Habit tracking with ability to mark past success easily? - Lemmy
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I’ve been using HabitNow since February and it’s a nice app. But I’d much prefer a FOSS alternative. The problem is that I’d like to keep my streak from HabitNow and apps either don’t let you mark in the past or they require multiple clicks. So far I’ve tried Loop Habit and Habit builder. These both fall in the “multiple clicks” camp. Are there any other options to consider or should I just start clicking away at the 250+ days I’ve succeeded?

I’ve been using HabitNow since February and it’s a nice app. But I’d much prefer a FOSS alternative. The problem is that I’d like to keep my streak from HabitNow and apps either don’t let you mark in the past or they require multiple clicks.

So far I’ve tried Loop Habit and Habit builder. These both fall in the “multiple clicks” camp.

Are there any other options to consider or should I just start clicking away at the 250+ days I’ve succeeded?

EDIT: habit builder does have a reasonably easy way to tap previous days that I missed. But has no reminders or notifications that I can find.

  • Father_RedbeardOP
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    8 months ago

    So it does export as a .db and you can sort of make sense of it. But I also completely skipped over a setting that allows for a single tap to mark a day as successful. So that does make it easier to backfill for the year. But I’m still curious what other folks are using or if they’ve run into this.

    • GrappleHatEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Personally, I’ve used many trackers over the years. I currently use Loop Habit tracker but only for recording the information day-to-day. I periodically export my data in .csv format and merge it with my “long term storage” in a big spreadsheet which contains >10 years of data. I like doing it this way because I like to do statistics on it, plot it, etc. and that’s very easy in .csv format on a computer (I’m a nerd).

      Because my “long term storage” is just a simple .csv I don’t need to worry about compatibility between apps. Also, if I lose my phone it’s not a big deal because I’d lose, at the most, a few months.

      • Father_RedbeardOP
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        8 months ago

        That reasoning is precisely why I started using Obsidian. I was keeping notes in Google Keep and a journal in Day One. Both of which require exporting to get into a more universal format. Obsidian uses plain text files, which is great for my use case. Yes, I know it’s not FOSS. But it fit my flow better than Logseq and Joplin hides the markdown in a db that also needs an export (plus the android app is awful).

        Unfortunately, there’s not a very smooth way to track habits in Obsidian even with plugins. There are a few available but they’re all pretty clunky, so I’ve skipped on them.