HabitKit vs Left — A Fair Comparison
HabitKit and Left are both well-loved iPhone habit trackers. They aim at different things. If you're choosing between them, here's a clean side-by-side from someone who's used both.
Quick verdict
- Pick HabitKit if you want one beautifully designed habit-tracking app focused on streak grids and visual consistency.
- Pick Left if you want habits and streaks alongside time left, countdowns, Planner, friends, and the same library of widgets.
What HabitKit does well
HabitKit is laser-focused on the GitHub-contributions-style grid. Each habit is a colored cell map, each completion fills a cell. The widgets are gorgeous and the app does this one thing very well.
What Left does that HabitKit doesn't
- Time left views. Year progress, life in weeks, day countdown, and more as widgets.
- Countdowns. Ahead dates with Live Activities and joint special dates with friends.
- Planner. Apple Reminders, calendar events, habits, streaks, weather, sleep, workouts, and more in one view.
- Left Wallpaper. A Lock Screen wallpaper that updates itself.
- Friends. Share a habit, streak, or Ahead date with someone who matters.
Habits side-by-side
| Feature | HabitKit | Left |
|---|---|---|
| Daily habits | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom schedules (weekdays / count per week) | Limited | ✓ |
| Multiple completions per day | ✓ | ✓ |
| Streak counter | ✓ | ✓ |
| Complete from widget | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared with a friend | — | ✓ |
| Habit Live Activity | — | ✓ |
Pricing
Both apps have free tiers. Left keeps Time Left, over 20 widgets, You, Wallpaper, Friends, Time Between, games, and other core tools free forever. Left Premium unlocks deeper habit, streak, special-date, and planning features through a subscription or lifetime purchase.
How to choose
If your phone's job is "show me my habit grid and nothing else," HabitKit is hard to beat. If you want one app that holds your habits, your countdowns, and the time you have left — that's Left.
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 with your camera to find Left on the App Store. Or search "Left" on the App Store.