Habit List

The migration to the new version cost me my entire habit history. The dev was kind enough to let some people migrate backwards, but eventually the TestFlight version expired. Now the app can’t really keep track of anything. Everyday habits don’t show up, while ‘every 3 days’ habits are marked red if you don’t tick them every single day. It’s all a mess. I’ve no idea anymore what I should be doing each day. It’s a pity because I don’t want any of the subscription-based bloated apps. But Habitlist is really not cutting it anymore.

Phew, habit tracking. Apps to do that are a dime a dozen — except some are actually quite expensive. I dropped Habitify after they lost my data in an account sync mess up. Habitify was stupidly expensive for what it does, and it committed the cardinal sin of losing my stuff. Now, I don’t mind paying for software, but I think the price has to be fair. For example, at ~70€/year, WebStorm is “cheap” because I get tremendous value from it. At 55€ per version, Things was well priced because I’ve used it everyday for 3 years. It’s my brain dump and deserves the price. This app is well priced. It’s a one-off, I wouldn’t mind paying for a newer version (the Reeder model). Sadly, it doesn’t look like the people behind it care that much. I’ve sent them a couple of emails that didn’t get answered, and one was requesting a feature that’s so obvious I can’t believe it’s missing: repeat a habit every N days. There are repetition ranges in the app, but if you use them, these habits don’t show up as green/red to mark a streak. They don’t count towards the things you have to do that day. For example: I take vitamin D everyday. It shows up everyday, and I have to tick it off, otherwise the streak count will drop by 1. Great! But I take B12 once every 4 days. That range is not in the app, so I picked their 3–5 days range. Sadly that means it’s not a mandatory habit, so it’s always gray, and shows up too early (on the 3rd day). If I forget to take it, it goes away until the next range, meaning I often go for many weeks forgetting about it. I really wish the above was taken care of. I don’t want to pay 40€/year for a habit tracking app because it’s essentially a glorified Things/Todoist with a calendar tracker. Heck, Little Snitch is cheaper than most habit tracking apps! Sadly this one really needs to get some polish and the must-have feature of repeating every N (custom) days. I think I’m dropping it for now, but if you’re not that strict about your tracking, it’s good, and gets the job done for a fairer price than most.

I've tried 3 or 4 - this is the best one. Beautiful, easily customisable, simple to use, and motivating.

I use this app all the time, from the moment I get up to the moment I go to sleep. It obviously all depends on what your organisational system looks like but if you are looking for an easy to use, well designed, beautifull habit tracking app, you have just found it!

I am a long time user of this app but the most recent update has some annoying typos. Would appreciate it if these could be fixed. Even after several months the developers still haven’t released an update to fix the typos!

Been using this app for years and I love it! Only minor complaint is that I wish I could: - archive habit instead of having to delete them - skip a habit for X days to preempt a vacation or something. Also in the most recent version, my habits that are every X days is showing green when it should be gray and vice-versa. (e.g every 5-7 days, it shows green on day 4 and gray on day 6.) Overall it’s a stellar app and well worth the premium fee. Also really appreciate it’s not a subscription! Thanks for a great experience. 💜

No longer works. Keeps crashing

After inputting all my habits and using the app for a few months the app starts crashing on opening. I lost all my data and habit lists. I emailed the developer 3 times with no response.

I use this for five years and it was great. it was cool to see so many years worth of my habit compliance rates. With the April 2024 software update it started crashing for me as soon as I open it. I emailed support but did not receive a reply. I would definitely use this app again if they can stop it from crashing.

I’ve been using this app for years and to be honest it’s the only one that I still think is simple and straightforward,but it’s really showing it’s age and needs needs an update.