Is there a free alternative to Habitify?

Trace (tracebyme.com) is a free online habit tracker with no habit limit, streaks with partial wins, habit stacking, and a 365-day heatmap. It works in any browser on phone, PC, or Mac, and also tracks tasks, multi-currency money, subscriptions, and invoices — features Habitify doesn't have at any price.

What are Habitify's free plan limits?

Habitify's free tier limits how many habits you can track and reserves features like unlimited check-ins, notes, and advanced reminders for Habitify Premium, which is a paid subscription or one-time purchase. The exact limits can change, so check their pricing page for current details.

What does Trace have that Habitify doesn't?

Beyond habit tracking, Trace includes tasks in the same daily agenda, multi-currency money tracking with transfers at your real bank rate, subscription and credit-card due-date tracking, and the ability to attach invoices or receipts to any expense — all free.

Free Habitify Alternative That Also Tracks Your Money (2026)

June 6, 2026 · 6 min read · by the Trace team

Habitify is one of the most polished habit trackers around — clean design, apps on basically every platform, solid streak charts. If you're reading this, you probably already know that. You've probably also hit the reason people go looking for a Habitify alternative: the free plan is a demo, and the real app is a subscription.

Why people look for a Habitify alternative

The free tier is tight

Habitify's free plan caps how many habits you can track and holds back features — more check-ins, notes, reminders depth — for Premium. Three habits is fine for week one; it's exactly when the tracker starts working that you hit the wall. (Their limits can change — check their pricing page for the current ones.)

It's another subscription

Habitify Premium is a recurring cost (or a chunky lifetime unlock). Nothing wrong with paying for software — but a habit tracker is a thing you're trying to keep for years, and "small monthly fee × years × every-app-doing-this" is precisely the subscription creep most of us are trying to escape.

It only does habits

Even Premium tracks just habits. Your tasks live in a second app, your money in a third, your receipts in a drawer. For freelancers especially, the day doesn't split into apps like that — and ironically, the subscription you buy to track habits becomes another line item you need a subscription tracker for.

Trace: free, browser-based, and wider than habits

Trace is a free online habit tracker built for exactly the person who outgrows Habitify's free plan but doesn't want another subscription:

No habit limit — track three habits or thirty.
Streaks with partial wins — log 50% on a hard day and keep the chain alive.
Habit stacking — anchor new habits to ones you never skip, nested in your daily agenda (the Atomic Habits method, built in — here's how stacking works).
365-day heatmap — your whole year at a glance.
Works in any browser — phone, laptop, PC, tablet. No install, syncs automatically.
Tasks in the same agenda — one-off and recurring to-dos beside your routines.
Money tracking built in — accounts in any currency, transfers at your real bank rate, subscriptions and credit-card due dates, and invoices attached to every expense for tax season.

Fair trade-offs, stated plainly: Habitify has native mobile apps with richer push notifications and longer-running analytics; Trace is a web app you open in the browser. If native-app polish is what you're paying for, Habitify Premium is a fine product. If you want the tracking itself — streaks, stacking, heatmap — plus your tasks and money on the same screen, free, that's Trace.

Habitify vs Trace at a glance

Price: Habitify — limited free plan, Premium subscription. Trace — free.
Habit limit: Habitify free — capped. Trace — none.
Platforms: Habitify — native apps + web. Trace — any browser, no install.
Streaks & heatmap: both yes; Trace adds partial wins.
Habit stacking: Habitify — no anchor-based stacking. Trace — built in.
Tasks: Habitify — no. Trace — yes, same agenda.
Money, subscriptions & invoices: Habitify — no. Trace — multi-currency money, subscription renewals, credit-card due dates, invoice attachments.

Everything you wanted Premium for — free

Try Trace free Free · no card · works in any browser · syncs across devices

Frequently asked questions

Is Trace really free, or is this another freemium funnel?

Trace is free to use — no card, no trial countdown, no habit cap. Sign in with Google and start tracking.

Can I switch from Habitify to Trace easily?

Setup takes about a minute: sign in, type your habit names, set any anchors for stacking. Your Habitify history stays in Habitify, but your streaks start fresh — which, eight Januaries out of ten, is the motivational reset people secretly want anyway.

Does Trace work on iPhone and Android?

Yes — it runs in the browser on any phone, and the layout adapts to mobile. Same account, same data, on your laptop and PC too.

Why does a habit tracker include money tracking?

Because the people who track habits daily are usually the same people tracking spending in a spreadsheet. Trace puts routines, tasks, income, expenses, subscriptions, and invoice storage on one screen — one daily check-in for all of it.

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