We all want to build healthy habits. But if you’ve ever sat down to watch Netflix, blinked, and realised you just spent three hours rewatching Selling Sunset, then you know how hard it can be to stick to your goals. Most nights, I dream of big plans for the next day – wake up at 6 a.m., work out, drink tons of water, finally organize my closet – only to forget it all the following morning while simply trying to survive. If you too tend to lose track of time (and your goals), you may want to try one of these brilliantly organised apps.
While bullet journalling is great and printed habit trackers are so fun to fill out, habit-tracking apps are so effective! These colourful, aesthetically pleasing apps live on your phone, helpfully reminding you with notifications and motivational messages to meet your goals. From finding more time to read to limiting alcohol, you can set custom habits you want to track to reach your goals for 2022. Find 15 of our favourites in the slides ahead.
Done: A Simple Habit Tracker
Cost: Free
Looking to quit smoking or start meditating? Done: A Simple Habit Tracker is an easy-to-use app that allows you to track three habits you either want to build or break. Once you’ve created goals for each of the habits you want to track, the app lists them in a colorful graph format, allowing you to very quickly see how productive you’ve been in achieving your goals. A calendar tracks your “streaks,” and you can also add a helpful widget to your home screen that will help keep your healthy habits top of mind.
Habit Tracker
Cost: Free
Social butterflies will get a kick out of Habit Tracker, the first habit app that lets you build habits with friends. First, select the habits that you want to build. Then, friends that also have the app can join your group. Throughout the day, check back for real-time notifications when your group meets their goals for the day, like drinking water, walking, and eating vegetables. It’s perfect for those with a competitive streak or those who want to encourage their besties to live their best lives, too.
Daylio Journal
Cost: Free
Manage your moods at the same time that you track habits with the Daylio Journal app. As often as you want, input your moods (ranging from “rad” to “awful”), then keep track of things you’ve done throughout the day, like watching movies, talking to family on the phone, and reading a book. This cool app will allow you to look back on how your moods dictate your health so you can practice self-care that’s good for your mind, body, and spirit. It will show you what actions make you happy or sad, so you can adjust your behaviour accordingly.
Strides: Goal and Habit Tracker
Cost: Free
Analytical thinkers and those who like the clean lines of spreadsheets will enjoy Strides: Goal and Habit Tracker. This simple app is straightforward, with bar graphs that show you the percentage you’ve completed toward your goal of weight loss, savings, flossing, working out, or anything else you want to keep track of. This app allows you to set target goals by specific dates (for example, save $500 in three months), which will help you stay more motivated over time.
Productive - Habit Tracker
Cost: Free
The Productive – Habit Tracker app is a great way to motivate yourself to reach your goals. It has a pretty, easy-to-use aesthetic. You can pick your habits, select a unique icon for each, challenge yourself to complete streaks, set reminders, and more. You can even pause your habits, like when you’re sick and can’t exercise.
Streaks
Cost: USD $5
Frequency matters when it comes to Streaks, an app that helps you keep track of how often you’re completing your goals. For example, you’ll find that when you’ve exercised three days in a row, you’re a lot more motivated to make it an entire week. You can track up to 24 tasks to complete each day, with the intention of building a streak. You can also set goals for habits you want to break. One cool feature about this app is that it connects to the Health app on your iPhone, and it will know when you complete tasks linked there (like running).
Avocation - Habit Tracker
Cost: Free
Avocation – Habit Tracker looks just like a game – which is exactly why you’ll want to keep coming back for more! Whenever you complete your first habit, your baby plant will start to grow. Throughout the day, you can also read short lessons that go over the science behind habit formation, how to prioritize goals, tips on staying motivated, and more. If you are looking for a more light-hearted, easy-to-stick-with approach, this is for you.
Fabulous – Daily Routine Planner
Cost: Free
Successful habit tracking is all about creating new routines for yourself. Fabulous – Daily Routine Planner helps you do just that. Input basic stats about yourself, like what time you want to start your day, general goals you want to achieve (like having more energy, sleeping better at night, or calming anxiety), and specific ways you want to reach those goals (like getting eight hours of sleep, stretching before bed, or practicing a hobby). It takes self-care to a whole new level.
Habit Forest
Cost: Free
Designed for nature-lovers, Habit Forest creates a beautiful scene based on your habits. Reach your goals to develop your habit forest, which starts with tiny seeds and grows each time you check off a goal. Design it however you want – an underwater scene, a beautiful desert, a sweet candy land – and watch it flourish under your care and attention.
HabitYou
Cost: Free
Customisable, fresh, and colorful, HabitYou is like a bullet journal on your phone. Color code your specific goals and choose whether to check them off or track them on a bar graph. You can also add pretty images and detailed notes to your daily goals, creating a visual journal to look back on throughout the year. Let your imagination run free with this creative app!
Awesome Habits: Habit Tracker
Cost: Free
Focus on building good habits and breaking bad ones with the Awesome Habits: Habit Tracker. This easy-to-use app allows you to track daily, weekly, and monthly goals; build new routines; see your overall trends; and more. It also syncs easily with apple Health and offers an interactive widget, so you can keep track of your habits without even opening the app.
Habio – Daily Habit Tracker
Cost: Free
Designed with the help of mental health professionals, Habio – Daily Habit Tracker offers courses that will help you learn about how habits form, exercises to help you stick to your goals, a diary where you can reflect on your day, and so much more. It also has a really pretty interface that will encourage you to use it every day!
Elisi: Bullet Journal For All
Cost: Free
Carry your bullet journal with you everywhere you go with Elisi: Bullet Journal For All. This app combines notes, a planner, expenses, to-do lists, and a habit tracker, so you can keep your entire life organized at once. It also syncs across your iPad and Mac, making staying on track seamless. If you’re someone who craves organisation, then this is for you!
HabitMinder Habit Tracker
Cost: Free
With its bold colors and options to see your progress as a line graph or percentage, HabitMinder Habit Tracker is an awesome choice for keeping track of your goals. The app has more than 50 pre-defined positive habits to track, and it will send you reminders to do breathing sessions, drink water, and exercise.
Habits With Henry
Cost: USD $4
Habits With Henry is the cutest habit tracker app! The app’s adorable fox, Henry, will remind you of the habits you want to keep each day, as well as update you on your streaks. You can also pair your moods with your habits, listen to calming nature sounds, unlock trophies and new pets, and read motivational quotes to help you get through slumps.