In Habitify, a habit is any behavior you do regularly - often without much conscious thought - from something as simple as drinking water to a fuller routine like a daily workout.A Good Habit is one that moves you toward a better version of yourself: more productive, healthier, or simply more at peace. This article covers everything you need to know to work with Good Habits in Habitify - from adding one, to tracking your daily progress.
Configuring Repeat is to schedule the habit shows up in the Journal.For habit with goal per day, it also define which days count toward your streak and your completion score.
Mode
How it works
Example
Weekly
Appears every single day or specific day(s) in a week
Everyday
Mon, Wed, and Fri
Weekends (Sun, Sat)
Monthly
Repeats on one or more specific date(s) of the month
The 2nd of the month
The 15th and 30th of the month
Interval
Repeats every N days (e.g., every 3 or 5 days); the app previews the next 3 upcoming dates
Goal is the minimum target that defines “success” for a given period. Configure three parts:
Value: the minimum amount to hit (e.g., 1 time, 30 minutes, 2 litres)
Unit: pick from a pre-defined list suited to the habit template (e.g., “Drink Water” suggests litres, ml, US fl oz, cup), or create a custom unit by choosing base unit “times” and naming it (e.g., “chapters,” “clients”)
Period: set a standard period for achieving the goal, as well as the reset frequency: per day, per week, per month, or per year
There are 2 modes in settings the goal value. In the screen of setting goal, tap the ••• button in top right corner and choose between:
Quick Select: scroll the value picker and choose a pre-defined one.
Exact Value: enter any custom value you want.
Unit type can’t change after saving. You can switch within the same type (minutes → hours), but not across types (minutes → km). Changing type requires creating a new habit.
Editing a custom unit’s label rewrites past data. If you rename “bottles” to “glasses,” all historical logs display the new label too.
Time of Day is basically Morning, Afternoon, or Evening, or anyway you divide your normal day.The primary benefit is to transform your daily habit list from a simple checklist into a structured plan for your entire day with the Time of Day lists like ‘Morning’, ‘Afternoon’, ‘Evening’, ‘Night’, etc., helping you to focus on your morning habits when you wake up, without being distracted by tasks for later in the day.
There must be at least 1 Time of Day selected. You can choose all options of Time of Day so your habit appears all day long in the Time of Day list.
“Time of Day” is purely for organizing your list into sections. A Reminder is a specific push notification that alerts you at an exact time (e.g., 8:00 AM). You can have a “Morning” habit with a reminder set for 8:00 AM.
We know everyone’s schedule is different. What’s “morning” for one person might be “noon” for another. See how to customize your days with time of day:
Time of Day
Customize your day into Morning, Afternoon, and Evening with your own schedule of time for each.
An Area is a way to group related habits together - like habits of “Health,” “Work,” or “Morning Routine” - instead of treating every habit as a standalone item on a flat list.As your habit list grows, Areas keep things organized without adding friction, allowing you go from “did I do this one thing today” to “how am I actually doing at work, at home, in my health”, and get the bigger picture of how things are going for you.See how you create and manage your custom areas:
Setting a Reminder is one of the most effective ways to stay consistent with a new habit - a well-timed nudge often makes the difference between “I’ll do it later” and actually doing it.In Habitify, there are three types of reminders:
Time-based reminders: set a specific time; add multiple reminders per habit (e.g., drink water at 8AM, 10AM, et.,)
Location-based reminders: triggers on arriving at or leaving a set location (e.g., gym when arriving home).
Habit-stacking reminders: triggers based on completion of another habit (e.g., “Journal” reminder fires immediately when “Read a Book” is marked as completed).
See the details of setting each type of reminders:
Reminders
A well-timed notification can be the nudge you need to get things done.
Some habits are more than just a single action; they’re a collection of smaller steps.Checklist let you break down a large, complex habit into a series of smaller, more manageable sub-tasks. This helps you build momentum and gives you a clear roadmap to completion, making big goals feel less intimidating.To add a new item in the habit’s checklist:
In the New Habit screen, tap to access Checklist.
