the year.
Price: free to download. The free plan includes 2 habits, 2 streaks, 2 Aims and 2 countdowns, counted over everything you've ever created, so deleting one doesn't free a slot. Left Premium is a subscription or lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy.
Pros: habit widgets are free, including the Lock Screen; one-tap logging from the Habit widget; a habit Live Activity; countdowns and time left views in the same app.
Cons: fewer free habits than HabitKit (2 against 4); amounts with a unit, like liters or kilometers, are tracked as separate Aims rather than inside a habit; needs an iPhone with iOS 26 or later.
2. Habit & Goal Tracker GridKit
By David Steppenbeck. Its App Store page describes color-coded grids, with several entries in a day shown as darker shades, weekday and weekend charts, and habits you can manage "right from Control Center, Home Screen, and Lock Screen". It syncs through iCloud and supports Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight.
Best for: people who want HabitKit's look plus Lock Screen and Control Center widgets.
Price: "The free version of Habit Tracker Grid allows you to view one habit in your list. Habits Pro is required to add more than one habit and use widgets." Habits Pro is weekly, monthly, annual or lifetime.
Pros: the closest grid style to HabitKit; Lock Screen and Control Center widgets with Pro; iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Cons: one habit on the free version; requires iOS 26 or later, like Left; Apple Watch isn't listed; 4.5 from 230 ratings.
3. Awesome Habits: Habit Tracker
By Michal Tuma. Its App Store page lists statistics with heatmaps, daily, weekly and monthly goals, interactive widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, interactive Live Activities and the Dynamic Island, Control Center widgets, Apple Watch complications, Health app integration, iCloud sync and CSV export.
Best for: a heatmap view plus everything on the Lock Screen, in StandBy and on the wrist.
Price: free to download, with Premium monthly, yearly or lifetime. The listing doesn't say what the free version includes.
Pros: Apple Watch, iPad and Mac; Live Activities; privacy label says Data Not Collected.
Cons: free limits aren't stated.
4. Habit Tracker by Inner Grow
By InnerGrow (Inner Grow Limited). Its App Store page lists widgets to "log habits instantly" from the Home Screen and Lock Screen, Apple Health sync, group habits with friends, weekly, monthly and yearly reports, time or location reminders, a focus timer, cloud sync and Face ID lock.
Best for: a broad tracker with social features and the largest review base here.
Price: free to download, with monthly, yearly and lifetime options in its in-app purchases.
Pros: 4.8 from 148,058 ratings; Apple Watch; group habits; works on iOS 15 or later.
Cons: the listing doesn't say which features are free; a grid view isn't described.
5. Streaks
By Crunchy Bagel Pty Ltd. Its App Store page says you can "Track up to 24 tasks you want to complete each day", with Health app tasks that complete automatically, negative tasks, timed tasks, notes, iCloud sync, Home Screen widgets and an Apple Watch app with complications.
Best for: people who'd rather pay once and want a polished Apple Watch app.
Price: $5.99 to download, with no in-app purchases listed.
Pros: no subscription; Apple Design Award winner, per its listing; iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch and Vision Pro.
Cons: no free version to try; a 24-task limit; a grid view isn't described. See our Streaks alternatives for more.
6. Way of Life
By Way of Life ApS. Its App Store page describes marking each day green or red to keep your chains going, charts including a frequency distribution, notes, tags, reminders, widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, and export to CSV, Excel or JSON. Cloud backup is now free for everyone.
Best for: people who like a color journal and charts more than tiles.
Price: free; "Premium simply unlocks unlimited habits." The listing doesn't say how many habits are free.
Pros: around since 2010 and updated in October 2026; free cloud backup; rich exports; 4.8 from 5,317 ratings.
Cons: iPad and Apple Watch aren't in its compatibility list; Lock Screen widgets aren't mentioned.
How we chose
- Starting point: a US App Store search for habit trackers, including "habit grid", "contribution graph habit" and "pixel habit tracker", on 20 October 2026.
- Kept: iPhone habit trackers updated in the last few months that differ from HabitKit on grid style, free widgets, Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch or price model.
- Left out: apps with only a handful of ratings, and Android-only apps.
- Sources: each app's own App Store page, including release notes, and Apple's lookup data. No paid placements, and no developer reviewed this page.
Which one should you pick?
- You want free habit widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, with countdowns alongside: Left.
- You want HabitKit's look with Lock Screen widgets: GridKit.
- You want heatmaps and Apple Watch: Awesome Habits.
- You want friends and group habits: Habit Tracker by Inner Grow.
- You want to pay once: Streaks.
- You want chains and charts: Way of Life.
More options are in our best habit tracker apps for iPhone. The streaks vs habits guide explains when to use each, and the habit streak calculator works in your browser.
See more on the Left habit tracker page.
Questions
What is the best alternative to HabitKit?
For the same tile-grid look, GridKit is the closest. For free habit widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, Left. For heatmaps with Apple Watch and Live Activities, Awesome Habits.
How many habits can you track for free in HabitKit?
Up to four, according to its App Store page (checked 20 October 2026). Unlimited habits and Home Screen widgets need HabitKit Pro.
Is there a habit tracker like HabitKit with free widgets?
Yes. Left's Habit and Habits list widgets are free on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and the Habit widget lets you log today's habit with one tap. The free plan includes 2 habits.
Does HabitKit have an Apple Watch app?
Apple Watch isn't in HabitKit's App Store compatibility list. Awesome Habits, Habit Tracker by Inner Grow and Streaks all list Apple Watch. Left has an Apple Watch app with complications.
Which app looks most like HabitKit?
Habit & Goal Tracker GridKit uses color-coded grids with darker shades for several entries in a day, which is the closest look we found. Its free version is limited to one habit.
Start noticing what matters.
Download Left on your iPhone to see the time you have left, dates you are looking forward to, build the habits you want to keep, and become a better version of yourself.
Scan or search "Left" on the App Store.