Everyday alternative: choosing a habit grid on iPhone
Everyday’s board follows you across devices. miniHabits offers an iPhone heatmap with different tracking modes and limits.
The short answer
miniHabits is an option if you like seeing habits as a grid but want checkbox, counter, timer and quantity entries on iPhone. It is not a replacement for Everyday’s browser experience.
What Everyday offers
Everyday’s official pages describe a shared habit board across web and mobile, browser extensions, reminders and progress statistics. Its App Store description also includes skipping days. A fair comparison should not reduce it to a grid without data or flexibility. Sources: Everyday features and official App Store listing.
If seeing your board in a browser tab is what reminds you to act, that workflow is a reason to keep Everyday. miniHabits has no web app or browser extension.
miniHabits today
miniHabits is a paid iPhone habit tracker for iOS 17 and later. It has four tracking modes: checkbox, counter, timer and quantity. Schedules can be daily, selected weekdays or a number of times per week. Its heatmap shows 26 weeks.
Streak shields bank on satisfied days and are spent automatically on a missed day when available. A protected day stays visible in the history; it is not recorded as a completed habit. Break mode pauses judgement for all habits without spending shields.
Your device’s iCloud account is required for backup and sync. There is no free tier or free trial. After onboarding, a purchase or restore is required to enter the tracker. The two plans are an auto-renewing yearly subscription and a one-time lifetime purchase. EUR reference prices are 25 € per year and 34,99 € lifetime. Your App Store checkout shows the local price and currency.
miniHabits does not currently offer Android, web or Apple Watch apps, widgets, Live Activities, Apple Health integration, notification reminders, or CSV/JSON import and export. Switching means recreating habits manually, not transferring an existing history.
Compare how you enter a day
Start with the thing you record. A checkbox suits an action with a clear finish. A counter suits repeated actions. A timer records time, while quantity records a value with a unit.
Then ask where you will enter it. A heatmap is only useful when the logging workflow fits your day. miniHabits requires opening the iPhone app; it cannot replace a desktop habit board.
Switching and cost
miniHabits does not import an Everyday board or history. Keep your old account and records if you want to refer back to them. Recreate the habits manually.
Do not choose on the assumption that a minimalist app is free or accountless. miniHabits requires iCloud and a purchase. Compare the live offers in Everyday’s pricing page with the miniHabits checkout, especially if keeping multiple devices in sync is important.
Sources and method
This comparison is written by the maker of miniHabits. Competitor details were checked against the official sources linked here on September 4, 2026. This is a documentation-based comparison, not a hands-on test. Features and offers can change; check the current store listing before paying.