Tap on the input field of new item, enter the task name
Tap the Done button on the keyboard to confirm the entry.
Habitify does not support to directly edit or change the order of items in the Checklist yet. The item you add first will come first. The current solution is to remove the items and re-add them in the order you may want them to be sorted.
The date you set in Start Date is the date your habit starts showing up in the Journal or List view. It defaults to today, but you can set it earlier to backfill progress you’ve already made, or later to plan ahead for a habit you’re not starting yet.
If you change the start date further back for an existing habit, the newly-added days will default to a goal of “1 time”.
End Condition allows you to define a clear finish line for your temporary habits, helping you stay focused and giving you a great sense of accomplishment when you cross it. Instead of a habit running forever, you can set it to stop automatically once your goal is met.There are four ways to set an end point for your habit:
Type
Ends when…
Example
Required
On a Date
A specific calendar date is reached
ends on December 31, 2026
At least 7 days since Today
After a Streak
A target number of consecutive periods is hit
ends after a 100-day streak
Must be greater than current streak
After Total Completions
A target number of completed periods is reached (non-consecutive allowed)
While you are viewing the Journal tab, whether a habit appears in the All Habit list, the Time of Day list, or a Custom Area list is based on the settings of Repeat and Start Date.For example, if your habit has Start Date as 2026-07-01 and Repeat as every 2 days , then it will appear in the list of date 2026-07-01, 2026-07-03, 2026-07-05,etc.
There are 4 options of recording the progress of a good habit:
Log progress: Enter a value that is actually accomplished, the value can be bigger or smaller than the goal.
Complete: Enter a value that is equal to the goal, and set the current period as complete.
Skip: Set the current day as skip.
Fail: Set the current day as fail.
Difference between ‘skip’ and ‘fail’
Skip: use it when it is a day off, and you want to protect your daily-based streak
Fail: use it when you should complete the habit but you miss it.
Skip doesn’t protect weekly-based, monthly-based, or annual-based streak. Once you do not complete your weekly/monthly/annual goal, your current streak will reset to 0.
When you are using the Habitify iOS, the Journal tab is the main place of your daily tracking on. From the Journal view, these are the ways to record your progress on a habit:
Use smart button which is on the left to each habit.
When swiping right, you have the ‘Complete’ option to immediately mark your good habit as completed as well as log the goal value as your progress value for the current period.Otherwise, you can use ‘Log progress’ option to record any progress value. For this option, you can choose between 2 modes of updating the current progress:
‘Add’: the value you enter will add up to the current progress value. e.g., current progress is “2km” and you add “3km”, then the progress is updated to”5km”.
‘Set’: the value you enter will be the updated current progress value. e.g., current progress is “2km” and you set “3km”, then the progress is updated to “3km”.
By swiping the habit left, you also have the option to mark your habit as “Failed” or “Skipped”.
‘Fail’ option is to mark the day when you plan to do your habit but you cannot, be aware that this option will break your current streak if your habit has a goal per day.
‘Skip’ option is for the day when you don’t schedule your habit, maybe you’re sick or on holiday and temporarily put your habit on a pause.
For habits that link and sync data from Apple Health, Fitbit, or Strava, Habitify does not support to manually log progress or mark the habit as complete in any way within the app. However, you still can mark those habits as skipped or failed.
Skipping a week, month, or year is not supported yet.
If your habit is updated with a status (Completed, Skipped, Failed), from Journal, swipe it right to unmark the status and reset the current day’s progress.if your habit is still in progress:
From Journal, tap on the habit to open its single progress view.
Tap the ••• button in the top right corner.
Choose ‘Log History’.
In the Log History, swipe left the wrong log, and choose ‘Delete’.
Tap the < button to save and return.
