For parents
A habit tracker for parents with no time to spare
Your day comes in ten-minute pieces and none of them are guaranteed. Streako is for the small habits that keep you feeling like yourself, tracked in a tap, with streaks that understand a night of no sleep.
The problem
Why habits are so hard as a parent
- 1
Time arrives in fragments
A nap that might last forty minutes or four. A school run, a bath time, a gap while dinner cooks. Habits that need an uninterrupted hour never happen.
- 2
You come last
Everyone else's needs are urgent and yours can always wait. After months of that, the things that kept you well have quietly gone.
- 3
One bad night undoes the plan
A sick child, a teething week or an early waker wipes out the routine. Restarting feels like starting over, so it gets put off again.
How Streako helps
Built for parents, not for a perfect week
One tap and done
A check-in takes a second with a child on your hip. Count and Duration habits take a couple of taps more.
Streaks that survive bad nights
Every 7 days of unbroken daily streak earns a freeze token, up to two. A missed day spends one automatically, so a bad day or two does not reset months of progress.
A challenge with your partner
Share an invite code and work on the same habit together, such as an evening walk. You both see the board, so nobody has to nag.
Targets that bend
Schedule a habit a few times per week instead of every day, so a day spent at soft play is part of the plan, not a failure.
Choosing an app
What to look for in a habit tracker for parents
When time is short and unpredictable, a tracker has to get out of the way. Here is what to look for, and how Streako handles it.
- Check-ins in a second
- One tap marks a habit done, so it fits between nappy changes.
- Tiny targets that still count
- Set a two-minute stretch or one page of reading. Small habits keep a streak just as well as big ones.
- Forgiveness for bad nights
- Freeze tokens cover missed days, and you can log up to 7 days back when you did it but forgot to tap.
- Shared goals with a partner
- Start a challenge for two with an invite code and see each other on the leaderboard.
- Private by default
- Your habits stay yours. Profiles are private, with no ads or third-party trackers.
In practice
A day of small windows
Not a schedule, because children do not keep one. Each habit is tied to a moment that happens most days anyway. Pick one or two to start.
First feed or breakfast
A glass of water
Stacked on the moment you are already in the kitchen. A Count habit you top up through the day.
Drink water: ready-made setupSchool run or pram walk
Walk a little further
Take the long way home. Enter your step total at the end of the day toward a daily target.
Walk 10,000 steps: ready-made setupNap time
Ten minutes for you
Before the washing, before the phone: ten minutes of quiet, tracked as minutes.
Meditate: ready-made setupWhile dinner cooks
Stretch
Two to five minutes for a back that carries a child all day.
Stretch: ready-made setupAfter bedtime
One good thing
Note what went well today, alone or with your partner. Some days it is just that everyone ate.
Practise gratitude: ready-made setupYour own bedtime
Read a page
A few pages of a book that is not about parenting. Set a small target so a tired night still counts.
Read: ready-made setup
Start here
Good habits for parents
Each one comes with a ready-made setup: type, target, schedule and reminder.
Meditate
Ten minutes of nap-time quiet that is only yours.
Read moreWalk 10,000 steps
School runs and pram walks already count toward it.
Read moreStretch
A few minutes for the back and shoulders that do the lifting.
Read moreDrink water
Easy to forget when you are looking after everyone else.
Read morePractise gratitude
One good thing a day, shared with your partner if you like.
Read moreRead
Start with a page. It is the habit most parents miss first.
Read moreTry a challenge
The 10,000 steps challenge
School runs, park trips and pram walks all count. Run it with your partner or other parents and enter your totals each evening.
See the rules and planRead the guide · 6 min
Start small: the power of tiny habits
When you have two minutes, plan a two-minute habit. How to shrink any habit until it fits a nap.
Read itWhen Streako isn't the right fit
- You want an app for your children to use, or to track their habits. Streako is made for adults and is not designed for children.
- You need a family calendar, chore chart or shared shopping list. Streako tracks the habits you repeat, not household tasks.
- You or your partner use an iPhone. Streako is Android only for now, so you both need Android to share a challenge.
FAQ
Streako for parents: common questions
No. Streako is made for adults and is not designed for children. If you want a family habit, such as a walk after dinner, track it on your own account.
Make them tiny and tie them to moments that already happen, such as a feed, a nap or the school run. Two minutes that happen beat thirty that do not.
Yes. One of you creates a challenge and shares the invite code, and you both check in and see the leaderboard. Your personal habits stay private.
Freeze tokens cover missed days on daily habits, and you can log up to 7 days back. Weekly targets also make room for bad days from the start.
Yes. The core app is free with no ads, with up to 6 active habits on the free plan. Streako Pro is optional.
Also built for
Who else uses Streako
Students
Study streaks, exam season and challenges with classmates.
Read moreWorking professionals
Deep work, a five-minute plan and routines that survive a busy week.
Read moreADHD
One-tap check-ins, instant rewards and streaks that forgive.
Read moreCouples
Build habits together with a challenge for two.
Read moreBeginners
Start with one tiny habit and let a streak do the motivating.
Read moreDevelopers
Protect deep work from chat, look up from the screen and keep side projects moving.
Read moreCreatives
Daily practice for writers, artists and musicians, on a schedule that bends.
Read moreShift workers
Habits that fit a rota, not a nine-to-five: nurses, carers, hospitality and more.
Read moreTeachers
Habits that survive marking season, term rhythm and the Sunday evening dip.
Read moreGym-goers and runners
Training sessions per week, rest days that keep your streak, and a gym partner on the board.
Read moreStart your first streak today
It takes ten seconds to add a habit. The flame does the rest.