Alternatives to Habitica

An open-source habit and task tracker that turns daily productivity into a role-playing game. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Habitica.

  • TickTick

    A to-do list app with calendar views, a Pomodoro timer and a habit tracker built in.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    TickTick combines a to-do list with a habit tracker, Pomodoro timer and calendar views, dropping the role-playing game in favour of a conventional interface.

  • Streaks

    A habit-tracking to-do list for Apple devices that extends a streak each day you complete a task.

    PaidProprietarymacOSiOS

    Streaks tracks daily habits as streaks with Apple Health integration, but it runs only on Apple devices, is paid up front and is limited to 24 tasks.

  • Todoist

    A to-do list and task manager with natural-language task entry, projects, labels and filters.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Todoist is a plain task manager with natural-language entry, labels and filters, replacing Habitica's game rewards with a straightforward list.

  • Amazing Marvin

    A highly customizable task manager with features aimed at people with ADHD and procrastinators.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOSWeb

    Amazing Marvin offers over 100 optional features aimed at following through on tasks, but it is paid with no free plan beyond the trial.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Habitica as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Loop Habit Tracker

    Open-source Android app for creating and tracking long-term positive habits.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Habitica is also open source but runs as a hosted web service needing an account, turning habits, dailies and to-dos into a role-playing game.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.