iPhone Habit Tracker with Home Screen Widget

Most habit tracker apps make the widget a premium feature — something you unlock after subscribing. Just Habits ships with home screen and lock screen widgets as part of a single one-time purchase. If you’ve been searching for an iPhone habit tracker with a real, usable widget, this page covers exactly what Just Habits offers and how it compares to the alternatives.

Check Off Habits from Your Home Screen

The medium home screen widget lets you tap to complete up to 5 habits without opening the app. You don’t need to unlock your phone to the app, navigate to today’s view, and tap — the widget handles the whole interaction from your home screen. One tap, done.

The small home screen widget shows your top 3 habits at a glance. Both sizes are interactive on iOS 17 and later, which means the checkbox actually registers your completion right from the widget — it’s not just a display that opens the app when you tap it.

The widget fits naturally into any iPhone home screen layout. Because it doesn’t try to show everything the app does, it stays uncluttered and readable even at small sizes. Your habit names and today’s completion status are always clear.

Lock Screen Widget

Just Habits also supports lock screen widgets, available since iOS 16. The lock screen widget tracks a single habit — useful for one habit you want to stay visible throughout your day without even unlocking your phone.

Glancing at your lock screen and seeing an unchecked habit is a low-pressure prompt. It doesn’t send a notification, it doesn’t interrupt you — it’s just there when you look. For habits you do at a fixed point in your day, the lock screen widget is often enough of a reminder on its own.

What the Widget Shows

The home screen widget displays two things:

Your habits for today. Each habit you’ve created appears with its name and a completion indicator. If you’ve already checked off a habit, it shows as complete. If not, it’s waiting — and on the medium widget, you can tap to mark it done right there.

Your 16-week momentum grid. Below your daily habits, the widget shows a compact version of your momentum grid — 16 weeks of filled and empty squares, the same view you see inside the app. Filled days glow amber. Missed days stay empty. You can see your overall pattern at a glance without opening anything.

This combination — today’s tasks plus your recent history — gives you everything you actually need from a quick home screen check-in.

Why a No-Subscription Habit Tracker Widget Matters

Most habit tracker apps that offer widgets require a subscription to use them. You pay monthly or annually, and the widget is part of what that buys. Stop paying, lose access to the widget.

Just Habits is a one-time $4.99. The widgets — home screen and lock screen — are included permanently. There’s no plan that includes widgets and a cheaper plan that doesn’t. You pay once, the widget is yours.

The closest comparison is Streaks, which is also excellent and also a one-time purchase ($5.99). Streaks’ widgets are well-designed and tightly integrated into the Apple ecosystem — if you want the best streak-based widget experience, Streaks is a strong choice. The key difference is the philosophy: Streaks is built around maintaining a streak counter, and the widget reflects that. Just Habits has no streak mechanic at all. The widget shows your momentum grid instead — your honest pattern over 16 weeks, without a number that resets to zero when you miss a day.

If you’ve tried streak-based apps and found that a missed day kills your motivation entirely, the no-streak approach is worth trying. The widget makes it just as easy to build a daily check-in habit, without the anxiety that comes with watching a streak counter.

For a full comparison of widget support across all major iPhone habit tracker apps, see Compare all habit tracker apps for iPhone.