The Habo Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Habo in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Habo
The Insider’s Guide
Free, open-source habit tracker with optional encrypted sync
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among habit trackers, read from Habo’s own pages.
Made by PPDev s.r.o. · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Habo’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Habo’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
3.0
GPA, above 37 of the 43 other habit trackers we grade
Habo is a minimalist habit tracker for Android and iPhone, released under the GPL-3.0 license and published by PPDev s.r.o. The core app is free, has no ads, needs no account and works offline. Version 4.0, announced in March 2026, added Habo Sync, a paid add-on for end-to-end encrypted sync and automatic backups across devices, which can also be self-hosted on your own Supabase backend at no charge.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Habo, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Look elsewhere if you need any of those.
- 1
Best for a free, private habit tracker with no account
Habo is a free, open-source habit tracker for phones with no ads and no account, and it works offline.
- 2
Paid plans start at $0.83 a month when paid by the year
As its pricing page puts it: $1.99 per month, or $9.99 per year, for Habo Sync.
- 3
There is a free plan
The whole tracker is free and open source with no ads or account. Only the hosted Habo Sync service for multi-device sync and cloud backups is paid, and it can be self-hosted for free.
- 4
It runs on 2 platforms
iOS and Android.
- 5
Quick check-ins
A day can be logged as a success, a numeric value, missed or skipped, and a skip does not affect the streak. Each check-in can carry a note of up to 400 characters.
- 6
Calendar and statistics
A monthly calendar shows streaks and completions, and statistics chart streaks, trends and completions over time.
- 7
Habo Sync
Data is encrypted on the device with a Master Password before upload, so the server holds only ciphertext. Conflicts between devices are resolved by keeping the latest change.
- 8
A 3.0 GPA, above 37 of 43
That is against the other habit trackers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Your call
A habit tracker at its plainest is a list of habits, a tick for each day and a count of the streak.
Habo at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $1.99 per month, or $9.99 per year, for Habo Sync
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- iOS, Android
- Made by
- PPDev s.r.o.
- Category
- Habit Trackers
- Our grade
- 3.0 GPA, very good
The report card
Best for a free, private habit tracker with no account
Habo is a free, open-source habit tracker for phones with no ads and no account, and it works offline. Syncing devices costs $1.99 a month or $9.99 a year for Habo Sync, or you run a Supabase backend yourself. It's phones only, the App Store build is marked for iPhone alone, there are no timers, health links or watch app, and it's a one-person project. Look elsewhere if you need any of those.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | The tracker itself is free and open source, and the only thing sold is the sync service at $9.99 a year, under 60% of this category's cheapest quarter. Run the sync backend on your own Supabase project and that costs nothing too. |
| Free plan and trial | A | Free outright, with no ads, no account and no cap: every completion type, statistics, reminders, categories, a biometric lock and local export and backup. Syncing two devices is the paid part, unless you set up your own server. |
| Features | C | It does plain tracking: a day logged as done, a number, missed or skipped, skips that spare your streak, notes up to 400 characters, a monthly calendar, trend charts, categories and archiving. There are no timers, health-data links or watch app on record. |
| Ease of use | B | No store rating on record, and nothing to set up: no account and no internet needed. Self-hosting sync is the fiddly path, since it needs your own Supabase project. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Phones only. The vendor lists Android and iOS, the App Store listing is marked for iPhone alone, and there's no web or desktop app anywhere. Apple Shortcuts and your own Supabase project are the only things it talks to. |
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 Habo is for
- Fits if you want a free tracker with no ads and no account, on one phone
- Works for people willing to run their own Supabase backend to get sync for free
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want a web or desktop app, as it's phone only and the App Store build is marked for iPhone alone
- Not for you if you expect free sync between devices without setting up a server yourself
- Too light for people who want timers, health data or a watch app, none of which are on record
- Watch out: Lifetime at $19.99 covers Habo Sync only for as long as it's offered, and future services may cost extra
- Watch out: the developer calls it a one-person project backed by community contributors
Good to know
Good for
- People who want a free, open-source tracker with no ads or account
- Privacy-minded users who want sync the server cannot read
- Self-hosters willing to run their own Supabase backend
Worth knowing
- Phone only: the vendor lists Android and iOS, the App Store listing is marked only for iPhone, and there is no web or desktop app.
- Syncing between devices needs a paid Habo Sync plan or a Supabase backend that you set up and run yourself.
- The terms limit the Lifetime purchase to the Habo Sync feature, for as long as it is offered; future standalone services may cost extra.
- The developer describes Habo as a one-person project supported by community contributors and translators.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$0.83
A month to start, paid by the year. There is a free plan too
Habo has a free plan. Paid plans start at $1.99 per month, or $9.99 per year, for Habo Sync.
Run the sync backend on your own Supabase project and that costs nothing too.
Habo
$0
The complete habit tracker: all completion types, statistics, reminders, categories, biometric lock and local export and backup.
Habo Sync Monthly
$1.99
per month
Hosted end-to-end encrypted sync across devices and automatic cloud backups, bought inside the Android or iOS app.
Habo Sync Annual
$9.99
per year
The same sync and backup service billed yearly, labelled Best Value on the vendor's pricing section.
Habo Sync Lifetime
$19.99
one-time purchase
Listed in the US App Store. The terms say it covers the Habo Sync feature for as long as that feature is offered.
The free plan
The whole tracker is free and open source with no ads or account. Only the hosted Habo Sync service for multi-device sync and cloud backups is paid, and it can be self-hosted for free.
Read from habo.space on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save over 50% with annual billing
The pricing section lists Habo Sync at $1.99 a month or $9.99 a year and labels the annual plan as saving over 50%; twelve months at the monthly rate is $23.88.