How to edit a good habit?
To edit a good habit:
From Journal, tap on the habit to open its single progress view.
Tap the ••• button in the top right corner, and choose ‘Edit’.
If your habit does not appear in the today’s list:
Configuring Repeat is to schedule the habit shows up in Journal.For habit with goal per day, it also define which days count toward your streak and your completion score.
Mode
How it works
Example
Daily
Appears every single day or specific day(s) in a week
Everyday
Mon, Wed, and Fri
Weekends (Sun, Sat)
Monthly
Repeats on one or more specific date(s) of the month
The 2nd of the month
The 15th and 30th of the month
Interval
Repeats every N days (e.g., every 3 or 5 days); the app previews the next 3 upcoming dates
Goal is the minimum target that defines “success” for a given period. Configure three parts:
Value: the minimum amount to hit (e.g., 1 time, 30 minutes, 2 litres)
Unit: pick from a pre-defined list suited to the habit template (e.g., “Drink Water” suggests litres, ml, US fl oz, cup), or create a custom unit by choosing base unit “times” and naming it (e.g., “chapters,” “clients”)
Period: per day, per week, per month, or per year
There are 2 modes in settings the goal value. In the screen of setting goal, tap the ••• button in top right corner and choose between:
Quick Select: scroll the value picker and choose a pre-defined one.
Exact Value: enter any custom value you want.
Unit type can’t change after saving. You can switch within the same type (minutes → hours), but not across types (minutes → km). Changing type requires creating a new habit.
Editing a custom unit’s label rewrites past data. If you rename “bottles” to “glasses,” all historical logs display the new label too.
Time of Day is basically Morning, Afternoon, or Evening, or anyway you divide your normal day.The primary benefit is to transform your daily habit list from a simple checklist into a structured plan for your entire day with the Time of Day lists like ‘Morning’, ‘Afternoon’, ‘Evening’, ‘Night’, etc., helping you to focus on your morning habits when you wake up, without being distracted by tasks for later in the day.
There must be at least 1 Time of Day selected. You can choose all options of Time of Day so your habit appears all day long in the Time of Day list.
“Time of Day” is purely for organizing your list into sections. A Reminder is a specific push notification that alerts you at an exact time (e.g., 8:00 AM). You can have a “Morning” habit with a reminder set for 8:00 AM.
We know everyone’s schedule is different. What’s “morning” for one person might be “noon” for another. See how to customize your days with time of day:
Time of Day
Customize your day into Morning, Afternoon, and Evening with your own schedule of time for each.
An Area is a way to group related habits together - like habits of “Health,” “Work,” or “Morning Routine” - instead of treating every habit as a standalone item on a flat list.As your habit list grows, Areas keep things organized without adding friction, allowing you go from “did I do this one thing today” to “how am I actually doing at work, at home, in my health”, and getΩ the bigger picture of how things are going for you.See how you create and manage your custom areas:
Setting a Reminder is one of the most effective ways to stay consistent with a new habit - a well-timed nudge often makes the difference between “I’ll do it later” and actually doing it.In Habitify, there are three types of reminders:
Time-based reminders: set a specific time; add multiple reminders per habit (e.g., drink water at 8AM, 10AM, et.,)
Location-based reminders: triggers on arriving at or leaving a set location (e.g., gym when arriving home).
Habit-stacking reminders: triggers based on completion of another habit (e.g., “Journal” reminder fires immediately when “Read a Book” is marked as completed).
Some habits are more than just a single action; they’re a collection of smaller steps.Checklist let you break down a large, complex habit into a series of smaller, more manageable sub-tasks. This helps you build momentum and gives you a clear roadmap to completion, making big goals feel less intimidating.To add a new item in the habit’s checklist:
Habitify does not support to directly edit or change the order of items in the Checklist yet. The item you add first will come first. The current solution is to remove the items and re-add them in the order you may want them to be sorted.
