# Orbit vs Streaks: Habit Tracker or Routine App? (2026) *Orbit vs Streaks, compared honestly. Streaks is a polished one-time-purchase habit tracker; Orbit runs routines step by step and forgives missed days.* URL: https://orbit.groot-apps.com/compare/orbit-vs-streaks/ By Aron de Groot · Published 10 September 2026 · 3-minute read In short Streaks is an Apple Design Award-winning habit tracker: up to 24 daily tasks, iCloud sync, automatic completion from the Health app, a great Apple Watch app, and a one-time price. Its goal, as the name says, is an unbroken run of days. Orbit is not a tracker: it walks you through a routine step by step on the Lock Screen and forgives missed days with earned streak freezes. Choose Streaks to record many separate habits; choose Orbit to get through a sequence. Key facts - Streaks is made by Crunchy Bagel Pty Ltd in Australia and costs $5.99 as a one-time purchase in the US App Store. - Streaks runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch (iOS 17.6 or later) and syncs through iCloud; Orbit is iPhone-only on iOS 26. - Streaks tracks up to 24 tasks and can mark some complete automatically from Apple Health data. - Orbit is a routine runner: it guides a sequence of steps rather than recording separate habits. - Streaks had 27,349 US ratings averaging 4.8 on 10 September 2026. ## What each app is for Streaks is a habit tracker, and one of the best made. You choose up to 24 tasks you want to do each day — drink water, read, floss, walk — and tap them done. It syncs through iCloud, reads completions automatically from the Health app for things like steps and water, supports negative tasks for breaking habits, timed tasks, notes, sharing tasks with other Streaks users, widgets, Siri Shortcuts and an excellent Apple Watch app with every complication type. It is a one-time purchase, and it won an Apple Design Award. Orbit is a routine runner. It does not track a list of separate habits; it holds an ordered sequence — a morning, a shutdown, a wind-down — and walks you through it one step at a time, with the current step on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. The two answer different questions. Streaks asks: did you do each of these things today? Orbit asks: what is the next step, right now? The difference is set out in full in habit tracker vs routine app. ## Side by side | | Streaks | Orbit | |---|---|---| | Made by | Crunchy Bagel Pty Ltd, Australia | Aron de Groot (Groot Apps), Netherlands | | Apple devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone only | | Minimum iOS | 17.6 | 26 | | Price (US) | $5.99 once | Free trial, then $2.99/week, $39.95/year or $69.99 once | | Core job | Track up to 24 daily habits | Run a routine step by step | | Automatic tracking | Yes, from Apple Health | No | | Sync | iCloud | Optional private iCloud | | Apple Watch | Yes, with complications | No | | Missed days | The streak is the goal; a miss matters | Streak freezes rescue a streak when you return | | Account required | No | No | | US ratings (10 Sep 2026) | 4.8 from 27,349 | New — released 30 Aug 2026 | Platform facts are from each app's App Store listing, checked on 10 September 2026. ## Where Streaks is genuinely better Price. One payment of $5.99 in the US, no subscription. Orbit's lifetime option costs more and its subscriptions add up. Many separate habits. Up to 24 tasks, each with its own schedule, tracked in one grid. Orbit is not designed for that. Automatic tracking and Apple Watch. Health integration means steps or water can complete themselves, and the Watch app is among the best in the category. Maturity. On the App Store since 2015, with an Apple Design Award. ## Where Orbit is genuinely better It guides a sequence. Streaks records that you did your morning; Orbit gets you through it — which is the part ADHD executive dysfunction makes hard. The routine continues on the Lock Screen, so a distraction costs a glance, not the whole morning. Missed days. In an app called Streaks, the unbroken run is the point. That is motivating until the first bad week. Orbit earns you a freeze for every five days in a row, and when you come back after a miss it offers to rescue the streak. If broken streaks have ended apps for you, read why streaks break ADHD brains before choosing. Timers that adapt. Steps can be timed, counted or ticked off, and timers adjust to how long a step really takes you. ## Who should pick which - You want to track many small daily habits: Streaks. - You want to pay once and never again, cheaply: Streaks. - You wear an Apple Watch: Streaks. - You need to get through a morning or bedtime sequence: Orbit. - A broken streak is what usually ends it for you: Orbit. They combine well: Streaks for separate habits, Orbit for the two or three routines that hold the day together. More options are in the best habit tracker for ADHD. Orbit is a routine app, not a medical device, a diagnosis or a treatment. Nothing here is medical advice. If ADHD symptoms are affecting your daily life, talk to a qualified clinician. ## Frequently asked **What is the difference between Orbit and the Streaks app?** Streaks is a habit tracker: you mark up to 24 separate tasks done each day and build a run of consecutive days, with automatic completion from Apple Health for some tasks. Orbit is a routine runner: it walks you through an ordered sequence of steps with a timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and forgives missed days with earned freezes. **Is the Streaks app good for ADHD?** It is polished, private and pays for itself with a one-time price. The risk for ADHD is the core mechanic: the goal is an unbroken streak, and a missed day matters. People who have abandoned apps after a broken streak should test that before committing. **Can I use Streaks and Orbit together?** Yes. Streaks for separate daily habits — water, steps, reading — and Orbit for sequences like a morning or bedtime routine. They overlap very little. ## Sources and further reading - Streaks on the App Store — Apple - Streaks — official site — Crunchy Bagel - Orbit on the App Store — Apple ## Try Orbit for yourself Orbit is free to download with a free trial — three days on the weekly plan, a week on the yearly one — so the fastest way to compare is to run one real routine in it on an ordinary morning.