Comparison
Fuego vs Streaks
One is a decade-old Design Award winner. One is eight months old. Here is where each wins.
Pick Streaks if
You want it on your Watch, your iPad and your Mac, you want tasks that tick themselves off from Apple Health, and you would rather pay $5.99 once than think about a subscription again. Streaks has an Apple Design Award and 27,346 ratings. It is the safer buy.
Pick Fuego if
You want to try before paying, and you want the app to have an answer for the day you miss instead of resetting the number to zero and leaving you there.
| Feature | Fuego | Streaks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, paid upgrade for unlimited habits | $5.99, one-time |
| Platforms | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Habit limit | 3 free, unlimited on the paid plan | Up to 24 tasks |
| Apple Health | Steps, water, sleep, workouts, mindfulness | Yes, tasks complete automatically |
| Missed a day | Streak flickers, repair it with earned gems | The streak resets |
| App Store rating | 4.6 from 19 ratings | 4.8 from 27,346 ratings |
Streaks figures from the US App Store, checked 2026-08-16. Ratings move, so check the listing before you decide.
A decade of polish against eight months
Streaks won an Apple Design Award and has been refined since 2015. It runs on the Watch, syncs through iCloud, and ticks tasks off by itself when Apple Health notices you did the thing. Fuego shipped in May. On maturity there is no argument to make.
The one-time price is a real feature too. You pay once, you own it, and nobody asks you for money again. Plenty of people will read that line alone and stop reading.
Where the models split
Streaks does what the name says. Build a chain, and when you miss, the number goes back to zero. That is the classic design, and for a lot of people it works exactly as intended.
Fuego was built for the people it does not work for. The reset is the moment most habits die, so a missed day here costs gems rather than everything, and the history keeps the gap visible instead of pretending the week went fine.
The other practical split is the try-before-you-buy question. Fuego runs free for three habits with no account, which is enough to find out whether streak mechanics suit you before any money moves.
Fuego and Streaks
How much does Streaks cost?
Streaks is $5.99 as a one-time purchase on the US App Store, with no subscription. Fuego is free for three habits and charges for unlimited.
Does Streaks work on Apple Watch?
Yes, and on iPad and Mac. Fuego is iPhone only today.
Is Fuego a good Streaks alternative?
If you want to start free and you care about recovering a broken streak, yes. If you want a mature cross-device app with a decade of polish behind it, Streaks is the stronger pick and we would rather say so.
Other comparisons
- Fuego vs HabitKitBoth track daily habits on iPhone. They disagree about what a chart is for.
- Fuego vs TickTickThese are not the same category. That is the whole comparison.
- Fuego vs HabiticaBoth gamify. One asks you to maintain a character, the other asks you to keep a flame lit.
- How Streak Repair worksThe mechanic most of these comparisons turn on. Spend gems you earned to patch a missed day.
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