# HabitPal review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Habit tracker with streaks, heatmaps, widgets and Apple Health Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. HabitPal tracks daily habits with streaks, heatmaps and completion rates, and can complete habits such as steps and sleep from Apple Health data. It has Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch widgets, Siri Shortcuts, and a Friends feature for sharing progress. It works without an account. - **Category:** Habit Trackers - **Made by:** HabitPal - **Website:** https://habitpal.app - **Runs on:** iOS, macOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you track a lot of habits on the free version. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, HabitPal has a free plan, and paid plans start at $2.99 to $39.99 for Unlimited Access (billing periods not shown). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free to start with no account needed; Pro unlocks unlimited habits and every premium feature. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Start tracking habits for free without an account, with a limit on the number of habits. | | HabitPal Pro | $2.99 to $39.99; subscription or lifetime, periods not shown | Unlimited habits and every premium feature, as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. | Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/habit-tracker-habitpal/id6478046939 on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with HabitPal before buying. ## Key features - **Streaks and heatmaps:** Shows streaks, year-at-a-glance heatmaps, completion rates and best streaks. - **Apple Health habits:** Steps, sleep, workouts and mindful minutes can complete matching habits automatically. - **Widgets and Shortcuts:** Track from Home Screen, Lock Screen or Apple Watch widgets, and log habits through Siri and Shortcuts. - **Friends:** Share habits with friends, follow progress and send nudges; this is the only part that needs an account. - **Bad habits:** Mark a habit as one to quit and log slips to see progress over time. - **iCloud sync:** Keeps habits in sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch when you turn it on. ## Good for - Apple users who want widgets and Health data to log habits for them - Tracking habits with friends for accountability - People who want to try it without creating an account ## Worth knowing - The free version limits the number of habits; Pro removes the limit. - The App Store lists several Unlimited Access purchases from $2.99 to $39.99 without saying which is monthly, yearly or lifetime. - The site describes iCloud sync for Apple devices only, and Friends needs an account. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. HabitPal tracks habits with streaks and heatmaps, can tick off steps and sleep from Apple Health, and works without an account. The free version caps how many habits you get, and the Pro purchases run from $2.99 to $39.99 with no billing periods stated. - **Value for money: C.** Unlimited Access is listed from $2.99 to $39.99 with no word on which is monthly, yearly or lifetime, so it lands in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free to start without an account, but the number of habits is limited. - **Features: B.** Streaks, heatmaps, completion rates, Apple Health habits, widgets, Shortcuts, friends and bad-habit tracking, with nothing in the listing showing a gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: B.** No verified store rating on record, the site's own 4.8 is the maker's claim. No account needed, so you open it and start. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** iPhone, Mac and Android, with Apple Health, Shortcuts and Watch widgets. Sync described is iCloud only. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from HabitPal'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 - HabitPal's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 34 of the 64 other habit trackers we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 46 of 64) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 5). 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 HabitPal for yourself: habit tracking, goals and reports. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. - You could make: Habit tracking, goals and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Apps for macOS, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: an Apple Watch app, widgets, Siri and Shortcuts. - 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, Siri Shortcuts, iCloud, Apple Watch **Tags:** Habit tracking, Goals, Reports ## Alternatives - [Streaks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/streaks): Habit tracker for Apple devices built around daily streaks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habitpal-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/habitnow-vs-habitpal) - [HabitKit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitkit): Habit tracker that shows each habit as a grid of daily tiles. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habitkit-vs-habitpal) - [Habitify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitify): Cross-platform habit tracker with health-data sync and an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/habitify-vs-habitpal) - [Everyday](https://toolgpa.com/tools/everyday): Minimalist habit tracker built on not breaking the chain. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/everyday-vs-habitpal) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://habitpal.app/ - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/habit-tracker-habitpal/id6478046939 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/habitpal Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).