Habits vs Habo

Habits is a daily tracker for building routines, maintaining consistency and viewing progress on iOS and macOS. It supports daily, weekly, counter, timer and flexible habits, with reminders, streaks, trends, milestones, analytics and weekly insights. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Control Center support, provide access across Apple devices. AI Suggestions use Apple Intelligence when available and on-device Smart Tips otherwise. Selected Apple Health metrics—steps, calories, distance, exercise minutes, sleep and workouts—can complete habits automatically. Habits requires no account and stores data locally; optional iCloud Sync uses the private iCloud database linked to the user's Apple ID. The privacy policy says it collects, transmits and sells no personal information, operates no servers, and uses no third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. Health metrics are read on-device, not written to Apple Health, and raw samples are not sent to servers. Data can be exported as CSV or JSON. The free plan costs nothing and allows two active habits. Premium costs $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year or 59.99 USD once.

Habo is an open-source habit tracker for building routines on Android, iOS, Linux, and macOS. Users can record a completed habit, numeric entries, missed habits, skips, and notes; progress views show streaks, trends, and completions over time. Reminders, a monthly calendar, categories, reordering, and archiving help organize habits. Tracking works offline, with changes reconciled after reconnection using a Last-Write-Wins CRDT engine. User-created data stays on the device by default. Backup and sync require an account; Habo Sync encrypts data on the device before it leaves, using Argon2id key derivation and AES-GCM with user-controlled keys. The Supabase backend can be self-hosted for free without restrictions. The product also lists data export, backup, home-screen widgets, and a URL scheme for opening the app from Shortcuts and other apps. Habit tracking costs nothing. Habo Sync costs $1.99 a month or $9.99 a year. Habit notes are capped at 400 characters.