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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Habitica

The Insider’s Guide

Habit and task tracker that works like a role-playing game

Habitica, as pictured on habitica.com

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among habit trackers, read from Habitica’s own pages.

Made by HabitRPG, Inc. · checked Oct 4, 2026 · toolgpa.com

3.4GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05After you payGetting your money back, getting out, and getting help
  6. 06The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Habitica’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Habitica’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 4, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

3.4

GPA, above 42 of the 43 other habit trackers we grade

Habitica is a habit and task tracker that treats daily life like a role-playing game. Completing Habits, Dailies and To Do's earns gold, experience and items for an avatar, and friends can form Parties to take on Quests together. The app is free and open source, with an optional subscription, paid Gems and paid Group Plans that add a shared task board.

To get you started, here are 10 things to know about Habitica, taken from its own pages and our grades.

There's a vocabulary waiting too: Habits against Dailies against To Do's, Gems, Mystic Hourglasses, Parties and Quests.
From our grade for ease of use
  1. 1

    Best for turning habits and to-dos into a role-playing game

    The tracker, Parties and Quests are free.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at $4 a month when paid by the year

    As its pricing page puts it: $4.99 per month, or $47.99 for 12 months (App Store prices).

  3. 3

    There is a free plan

    Habits, Dailies, To Do's, rewards, avatars, Parties and Quests are free; the vendor's App Store listing says the app can be fully enjoyed for free.

  4. 4

    It runs on 3 platforms

    Web, iOS and Android.

  5. 5

    Habits, Dailies and To Do's

    Habits are positive or negative actions logged as they happen, Dailies repeat on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule, and To Do's are one-off tasks.

  6. 6

    RPG rewards

    Finished tasks earn gold, experience and items for a customizable avatar, and missed ones cost health points. Rewards to spend gold on can be customized.

  7. 7

    Parties and Quests

    Friends team up in a Party for accountability and take on Quests together, which award Pets and Equipment.

  8. 8

    Refunds: no set window

    The terms invite you to ask for your most recent payment back, which is more than many apps offer, but the wording is careful: a refund, if any, worth whatever subscription benefits you haven't used and whatever the payment processor's window allows. No number, no promise, and you ask by email.

  9. 9

    A 3.4 GPA, above 42 of 43

    That is against the other habit trackers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  10. 10

    Keep it

    The plain part of Habitica you could make: habit tracking and tasks. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

Habitica at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from $4.99 per month, or $47.99 for 12 months (App Store prices)
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
None stated
Runs on
Web, iOS, Android
Made by
HabitRPG, Inc., since 2013
Category
Habit Trackers
Our grade
3.4 GPA, very good
Store rating
4.3 on the App Store, 3,464 ratings

The report card

Best for turning habits and to-dos into a role-playing game

Habitica turns your habits and to-dos into a role-playing game: tick things off and your avatar earns gold, experience and gear, miss them and you lose health points. The tracker, Parties and Quests are free. But there's a vocabulary to learn first, the $4.99 subscription buys only in-game perks, assigning shared tasks costs $9 a month plus $3 a member, and there's no desktop app.

ToolGPA report cardHabiticaGraded Oct 10, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyAThe tracker is free and open source, and the vendor's own listing says the app can be fully enjoyed for free. The $4.99 a month subscription buys in-game items, not features. The one real paid feature is a shared task board, at $9 a month plus $3 for each extra member.
Free plan and trialANo cap anywhere to walk into: Habits, Dailies and To Do's, rewards you set yourself, avatar customization, Parties and Quests, synced across your devices. Gems, the in-game currency for gear and outfits, are the only thing sold from $0.99.
FeaturesAHabits logged as they happen, Dailies on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule and one-off To Do's, plus reminders, widgets and sync. On top sits a role-playing game with gear, pets, health points, Parties and Quests, which its rivals here don't offer.
Ease of useC4.3 on the App Store from about 3,500 ratings, which on our ladder needs ten times that volume to earn a B. There's a vocabulary waiting too: Habits against Dailies against To Do's, Gems, Mystic Hourglasses, Parties and Quests.
Platforms and integrationsBThe web app, iPhone and Android, all synced, which covers a laptop and whatever's in your pocket. No Mac or Windows app is listed, and nothing on record that it connects to: the code is on GitHub, but public pull requests have been paused since August 2026.
Grade point averageVery good, out of 4.03.4

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who Habitica is for

  • Fits if levels, gear and pets get you moving when a plain checklist doesn't
  • Works for friends who want to keep each other honest, since a Party takes on Quests together