Stated on habo.spaceLifetime license
Habo Sync Lifetime for $19.99
The US App Store lists a one-time Habo Sync Lifetime purchase at $19.99, about the price of two years on the annual plan.
Stated on apps.apple.comOther savings
Self-hosting the sync backend is free
Habo Sync can run on your own Supabase backend with every sync feature and no subscription; the vendor says Supabase's free tier is enough.
Stated on github.com
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “Habo Sync Lifetime”, against $19.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $24.99 | $17.57 | 12% less |
| Turkey | ₺999,99 | $20.34 | about the same |
| Philippines | ₱ 1,290.00 | $20.53 | about the same |
| India | ₹ 1,999 | $20.67 | about the same |
| South Africa | R399.99 | $24.19 | 21% more |
| Germany | 22,99 € | $25.76 | 29% more |
| Brazil | R$ 129,90 | $25.95 | 30% more |
| United Kingdom | £19.99 | $26.43 | 32% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
2
Places it runs: iOS and Android
Free, open-source habit tracker with optional encrypted sync. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, self-hostable, works offline, local-first, end-to-end encrypted, habit tracking.
There are no timers, health-data links or watch app on record.
- Quick check-ins
- A day can be logged as a success, a numeric value, missed or skipped, and a skip does not affect the streak. Each check-in can carry a note of up to 400 characters.
- Calendar and statistics
- A monthly calendar shows streaks and completions, and statistics chart streaks, trends and completions over time.
- Habo Sync
- Data is encrypted on the device with a Master Password before upload, so the server holds only ciphertext. Conflicts between devices are resolved by keeping the latest change.
- Self-hosted sync
- The sync backend is open source and runs on your own Supabase project. The app is pointed at it under Settings, and all sync features work without a subscription.
- Privacy and data control
- The app works without an internet connection or account, can be locked with Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode, and offers export and backup of your data.
- Organization and themes
- Habits can be grouped into categories, reordered by drag and drop and archived without losing history. Themes include dark, light, OLED and Material You on Android.
Where it runs
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Supabase
- Apple Shortcuts
Habo is made by PPDev s.r.o.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
37/43
Other habit trackers it is graded above
Habo's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 37 of the 43 other habit trackers we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 34 of 43) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $0.83 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $2.50 for the category: 0 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 44 habit trackers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Habo’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 30 of 43
- AFree plan and trialAbove 34 of 43
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 43
- BEase of useAbove 12 of 43
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 4 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. Habo is the marked dot.
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.
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 Habo for yourself: habit tracking. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. At $9.99 a year it costs less than the weekend it would take to replace, which is the argument for keeping it. Habo is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could make
- Habit tracking: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- End-to-end encryption done properly.
What this rests on. Habo’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 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Loop Habit Tracker, Table Habit, OpenHabitTracker, Beaver Habit Tracker and HabitKit
The 5 tools Habo is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
Loop Habit Tracker
Free
Free, open-source Android habit tracker with a habit score.
- Only Habo lists an iOS app.
- Habo is self-hostable and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 3.0GPA
Table Habit
Free
Free, open-source habit tracker with scoring and WebDAV sync.
- Only Table Habit lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Habo is self-hostable and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Table Habit also covers goals.
- 3.0GPA
OpenHabitTracker
Free
Open-source tracker for habits, tasks and notes on every platform.
- Only OpenHabitTracker lists a web app.
- Only OpenHabitTracker lists Windows, Linux and macOS apps.
- Habo is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 2.8GPA
Beaver Habit Tracker
Free plan · from $9.90 one-time
Open-source, self-hostable habit tracker with no goals.
- Only Habo lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Beaver Habit Tracker lists a web app.
- Habo is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 2.8GPA
HabitKit
Free plan · from $0.99/mo
Habit tracker that shows each habit as a grid of daily tiles.
- Habo is open source, self-hostable and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- HabitKit can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- HabitKit also covers goals.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
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 Habo free?
Habo has a free plan. The whole tracker is free and open source with no ads or account.
How much does Habo cost?
Habo lists 4 plans. Habo: $0.
What platforms does Habo work on?
Habo is available on iOS and Android.
Does Habo offer any discounts?
Habo publicly lists the following: Save over 50% with annual billing; Habo Sync Lifetime for $19.99; Self-hosting the sync backend is free.
Does Habo have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Habo is listed for iOS and Android.
Does Habo have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Habo is listed for iOS and Android.
Is Habo open source?
Yes. Habo is open source, according to its own site.
Is Habo end-to-end encrypted?
Habo describes itself as end-to-end encrypted on its own site. Nobody here has audited that.
Does Habo work offline?
Yes, according to its own site. What works without a connection differs by plan and platform, so check the vendor's page for the detail.
What does Habo integrate with?
Habo's listing names Supabase and Apple Shortcuts. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Habo?
Habo is made by PPDev s.r.o.
What are the alternatives to Habo?
The closest alternatives to Habo in our directory are Loop Habit Tracker, Table Habit, OpenHabitTracker, Beaver Habit Tracker and HabitKit.
How does Habo compare with other habit trackers?
Habo's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 37 of the 43 other habit trackers we grade, and level with 4.
Is Habo good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Habo A for value for money. Its paid plans start at $0.83 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $2.50 for the category: 0 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Habo?
A habit tracker at its plainest is a list of habits, a tick for each day and a count of the streak.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Habo’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Habo's own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-07-17.
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 PPDev s.r.o. Prices change, so check habo.space before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Habo, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/habo
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Habo’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Habo is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by PPDev s.r.o. Prices and plans change: check habo.space before you buy.