Most "best habit tracker" lists are written with an iPhone in hand. Android is a little different, and the differences matter more than the screenshots do.
Here is what I looked at for each app:
- Widgets. On Android, a good home screen widget is often the whole app. If you can tick off a habit without opening anything, you will log it more often.
- Reminders that actually arrive. Many Android phones put background apps to sleep to save battery, and reminders are the first thing to go. There is a fix for this further down.
- Backups. Switching phones is common on Android. An app that can export or back up your history saves you from starting a streak from zero.
- Open source and F-Droid. Android is the one platform where you can install a fully open-source tracker from F-Droid, with no Google account involved.
- Accounts. Some apps need a sign-up first. Others keep everything on your phone.
- Quick comparison
- Rewardly: Rewards you choose
- Loop Habit Tracker: Free and open source
- HabitNow: Habits and to-dos together
- Habitify: Phone, watch and desktop
- LifeUp: A full RPG you pay for once
- TickTick: Habits inside a to-do app
- Habitica: Play it with friends
- Finch: Gentle self-care with a pet
- How to choose
- Frequently asked questions
Quick comparison
| App | Price model | Widgets | Account needed | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rewardly | Free, optional Pro subscription | Yes (habits and tasks) | No | Staying motivated with rewards you choose |
| Loop | Free, no ads, no purchases | Yes | No | Privacy, open source, F-Droid |
| HabitNow | Free, one-time Premium upgrade | Yes | No sign-up mentioned | Habits plus a daily to-do list |
| Habitify | Free plan, paid tiers | Yes | Only to sync | Tracking from phone, watch and computer |
| LifeUp | One-time purchase | Listed by developer | No | People who want a deep game |
| TickTick | Free, optional Premium subscription | Yes | For sync | Habits alongside a full task manager |
| Habitica | Free with ads, optional subscription | Yes | Yes | RPG fans and friend groups |
| Finch | Free, optional Finch Plus | Not listed on Play | Only to back up | Gentle self-care routines |
1. Rewardly: Rewards you choose
Rewardly
Our pick
Rewardly is built around one idea: doing the thing should earn you something you actually want. Every check-in gives you a random point drop: Common +1 (70%), Rare +2 (20%), Epic +5 (8%) or Legendary +10 (2%). Harder habits and longer streaks raise the odds of the rarer drops.
You spend those points on rewards you set up yourself, each with a title, a photo and a point price. A new paperback, a takeaway night, an afternoon off. The app never chooses your rewards; the only surprise is in the points.
Around that it is a calm, complete tracker: tiles, grid, list and calendar views, notes and up to two photos per check-in, reminders, stats and tasks. On Android you get home screen widgets for both habits and tasks. Optional habit buddies let you share the habits you pick with friends you add by code; they see your check-ins and can send a cheer, with no chat and no public feed. It is available in 8 languages.
The trade-offs: it is newer on Android (on Google Play since September 2026), so it has a shorter track record there than most apps on this list. There is no web or desktop app and no Wear OS app. Rewardly Pro is an optional subscription for unlimited habits, habit pages, every celebration style, fixed points per habit, and backup and restore.
2. Loop Habit Tracker: Free and open source
Loop is the classic Android habit tracker, and it still earns its place. Everything is free for everyone, there are no ads, and the full source code is public. It works offline and needs no account; the developer says your habit data never leaves your phone.
Instead of a fragile streak, Loop gives each habit a strength score. Every repetition raises it and every miss lowers it, so a couple of bad days after a long run do not wipe you out. It handles flexible schedules like three times a week, lets you check off or snooze a habit straight from the reminder notification, and has colorful home screen widgets. You can export to CSV or an SQLite file.
The limits: it looks plain next to newer apps, there is no built-in cloud sync, and updates are infrequent (the Play listing showed September 2025 as the last update when I checked).
3. HabitNow: Habits and to-dos together
HabitNow mixes a habit tracker, a to-do list and a calendar in one Android app. Habits can be daily, weekly or monthly, and you can sort them into categories. It has streaks, charts, daily notes, a stopwatch, countdown and interval timer, customizable reminders and alarms, and home screen widgets to check your day at a glance.
