What are the best alternatives to Forest?
HerFound lists 4 alternatives to Forest: Cozy, Fabulous, Habitica and Plant Nanny. Fabulous and Habitica have a free version. Fabulous, Habitica and Plant Nanny say outright that they do not sell personal data. Each fact comes from the app's own pages, last checked Nov 13, 2026.
Updated . These are the other habit tracker apps listed on HerFound. We don't rank by rating or popularity and we don't publish ratings; sponsored listings are labelled.
Forest and its alternatives compared
- Forest
- Free version
- Yes
- Paid plan
- —
- Sells your data?
- —
- Data used for ads?
- Yes
- Account
- —
- Data kept
- Company servers
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
- Cozy
- Free version
- —
- Paid plan
- —
- Sells your data?
- —
- Data used for ads?
- Yes
- Account
- Required
- Data kept
- Company servers
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
- Fabulous
- Free version
- Yes
- Paid plan
- $16.99 to $59.99
- Sells your data?
- No
- Data used for ads?
- Yes
- Account
- —
- Data kept
- —
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
- Habitica
- Free version
- Yes
- Paid plan
- $4.99/month or $47.99/year
- Sells your data?
- No
- Data used for ads?
- Yes
- Account
- —
- Data kept
- —
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
- Plant Nanny
- Free version
- —
- Paid plan
- —
- Sells your data?
- No
- Data used for ads?
- Yes
- Account
- —
- Data kept
- Company servers
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
| App | Free version | Paid plan | Sells your data? | Data used for ads? | Account | Data kept | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | Yes | — | — | Yes | — | Company servers | iOS, Android |
| Cozy | — | — | — | Yes | Required | Company servers | iOS, Android |
| Fabulous | Yes | $16.99 to $59.99 | No | Yes | — | — | iOS, Android |
| Habitica | Yes | $4.99/month or $47.99/year | No | Yes | — | — | iOS, Android, Web |
| Plant Nanny | — | — | No | Yes | — | Company servers | iOS, Android |
Sources: each app's own privacy policy, help pages and US App Store listing. Open an app to read the exact passage and the date we checked it. “—” means we have not sourced that fact yet. This is what each company states, not an audit of what it does.
The 4 alternatives
Cozy
A cute habit tracker: cat stickers, soft colours and streaks you can pause without losing them.
Fabulous
A habit tracker and routine coach: daily routines, multi-week Journeys and short coaching audio.
Habitica
A habit tracker: turn your habits and to-dos into a retro role-playing game
Plant Nanny
A cute water tracker: every glass you log waters a little digital plant.
Forest head to head
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Common questions
Fabulous and Habitica have a free version.
Fabulous, Habitica and Plant Nanny say they do not sell personal data. This is what each company states in its own policy, not an audit.
All 4 are on Android: Cozy, Fabulous, Habitica and Plant Nanny.