Best habit tracker and journaling apps
Habit trackers, journaling apps and mood trackers, from streak counters and gamified apps to private diaries, AI journals and open-source tools.
35 apps, ordered by visits from AppBreakup and how often our research lists each one as an alternative. Open any app to see its alternatives.
All habit tracker and journaling apps
- Alternatives to Habitify
A cross-platform habit tracker with sync, health integrations and a free plan for three habits.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android, macOS - Alternatives to Day One
A polished, end-to-end encrypted journaling app for Apple devices, Android, Windows and the web.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Web - Alternatives to Stoic
A guided journaling and mood-tracking app with daily prompts, reflections and breathing exercises.
Free plan + paidiOS, macOS, Web, Android - Alternatives to Daylio
A two-tap mood diary that links how you feel to what you did each day.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Loop Habit Tracker
A free, open-source and ad-free habit tracker for Android with detailed habit-strength charts.
Open sourceAndroid - Alternatives to Reflection
A guided journaling app with prompts, journeys and an AI coach, free to start.
Free plan + paidiOS, macOS, Android, Web - Alternatives to Streaks
A paid-once habit tracker for Apple devices built around keeping daily streaks alive.
PaidiOS, macOS - Alternatives to HabitKit
A visual habit tracker for iPhone and Android that fills a GitHub-style grid as you go.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Habitica
A habit tracker and to-do list dressed up as a role-playing game, with avatars, quests and parties.
Free plan + paidOpen sourceWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Journey
A cross-platform journal and diary app with end-to-end encryption, from phones to Linux desktops.
Free plan + paidSelf-hostableAndroid, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Beeminder
A goal tracker that charges you real money when you fall off your committed path.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Strides
A goal and habit tracker that handles yes/no habits, numeric targets, averages and projects.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Rosebud
An AI journal that responds to your entries with follow-up questions and insights over time.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - ThAlternatives to The Five Minute Journal
A short morning-and-evening gratitude journal app based on the popular paper notebook.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Penzu
A private online diary in the browser and on mobile, free to start with paid Pro features.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Fabulous
A coaching-style habit app that guides you through science-based routines and journeys.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android, macOS, Windows - Alternatives to Exist
A personal analytics service that combines tracked data from many apps to find what affects your mood.
PaidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to How We Feel
A free mood and emotion journal from a non-profit, designed to help you name and understand feelings.
FreeiOS, Android - Alternatives to Finch
A self-care app where completing small daily goals and reflections helps a virtual pet grow.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Bearable
A mood and symptom tracker that helps people with health conditions spot what affects them.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Productive (habit tracker)
A subscription habit tracker and routine planner for iPhone and Android with challenges and templates.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to HabitShare
A free social habit tracker that lets you share chosen habits with friends for accountability.
FreeiOS, Android - Alternatives to Grid Diary
A prompt-based journal that asks you a grid of questions each day instead of a blank page.
Free plan + paidiOS, macOS, Android - Alternatives to jrnl
A free, open-source command-line journal that stores entries in plain text files.
Open sourceLinux, macOS, Windows - Alternatives to DailyBean
A cute, quick daily diary for logging mood, sleep and activities in a few taps.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Beaver Habit Tracker
An open-source, self-hostable web habit tracker that skips goals and just records what you did.
Open sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Routinery
A routine timer app that walks you through morning and evening routines step by step.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Mindsera
An AI journal that gives feedback on your writing using thinking frameworks and mental models.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Dabble Me
A private journal you keep by replying to a daily email, with an open-source codebase.
Free plan + paidOpen sourceWeb - Alternatives to Way of Life
A colour-coded iPhone habit journal for logging good and bad habits in seconds each day.
Free plan + paidiOS - Alternatives to Diaro
A long-running multi-platform diary app with tags, folders, locations and Dropbox sync.
Free plan + paidAndroid, iOS, Web - Alternatives to HabitNow
An Android habit tracker and daily planner with a one-time premium upgrade.
Free plan + paidAndroid - Alternatives to Apple Journal
Apple's free built-in journaling app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with suggestions from your day.
FreeiOS, macOS - Alternatives to Reflectly
An AI-guided journaling app that asks questions to help you reflect on your day and mood.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android - Alternatives to Coach.me
A free habit tracker paired with paid one-on-one habit coaching.
Free plan + paidiOS, Android, Web
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Common questions
What are the best habit tracker and journaling apps?
Based on how often our research lists them as alternatives and visits from AppBreakup, the leading habit tracker and journaling apps right now are Habitify, Day One, Stoic, Daylio and Loop Habit Tracker.
Are there free habit tracker and journaling apps?
Yes. Habitify (free plan + paid), Day One (free plan + paid), Stoic (free plan + paid), Daylio (free plan + paid) and Loop Habit Tracker (open source) have a free option, out of 33 free or freemium apps we track.
Which habit tracker and journaling apps are open source?
Loop Habit Tracker, Habitica, jrnl, Beaver Habit Tracker and Dabble Me.