Comparison
Fuego vs (Not Boring) Habits
Their pitch is no streaks, no guilt. Ours is a streak you can fix. Both positions are defensible.
Pick (Not Boring) Habits if
Streaks make you anxious and you know it. (Not Boring) Habits counts 60 repetitions and does not care when you happen to do them, which removes the exact failure mode where one missed day ends the habit. It is an Apple Design Award winner and the animations are extraordinary.
Pick Fuego if
The streak is what makes you go, and losing it is what made you stop. Fuego keeps the pressure and gives the missed day a price you can pay instead of a wall you hit.
| Feature | Fuego | (Not Boring) Habits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, paid upgrade for unlimited habits | Free, with in-app purchases |
| Platforms | iPhone | iPhone, iPad |
| Core model | Consecutive-day streak | 60 repetitions, order irrelevant |
| Missed a day | Streak flickers, repair it with earned gems | Nothing happens, by design |
| Design | Illustrated mascot | Apple Design Award winner |
| App Store rating | 4.6 from 19 ratings | 4.8 from 6,075 ratings |
(Not Boring) Habits figures from the US App Store, checked 2026-08-16. Ratings move, so check the listing before you decide.
The most interesting disagreement in habit tracking
(Not Boring) Habits removed streaks deliberately. Their argument is that a broken chain is the single most common reason somebody deletes a habit app, so they count to sixty repetitions and stop caring when those repetitions happen. Miss Tuesday and you are simply one rep further from sixty.
It is a good argument, backed by an Apple Design Award and some of the best animation on the App Store. If streaks have burned you before, that app was designed for you specifically.
Why Fuego kept the streak
Because for a lot of people the streak is the entire engine. Take it away and there is no reason to open the app tonight rather than tomorrow. The number is doing real work right up until the moment it breaks.
So Fuego keeps the pressure and changes what happens at the break. The streak still ends, the flame still flickers, and the gap stays in your history. What is different is that you can spend gems you earned to patch that day, which turns the wall into a price.
Fuego and (Not Boring) Habits
Why does (Not Boring) Habits have no streaks?
Because a broken streak is the most common reason people abandon a habit app. Their model counts to 60 repetitions instead, so a missed day delays you rather than ending you.
So why would I want streaks at all?
Because for some people the streak is the entire motivation. Removing it removes the reason to open the app. Fuego's answer is to keep the streak and price the missed day rather than deleting the consequence.
Which should I try first?
If streaks have burned you before, theirs. If a streak is the only thing that has ever made you consistent, ours.
Other comparisons
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- Fuego vs StreaksOne is a decade-old Design Award winner. One is eight months old. Here is where each wins.
- Fuego vs TickTickThese are not the same category. That is the whole comparison.
- How Streak Repair worksThe mechanic most of these comparisons turn on. Spend gems you earned to patch a missed day.
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