There is a lock screen for privacy, and you can create backups and move them to another device. Premium is a one-time purchase rather than a subscription, and third-party listings say its cloud backups are tied to your Google account.
It does a lot, so setup takes a few minutes, and motivation comes from streaks and stats.
4. Habitify: Phone, watch and desktop
If your habits live on more than one screen, Habitify is the most complete option here. It syncs across Android, iOS, Wear OS, desktop and web, and on Wear OS it has watch face complications and tiles where you can mark habits done. On the phone there are several widgets, including streak and progress widgets.
It supports time and location reminders and habit stacking, connects to Google Calendar, Google Fit and Strava, and turns your history into charts and heatmaps. You can start as a guest without signing up, but syncing to another device needs an account.
The free plan caps how many habits you can track, and unlimited habits are a paid feature. The Play listing now describes Plus and Pro tiers, so check the in-app price for your country. There are no rewards or game mechanics.
5. LifeUp: A full RPG you pay for once
LifeUp turns tasks and habits into a game you design. You earn XP in skills you define, collect coins, and spend them in a shop you fill with your own rewards. You can also build loot boxes with your own drop rates, crafting recipes and custom achievements.
It is a one-time purchase with no ads or subscriptions. It runs fully offline, needs no account to start, and supports export and backup, with optional sync through Google Drive, Dropbox or WebDAV. The developer's GitHub page lists app widgets, and there is an open API for Tasker fans.
The trade-off is effort: LifeUp is a sandbox, and you build the system yourself.
6. TickTick: Habits inside a to-do app
TickTick is a to-do app first, with a habit tracker you switch on from the tab bar. If you already plan your day in a task manager, keeping habits in the same place can be easier than running two apps.
It syncs across web, Android, Wear OS, iOS, Mac and PC, has home screen widgets, a calendar, a Pomodoro timer and smart date parsing. Premium adds things like more lists, calendar views and more reminders per task.
The habit side is simpler than a dedicated tracker, and syncing needs an account.
7. Habitica: Play it with friends
Habitica turns your habits, dailies and to-dos into a retro RPG. Checking things off earns gold, experience and items for your avatar, and you can join a party with friends to fight bosses by getting your tasks done. It has reminders, widgets, and a Wear OS app where you can complete tasks from your wrist. The project is open source.
It needs an account, since your tasks sync through Habitica's servers. The Play listing notes that the Android app contains ads, alongside optional in-app purchases. If you want the game without the servers, LifeUp is the offline alternative.
8. Finch: Gentle self-care with a pet
Finch is less a habit tracker than a self-care companion. You look after a small pet by looking after yourself: set goals, check in with your mood, and your pet grows and goes on adventures. It also has a mood journal, breathing exercises, quizzes and insights.
You can start without an account; creating one backs up your pet and progress to Finch's servers so you can move phones. It is soft and kind, but light on habit schedules and stats if you want a detailed record.
How to choose
Pick the one thing that has made you quit habit apps before, and choose the app that fixes it:
- You lose motivation after a week: Rewardly, so each check-in earns points toward something you chose.
- You want free, private and open source: Loop, from Google Play or F-Droid.
- You want habits and to-dos in one app: HabitNow, or TickTick if tasks matter more than habits.
- You track from a watch or a laptop: Habitify or TickTick, both with Wear OS apps and web access.
- You want a real game: LifeUp to play alone and offline, Habitica to play with friends.
- You want something soft and low pressure: Finch.
- You hate subscriptions: Loop costs nothing; LifeUp and HabitNow Premium are one-time purchases.
Whatever you choose, do two things on day one. Put its widget on your home screen, and exclude it from battery optimization so reminders arrive on time. Then start with two or three habits, not ten.
On an iPhone too? The iPhone version of this roundup covers Apple-only apps like Streaks. If you are mostly after a game, see the best gamified habit tracker apps.