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by Salierima

After reading the book and finding it extremely helpful, I suppose my expectations for the app were too high. But yes… it’s objectively limited, expensive and doesn’t even truly matches the objective of the book. At some level if feels like the author is monetizing on his fame… good old capitalism, I guess.

So it’s expensive. VERY expensive. My mobile plan in Europe is cheaper than this app. Even Netflix is. And I don’t mind paying for something that’s worth it, but this app sure isn’t.

Take for example the habits you can track. Six! Yes… S.I.X. You want to cultivate a different habit each weekday? Nope…. You’ll be missing one day. The habit tracker template on JC website has almost 20 habits. And it’s free!

Moreover, the way habits are formulated are limited and incongruous with the book. They have to follow a format of “I’ll do X at Y, to become Z”. No Habit Stacking, no breaking a habit, no other cue managing, no nothing. You get that format and that’s all.

Besides that, the other functionalities, like the quotes and the community, feel so lacking and underdeveloped that I might be better off by asking a chatbot to motivate me.

Yes, it’s pretty and it welcomes you with shiny animations but how this app has a 4.8 stars review just baffles me. Go to Reddit and read the reviews, they’re as critical as mine, if not worse.

by Pocketrash

I am a huge fan of the Atomic Habits book. I have been hoping that James Clear would create his own app for years. His development team have made a good looking, intuitive and potentially helpful app. However, limiting users to only three habits is frankly a non-starter. I understand the thought behind setting fewer habits to increase your chance of success but many users have been employing James systems for years and want to be able to track more habits.

And, quite frankly, the price for a subscription is way too high. This app is being priced at a similar price tag as things like Apple Music, and or video streaming platforms that will be used hours a day. those apps manage to make a profit, even though the cost that they must pay to content providers is immense and maintaining those platforms is incredibly complex and expensive. I understand the value too investing in yourself but, quite frankly, I can do more with a pencil and paper than this Apple allow me to do, and it cost me nothing.

I love a potential of this app, and will check back in the future to see if the price and feature set improve. I am hopeful that James will make this tool more accessible to average people by either lowering the subscription price or at least making it a one time purchase.

by Junglejuggler

I’ve updated, logged out and logged in, and still only allowed to use 1 habit. I was a beta tester and 3 felt low. Not to mention nowhere in the app to visualize or build habit stacking. But 1 is just strange. And $17/month to upgrade? Yikes.

Update: oh my gosh, I thought the bug fix meant all users can have 3 habits (and I assumed pro could have more) - that felt so obvious to me. Why would anyone use a free app that only lets you track one habit? And why would anyone pay $120 for an app that only lets you track 3? So I assumed they took that feedback and updated free to allow 3 habits. But no. They updated it so the pro users can make 3 habits right away rather than having to have a few-day streak before creating a new one. Big whoop. That’s not the flaw here. lol.