Who it is not for

  • Skip it if you want a calm, plain tracker, because the game is the whole point
  • Pricey if you need to assign shared tasks, as that's a Group Plan at $9 a month plus $3 a member
  • Not for you if you expect the subscription to add features, since it's in-game perks only, and Gems are sold on top from $0.99
  • Not for you if you want a Mac or Windows app or integrations, as none are listed
  • Watch out: public pull requests to the open-source code have been paused since August 2026

Good to know

Good for

  • People motivated by game mechanics such as levels, gear and pets
  • Friends who want to keep each other accountable
  • Tracking habits, routines and one-off to-dos without paying

Worth knowing

  • The vendor lists a website plus Android and iOS apps; no desktop apps are listed.
  • Assigning shared tasks to other people needs a Group Plan at $9 a month plus $3 for each additional member.
  • Gems, the paid in-app currency for equipment and avatar customizations, are sold separately in packs from $0.99.
  • Subscription benefits are in-game items and perks rather than extra task features.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$4

A month to start, paid by the year. There is a free plan too

Habitica has a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99 per month, or $47.99 for 12 months (App Store prices).

The tracker is free and open source, and the vendor's own listing says the app can be fully enjoyed for free.
From our grade for value for money

  • Free

    $0

    Habits, Dailies and To Do's with rewards, avatar customization, Parties and Quests, synced across devices.

  • Subscription

    $4.99

    per month; $14.99 for 3, $29.99 for 6, $47.99 for 12 months

    Optional in-game perks: an exclusive gear set every month, Mystic Hourglasses and the ability to buy Gems with Gold.

  • Group Plan

    $9

    per month, plus $3 per month for each additional member

    A shared task board with tasks assigned to members, and full subscription benefits for everyone in the group.

The free plan

Habits, Dailies, To Do's, rewards, avatars, Parties and Quests are free; the vendor's App Store listing says the app can be fully enjoyed for free.

Read from apps.apple.com on Oct 4, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • Annual discount

    About 20% less with a 12-month subscription

    The App Store listing shows the subscription at $4.99 for 1 month and $47.99 for 12 months, about 20% less than 12 monthly payments ($59.88).

    Stated on apps.apple.com

What the app costs elsewhere

Each country’s App Store price for “1 Month Subscription”, against $4.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.

CountryPrice thereIn dollarsAgainst the US
Turkey₺18,99$0.3992% less
BrazilR$ 15,90$3.1836% less
IndonesiaRp 65ribu$3.6427% less
Philippines₱ 249.00$3.9621% less
Australia$6.99$4.88about the same
Mexico$105.00$5.7716% more
Germany5,49 €$6.1523% more
United Kingdom£4.99$6.6032% more

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

3

Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android

Habit and task tracker that works like a role-playing game. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, public API, tasks, habit tracking.

Habits logged as they happen, Dailies on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule and one-off To Do's, plus reminders, widgets and sync.
From our grade for features
Habits, Dailies and To Do's
Habits are positive or negative actions logged as they happen, Dailies repeat on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule, and To Do's are one-off tasks.
RPG rewards
Finished tasks earn gold, experience and items for a customizable avatar, and missed ones cost health points. Rewards to spend gold on can be customized.
Parties and Quests
Friends team up in a Party for accountability and take on Quests together, which award Pets and Equipment.
Group Plans
A paid Group Plan lets members work from one task board and lets tasks be assigned to any number of members.
Reminders, widgets and sync
The mobile apps include reminders and widgets, and progress syncs across devices.
Open source
The code is published on GitHub and the project says it will stay open source. Public pull requests have been paused since August 4, 2026.

Where it runs

  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android

What it works with

Its own pages name no integrations.

Who makes Habitica

Habitica is an open-source habit tracker whose service, its terms say, is provided by HabitRPG, Inc. The press kit says the project launched on Kickstarter in 2013 and is kept going by open-source volunteers and by paying users, through subscriptions, Gems and Group Plans.

Ownership
Privately held. Habitica's terms of service say the service is provided by HabitRPG, Inc., and no parent company is named anywhere on the site. The code is public and the press kit credits volunteers and paying users.habitica.com
Funding
No investment round has been announced. The press kit says Habitica launched with a Kickstarter in 2013 and has since been supported by its open-source volunteers and its paying users.habitica.com
Founders and leaders
Lately
Follow

Read on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

42/43

Other habit trackers it is graded above

Habitica's GPA of 3.4 is higher than 42 of the 43 other habit trackers we grade, and level with 1.

It stands best on features (A, above 41 of 43) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $4 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $2.50 for the category: 20 of the 28 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 44 habit trackers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Habitica’s own letter is outlined.

