Looking for a Streaks Alternative?
Streaks is a beautifully designed habit tracker for Apple devices — iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Start Page HQ is the cross-platform new-tab dashboard with a Habit Tracker widget plus 63+ others, on every browser and every device.
What People Love About Streaks
Before we get into where Start Page HQ goes further, credit where it's due.
- A clean, polished design that's been an Apple Design Award winner — Streaks is one of the best-looking habit trackers anywhere.
- A simple one-time purchase ($5.99) — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no upsells.
- Deep Apple Health integration that auto-completes tasks based on steps, heart rate, distance, and other health metrics.
- Apple Watch complications, widgets, Siri shortcuts, and Live Activities for serious Apple-ecosystem users.
- A focused, intentional cap on 24 habits — the friction makes you prioritize what actually matters.
Where Start Page HQ Goes Further
Specific differences, not vague claims.
Cross-Platform, Not Apple-Only
Streaks runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro — and nowhere else. Start Page HQ runs on every modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) on Mac, Windows, Linux, Chromebook, Android, and iOS through the web app.
Lives on Every New Tab
Streaks is an app you open. Start Page HQ's Habit Tracker is a widget on your new tab — your streaks are visible the moment you open a browser tab, no separate launch required.
63+ Widgets in One Plan
Streaks is a habit tracker. Start Page HQ ships the Habit Tracker plus Pomodoro Timer, Tasks, Todo, Notes, Calendar, RSS, weather, AI tools, and dev utilities — your whole day on one screen.
No 24-Habit Cap
Streaks intentionally limits you to 24 tasks. Start Page HQ's Habit Tracker has no hard cap — track as many or as few habits as fit your life, on as many separate dashboard pages as you want.
Multi-Page Dashboards by Context
Build a Health page with Habit Tracker + a calming background. Build a Work page with Pomodoro Timer + Tasks. Switch between contexts in one click instead of scrolling one Streaks list.
Cross-Device Sync on Any Browser
Streaks syncs through iCloud — Apple devices only. Start Page HQ syncs across every browser on every operating system. Your habits follow you to a Windows machine at work, a Linux box at home, and a phone in your pocket.
Side-by-Side Comparison
An honest line-by-line look at how the two stack up.
| Feature | Streaks | Start Page HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $5.99 one-time (Apple) | Free plan; $3.99/mo, $25/yr, $49 LTD |
| Free tier | No | 1 page, 8 widgets |
| Widget / tool count | 1 (habit tracker) | 63+ |
| Cross-platform | Apple-only | Every modern browser |
| Lives on every new tab | No | Yes |
| Chrome | No | Yes |
| Firefox | No | Yes |
| Safari | No | Yes |
| Edge | No | Yes |
| Hosted web app | No | Yes |
| iOS / iPadOS | Yes | Web app (PWA) |
| macOS native app | Yes | Web app |
| Android | No | Web app (PWA) |
| Windows / Linux | No | Web app |
| Apple Watch / Vision Pro | Yes | No |
| Apple Health auto-completion | Yes | No |
| Habit tracker | Yes | Yes |
| Streak tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Habit cap | 24 max | No hard cap |
| Cross-device sync | iCloud (Apple-only) | Every browser, every OS |
| Pomodoro timer | No | Yes |
| Tasks / todo widgets | No | Yes |
| Notes / quick capture | No | Yes |
| RSS / news / podcasts | No | Yes |
| AI tools (image gen, translation, summary) | No | Yes |
| Lifetime plan | iOS one-time | $49 one-time |
Widgets That Replace Streaks
Drop these onto your dashboard and you've covered Streaks's core features — plus a lot more.
Habit Tracker
Track daily habits and build consistent routines with streaks and a calendar view — the core Streaks workflow, on every browser.
Todo
A simple checklist for the day's tasks alongside your habit streaks for the full daily routine.
Pomodoro Timer
A focus timer for work sessions and breaks — pair it with the Habit Tracker to make "focus time" itself a daily habit.
Tasks
A Kanban board for organizing larger projects across to-do, in-progress, and done columns.
Frequently Asked Questions
For the core habit-tracking workflow — daily habits, streaks, calendar view, completion tracking — yes, on every device with a browser. For Apple Watch complications, Apple Health auto-completion, and Vision Pro, no. If you live entirely in the Apple ecosystem and want native everything, Streaks still has the edge there.
Yes — that's the main reason to switch. Streaks only runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. Start Page HQ runs as a hosted web app at startpagehq.com plus native extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Use it on Windows, Linux, Chromebook, Android, or any other browser.
Yes — there is a free plan, and the Habit Tracker is part of it. Signup takes no credit card and gives you 1 page with 8 widgets on it, 55 of the 63 widget types, cross-device sync, every browser extension, and 50 AI credits once. Extra pages and the 8 premium widgets — Tasks among them — need a paid plan: $3.99/month, $25/year, or $49 one-time. The demo at startpagehq.com/demo unlocks everything with no signup.
Streaks is $5.99 once on Apple devices — genuinely cheap. Start Page HQ's free plan is $0 and covers the Habit Tracker on 1 page with 8 widgets, so habits plus Pomodoro Timer, Todo, Notes, and weather fit without paying. Paid plans are $3.99/month, $25/year, or $49 lifetime, and they add unlimited pages, the 8 premium widgets like Tasks and Google Calendar, and all 63+ widget types. If a habit tracker is all you need and you live entirely on Apple devices, Streaks is a solid one-time buy. If you want a cross-platform dashboard that includes habits, Start Page HQ is the broader package.
Yes, and sync is included on every plan, the free one too. Sign in once and your habits, streaks, and the rest of your dashboard sync across every browser and operating system — not just Apple ones.
There is no automated Streaks importer. Most users export their habit list from Streaks, drop on the Habit Tracker widget, and recreate the routine in a couple of minutes. The historic streak counts won't carry over, but the daily routine itself transfers cleanly.
Ready to Try Start Page HQ?
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