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What should a habit tracker reward: streaks or consistency?
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H1_To lemmy.today H1_To@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-09-10
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I honestly think this is one of the biggest flaws with most habit trackers.

If I completed a habit on 29 of the last 30 days, why should one missed day make it feel like all my progress disappeared?

I'd rather see something like:

29/30 days completed (97% consistency)

That tells me I'm doing well and encourages me to keep improving instead of making me feel like I failed.

Do you prefer tracking streaks or overall consistency? Why?

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H1_To Moderator H1_To@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-09-10
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sorry for the terrible image 😭

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tyler programming.dev tyler@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-12
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That’s what HabitKit does. Best habit tracker I’ve found. But yeah this isn’t really how the human brain works so habit trackers rarely work for me

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Remy lemmy.today Remy@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-14
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I would prefer a consistency score, because it doesn't doesn't bring the "now its ruined anyway" attitude that sometimes comes with losing a streak

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H1_To Moderator H1_To@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-09-10
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I would prefer a consistency score, because it doesn't doesn't bring the "now its ruined anyway" attitude that sometimes comes with losing a streak

What current tracker are you using if you don't mind me asking

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Remy lemmy.today Remy@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-14
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What current tracker are you using if you don't mind me asking

I was using moreDays (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.wuapps.moredays/) but it was buggy and felt a bit unintuitive

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H1_To Moderator H1_To@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-09-10
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I was using moreDays (https://f-droid.org/packages/de.wuapps.moredays/) but it was buggy and felt a bit unintuitive

not trying to promote but would you like to try Habit Hero its still in development but the core features are currenly live

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