Habitica review

Habitica turns habit building into a retro role-playing game. You create an avatar, add habits, repeating dailies and to-dos, and each time you check one off in real life you earn gold, experience and items. The social layer is the real draw for consistency: Parties let you team up with friends and fight bosses by completing tasks, Challenges give you shared task lists and Guilds connect people with similar goals. The developer, HabitRPG, says Habitica can be fully enjoyed for free; the optional subscription costs $4.99 a month, $14.99 every three months, $29.99 every six months or $47.99 a year on the US App Store. Habitica is open source and maintained by a small team with volunteers. The downsides: the game mechanics add setup and clutter, there is no automatic logging, and its 4.3 App Store rating trails the other apps here.

Who it is for

people motivated by games and teams

Price

Free; optional subscription $4.99 a month, $14.99 every three months, $29.99 every six months or $47.99 a year.

$4.99 every month; $14.99 every three months; $29.99 every six months; and $47.99 every year
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

• Earn gold, experience and items when you check off real tasks
• Habits, repeating dailies and a to-do list in one app
• Parties to team up with friends for accountability
• Challenges with shared task lists, and Guilds for shared interests
• Streak counters and color-coded tasks

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: The vendor says it can be fully enjoyed for free
• Strength: Open source, run by a small team with volunteer contributors
• Strength: Parties add social accountability that solo trackers lack
• Weakness: The game layer takes time to learn
• Weakness: Rated 4.3 from 3.7K ratings, the lowest score on this list
• Weakness: No health data integrations on the App Store listing

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, fully usable for free
• Subscription: $4.99/mo or $47.99/yr
• Open source: Yes
• Social features: Parties, Challenges, Guilds
• App Store rating: 4.3 from 3.7K ratings

Where it ranks

Habitica is No. 7 in our Best Habit Tracker Apps verdict.