Coach.me vs stickK

Coach.me

• People who want a free tracker with no cap on the number of habits
• Anyone motivated by encouragement from others working on the same habit
• Those willing to pay for daily one-on-one accountability from a human coach

stickK

• People who follow through when money or reputation is on the line
• Goals that a friend, coach or family member can verify as Referee
• Clubs, teams and workplaces running a shared challenge as a Campaign

Coach.me

• Coaching is a separate recurring charge that bills weekly or monthly until canceled, and each coach you hire is priced separately.
• A habit done several times a day needs a separate habit for each instance, and streaks count only consecutive days even when a weekly target is set.
• The App Store lists the iOS app as iPhone-only, and the Google Play listing is marked as containing ads.
• Chat coaching does not include therapy, medical advice, or phone or in-person sessions; phone consultations are sold separately.

stickK

• stickK keeps 50% of forfeited stakes sent to an anti-charity, plus contract costs, under its contract terms last updated June 12, 2024.
• Those terms removed a $5 creation fee and ended charity and friend-or-foe recipients for new contracts; older help articles still describe all three.
• A contract cannot be deleted once it begins; the terms allow cancellation only with a physician's medical excuse form.
• Prices for the paid Campaign plans (All-access and Pro) are not published in the help center; they appear inside a Campaign admin account.

Coach.me

Daily check-ins and streaks

Add habits to a dashboard and check in on each day you complete one, with an optional note. Check-ins can be back-dated up to seven days from the dashboard, or further back from a habit's calendar.

Weekly targets and reminders

Set how many times a week a habit should happen, and pick the days and times for push or email reminders on each habit.

Community Q&A and props

Every habit has a Q&A section and an activity feed of the people working on it. Friends and other members can give props and comment on check-ins, and a habit can be set to private.

Trends and milestones

Weekly and monthly trends show progress on each habit, and reaching a milestone is marked with a high-five.

Habit coaching by chat

Hire a coach for asynchronous coaching in a private chat inside the app on iOS, Android or the web, with check-ins nearly every day on a schedule you agree together.

Step-by-step plans

Coaches publish plans with daily instructions for goals such as meditation or exercise, for people who want more guidance than a checklist.

stickK

Commitment Contracts

A contract with yourself that fixes a goal, a start and end date and a reporting schedule. After creation you can only add a Referee, invite Supporters and change its privacy settings.

Reports on a fixed schedule

You report success or failure daily, weekly or once at the end. A report not filed within 24 hours (daily) or 72 hours (weekly and single-report contracts) counts as unsuccessful.

Referees

A person you invite verifies your reports and has the final word: a Referee can turn a reported success into a failure. Without one, the contract runs "On Your Honor".

Money stakes

Set an amount that is charged to your card within 48 hours of each unsuccessful reporting period. Under the June 2024 terms, new stakes go to an anti-charity you pick or to stickK itself.

Supporters and Commitment Journal

Supporters can be emailed your result after each report and can comment in the Commitment Journal, where you add notes and progress photos.

Communities and Campaigns

A public contract can be listed in up to three of ten topic Communities. Campaigns bundle a set of contracts for a group, whose members join with an activation code.

Coach.me

• Habit Tracker$0

  Unlimited habits with daily check-ins, weekly targets, reminders, streaks and trends, plus community Q&A and props.

• Habit Coaching$25

  per week, or $87 per month

  Daily one-on-one coaching in a private chat with a coach from the directory. Bills weekly or monthly until canceled; each coach is priced separately.

• Leadership Coaching$150

  per month

  A leadership program with twice-monthly live lessons, a peer lab and weekly leadership lessons.

• Custom Individual & Group CoachingCustom

  Packages that some coaches offer at rates they set themselves; pricing is shown on each coach's profile page.

• Phone consultationCustom

  A 30-minute call with a coach, charged once per call at a rate that varies by coach.

stickK

• Commitment Contract$0

  Any number of personal contracts with a Referee, Supporters and a journal. Optional stakes are charged per failed reporting period.

• Campaigns Basic$0

  Free plan for group Campaigns. An account downgraded to it keeps its most active Campaign and 2 of that Campaign's Commitments.

• Campaigns All-access and ProNot published

  Paid group plans that unlock more features, each with its own Campaign and Commitment limits, billed monthly or annually. Prices appear only inside a Campaign admin account.