What Is Habits & Goals?

Habits & Goals is a habit-tracking app built around a single idea: linking daily habits to long-term goals is the key to achieving great results. If you already know which outcomes you want but keep losing momentum on the daily actions that produce them, this app is designed for that gap. It is available for download, and the site says it takes about a minute to install it and create your first habit.

What the app actually does

The core loop is simple: you define a habit, give it a measurable duration or amount, and log your progress against it. The app then shows how today, yesterday, and the past week compare.

A concrete example from the site: a "Meditate" habit set to 10 minutes shows 4 of 10 minutes completed, with a +12.21% change indicator alongside last week, yesterday, today, and this week views. The same pattern applies to other habits — reading, journaling, walking, exercising, drinking water — each tracked as a number that can move up or down.

That numeric framing matters. Instead of a binary done/not-done checkbox, habits here have a target and a running total, so partial progress is visible and small improvements register.

The three-step method it teaches

The site frames habit creation as three steps:

1. Identify simple repeatable actions. You may not be able to define an activity from start to finish, but some key tasks repeat every time. Those repeats are what you track.
2. Find a time during the day. Doing an activity at the same time each day makes the habit easier to develop.
3. Reward yourself. Rewards can be big or small, but if they happen right after the habit, you will look forward to the next opportunity to practice it.

The stated principle behind all three: start small and adjust intensity only if necessary. Habits can evolve over time or stay unchanged.

How progress is displayed

The habit list view shows each habit with its target and its change from the prior period:

Note that declines appear too — exercise at -3 minutes and water at -1 glass. The app is not only a streak counter; it reports direction of change, which is useful if you want to see where you are slipping rather than only where you are succeeding.

A single-habit detail view goes deeper. For a journaling habit set to 300 daily words, the app shows 340 words today, 40 extra words, and an average of 322 words over the last 7 days. That last figure is the one worth watching: a daily number can swing, but a 7-day average tells you whether the habit is actually holding.

Who it fits, and who it does not

It fits you if:

• You want habits tied to a larger goal rather than tracked in isolation.
• You prefer numeric targets (minutes, words, miles, glasses) over simple checkmarks.
• You want to see week-over-week movement, including when it goes down.

It may not fit you if:

• You want a pure streak calendar with no measurement.
• You need the habit to be defined as a full start-to-finish activity — the app's own framing is that this often is not possible, and it works with repeating fragments instead.

Getting started

Download the app, then create one habit with a duration or amount you can realistically hit today. The site's own advice is to start small and only raise the intensity if needed. Pick a consistent time of day for it, and attach a reward immediately after you log it. Then check the 7-day average rather than any single day to judge whether the habit is taking hold.