The date you set in Start Date is the date your habit starts showing up in the Journal or List view. It defaults to today, but you can set it earlier to backfill progress you’ve already made, or later to plan ahead for a habit you’re not starting yet.
If you change the start date further back for an existing habit, the newly-added days will default to a goal of “1 time”.
End Condition allows you to define a clear finish line for your temporary habits, helping you stay focused and giving you a great sense of accomplishment when you cross it. Instead of a habit running forever, you can set it to stop automatically once your goal is met.There are four ways to set an end point for your habit:
Type
Ends when…
Example
Required
On a Date
A specific calendar date is reached
ends on December 31, 2026
At least 7 days since Today
After a Streak
A target number of consecutive periods is hit
ends after a 100-day streak
Must be greater than current streak
After Total Completions
A target number of completed periods is reached (non-consecutive allowed)
In the Daily view, whether a habit appears in the All Habit list, the Time of Day list, or a Custom Area list is based on the settings of Repeat and Start Date.For example, if your habit has Start Date as 2026-07-01 and Repeat as every 2 days , then it will appear in the list of date 2026-07-01, 2026-07-03, 2026-07-05,etc.In the Weekly view, your habit will appear immediately, with the progress represented based on their goal.
There are 4 options of recording the progress of a good habit:
Log value: Enter a value that is actually accomplished, the value can be bigger or smaller than the goal.
Complete: Enter a value that is equal to the goal, and set the current period as complete.
Skip: Set the current day as skip.
Fail: Set the current day as fail.
Difference between ‘skip’ and ‘fail’
Skip: use it when it is a day off, and you want to protect your daily-based streak
Fail: use it when you should complete the habit but you miss it.
Skip doesn’t protect weekly-based, monthly-based, or annual-based streak. Once you do not complete your weekly/monthly/annual goal, your current streak will reset to 0.
When you are using the Habitify Android, the Journal tab is the main place of your daily tracking.
When swiping right, you have the ‘Complete’ option to immediately mark your good habit as completed as well as log the goal value as your progress value for the current period.Otherwise, you can use ‘Log value’ option to record any progress value. e.g., current progress is “2km” and you add “3km”, then the progress is updated to”5km”.
By swiping the habit left, you also have the option to mark your habit as “Failed” or “Skipped”.
‘Fail’ option is to mark the day when you plan to do your habit but you cannot, be aware that this option will break your current streak if your habit has a goal per day.
‘Skip’ option is for the day when you don’t schedule your habit, maybe you’re sick or on holiday and temporarily put your habit on a pause.
For habits that link and sync data from Health Connect, Fitbit, or Strava, Habitify does not support to manually log progress or mark the habit as complete in any way within the app. However, you still can mark those habits as skipped or failed.
Skipping a week, month, or year is not supported yet.
Tap the cell of the day you want to check in. Days when the habit doesn’t repeat are hatched, so tap a day when it repeats.
If the habit’s goal is measured in times, each tap adds 1 to your progress.
If the goal uses any other unit, a tap opens the Log Value screen.
The cell updates right away. It fills gradually as you log, and turns solid once you complete the daily goal.Otherwise, to check in Skip or Fail for a incomplete day, hold on the cell of that day to access the options.
If your habit is updated with a status (Completed, Skipped, Failed), from Journal, swipe it right to unmark the status and reset the current day’s progress.if your habit is still in progress:
From Journal, tap on the habit to open its single progress view.
Tap the ⋮ button in the top right corner.
Choose ‘Log History’.
In the Log History, swipe left the wrong log, and choose ‘Delete’.
Tap the < button to save and return.
How to edit a good habit?
If your good habit appears in Journal:
Tap on your habit to open its single progress view.
Configuring Repeat is to schedule the habit shows up in the List View.For habit with goal per day, it also define which days count toward your streak and your completion score.
Mode
How it works
Example
Daily
Appears specific day(s) in a week or every single day.
