SmartHabits review (2026): is it worth it?
Blocks distracting apps until you hit fitness, learning or sleep goals
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SmartHabits report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for earning access to blocked apps
SmartHabits blocks apps you mark as distracting until you've done something you marked as good, like steps, sleep or time in a learning app. The site shows no prices, asks for beta testers and carries a 2023 copyright date, and it's Android only.
Who SmartHabits is for
- Fits if you want a phone lock-out on social media until you've walked
- Works for people who'd rather set their own rules for earning screen time
Who SmartHabits is not for
- Skip it if you use an iPhone, as the App Store link was dead
- Watch out: no prices are shown and the site asks visitors to be beta testers
- Watch out: the footer carries a 2023 copyright date, so keep-up is unclear
- Too light for a general habit tracker, since it only blocks and rewards
Why SmartHabits gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo price on the site, and Google Play lists only a $3.99 to $49.99 range for in-app items with no plan names.
- CFree plan and trialListed as a free download with in-app purchases, but the site doesn't say what's free.
- CFeaturesApp blocking, earning time through good apps, and step and sleep goals. A narrow job, and what each purchase unlocks isn't shown.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You mark your good and bad apps and set the rules yourself.
- DPlatforms and integrationsAndroid only. The App Store link on the site returned a not-found page from the US store.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SmartHabits's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/smarthabits#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/smarthabits.svg" alt="SmartHabits: 1.8 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where SmartHabits stands among habit trackers
SmartHabits's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 1 of the 64 other habit trackers we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on value for money (C, above 6 of 64) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 65 habit trackers we grade, cut by the letter each got. SmartHabits’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 64, level with 31
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 64, level with 39
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 64, level with 39
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 64, level with 21
- DPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 64, level with 5
Keep SmartHabits, 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 SmartHabits for yourself: habit tracking and goals. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call.
What you could make
- Habit tracking and goals: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Blocking that reaches every browser and app and is hard to switch off.
- A real app for Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
What this rests on. SmartHabits’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.
What is SmartHabits?
SmartHabits is a phone app that blocks apps you mark as distracting, such as social media, until you have done something you marked as good. That can be time in learning or wellness apps, enough steps or enough sleep, read from the phone's health data. Time spent on the good apps earns temporary access to the blocked ones.
Worth knowing
- The pricing could not be confirmed: the site shows no prices, and the Google Play listing shows only a range of $3.99 to $49.99 per in-app item with no plan names.
- The site asks visitors to join as a beta tester for lifetime discounts, and its footer carries a 2023 copyright date.
- The site links an App Store listing, but that listing returned a not-found page from the US store, so only Android is listed here.
Key features
- Block distracting apps
- Pick the apps to block, such as TikTok, Twitter or YouTube, or cap the time you spend on them directly in the app.
- Earn time on blocked apps
- Spend time on apps you choose as good, such as Duolingo, Kindle or Headspace, to earn temporary access; the site gives 15 minutes for 15 minutes as an example.
- Step goals
- Access to blocked apps can be tied to a step count, for example 10,000 steps.
- Sleep goals
- The app reads sleep from the phone's health app and blocks apps if you slept less than the minimum you set.
SmartHabits pricing
We could not confirm SmartHabits’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See smarthabits.app for current prices.
SmartHabits alternatives
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- SmartHabits vs Beeminder
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Common questions
Does SmartHabits have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. SmartHabits is listed for Android.
Does SmartHabits have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. SmartHabits is listed for Android.
Is SmartHabits open source?
SmartHabits is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.