OpenHabitTracker vs Table Habit
We give OpenHabitTracker a 3.6 GPA and Table Habit a 3.4, out of 4.0. OpenHabitTracker grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
OpenHabitTracker
Open-source tracker for habits, tasks and notes on every platform
Free
How we grade them
| 3.6GPAOpenHabitTrackerExcellent | 3.4GPATable HabitVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AIt's free. All of it, on every platform. The maker says there are no ads, no trackers, no subscriptions and no in-app purchases, so there's no paid plan to weigh up. | AFree, with no ads and no in-app purchases, on all five platforms. There's nothing to buy. The README calls it a one-person indie project supported by donations. |
| Free plan and trial | AEverything is free with no account, on web, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and macOS. Even the sync server is free, under the GPL-3.0 license. You just have to run it yourself. | AEvery feature is free on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux, and you don't need an account. It's open source under the Apache 2.0 license, so there's no paid tier waiting further in. |
| Features | AHabits are counted in repetitions, time spent or a quantity, each with a timer, a checklist and a calendar. Charts show history, weekday frequency and your ten longest streaks. Tasks and Markdown notes sit alongside, with eleven sort keys. | BA score up to 100 per habit, habits to build and habits to avoid, rules like any X days a week or X times in a rolling window of Y days, plus heatmaps and score graphs. Solid. But home screen widgets are still marked as in progress, and sync only works over WebDAV. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, so a B is our ceiling. There's no account, so you install it and start. Sync is the hard bit: that's a Docker server you host, and the web app keeps its data on the one device. | BNo rating on record, so a B is our ceiling. It works offline with no account, so you install it and go. Sync takes more: you supply a WebDAV server. And the user guide is written for the Android app, with other platforms noted separately. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and macOS, so every device is covered. But the only thing it connects to is a Google Keep import, and no API is listed. Data goes in and out as JSON, YAML, TSV and Markdown. | BAndroid, iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux, so phone and desktop are both covered. There's no web version, though. It syncs through Nextcloud, Koofr or your own WebDAV server and imports from Loop Habit Tracker, but no API or other integrations are listed. |
| Best for | free habit tracking without the streak guilt | a free tracker that scores effort, not just streaks |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: OpenHabitTracker and Table Habit. How we grade
Where they differ
- OpenHabitTracker is free. Table Habit is free.
- Only OpenHabitTracker lists a web app.
- OpenHabitTracker is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- OpenHabitTracker also covers notes and tasks.
- Table Habit also covers goals.
In commonFree planWindowsLinuxAndroidiOSmacOSOpen sourceWorks offlineLocal-firstHabit tracking
At a glance
| OpenHabitTracker | Table Habit | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Starts at | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Everything is free on every platform: the vendor states there are no ads, no trackers, no account, no subscriptions and no in-app purchases. | Everything is free: every feature on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux, with no ads, no in-app purchases and no account. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
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| Made by | Urban Dzindzinovic | Fries_I23 |
| Price read from | openhabittracker.net | github.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
OpenHabitTracker
- People who want notes, tasks and habits in one free app
- Habits on loose intervals, where an overdue figure beats a streak
- Self-hosters who want sync on their own Docker server
- Using the same tracker on Windows, Linux, macOS and phones
Table Habit
- People who want one free tracker on phone and desktop, including Linux
- Users who already run Nextcloud or another WebDAV server
- Scoring partial or over-completed days instead of a plain streak
- Loop Habit Tracker users moving to iOS or a desktop
Worth knowing
OpenHabitTracker
- Syncing devices needs a Docker server that you host yourself. The vendor's own web app saves data on the device and has no online sync.
- The Docker image is described as a server app for one user.
- On Linux and in the web app, notifications arrive only while the app is open.
- It is a personal project by a single developer, with feedback handled on Reddit and GitHub.
Table Habit
- Home screen widgets for Android and iOS are marked as in progress on the roadmap and are not yet released.
- Sync works only through a WebDAV server that you provide; other sync backends are listed as planned.
- There is no web version, and the user guide is written for the Android app with other platforms noted separately.
- The README describes it as a one-person indie project supported by donations.
Key features
OpenHabitTracker
- Overdue ratio instead of streaks
- The time since a habit was last done is compared with its repeat interval: a 10-day habit that is 2 days overdue reads 120%. Classic streaks can be switched on.
- Flexible habit rules
- A habit sets how many times and how often per day, week, month or year, and is measured in repetitions, time spent or a quantity. Each has a timer, checklist and calendar.
- Notes and tasks alongside habits
- Markdown notes are rendered in the list, and tasks carry a planned date and time, a duration, a checklist and a timer. Categories and priorities apply to all three.
- Search, filter and sort
- Lists can be narrowed by text, date, category, priority and status, habits can be filtered by how overdue they are, and there are eleven sort keys.
- Statistics and charts
- Weekly statistics sit beside each list, and every habit has charts for progress toward its target, history by day to year, its ten longest streaks and weekday frequency.
- Self-hosted sync and file formats
- Devices sync through a Docker image run on your own server. Data imports and exports as JSON, YAML, TSV and Markdown, and Google Keep notes can be imported.
Table Habit
- Habit score
- Each habit earns a score up to 100 from a curve-based algorithm. A Target Days setting fixes the minimum number of days needed to reach the full score.
- Positive and negative habits
- A habit has a daily goal and an extra goal. Going over the goal earns bonus points up to a limit, falling short costs less than a miss, and a skipped day costs nothing.
- Completion rules
- A habit can be due daily, on any X days per week, on any X days per month, or X times within a rolling window of Y days.
- WebDAV sync
- Devices sync through a WebDAV server such as Nextcloud, Koofr or one you host yourself, so no vendor account or vendor cloud is involved.
- Heatmaps and growth charts
- A habit's detail page has a check-in heatmap, a bar chart of check-ins and a score graph that can be grouped by day, week, month or year.
- Groups, import and export
- Habits can be grouped, colored, reordered by dragging and checked in as a batch. Data exports and imports as JSON, and Loop Habit Tracker data can be imported from CSV.
Plans
OpenHabitTracker
OpenHabitTracker$0
The complete app for web, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and macOS, plus the self-hosted sync server, under the GPL-3.0 license.
Table Habit
Table Habit$0
The complete app on all five platforms, licensed under Apache 2.0, with no ads, in-app purchases or sign-up.