Everyday
Mon, Wed, and Fri
Weekends (Sun, Sat)
Monthly
Repeats on one or more specific date(s) of the month
The 2nd of the month
The 15th and 30th of the month
Interval
Repeats every N days (e.g., every 3 or 5 days); the app previews the next 3 upcoming dates
Goal is the minimum target that defines “success” for a given period. Configure three parts:
Value: the minimum amount to hit (e.g., 1 time, 30 minutes, 2 litres)
Unit: pick from a pre-defined list suited to the habit template (e.g., “Drink Water” suggests litres, ml, US fl oz, cup), or create a custom unit by choosing base unit “times” and naming it (e.g., “chapters,” “clients”)
Period: per day, per week, per month, or per year
Unit type can’t change after saving. You can switch within the same type (minutes → hours), but not across types (minutes → km). Changing type requires creating a new habit.
Editing a custom unit’s label rewrites past data. If you rename “bottles” to “glasses,” all historical logs display the new label too.
Time of Day is basically Morning, Afternoon, or Evening, or anyway you divide your normal day.The primary benefit is to transform your daily habit list from a simple checklist into a structured plan for your entire day with the Time of Day lists like ‘Morning’, ‘Afternoon’, ‘Evening’, ‘Night’, etc., helping you to focus on your morning habits when you wake up, without being distracted by tasks for later in the day.
There must be at least 1 Time of Day selected. You can choose all options of Time of Day so your habit appears all day long in the Time of Day list.
“Time of Day” is purely for organizing your list into sections. A Reminder is a specific push notification that alerts you at an exact time (e.g., 8:00 AM). You can have a “Morning” habit with a reminder set for 8:00 AM.
We know everyone’s schedule is different. What’s “morning” for one person might be “noon” for another. See how to customize your days with time of day:
Time of Day
Managing habits with Morning, Afternoon, Evening, etc.,
The date you set in Start Date is the date your habit starts showing up when you view your habits in the List layout.In the Grid layout, Start Date determines the cell from which you can interact and check in. The cells of the date before your habit’s start date will be crossed out and unavailable to click on.The Start Date’s value defaults to today, but you can set it earlier to backfill progress you’ve already made, or later to plan ahead for a habit you’re not starting yet.
If you change the start date further back for an existing habit, the newly-added days will default to a goal of “1 time”.
End Condition allows you to define a clear finish line for your temporary habits, helping you stay focused and giving you a great sense of accomplishment when you cross it. Instead of a habit running forever, you can set it to stop automatically once your goal is met.There are four ways to set an end point for your habit:
Type
Ends when…
Example
Required
On a Date
A specific calendar date is reached
ends on December 31, 2026
At least 7 days since Today
After a Streak
A target number of consecutive periods is hit
ends after a 100-day streak
Must be greater than current streak
After Total Completions
A target number of completed periods is reached (non-consecutive allowed)
Setting a Reminder is one of the most effective ways to stay consistent with a new habit - a well-timed nudge often makes the difference between “I’ll do it later” and actually doing it.In Habitify, there are three types of reminders: Time, Location, and Habit Stacking. How to set up each type of reminder as below.
Time Reminder
Location Reminder
Habit Stacking Reminder
Click the Reminder field.
Choose type ‘Time’.
Enter the time and set AM/PM.
Optionally, switch to enable the Custom Schedule and choose the specific day(s) when the reminder is set for.
Click ‘Done’ to add the new reminder.
Click the Reminder field.
Choose type ‘Location’.
Search for the based location, and choose the correct one from the result list.
Adjust the distance to the based location where the app should fire the reminder.
Choose between ‘Entering’ or ‘Leaving’.
Click ‘Done’ to add the new reminder.
Click the Reminder field.
Choose type ‘Habit Stacking’.
In ‘Remind me to when’, choose the triggering habit.
In ‘Triggering event, choose the triggering status or the reminders of the triggering habits.
