Streaks 4+

I’ve used every one out there. I was a big fan of Productive, which is also a fantastic app, but Streaks makes Productive looks like Stone Age technology. The HealthKit integration is amazing. I don’t have to open this app. It knows when I’ve walked 5000 steps, cycled one mile, done my daily mediation, it can even know when you’ve brushed your teeth (if you want to get that crazy and you have a smart toothbrush). And here’s the most important part: because I have the Apple Watch and I track my sleep with it, it knows when I don’t get out of bed by 8am or when I go to bed later than 10pm. There’s no checking things off or trying to remember whether I did it or not, and I can’t fudge it by even one minute or I’ll break my streak. I am not a morning person but I have never jumped out of bed so fast and started doing jumping jacks because it was 7:58 and I didn’t want to break my streak! Who would have thought that the best app out there would be one you never have to even open?

My only request is integrating screen time in the same way HealthKit is integrated. I need some accountability around that and I know Streaks can help.

Been using this app for 4 or 5 days now and I really love it but the UI is frustrating at times. I keep forgetting how to edit the tasks because the gear icon in the lower left corner suggests “settings” to me. My instinct is to long press the task itself to edit it but, of course, that triggers the task to be marked as done. As a result I wish there was a way to unmark tasks as done. Also, the wording of the notifications feels negative to me. Instead of being reminded to not break the streak, how about encouraging us to keep the streak going? Something like: “You’ve done this task 5 in a row—make it 6! You can do it!” The 10% Percent Happier app celebrates streaks by letting users share a graphic on social media so we can show our pride in keeping our meditation streak going. That would be a cool thing to add to this app! If it weren’t for the “streak” option on the 10% Happier app I’d not have bought this app. I realize now that I have a really powerful completist urge in me. What if you added a “custom reminder message” option? Or allow for an option for both “if you fail” messages and “you can succeed” messages? These “if you fail” messages are really getting me down. I want to believe I can succeed, not live in fear of failing.