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A HabitNow alternative for iPhone, Mac and Windows

HabitNow is one of the most popular habit trackers on Android, with more than 5 million downloads and 4.7 stars from more than 92,000 reviews on Google Play. It puts habits, a to-do list and a calendar in one app, and its premium upgrade is a single purchase.

HabitNow is made for Android. Its privacy policy describes purchases through Google Play Billing, and a search of the US App Store found no HabitNow app. So a common reason to look for a HabitNow alternative is a move to an iPhone, or wanting the same goal on a Mac or a Windows PC. Details below were checked on Google Play and HabitNow’s own site on 14 September 2026.

What HabitNow does well

  • Habits and tasks together. Daily, weekly or monthly goals, to-dos, categories and lists, and a calendar of your schedule.
  • Timers. A stopwatch, a countdown timer and an interval timer for anything you do against the clock.
  • Reminders and alarms you can set up the way you like.
  • Progress you can read. Success streaks, charts and statistics, and daily notes.
  • Widgets, themes and a lock that keeps the app private.

Its last Google Play update is dated July 27, 2026.

What HabitNow costs today

HabitNow is free to download. Its premium upgrade is a one-time purchase linked to your Google account, and Google Play lists in-app purchases from $0.99 to $11.99 per item. According to its privacy policy, a free user’s data is stored only on the phone, and premium adds optional cloud backups you can restore after reinstalling or on a new device.

How Reveal the Dream is different

Reveal the Dream follows one goal and draws it as a picture. Pick a photo of what you are working toward, choose a journey of 7 or 30 days, and it starts covered in one piece per day. Each check-in uncovers a piece. You can see how it looks with your own photo at revealthedream.com/try, in the browser, with nothing uploaded.

A missed day leaves its piece covered. Nothing resets, and every piece you already uncovered stays where it is.

It runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, plus Windows, alongside Android and Wear OS. The app needs no account and has no analytics.

If you are moving from Android to iPhone

Be clear about one thing before you start. On the free version, an Android phone backs up through your Google account and Apple devices stay in step through iCloud, and neither one reaches the other. Journeys cross between Android, Apple and Windows with Premium sync. If you start fresh on the new phone, the free version is all you need.

HabitNow and Reveal the Dream, checked 14 September 2026. US prices.
QuestionHabitNowReveal the Dream
Built aroundHabits, to-dos and a calendar, with streaks and statisticsOne goal photo per journey
A missed dayRecorded in your streaks and statisticsThat piece stays covered. Uncovered pieces stay uncovered.
PriceFree. Premium is a one-time purchase, and Google Play lists in-app purchases from $0.99 to $11.99.Free. Premium $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year direct, $9.99 or $69.99 in the app stores.
PlatformsAndroid phones, tablets and Chromebooks, through Google PlayiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS and Windows
WidgetsAndroid home screeniPhone, iPad and Android home screens, the Mac, and the Windows 11 Widgets Board
BackupOn the phone for free. Optional cloud backups with premium.Your own iCloud or Google account. Between Apple, Android and Windows with Premium.

When to pick which

Stay with HabitNow if you are on Android and want habits, to-dos, timers and a calendar in one app for a single payment.

Try Reveal the Dream if you have moved to an iPhone, if you want your goal on a watch, a Mac or a Windows PC, or if one photo of the goal would pull you back each day more than a list.

Sources

Every figure about HabitNow on this page was read from these pages on 14 September 2026. Prices and features change, so check the store before you buy.