# HabitLab review (2026): is it any good? > Free browser extension that cuts time on distracting sites Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. HabitLab is an open-source project from the Stanford HCI group. You pick the sites you want to spend less time on, and it tries different interventions on each visit, such as hiding feeds or blocking videos. It then reports which ones worked best for you. - **Category:** Habit Trackers - **Made by:** Stanford HCI Group - **Website:** https://habitlab.github.io - **Runs on:** Browser extension, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a daily habit checklist, because it only works on browsing. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, HabitLab is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Free; the site lists no paid plans. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | HabitLab | $0 | Free browser extension and Android app; the site lists no paid plans. | Read from https://habitlab.github.io/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with HabitLab before buying. ## Key features - **Over 20 interventions:** Includes hiding feeds, removing clickbait and blocking videos, rotated between visits to see what works. - **Sites you choose:** Supports Facebook, YouTube and any other site you pick as one you want to use less. - **Usage tracking:** Tracks your online time so you can see where it goes. - **Analytics on what helped:** Shows which interventions reduced your time the most. - **Android app:** The site also offers HabitLab for Android alongside the Chrome extension. ## Good for - Cutting time on social media and video sites - People who want to try different nudges and see data on which one works ## Worth knowing - The site's main download is for Chrome; other browsers are not mentioned on the home page. - Some anonymized data is sent to Stanford for research purposes, according to the site. - It targets browsing time and is not a daily habit checklist. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. HabitLab is a free open-source Stanford project that tries different interventions on sites you pick and reports which ones worked for you. It's about browsing time, not a daily habit list, and the main download is for Chrome. - **Value for money: A.** Free with no paid plans listed, and anyone can install it. Nothing in the category costs less. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright: a browser extension and an Android app, with no plan to hit a cap on. - **Features: C.** Over 20 interventions, usage tracking and results on what helped. It does that job fully, but it's a smaller job than habit tracking. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. Install the extension, pick your sites, and it runs by itself. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** A browser extension and an Android app. The home page mentions Chrome only, and there's no iPhone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from HabitLab'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 - HabitLab'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 features (C, above 0). - HabitLab has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/habit-trackers ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** HabitLab is free, so making your own would save you nothing. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 61 of the 64 other habit trackers we grade. - You could make: Habit tracking and time tracking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Blocking that reaches every browser and app and is hard to switch off. - You could not: A real app for Android. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Site & app blocker, Habit tracking, Open source, Time tracking ## Alternatives - [Habitica](https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitica): Habit and task tracker that works like a role-playing game. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habitica-vs-habitlab) - [Streaks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/streaks): Habit tracker for Apple devices built around daily streaks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habitlab-vs-streaks) - [Habitify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitify): Cross-platform habit tracker with health-data sync and an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habitify-vs-habitlab) - [Beeminder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/beeminder): Goal tracker that charges you money when you fall behind. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beeminder-vs-habitlab) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://habitlab.github.io/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitlab Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).