r/Habits

Just one small thing you recently started doing and kept long enough to notice a difference. Let us know in the comments.

Hey everyone,
I launched my habit tracker app, Goalden, about 2 months ago, and so far it’s reached around 100 users.

I know that’s not a huge number, but considering how crowded the productivity and habit tracker space is, I’m trying to see it as a small win.
Goalden is built to help people stay consistent with their habits and goals through a clean, simple, and motivating experience.
That said, growth has definitely been slower than I expected.

For those of you who’ve launched an app before:
Did your first few months look similar?
What helped you get your first 1,000 users?
Any marketing tips that actually worked?

I’d really appreciate any advice or feedback. If you’d like to check it out, here’s the link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/goalden-goal-habit-tracker/id6763411420

Stop waiting for the perfect reset.

Pick one small standard and keep it today.

No speech.

No announcement.

No dramatic new identity.

Just one promise kept. Tell us what you chose in the comments.

A few months ago, I had an idea.

I wanted a habit tracker where your habits actually belong to you.

No accounts.
No subscriptions.
No ads.
No cloud.
Just your data, stored on your own device.

So I started building HabitRail.

Today, I checked the Play Console and realized something that honestly made my day...

More than 600 people have installed it. ❤️

I know 600 isn't millions, but as a solo developer, seeing hundreds of people around the world use something I built is surreal.

One thing that surprised me the most is how many different countries it's reached.

To make HabitRail accessible, I translated it into 17+ languages, and now people from all over the world are using it to build habits, track streaks, and stay consistent.

Every download, every review, and every piece of feedback has helped shape the app into what it is today.

Some of the features users asked for have already made it into the app:

• Local backup & restore
• Streak Freeze
• Calendar history
• Detailed statistics
• Custom reminders
• Daily, weekly, and custom habits
• Completely offline
• No account required

And I'm not stopping there.

I'm currently working on home screen widgets, so you'll soon be able to check your progress and complete habits without even opening the app. They'll be coming in one of the next updates, and I'm really excited to share them.

I still have a long list of ideas I'd love to build.

If you'd like to support an indie developer, the biggest things that help are:

• Trying the app
• Leaving an honest review
• Sharing feedback (good or bad)

It genuinely keeps me motivated to continue improving HabitRail.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hzfapps.habitrail

Thank you to every single person who's downloaded HabitRail.

Here's to the next 600. 🚂❤️

The thing that made me quit every habit and productivity app was the streak reset. Miss one day, watch the number drop to zero, feel like a failure, delete the app. So I built the opposite.

It's called Forge. Instead of a streak, your progress is a rank that forges a blade, wood all the way up through higher tiers. Every habit you complete feeds it, and it rolls up into one overall score across the areas of your life (body, mind, focus, and so on). Miss a day and it stalls, it does not reset. Nothing you earned gets wiped out for one slip. There's also an optional AI coach that turns a vague goal into a step-by-step plan.

A few honest details so nobody feels baited:

• iOS only right now.
• Free to download with a 3-day free trial, then it's a subscription. Not going to hide that.
• Local-first. An account is optional (cloud backup only), and there are no analytics or tracking SDKs, your data stays on your phone.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/forge-build-discipline/id6778084074

I'd genuinely love feedback from people who've cycled through a lot of these. What's the one feature that actually kept you consistent, and what made you drop the ones you quit?

Most men do not need a complete reset.

They need the basics protected long enough to start working.

Sleep.

Movement.

Food.

Connection.

Less stress carried alone.

Start with one. Protect it for 7 days.

Nobody rebuilds by fixing everything at once. You come back by stopping the bleeding, picking one anchor, and protecting it long enough to hold. Then you add the next thing, and only then. Slow is not the same as behind.

You saw what you couldn’t see then.

Take the lesson. Repair what you can. Stop letting an old decision keep voting on your future.