Streaks
vs ONA
Updated
The short answer
Streaks is a list of up to 24 daily tasks, each with a streak to keep, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, with Apple Health ticking some off for you. You pay once and own it. ONA is a goal tracker: one area of your life, one goal for a 7-day chapter, one small thing a day, on iPhone and Android, by subscription. If you want a clean streak list on Apple devices, bought once, Streaks. If you want a goal that ends, ONA.
At a glance
| Streaks | ONA | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | A simple, beautiful list of daily streaks on iPhone, bought once, with a Watch app. | One area of your life at a time: score the wheel, pick one, set a goal for 7 days and do one small thing a day. |
| Habits or one focus | Up to 24 daily tasks, each with its own streak. | One goal per chapter, with up to three daily rituals and side quests alongside. Two-week and month-long chapters open as you earn XP. |
| Game elements | Streak counts. | Three kinds of XP, a streak with a safety net for one missed day a week, and a magazine-style issue when a chapter ends. No levels, avatar or badges. |
| Journal | Notes per task. | An evening check-in: mood, energy, a line for your journal and a photo of the day, printed as a card. |
| Price model | One-time purchase. No subscription and no free tier. | Subscription after setup: monthly, or yearly with a 7-day free trial. No ads, no account. |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone and Android |
01 What does Streaks do well?
Streaks is the habit app the lists keep naming, and it earns it: up to 24 tasks, each a big round button with a streak count, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Its store page lists tasks that Apple Health completes for you when you walk, sleep or work out, timed tasks, and negative tasks for things to avoid.
You pay once. There’s no subscription, no free tier and no account, which is rare now and a good reason on its own.
It’s Apple only: no Android version.
02 How is ONA different?
ONA is about the thing the streak is for. You score eight areas of your life on a life wheel, pick one, and write one goal for a 7-day chapter. Each morning you choose one small thing toward it. Up to three daily rituals run alongside, with one streak for logging your days rather than one per habit.
A streak in ONA can survive a miss: the safety net covers one missed day a week. And the chapter ends: the morning after the last day you get an issue of the week, score the wheel again and pick the next area.
It’s on Android as well as iPhone, and it’s a subscription, monthly or yearly with a 7-day free trial, rather than a one-off. A different price model for a different job.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Streaks if
- You use only Apple devices and want the Watch app.
- You want to pay once and never think about it again.
- You want Apple Health to tick off walking, sleep or workouts for you.
- Habits are what you’re after, not a goal.
Pick ONA if
- You’re on Android, or you switch between the two.
- You want a goal with an end date, not streaks that run forever.
- You want one missed day a week covered.
- You want the evening check-in with a photo, and an issue at the end of the week.
FAQ
Questions about Streaks and ONA
Is ONA a Streaks alternative?
On Android it’s one of the closer ones, since Streaks isn’t there. On iPhone they’re different things: Streaks is a habit list you buy once, ONA is one goal per chapter with up to three rituals, by subscription.
Can I buy ONA once instead of subscribing?
No. It’s monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. See pricing.
Does ONA have an Apple Watch app?
No. It’s a phone app, for iPhone and Android.
How do streaks work in ONA?
Every day you log adds one. Miss a day and the safety net covers it, so the streak holds; the net comes back 7 days after you use it. A day you fill in later counts too.
Can I track things to avoid in ONA?
As a goal, yes: “no spending after nine” is one week’s goal in the examples. There’s no separate type for habits to break.
Where these facts come from
Everything here about Streaks is what its own store pages said in September 2026, not the result of testing the app, so check the store before you decide. ONA’s side is what the app does today, and How it works has the detail. No prices and no ratings on this page: the stores show those.
Get ONA
ONA is on iPhone. It’s free to set up, and after that it needs a subscription.
