Moving from Way of Life to HabitForge
Way of Life gives each day a colour for each habit. HabitForge draws the same days as a rope, and adds the cue, routine and reward beside it.
Should you move at all?
If a minute a day of marking green or red is all you want, with a diary note for what set a bad habit off, Way of Life already does that well.
Also check what HabitForge does not do. HabitForge has no iOS app, no home screen widgets and no health sync, and nothing guides you through replacing one habit with another.
The move, step by step
HabitForge has no importer, so this is done by hand.
- Get your list out. On Android, export your data from Way of Life as CSV or JSON and keep the file. HabitForge cannot read it, but you will want the list.
- Sign in. Open HabitForge and sign in with Google. There is no password to set.
- Add your habits. Add each habit by hand. A bad habit you were marking red is a break habit here. The note you wrote about what set it off belongs in its cue field. Create a habit has every field.
- Write the loop on the ones that matter. Add the cue, routine and reward to two or three habits first. The rest can stay as a name until you need more.
- Set up what surrounds them. Way of Life has widgets, Siri and Shortcuts on Apple devices. HabitForge has none of those, so set a daily reminder to take their place.
- Keep both for a week. Your old numbers stay in Way of Life. In HabitForge every rope starts as a thread on your first check-in, and that first week is when it looks thinnest.
The facts, side by side
Last checked 7 November 2026. Prices and features change, so every fact links to the page it came from. Check Way of Life yourself.
| Plan | Price | Terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free with in-app purchases; Premium unlocks unlimited habits | apps.apple.com |
| Premium | Amount not stated | The App Store lists Premium items at $4.99, $14.99 and $29.99 without stating their periods; the website shows no price | apps.apple.com |
| Feature | Way of Life | HabitForge |
|---|---|---|
| Cue, routine and reward written on each habit | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| A picture of the habit beyond a streak number | Yes (wayoflifeapp.com) | Yes |
| A missed day leaves the kept days in place | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Habits you want to stop | Yes (wayoflifeapp.com) | Yes |
| Pause a habit and come back | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Reminders | Yes (wayoflifeapp.com) | Yes |
| Friends, challenges or a feed | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Web app | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Android app | Yes (play.google.com) | Yes |
| iOS app | Yes (apps.apple.com) | No |
| Check in offline | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Export your data | Yes (play.google.com) | Yes |
| AI drafts and reflections | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| A per-seat household plan | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Home screen widgets | Yes (apps.apple.com) | No |
| Health or wearable sync | Not stated on the pages we checked | No |
| A free plan | Yes (apps.apple.com) | Yes |
| Open source | Not stated on the pages we checked | No |
Where to next
- Check-ins and streaks: what a day counts as here.
- All the guides: the other apps we have written this for.
- Way of Life beside HabitForge: the same facts, on the comparison page.