Beaver Habit Tracker vs Everyday

Beaver Habit Tracker

• People who want a plain streak tracker with no goals or scores
• Self-hosters running Docker, Unraid or Easypanel
• Ticking habits from an API, Home Assistant or a Stream Deck

Everyday

• People who like the "don't break the chain" method on a single board
• Checking off the same habits from a browser tab, a phone and a watch
• Buyers who want a one-time lifetime license instead of a subscription

Beaver Habit Tracker

• There are no store apps: it runs in a browser, with a standalone web-app mode on iOS, and a native iOS client is only in TestFlight beta.
• On the hosted service, unlimited habits, categories and daily backup need the Pro license, and the Basic plan's habit cap is not published.
• It has no goals by design: habits are ticked off per day, and the feature list includes no numeric targets or counts.
• Self-hosting means running the Docker image yourself; the pricing section lists daily backup only under hosted Pro.

Everyday

• The free plan stops at 3 habits; unlimited habits, archiving, insights and access to all habit history need Premium.
• Synchronisation between devices and mobile dark mode are listed under Premium, not Free, on the pricing page.
• No Windows or Linux app is listed; there Everyday runs in a browser or as a browser extension.
• The US App Store lists Premium at the same $29.99 a year and $7.49 a month, but Lifetime at $99.99 with a second item at $49.99.

Beaver Habit Tracker

Streaks without goals

Habits are ticked off day by day in a grid and shown as streaks. The app deliberately leaves out goals and targets.

Daily notes and periodic habits

A note or description can be added to a day's entry, and a habit can follow a period such as every second weekend instead of every day.

Habit management

Habits can be reordered, edited, duplicated or archived from a context menu and grouped by category. Light and dark themes and custom CSS are supported.

REST API

An API creates, updates, lists and completes habits. The README links community projects built on it for Stream Deck, Home Assistant, Apple Shortcuts and CalDAV.

Self-hosting

The BSD-3-Clause licensed server runs from a Docker image, with templates for Unraid and Easypanel, and stores data in SQLite or a JSON file.

Import and export

Data exports and imports in the app's own JSON format, and CSV files from other trackers such as Loop Habit Tracker can be imported.

Everyday

Habit board with chains

All habits sit on a single board that shows progress at a glance, and each consecutive completed day deepens the color of a habit's chain. Habits to break get chains with descending colors.

Skips and no-weekends

A skip keeps a chain intact when you are ill or away and can stand in for habits that are not daily. The no-weekends option skips weekends automatically.

Reminders

Email and mobile push reminders, including a "don't skip twice in a row" email meant to stop one missed day from becoming two.

Streak and completion statistics

The current streak is shown beside the longest one, with a daily count of completed habits and totals and completion rates by year, month and week.

New-tab browser extensions

Extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge set the board as the browser's new-tab page, so it is seen several times a day.

Apps across devices

The devices page lists a web app, iPhone and iPad, Android, macOS and watchOS. The pricing page puts synchronisation between devices under Premium.

Beaver Habit Tracker

• Basic$0

  Hosted plan with notes and descriptions, export and import, the REST API and community support.

• Pro$9.90

  one-time lifetime license

  Unlimited habits, habit categories and daily backup on the hosted service, with a 14-day return policy.

Everyday

• Free$0

  Up to 3 habits with all habit colors, unlimited data storage, yearly data visualization, email and push reminders, skips, break habits and no-weekends.

• Premium$2.5

  per month, billed annually ($29.99); $7.49 month-to-month

  Unlimited habits, synchronisation between devices, habit archiving, habit insights, access to all habit history, mobile dark mode and priority support.

• Lifetime$99

  one-time purchase

  All Premium features for a single payment, plus priority feature requests. The pricing page says the number of lifetime licenses issued is limited.

Beaver Habit Tracker

• Lifetime license

  Pro is a one-time lifetime license

  The pricing section sells Pro as a lifetime license for $9.90 instead of a subscription, with a 14-day return policy.

• Other savings

  Free to self-host

  The project is open source under the BSD-3-Clause license, and the README gives Docker, Unraid and Easypanel instructions for running your own instance.

Everyday

• Annual discount

  Annual billing costs about 67% less than monthly

  The pricing page lists Premium at $29.99 per year ($2.5 per month) or $7.49 when billed month-to-month, about 67% less than 12 monthly payments ($89.88).

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime license for a one-time $99

  The pricing page sells a Lifetime license for a single $99 payment with all Premium features, and notes that the number of lifetime licenses issued is limited.