Polar Habits

A simple habit tracking software with a very beautiful UI interface.

That is an interesting take on forming habits. I love the simple UI and will try it out with two of my habit projects (playing chess and moving more). I'm not easily motivated by streaks that breaks too easily, and curious to try this out!

Awesome app with clean UI and very reasonable freemium model.

I've been using this for consistency. The fact that I don't have to feel guilty about making mistakes is another motivation that keeps me going.

I just set it up but I really like the idea of not breaking the strikes without losing all progress. Sometimes I can't keep my habit because of external event (emergency for example) and it's not because I didn't want to do it that day. I put 4 stars because I wasn't able to add a custom start date when I set up the habit.

Forgot I signed up for this, until I had an email asking me to review it. Went in to try and use it. Couldn't make head nor tale of how it was supposed to work. I found the habits I'd originally set up. But then couldn't tell if I was adding an instance of completing it or not. On one Habit I could select a day, which I think was adding to the instance of it. But on another Habit I couldn't select a day. I faffed around for a minute trying to give it a shot, but I don't have the patience for trying to work it out any further, so have deleted it. It didn't seem really gamified to me either. Like, what's the reward for completing your Habit that day? It needs to be more intuitive imo. And you can't seem to go back in and add previous days. Which for anyone with ADHD who probably won't update on time, seems kind of punishing. That really annoyed me. And yeah, since the author wanted reviews, I even went ahead and created an account here, just to leave a review. This is how much this app frustrated me with it's opaqueness.

Edit: Since I'm being kinda harsh, I'll give you some examples. On one Habit, when I select the day, it has dashes around the day, like a border, and the monthly tracker below seems to indicate that the Habit has been completed. But on another Habit when I select the day, the day turns green instead of having the dashes border around it. So now I have no idea which of those means I've selected that day.

That monthly tracker below needs to be expanded, as there are too many months in too short a space. There should be a way to "zoom in", and just see what days I've logged a Habit on just for that month. I don't need to see that I haven't logged any habits in June, when I'm only in January. I don't care about far away June, I care about now. I have ADHD, the future is too nebulous and far away for my brain to be bothered with. Not to mention, it seems depressing to see how much "work" I have to do to fill up the blank spaces to get to June. I tried clicking on this section, and pinching it, but that didn't seem to change the timeframe I could see.

I found it really cluttering on the screen to be constantly reminded I needed to upgrade to Pro. Any Pro features should be hidden for Free users, and only appear for the Pro users. Having multiple boxes sat there, cluttering up my screen telling me to upgrade, reminds me of those websites with an ad every few paragraphs. The UX is dismal because of this.

Now maybe a middle aged woman with ADHD, from the UK, who doesn't code; is not your target demographic. But if you're hoping for mass appeal, I just don't think it's easy or fun enough to use.

Anyway, feel free to ignore me. If it works for you to help you achieve your habits, that's really the only consideration.

Besides being adorable, it's doesn't reset your streak if you lapse. Everybody needs to rest sometimes or misses, Life happens, However, Polar habits lets you pick back up and build on the momentum you've already built. Lovely product, UI is gorgeous yet minimal. Well done!

I'm using PolarHabits for a little over a month now. And is way more effective, than any other method I tried for building habits. Thanks for that! And I was really happy to see a feature for habits that you want to do X times a week, cause I have some habits I'm just doing on my work days.

I have tried several habit tracking tools. One of them was great in that it was easy to use across all platforms (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, etc.), but when I snapped my streak, it was a terrible feeling.

That is where Polar Habits makes a positive contribution to habit tracking. I have found that I continue to persist towards my goals and habits, but if I miss a day, it doesn't blow up in my face and cause unnecessary regret. I pick right back up the next day and build the track forward.

I look forward to seeing this tool evolve (i.e. maybe a mobile app, even though creating a shortcut on the home screen works fine and I haven't had to log back in once I bookmarked or placed icon on my home screen!) and to supporting the team behind it. Great software all around.

Been using this to track some daily habits like stretching where momentum is what counts. Glad it doesn’t use streaks which make me feel like starting over any time I miss a day. Simple UI.