  • AValue for moneyAbove 30 of 43
  • AFree plan and trialAbove 34 of 43
  • AFeaturesAbove 41 of 43
  • CEase of useAbove 0 of 43
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 31 of 43

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 32 habit trackers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Habitica is the marked dot.

C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$0.5$1$2$5$10$20$50$100More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessHabiticaHabitifyMyRoutineToday Habit TrackerHabitMinderTable Habit

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

The plain part of Habitica you could make: habit tracking and tasks. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.4 is higher than 42 of the 43 other habit trackers we grade. It costs $47.99 a year. Habitica is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.

What you could make

  • Habit tracking and tasks: an app builder makes these well.

What you could not

  • A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
  • An API that other software can build on.
  • Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
  • The depth: we grade its features A, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. Habitica’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 05 · Refunds

After you pay

Getting your money back, getting out, and getting help

CRefunds
CSupport

What happens once you have paid: whether you can get your money back, how to leave, and how to reach a person when something goes wrong. Each is graded from Habitica’s own terms and help pages.

Refunds and cancelling

CGrade

Ordinary · checked Oct 18, 2026

The terms invite you to ask for your most recent payment back, which is more than many apps offer, but the wording is careful: a refund, if any, worth whatever subscription benefits you haven't used and whatever the payment processor's window allows. No number, no promise, and you ask by email. Against that, Habitica itself is free, so stopping the subscription costs you perks rather than the app. That is the ordinary deal, so a C.

Refund window
No set window
How you cancel
In the app store
Getting your money back

The terms say you can request a refund of your most recent payment by contacting Habitica by email, and that the amount, if any, will be based on the purchased but unused subscription benefits and on the terms its payment processors impose, including how long their refund period runs. No window is given. For an App Store purchase the terms say Apple must be asked, because developers cannot refund those.

Stated on habitica.com
How to cancel Habitica

Habitica's App Store listing says a subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and that you manage it and switch off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings. A Group Plan, which is billed on the website, is cancelled from the Group Billing tab of the plan itself. No page we read says how to stop an individual subscription bought on habitica.com.

Stated on apps.apple.com
What you keep afterwards

No page read says what happens to subscriber perks once a subscription lapses, beyond the App Store listing's line that the app can be fully enjoyed for free. The terms say that if an account is terminated you lose access to it and to any data or content with it. A FAQ answer says task data can be exported from the Site Data tab in Settings, and the privacy policy gives a right to ask for erasure.

Stated on habitica.com
Renewals

The Group Plans page says a Group Plan renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, that you are charged within the 24 hours before renewal based on the member count at that moment, and that members added mid-period show up as a prorated charge next cycle. The App Store listing says the same 24-hour rule for individual subscriptions. No reminder is promised.

Stated on habitica.com

In your favour

  • The terms openly invite you to ask for your most recent payment back, which is unusual.
  • Habitica itself is free, so ending a subscription costs you perks rather than the app.
  • A Group Plan is cancelled by you, from the Group Billing tab of the plan.
  • You can export your task data from the Site Data tab in Settings before you go.

Watch out for

  • Any refund is worth only your unused benefits, and the terms twice say if any.
  • You have to send an email to ask: there is no refund button anywhere.
  • Nothing on Habitica's own site says how to stop an individual subscription bought on the web.
  • Subscriptions renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, with no reminder.

Customer support

CGrade

Ordinary · checked Oct 18, 2026

One email address handles everything, from account problems to subscription and payment issues, with a long FAQ behind it and a bug report you can file from inside the app. For an open-source project with a public code repository that's a fair offer. What it doesn't give you is a reply time, any hours, or a word in the FAQ about cancelling or refunds. That puts it where most apps sit, at a C.

Ways to get help

  • Email

    The Contact Us page lists a single email address against every heading it has: account problems, bug reports, subscription and payment issues, business and marketing questions, and merchandise. The FAQ points to the same address for anything it does not answer.

    Stated on habitica.com

  • Help inside the app

    Bugs can be reported from inside the product: on the mobile apps through the menu, Support, Get Help and then Report a Bug, and on the website from the Help menu's Report a Bug item.

    Stated on habitica.com

  • Help centre

    A long FAQ page covering tasks, habits, avatars, parties, quests, group plans, exporting data and reporting bugs. It is public and needs no account, and the site also publishes API documentation.

    Stated on habitica.com

  • Community or forum

    Habitica is open source and its code, issues and contributor wiki are public on GitHub, which the site's footer links to as Contributing to Habitica.

    Stated on github.com

Not listed on Habitica’s pages: live chat, phone.

When people answer

Its pages do not say.

How fast it says it replies

Its pages do not say.

What depends on your plan

Its pages do not say.

