# Habit Star review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Habit and routine app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Habit Star organizes habits by time of day, with routines, timers, a streak shield and stars earned for progress. Free covers unlimited habits and reminders; a one-time Pro purchase adds routines, Apple Watch, Apple Health, iCloud sync and trend views. The app keeps data on your phone, with no account. - **Category:** Habit Trackers - **Made by:** Habit Star - **Website:** https://habitstar.app - **Runs on:** iOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Android or Windows, as it's Apple devices only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Habit Star has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.99 once for Pro. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited habits and reminders, areas, streak shield, stars, goals, widgets, Siri, Shortcuts and 18 themes, with no account or ads. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of Pro, nothing charged and nothing renews. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Unlimited habits and reminders, areas, goals, widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, and a daily backup to your own iCloud. | | Pro | $9.99 one-time purchase, no renewal | Adds routines, workouts, timers, Apple Watch, Apple Health, iCloud sync, trends, calendar, journal and extra themes. | Read from https://habitstar.app/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Habit Star before buying. ## Key features - **Habits by time of day:** Routines for morning, evening and other parts of the day show one habit at a time with a single reminder. - **Break habits and pauses:** Quit habits with slip counts and daily limits, and pause or skip a habit when sick or traveling. - **Streak shield and stars:** A shield covers a missed day when most of the last two weeks were kept, and stars are earned along the way. - **Apple Health:** Pro checks off habits from Health data such as steps, sleep, workouts and mindful minutes. Access is read-only. - **Widgets, Siri and Watch:** Check off habits from widgets, Siri phrases, Shortcuts, and with Pro the Apple Watch app. - **Trends and journal:** Pro shows when you usually do each habit, a month view, a timeline and a searchable journal. ## Good for - Apple users who want a one-time price instead of a subscription - Building routines around morning, evening and workout times ## Worth knowing - iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch only; the browser demo is for demonstration and does not sync. - Routines, Apple Watch, Apple Health, iCloud sync and trends all need the Pro purchase. - Data stays on your device, so sync and backups depend on your own iCloud. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Habit Star groups habits by time of day, with streak shields and stars, no account and no ads. Free covers unlimited habits, and a one-time $9.99 Pro adds routines, Apple Watch, Apple Health, iCloud sync and trends. It's Apple only. - **Value for money: A.** Pro is $9.99 once with no renewal, under a year of the $4.99 middle subscription. The free part covers unlimited habits too. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Unlimited habits and reminders, goals, widgets and Siri, free, with no account or ads. Pro also has a 14-day trial. - **Features: B.** Habits by time of day, break habits, streak shield, widgets, Siri and a Watch app. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the basics, though Health and sync sit in Pro. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. No account to make, so you install it and start. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch with Apple Health and iCloud. No Android or web version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Habit Star's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among habit trackers - Habit Star's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 61 of the 64 other habit trackers we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 52 of 64) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 6). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/habit-trackers ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** A habit tracker at its plainest is a list of habits, a tick for each day and a count of the streak. You could make the core of Habit Star for yourself: habit tracking, goals, daily notes and reports. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. At $9.99, paid once, it costs less than the weekend it would take to replace, which is the argument for keeping it. - You could make: Habit tracking, goals, daily notes and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: an Apple Watch app, widgets and Siri. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Apple Health, iCloud, Siri Shortcuts, Apple Watch **Tags:** Habit tracking, Goals, Daily notes, Reports, Local-first ## Alternatives - [Streaks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/streaks): Habit tracker for Apple devices built around daily streaks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habit-star-vs-streaks) - [HabitNow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitnow): Android habit tracker and to-do list with a one-time upgrade. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habit-star-vs-habitnow) - [HabitBoard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitboard): Habit tracker for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habit-star-vs-habitboard) - [HabitKit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitkit): Habit tracker that shows each habit as a grid of daily tiles. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habit-star-vs-habitkit) - [Way of Life](https://toolgpa.com/tools/way-of-life): Color-coded habit tracker for building and breaking habits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habit-star-vs-way-of-life) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://habitstar.app/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/habit-star Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).