Build Habits Slowly

4.3
26 reviews
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About this app

Build Habits Slowly is a habit tracker that empowers you to take control of your habits.

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Why track your habits?

The author of "Atomic Habits," summarizes the benefits of a habit tracker as follows...

1. "It creates a visual cue that can remind you to act."
2. "It is motivating to see the progress you are making. You don’t want to break your streak."
3. "It feels satisfying to record your success in the moment."

This is an excerpt from the article, https://jamesclear.com/habit-tracker. I recommend reading the article if you are interested in habit formation (Build Habits Slowly is not affiliated with Atomic Habits or James Clear, I just found this article informative).

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What sets Build Habits Slowly apart from other habit trackers?

I created BHS because there were two things that bugged me about using other habit trackers:

1. Losing my momentum at the start of a new month

Most habit trackers display your progress on a monthly calendar page. I found that when I started a new month it was harder for me to continue a habit, because the new month no longer showed all of my habit completion days from the previous month. I had lost a visual indicator of my momentum.

Build Habits Slowly solves this problem by displaying your habit progress in a scrolling calendar "feed." When a new month starts, you still see the days in the previous month(s). So, you never lose the visual sense of momentum as you check off your habits.

2. Streaks breaking after one missed day

Most habit trackers break your habit streak after you miss one day. I found this frustrating, because it's normal to miss a day here or there; life gets in the way of your habits. When I was trying to build a new habit and inevitably missed a day, my streak would break and halt my momentum. This felt demoralizing, because I was setting unreasonable expectations for myself.

Build Habits Slowly solves this problem by giving you the power to decide how many "slip days" you want to give yourself before your streak breaks. For daily habits, I've found that one slip day is perfect for me. This gives me enough flexibility to miss a day, but keeps me motivated to not miss two days in a row.

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Admittedly, these two problems are pretty small, but they were enough to drive me to create my own habit tracker app. I hope you find Build Habits Slowly as helpful as I have!
Updated on
Mar 23, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.3
26 reviews
L. B
February 3, 2024
After I made a habit there is no edit or menu button at the top like in your screenshots. I tried exiting the app and reopening it but it didn't help. I can't edit the habit or add another one. I couldn't send you feedback in the app since there's no menu button to get to it. It would be a perfect app if that was fixed. Iove the app so I'll wait patiently for a fix then change my rating to a 5 star app.
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Rony
November 2, 2023
Hi, this a nice app special as a hobby project. It does the basic job of what is meant to do, and its good to begin. However there are some broken flows and few bugs. I couldn't not find in-app feedback form. A dashboard showing habit and streaks count in one view is needed. Notifications don't lead to opening the app and the habit page, please take this up. And deleting should have a confirmation. That all for now. Have a page to engage with users, it will help.
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Ika Yunita
November 14, 2023
Can the setting date set for future dates , as now it doesn't allow any date before today. Can we also set day for habit to be reminded
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What's new

New features/changes:
- 🎨 More habit colors!
- 🐛 Fixing duplicate notification issue
- 🛠 Regular code maintenance

I'm still improving Build Habits Slowly, so please use the in-app feedback form to reach out to me with things that you would like to see in the app. I'm still adding features, and I will try to prioritize the most popular feature requests :)