In ‘Send notification’, choose when you want to receive the reminder in the correlation with the triggering event.
An Area is a way to group related habits together - like habits of “Health,” “Work,” or “Morning Routine” - instead of treating every habit as a standalone item on a flat list.As your habit list grows, Areas keep things organized without adding friction, allowing you go from “did I do this one thing today” to “how am I actually doing at work, at home, in my health”, and get the bigger picture of how things are going for you.See how you create and manage your custom areas:
Some habits are more than just a single action; they’re a collection of smaller steps.Checklist let you break down a large, complex habit into a series of smaller, more manageable sub-tasks. This helps you build momentum and gives you a clear roadmap to completion, making big goals feel less intimidating.To add a new item in the habit’s checklist:
In the New Habit window, find Checklist, and click the input field.
Add the items, seperate each team by ‘Enter’ from your keyboard.
In List layout, whether a habit appears in Today list, Time of Day list, or a Custom Area list is based on the settings of Repeat and Start Date.For example, if your habit has Start Date as2026-07-01 and Repeat asevery 2 days , then it will appear in the list of date2026-07-01,2026-07-03,2026-07-05,etc.In Grid layout, all the habits you are actively tracking appears, regardless of their Repeat and Star Date settings. For days before the start date, their cells will be crossed off.
There are 4 options of recording the progress of a good habit:
Add log: Enter a value that is actually accomplished, the value can be bigger or smaller than the goal.
Complete/ Mark as completed: Enter a value that is equal to the goal, and set the current period as complete.
Skip/ Mark as skipped: Set the current day as skip.
Fail/ Mark as failed: Set the current day as fail.
Difference between ‘skip’ and ‘fail’
Skip: use it when it is a day off, and you want to protect your daily-based streak
Fail: use it when you should complete the habit but you miss it.
Skip doesn’t protect weekly-based, monthly-based, or annual-based streak. Once you do not complete your weekly/monthly/annual goal, your current streak will reset to 0.
Based on whether you are viewing the Grid or List layout, these are the ways to track your habit progress
Grid View gives you a calendar-like overview of your habits. Each cell in the grid represents a single day for a habit. Consequently, you can check in a single day and several days in bulk.To check in status or log progress for a single day:
Click to Select: Click on any cell (day). An action bar will appear at the bottom. Choose from Complete, Skip, or Fail.
Right-Click for Speed: Right-click on any cell. An action menu will appear. Choose the action you want from the list.
Use keyboard shortcuts Choose a cell and use one of these keyboard shortcuts
for macOS users: Option + C (to complete), Option + S (to skip), or Option + F (to fail)
for windows users: Alt + C (to complete), Alt + S (to skip), or Alt + F (to fail)
To check in status or log progress for multiple days:
For specific, non-consecutive days: Hold down Ctrl (on Windows) or Cmd (on Mac) and click on all the individual cells you want to update. Then, choose an action from the bottom bar or use the keyboard shortcuts.
For a consecutive range of days: Click and hold on a cell, then drag your mouse across the nearby cells to select a range. Release the mouse and choose an action from the bottom bar or use the keyboard shortcuts.
Checking in multiple days is only available for habits with goal per day.
Currently Habitify doesn’t support to skip a week, month, or year then protecting your current streak on a weekly-based, monthly-based, or annual-based habit.
How to undo a progress log on a good habit?
If the habit is marked with a status (Completed, Skipped, or Failed), right-click the cell and choose ‘Remove logs’.If the habit is still in progress:
Open its single progress view.
Navigate to the top right corner, and click the sidebar toggle button.
Switch to the Log History tab.
Select the wrong log.
Click ‘Delete’ in the bottom right corner.
How to edit a good habit?
To edit a good habit:
Open your habit list in Grid layout.
Click on your habit to open its single progress view.
Navigate to the top right corner, and click the 🖊 button.
