Storey vs Habitica: A Calmer Habitica Alternative?

01 / AT A GLANCE

Storey vs Habitica at a glance

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Storey vs Habitica at a glance
Feature	Storey	Habitica
Core concept	Build a city from your habits	Level up an RPG avatar by completing tasks
What a check-in gives you	A lit window in that habit’s tower	XP, gold and items
Long-term visual progress	Towers that gain a storey for every successful week	Character level, gear and pets
Missed day	Window stays dark; nothing is taken away	Missed Dailies cost HP
Effect on other people	None	On a party boss quest, your missed Dailies damage the whole party
Flexible “N days a week” goals	Yes — built into the core mechanic	Not natively supported, as far as we could verify
Task types	Recurring habits only	Habits (+/−), Dailies and To-Dos
To-do list	No	Yes
Streaks	Yes	Yes
Reminders	Yes	Yes
Home-screen widget	Yes	Yes
XP, gold or in-app currency	No	Yes, plus gems
Avatar, gear and pets	No	Yes
Seasonal events	No	Yes
Social	City sharing and neighbor visits	Parties, quests and Challenges
Web app	No	Yes
iPhone	Yes (iOS 17+)	Yes (iOS 17.6+), plus iPad
Android	Yes	Yes
Watch app	No	Wear OS (no Apple Watch app listed)
Data export	Not documented	Yes, from the website
Free plan	Up to 5 habits	The core app is free
Best for	Seeing a few habits accumulate quietly over months	Turning your whole task list into an RPG, alone or with a party

Habitica is the older, broader and cheaper product. It covers habits, recurring routines and one-off to-dos, runs in a browser as well as on phones, and wraps all of it in a retro RPG. Storey does one thing: it turns a handful of recurring habits into buildings that get taller as your weeks add up.

02 / RPG VS CITY

The biggest difference: a game you play vs a place you build

Both apps exist because a plain checklist is easy to abandon. They just reach for very different kinds of fun.

Habitica: your tasks power a character

In Habitica, you are the hero. You make an avatar, add your tasks, and every time you do something in real life you check it off and collect experience, gold and items.

That loop is immediate. Tick a box, see numbers go up. Level up. Buy gear. Hatch a pet. Join friends to fight a boss.

The game is the reward, and your tasks are what fuel it.

Storey: your habits are the buildings

Storey has no character, no XP bar and no shop.

Instead, the building is the habit. Create a reading habit and it gets its own tower. Read today and a window lights up. Reach your weekly goal and another storey is added to that tower for good.

1 habit = 1 tower
1 completed day = 1 lit window
1 successful week = 1 new storey

The reward is slower, and it is cumulative. A single check-in is small. Six months of check-ins is a skyline you can look at.

Habitica asks, “What did I earn today?”

Storey asks, “What have I built by continuing?”

03 / MISSING A DAY

What happens when you miss a day?

This is where people searching for a Habitica alternative usually start.

Habitica: missed Dailies cost health

Habitica gives your avatar health points. Leave a Daily undone and you take damage. That is a deliberate design choice: the threat of losing HP is meant to get you to do the thing.

It goes further in a party. When your party is fighting a quest boss, one member’s missed Dailies damage everyone. Accountability becomes literal: your bad day is also your friends’ bad day.

For many people that is exactly the motivation they need. For others, it turns a rough week into a guilt spiral. Among the recent App Store reviews we read, damage from missed Dailies feeling punishing came up repeatedly, and party damage has long been debated on Habitica’s own GitHub tracker.

Storey: the window stays dark

Miss a habit in Storey and that day’s window stays dark.

Miss your weekly goal and that week’s storey isn’t built.

That’s it. There is no health bar, no lost gold, and no teammate who pays for your missed day. Every storey you’ve already built stays exactly where it is.

The design bet is that people quit habits less often because they lack a penalty, and more often because one miss makes the whole effort feel ruined. Storey keeps the evidence of what you did, so starting again after a broken streak means adding to something, not rebuilding it.

04 / WEEKLY GOALS

“Three times a week” habits

Plenty of good habits are not daily. Running three times a week. Cooking at home four nights. Calling a parent twice.

Habitica: fixed schedules

Habitica’s Dailies repeat on daily, weekly or monthly schedules, so you can set a Daily for, say, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. What we could not find is a native way to say “any three days this week.” Users have asked for an “X times per week” option since 2013, and a July 2025 request was closed with no implementation visible. So, as far as we could verify, it is not natively supported.

In practice, that means picking fixed days and taking damage if life moves your run from Wednesday to Thursday, or using an untimed Habit that has no weekly target attached.

Storey: the weekly goal is the core mechanic

In Storey, every habit has a weekly goal you choose, such as 4 of 7 days. Any four days count. Hit the goal and the tower gets a storey; the days you skipped simply stay dark.

If most of your habits are “a few times a week” rather than “every single day,” this is the most practical difference between the two apps.

05 / HABITS & TO-DOS

A whole task system vs a few habits

Habitica has three kinds of task:

Habits you can tap plus or minus on, any number of times, for things you want to do more or less of.
Dailies that repeat on a schedule.
To-Dos for one-off tasks.

That means one app can hold your chores, work tasks and long-term habits together, all feeding the same character. If you want a single gamified to-do list, Habitica does that and Storey does not.

Storey tracks recurring habits only. There is no to-do list. It works best with a short list of habits you genuinely want to keep for months, which is also roughly how many habits most people can sustain at once.

