Creytix Habits
Streak heatmaps for the habits you're actually building.
A habit tracker with streak heatmaps, flexible scheduling, and free reminders — see your consistency at a glance, without a subscription or a paywall on your own data.
Show up daily. Watch the grid fill in.
What it does for you
Heatmaps that tell the truth
A year-at-a-glance grid where every day is a tile — the pattern of your consistency is visible in a second, gaps and all. No vanity metrics, just the record.
Streaks without the anxiety tax
Streaks motivate — until one missed day wipes out a 200-day chain and you quit. Habits tracks streaks alongside recovery-friendly stats like completion rate, so a bad week is data, not failure.
Reminders are free
A habit app that can't nudge you is a journal. Per-habit reminders with custom times are included free — the cue is half the habit, and cues shouldn't be upsold.
Flexible, not rigid
Daily, weekly (3x/week), or custom schedules — 'gym 4 times a week' is a different habit than 'meditate daily,' and the tracker knows the difference.
Capabilities
- Year-view streak heatmaps per habit
- Unlimited habits on the free tier
- Flexible schedules — daily, weekly, custom
- Free per-habit reminders
- Streak counts plus completion-rate stats
- Notes on any day ('why I missed Tuesday')
- Works offline — check-ins are local
- No ads, no account, no gamified guilt economy
Proof, not adjectives
- Catalog status: Planned (Pass)
- Creytix Habits passed the app-store catalog review — this page describes the product as designed. The app is queued for build.
- Free by catalog
- Standalone rent is priced at Free (est.) and membership at Free — unlimited habits, heatmaps, and reminders included.
- The psychology is public
- Habit formation research (cue-routine-reward, implementation intentions) is decades old — the app is a frame for the science, not a patent on it.
What they offer vs everything we offer
Habit trackers split between polished paid apps and gamified free ones. Habits takes the middle the market left empty: full-featured, free, and honest about missed days.
| Capability | Streaks | Habitica | Creytix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 one-time | Free · subscription $4.99/mo or $47.99/yr | Free (Estimated) |
| Streak heatmaps | Circles view (up to 24 habits) | Streak counters, no heatmap | Yes — year-view grid |
| Unlimited habits free | 24 max (paid app) | Yes | Yes |
| Reminders free | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RPG game mechanicsIf fighting monsters motivates you, Habitica is genuinely great at it. Habits is for people who want the grid. | No | Yes — the whole point | No |
| Works on Android and iOS | Apple only | Yes | Yes |
Competitor prices and features from public store listings, last checked October 2026.
Buy it or rent it — your call
Every Creytix tool carries both prices. Buy it outright and own it forever, or rent it month to month — renting is always cheaper than buying. No per-seat traps, no forced bundle.
Rent
Free (Estimated)
Standalone rent: free. Unlimited habits, heatmaps, reminders. (Estimated — finalized at launch.)
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Do streaks actually help build habits?
They help with consistency — the research on implementation intentions ('after I pour coffee, I stretch') and visible tracking is solid. But streaks have a failure mode: one missed day can feel like total failure. That's why Habits pairs streaks with completion-rate stats — 85% over three months is a success story, not a broken chain.
How is this different from Streaks?
Streaks is a polished, paid-up-front Apple-only app ($5.99) capped at 24 habits. Habits is free, cross-platform, unlimited, and adds year-view heatmaps. If you're deep in the Apple ecosystem and like Streaks' design, it's a fine purchase — Habits is the free alternative that doesn't cap you.
What about Habitica's gamification?
Habitica turns habits into an RPG — parties, pets, bosses — and for some people that's the only thing that works. Habits deliberately doesn't gamify: no avatars, no gold, no missing a day costing you HP. Different motivation styles; pick the one that matches yours.
Can I track habits that aren't daily?
Yes — daily, weekly targets ('3x per week'), or fully custom schedules. A habit like 'call mom every Sunday' and 'gym 4x/week' track differently, and the heatmap reflects each habit's own schedule.
What happens when I miss a day?
The tile stays empty and your completion rate dips slightly — that's it. No streak-shaming, no lost levels, no punishment mechanics. The app also lets you add a note ('sick', 'traveling') so future-you understands the gap.
Further reading
From the Creytix journal
Streaks, heatmaps, and the psychology of showing up
Streaks motivate — until one missed day wipes out 200 and you quit. What habit science actually says about tracking, and how to read your own consistency without the guilt.
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