Is there a good app for maintain a habit streak?
Prime Gap: 10 apps already serve this, and 50 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed June 15, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to maintain a habit streak, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| streak reset despite repairs | bug | 4 | This app reset my streak to 1 when I literally missed one day and had 2 streak repairs. |
| too few free habits | price | 3 | very very limited number of habits |
| 6 habit free limit | price | 2 | After creating 6 habits I couldn’t add more...you only get 6 habits on the free version |
| habits won't track and disappear | bug | 1 | Tried tracking one but it wouldn’t track. Then they all just disappeared |
| cannot adjust habit start date for streaks | missing-feature | 1 | You CANNOT ADJUST START DATES...resulting in incorrect streak days count |
| consecutive day streak tracking | bug | 1 | Does not track consecutive days correctly. I am overseas and it does not track consecutive days correctly |
| no easy way to delete a repeated habit | ux | 1 | No easy way to delete a repeated habit |
| unclear how to mark habit complete | ux | 1 | Where do I tick off that I did it? |
| no failed/missed status for a habit | missing-feature | 1 | 我希望增加一个失败的状态 |
| no way to mark a habit as not completed | missing-feature | 1 | there should be a feature where you can mark that a habit was not completed |
| habits do not maintain uniqueness | bug | 1 | Habits do not maintain uniqueness |
| capped at 4 habits without paying | price | 1 | I can not have more than 4 habits to track without paying |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fun Habit - Habit Tracker | 4.6 | 2,011 | Free |
| Streaks | 4.8 | 27,339 | $5.99 |
| Habit Rings: Habit Tracker | 5.0 | 3 | $0.99 |
| Habit Tracker | 4.8 | 142,290 | Free |
| Grow - Habit Tracker | 5.0 | 2 | $0.99 |
| Habit360 Habit Tracker & To-do | 4.4 | 15,888 | Free |
| Habit Tracker - Habit Radar | 4.5 | 4,727 | Free |
| Habit Gift - Reward for Habit | 4.4 | 55,067 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 69 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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