You’ve downloaded habit apps before. Set everything up on a motivated Sunday, felt that spark of possibility, then watched it all collapse by Thursday when life got in the way.
The culprit isn’t your willpower. It’s that most habit trackers obsess over streaks without addressing why you break them. A red X on a calendar doesn’t tell you what went wrong or how to recover. It just makes you feel like a failure.
The apps that actually work do something different: they build systems around your psychology, not against it. Here are five that understand this.
Dispatches From The Front 