What is Reddit's opinion of Keep Streak (beta)?

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Well, Keep Streak doesn't really have many stats, just your current streak, and it lets you add multiple items under a habit as a checklist, it also automatically has a reminder alarm for each habit - you will NOT "forget" to do your habit with this app, unless your phone dies lol.

However, this app is pretty hardcore in that it does not allow you to "skip" any days you selected to do your habit (unless you figure out the sneaky work around).

Anyways, maybe it'll suit you. I designed the app for my specific use-case but your needs sound similar to mine at the time.

It seems to be "Keep Streak": https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.upthinker.keepstreak

What you thought about waisting time looking for the best habit tracker - it's the same thing with time trackers; and that's what they're called, by the way.

As for the benefit, I think it's useful to get that insight every now and again. But honing in on a daily basis might have more drawbacks than benefits, in the same way as honing in on the best habit trackers.

If you decide on tracking, once you find a tracking system that's suitable then just move on about your business and stop looking for more, otherwise you'll find yourself in a loop. You can always go back and upgrade tracking systems at a later date, but don't get stuck in analysis paralysis. Tread carefully.

Anyways tools are typically not the thing that's meant to be the driving force behind pursuing the habits. There are exceptions but ... it's rare and normally still not enough to sustain you for too long. And the best habit trackers aren't designed for that at all, they're designed for great tracking though. Maybe one day someone will make a program that breaks the mold but time will tell.

So what do you do with the information you tracked in the typical habit tracker? I think that stuff is useful for introspection after you've gathered enough data. It helps you look back on your past and make changes to better assist your future or whatever direction you're intending on going.

It's just that in real-time, and day-to-day, I don't think you'll be able to count on an app to consistently push you through the mud when circumstances start challenging your grit. And because of this, it's better to train the self since the self can adapt and the self can even adapt on the fly moment to moment.

When an app fails you, you'll be stuck for awhile until you find a replacement. But when the self fails you, you can be back up and running in a matter of moments.

Some time ago, I designed an app that tried to help remind users of their own reasons for doing stuff in the first place. IIRC you just tap on an alert and it takes you to your routines page where you nominally would have written in all your specific reasons for doing the habit. The thing with this design is it's not a miracle worker because if you weren't already passionate enough to pursue the habit then this won't change that passion, it'll just remind you of whatever you wrote down. This is akin to putting quotes on the wall; sure, it can be useful but don't rely on it.

Someday, maybe we'll be able to VR into a sims user interface where we can see actual live levels of our various items of interest and adjust in real-time accordingly.

But we're not there yet. And even if we never get there, people have been excelling past the imagination even without it. This whole app thing, and even computers, are a recent development afterall.

So those are my thoughts.

Separately, since you started off your post about how you hadn't created any habits but then started talking about the missing elements in software you've tried, maybe the problem for your case isn't the software. I'd recommend brainstorming what the issue is and tabling the software thing for now - I you'd be waisting your time otherwise.

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