If you already use a task manager and want something separate that makes your habits visible, the narrower scope is a feature. If you want everything in one place, it’s a limitation.

07 / PRICING

Storey vs Habitica pricing

Habitica is cheaper. Its core app is free, and its subscription costs less than Storey Pro.

US App Store prices as of October 2026 Scroll to compare on smaller screens →

Storey vs Habitica pricing
Plan	Storey	Habitica
Free	Up to 5 habits, with city growth, streaks and reminders	Core app; Habitica says it “can be fully enjoyed for free”
Monthly	$5.99 (Storey Pro, 7-day free trial)	$4.99
Every 3 months	—	$14.99
Every 6 months	—	$29.99
Yearly	$59.99 (iPhone)	$47.99
In-app currency	None	Gems, from 4 for $0.99 to 84 for $19.99
What paying adds	Unlimited habits, premium finishes, the Building Studio, editing check-ins older than yesterday	Optional extras that support the project

Last checked: October 5, 2026. Sources: the Habitica App Store listing and the Storey App Store listing. Storey’s Google Play listing shows the monthly plan. Prices can vary by country and change over time, so check the purchase screen before subscribing.

Storey’s free plan is useful on its own: up to five habits with full city growth, streaks and reminders. But if price is your deciding factor, Habitica wins this one.

08 / PLATFORMS & DATA

Platforms and your data

Habitica is available in more places:

A web app at habitica.com
iPhone and iPad (iOS 17.6 or later)
Android
A Wear OS app for Android watches

Storey runs on iPhone (iOS 17 or later) and Android through Google Play. There is no web app, no Apple Watch app and no Wear OS app. If you plan your day at a desktop browser, that alone may decide it for Habitica.

Habitica also lets you export your data from its website: a habit-history CSV and your full account data as JSON or XML, according to the Habitica wiki. Storey does not currently document a data export feature. Storey requires an account, and your data syncs between devices.

Habitica is also open source, which matters to some people on principle.

09 / CHOOSE STOREY

Choose Storey if…

Storey may be the better Habitica alternative if:

You want missed days to cost nothing you’ve already built.
You don’t want a party, or anyone else, to be hurt by your off days.
Your habits are “a few times a week” rather than daily.
You prefer visual progress to XP, gold and gear.
You want each habit to have its own long-term history you can see.
You already have a to-do app and only want habits here.
You want check-ins that take seconds, not a game to manage.
You use an iPhone or Android phone.

10 / CHOOSE HABITICA

Choose Habitica if…

Habitica is likely the better choice if:

You love RPGs and immediate rewards.
The threat of losing HP genuinely motivates you.
You want habits, routines and to-dos in one app.
You want a party or Challenges for accountability.
You enjoy customizing an avatar, collecting gear and raising pets.
You want a web app, or a Wear OS watch app.
You want to export your data.
You want a capable free tier or a cheaper subscription.
You value open-source software.

11 / THE VERDICT

Storey vs Habitica: which should you choose?

Choose Habitica if you want a game.

It is deeper, cheaper, available in a browser, and built for people who are motivated by levels, loot and friends counting on them. For a lot of people, that combination works.

Choose Storey if you want a record.

Storey drops the health bar, the currency and the party. What remains is a city in which every tower is a habit, every light is a day you showed up, and every storey is a week you reached your goal. A bad week leaves some windows dark. It never knocks anything down.

If you came here because Habitica started to feel like a second job, or because a missed day kept turning into a missed month, that difference is the point.

Looking at other options? Compare Storey vs Kubbo for another game with a city at its center, or Storey vs SuperBetter for quests built around resilience. Or browse all comparisons.

Habitica makes your habits a game. Storey makes them a place you get to keep.

12 / FAQS

Frequently asked questions

Is Storey a good Habitica alternative?

Storey is a good Habitica alternative if you want visual motivation without HP, gold or party damage. Each habit becomes a tower, completed days light its windows, and meeting your weekly goal adds a permanent storey. If you rely on Habitica's to-do list, web app, parties or avatar customization, Storey is not a direct replacement.

Does Habitica support “3 times per week” habits?

Not natively, as far as we could verify. Habitica's Dailies repeat on daily, weekly or monthly schedules, but requests for an “X times per week” option on Habitica's GitHub date back to 2013, and a July 2025 request was closed with no implementation visible. Storey is built around flexible weekly goals, such as 4 of 7 days.

What happens if I miss a day in Storey?

That day's window stays dark. If you miss your weekly goal, no new storey is added that week. Nothing you have already built is taken away, and there is no health bar to lose or teammate to let down.

Is Habitica free?

Yes. Habitica says it can be fully enjoyed for free. Its optional subscription is $4.99 a month or $47.99 a year on the US App Store, and gems are sold separately. Storey lets you track up to 5 habits free, and Storey Pro is $5.99 a month or, on iPhone, $59.99 a year. Prices were last checked on October 5, 2026.

Does Storey have a web app or a watch app like Habitica?

No. Storey runs on iPhone with iOS 17 or later and on Android through Google Play. There is no web app, Apple Watch app or Wear OS app. Habitica runs on the web, iPhone, iPad, Android and Wear OS.

Can I export my data from Habitica or Storey?

Habitica offers data export from its website, including a habit-history CSV and your full account data as JSON or XML. Storey does not currently document a data export feature.

Can I use Storey and Habitica together?

Yes. Some people keep Habitica for to-dos and party quests, and use Storey for the few long-term habits they want to watch grow week by week.