In your favour

  • One address covers everything, including subscription and payment problems, so there is no routing maze.
  • The FAQ is long and plainly written, and it is open to free users and subscribers alike.
  • Bugs are reported from inside the app or the website, rather than through a separate system.
  • The code and its issue tracker are public, so you can see what is being worked on.

Watch out for

  • No hours and no reply time are stated on any page we read.
  • There is no live chat, no phone line and no ticket system: it is one mailbox.
  • The FAQ says nothing about cancelling a subscription or asking for a refund.
  • Feature requests go to a Google form, where you cannot follow what happens next.

What these two grades rest on. Read on 18 October 2026: Habitica's terms of service and their Premium Service and Payments section, its privacy policy, its FAQ, its Contact Us page, its Group Plans page, its App Store listing and its public GitHub repository. Habitica has no help centre beyond the FAQ, so none was read. Nobody here cancelled a plan or contacted its support. They are graded apart from the five that make the GPA. How we grade refunds and support.

Part 06 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Habitify, Streaks, Griply and TickTick

The 4 tools Habitica is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

  • 2.8GPA

    Habitify

    Free plan · from $29.99/yr

    Cross-platform habit tracker with health-data sync and an API.

    • Only Habitify lists a macOS app.
    • Habitica is open source, according to its own site.
    • Habitica also covers tasks.
    Habitica and Habitify compared in full
  • 2.4GPA

    Streaks

    From $5.99 one-time

    Habit tracker for Apple devices built around daily streaks.

    • Habitica has a free plan. Streaks does not.
    • Only Habitica lists a web app.
    • Only Habitica lists an Android app.
    Habitica and Streaks compared in full
  • 2.4GPA

    Griply

    Free plan · from $4.16/mo

    Goal planner that links goals to habits, tasks and time blocks.

    • Only Griply lists macOS and Windows apps.
    • Habitica is open source, according to its own site.
    • Griply also covers time blocking, calendar and goals.
    Habitica and Griply compared in full
  • 3.4GPA

    TickTick

    Free plan · from $49.99/yr

    To-do list with a calendar, habit tracker and Pomodoro timer built in.

    • Only TickTick lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
    • Only TickTick lists a browser extension.
    • Habitica is open source, according to its own site.
    Habitica and TickTick compared in full

Part 07 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

18

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is Habitica free?

Habitica has a free plan. Habits, Dailies, To Do's, rewards, avatars, Parties and Quests are free; the vendor's App Store listing says the app can be fully enjoyed for free.

How much does Habitica cost?

Habitica lists 3 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does Habitica work on?

Habitica is available on Web, iOS and Android.

Does Habitica offer any discounts?

Habitica publicly lists the following: About 20% less with a 12-month subscription.

How is Habitica rated?

Habitica's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3,464 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.

Does Habitica have a Windows app?

No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 4, 2026. Habitica is listed for Web, iOS and Android.

Does Habitica have a macOS app?

No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 4, 2026. Habitica is listed for Web, iOS and Android.

Is Habitica open source?

Yes. Habitica is open source, according to its own site.

Does Habitica have an API?

Yes. Habitica offers a public API, according to its own site.

Who makes Habitica?

Habitica is made by a company of the same name. Habitica's terms of service say the service is provided by HabitRPG, Inc., and no parent company is named anywhere on the site.

What are the alternatives to Habitica?

The closest alternatives to Habitica in our directory are Habitify, Streaks, Griply and TickTick.

Does Habitica give refunds?

The terms say you can request a refund of your most recent payment by contacting Habitica by email, and that the amount, if any, will be based on the purchased but unused subscription benefits and on the terms its payment processors impose, including how long their refund period runs.

How do I cancel Habitica?

Habitica's App Store listing says a subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and that you manage it and switch off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings.

What happens to my data if I cancel Habitica?

No page read says what happens to subscriber perks once a subscription lapses, beyond the App Store listing's line that the app can be fully enjoyed for free.

How do I contact Habitica support?

Habitica's pages list these ways to get help: email, help inside the app, help centre and community or forum.

How does Habitica compare with other habit trackers?

Habitica's GPA of 3.4 is higher than 42 of the 43 other habit trackers we grade, and level with 1.

Is Habitica good value for money?

ToolGPA grades Habitica A for value for money. Its paid plans start at $4 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $2.50 for the category: 20 of the 28 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of Habitica?

The plain part of Habitica you could make: habit tracking and tasks. What surrounds it you could not.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Habitica’s own pages on Oct 4, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Habitica's own pages on 4 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-08-05.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by HabitRPG, Inc. Prices change, so check habitica.com before you buy.

Part 08 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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