Atomic Habits changed your life. James Clear’s book sold 15 million copies for a reason—it works. So when Clear launched Atoms, the official Atomic Habits app, you were excited. Finally, a tool built around the exact system you already know and trust. Then you saw the price: $17.99/month or $120/year. For tracking just 3 habits. […]
Loop Habit Tracker is legendary in the Android community. Millions of downloads. 4.6-star rating. Completely free. Open source. No ads. No subscriptions. Privacy-first. For what it does, Loop is nearly perfect. But here’s what Loop won’t tell you: It’s Android-only. The design hasn’t changed much in years. It tracks completion, but not quality or improvement. […]
You’ve spent 5 hours this weekend building the “perfect” habit tracker in Notion. Custom databases. Formula properties. Repeating templates. Multiple views (table, calendar, gallery, timeline). Progress bars with fancy formulas. Linked databases across your workspace. Color-coded everything. It’s beautiful. It’s sophisticated. It’s exactly what you envisioned. And then Monday comes. You forget to click the […]
Streaks is beautiful. Minimalist. An Apple Design Award winner. The gold standard for iPhone habit tracking. But here’s what Streaks won’t tell you: maintaining a 67-day streak feels amazing—until life happens and you’re back to zero. One sick week. One family emergency. One business trip. Your 200-day meditation streak? Gone. Now you’re staring at “Day […]
You started using Habitica because turning your life into an RPG sounded amazing. Level up your character, battle monsters, earn loot—all while building better habits. But now? You’re spending more time managing quests, understanding game mechanics, and customizing your pixel avatar than actually building habits. Or maybe the app feels confusing, with users struggling to […]
You love the idea of Beeminder—accountability that actually works. But then life happens. A family emergency. A sick week. A business trip. And suddenly you’re staring at a $30 charge you didn’t budget for. Or maybe it’s the interface that looks like it time-traveled from 2005. Or the anxiety of wondering “Should I add this […]
