A habit tracker for people who always quit habit trackers
The short answer: most habit trackers are checklists, and a checklist gives you nothing back for opening it. The ones people stick with give a reason to come back each day, stay in view without nagging, and don't punish a missed day. Habit Pups does that by making each habit a puppy that reacts to how you're doing.
Why people quit habit trackers
- It feels like homework. A list of boxes is satisfying for a week, then it becomes one more thing to keep up with.
- Out of sight, out of mind. If the tracker lives in an app you have to remember to open, you'll stop remembering.
- One bad day ruins it. A red "0" and a broken chain feel like failure, so people stop looking.
- Too much setup. Twenty habits, categories and colour codes on day one is a lot to maintain.
What makes one worth opening
Something that reacts to you
In Habit Pups every habit is a puppy in your yard. Tick it off and it leaps around in a burst of confetti. It's a small moment, but it's a reason to open the app that a checkbox never gives you.
Progress you can see
Streaks teach tricks, from a high five to a backflip, and earn toys and outfits. There are 14 tricks and 9 rewards, spaced out from 3 days to a full year, so there's always something just ahead.
Gentle, not guilty
Miss a day and your pup misses you: it looks a bit down until you're back. It never runs away, you never lose anything, and one check-off fixes it. Forgot to tick it off before bed? You can log yesterday the next morning.
Always in view
Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your dogs without opening the app, so the reminder is ambient rather than a notification you swipe away.
Start small
Two habits are free, with everything included. That's the right number to start with anyway.
Who it's for
Habit Pups suits people who like a bit of warmth and play in their tools: anyone who's tried a plain checklist tracker and drifted away, people starting a New Year's resolution, and anyone who would do a lot to keep a cartoon dog happy. If you want detailed analytics and dozens of habits with tags, a more traditional tracker may suit you better; there's an honest comparison on our compare page.