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Wonderful in theory, ok execution
So this app is wonderful. Really helped me with habbits i had been struggling with, but as i started getting deeper in and especially with quests and stuff, i noticed a bunch of bugs starting to pop up. Issues with tasks not completing, quests not starting easily, just quality of life stuff. I eventually found another app that has helped me and isn’t buggy, so I then tried to leave the party im in. “Leave quest first” ok, doesn’t sound hard. I went to the quest, but there wasn’t anywhere i could find that allowed me to leave. After some googling and restarting the app, the leave quest button popped up. I clicked leave and like 2 things popped up that didn’t make sense. The quest had already started and one of the pop ups was mentioning that, and the other was confirming if i want to leave. I clicked confirm on both and nothing happened. No notification that i had left, nothing on the party menu that i had left or the quest was in progress. So now im stuck in a quest thats been going on for a good few weeks now, that I can’t leave with a party I can’t abandon
If you want this app to track your habbits, go for it. If you’re interested in the quest system, I’d stay away unless you’re really investedShow lesskate103630266294
I love it!
i really like this app overall, its super helpful. i can keep note of everything i need to do in a week and track bad habits. its a great way to stay organized. one thing that would be super super helpful would be to be able to make exceptions for not completing a task under dailies. if im away from home and have no way to do something or if it just doesnt need to be done then i still take damage from not doing it- there are times when it would be worse to do then to not do. if i had a dentist appointment i cant brush my teeth at the end of the day, but i still take in-game damage for it. i also have a suggestion for when you choose the difficulty of a task. there are four options- trivial, easy, medium, and hard. sometimes i feel that a task isnt quite one of those four. i would prefer to have a slider so that it could be in between two options, and i wouldnt have to just pick one. thats my two cents! thank you for creating this, i love it!Show lessdjejsjshbxjc
Loving it so far!
I am a teacher with lots of anxiety and just got this about two weeks ago. It is helping me so much with staying focused and keeping track of my mental state with the habits. Being able to have a reward for eating breakfast and doing all the things I need to take care of myself have been incredibly helpful and it is also helping with the work avoidance my anxiety can bring on. Or just the forgetfulness my anxiety can create. The only thing I wish it had was that you could select specific days for the dailies and not just how often they repeat. I try to run or go for a walk on Mon, Wed, Frid, Sat which has made it hard to create a way to track it on the app. But all in all it is incredible and is helping a lot!Show lessLittleDunnie
Pretty decent
Habitica is good for staying organized and I like the take they took on this app by making it sort of like a game. I have yet to connect with friends so maybe when I do it will serve as a stronger incentive to stay motivated and get things done. However if there was one thing I can add to this it would be a sort of calendar and or tracking device atleast to see what you have done so far in your past days. For example if I have a habits list that I want to complete for the day I want to be able to look back and see my progression from getting only some done to getting all of them done consistently. I think it would help to see what I have accomplished so far and same things with the habits section so I can see what days I was working more on developing habits and or doing the habits I am not fond of.Show lessnabilkhsveinr
Awesome!! Might I add?
An overall task by task way to view things we’ve done both positive and negative. Like some sort of bar graph relative to dates or just some kind of calendar layout altogether? Also a more intuitive setup for reminders. One that actually sends notifications or even alarms. More automation. In depth dailies please. Like being able to set which days I want to be affected by whether or not I went to the gym without having to set that up in the habits category. Or say I drink a lot of monster, I have to separate habit tabs for this a negative for when I do. And a positive if I go the day without. Maybe allow me to set a single habit with this function included almost as a daily. If I don’t hit my negative all day it will reward me assuming I didn’t. Being able to set different values for drinking a single can or going the whole day would be nice as well.Show lesshate melody
The only habit making app that works
I will start by saying that I am a huge nerd so I may be biased but I really enjoy that it truly feels like a ttrpg when you work towards your goals, practice good habits, and hold yourself accountable. I personally don’t use a lot of negatives bc punishment as feedback doesn’t work well with me but I really enjoy leveling up and having a party of your friends!
The people who made it also helped me when I first found the game and couldn’t download it for some reason, they are responsive and seem to very much care.
My only complaint is I wish that I could trade among your party members or have some sort of accountability between each other. Overall it’s an awesome app for nerds and normies alike who just wanna help themselves ❤️Show lesssomeonehadtosayit
Well...
I loved this app for a while, it gives you rewards for doing every day things and makes you feel like you’ve accomplished something. But then the gems. Gems are the in game currency you have to purchase with real money (different to gold which you can earn). Having to buy game currency is one of my biggest pet peeves. You can’t convert gold to gems, you can’t sell stuff to get gems, and it’s nearly impossible to get them. The only way to get them is to do “challenges” posted by other users which are difficult to do for 1-2 gems (which is not guaranteed. Some challenges only 1 person wins). Another way is to “contribute” which I have yet to figure out what that means but from the tings I have seen it is minimal pay out as well. I wanted to get all of the pets and unlocked all of the ones you can get through day to say activity, but “quests” take forever and rarely give you eggs to hatch so I have not gotten many of those either. The only way to get new potions (after the core 11) is to buy them with gems. Basically, don’t get this app if you actually want to unlock everything or complete quests and missions. I’ve had this app for over a year and I’m considering deleting because I’ve exhausted everything I can doShow lessyoualready.knowwhoitisss.
This is the best thing!
First, three facts about me, for background: One, I am a single parent with four kids, six pets, a bunch of house plants, and an extremely busy life. Two, I have tried dozens of productivity and habit tracking apps. Three, I hate video games and computer games. BUT… this app is amazing. It makes even my least favorite tasks desirable, it keeps me motivated to do things even when I’m exhausted, and it keeps me focused on what I need to do, even when I have a million distractions. I probably never would have tried it had it not been mentioned in a New York Times article (not even about tech or anything like that, it was about a day in the life of a Zen chaplain). I figured I’d give Habitica a shot, but with very low expectations. I’m so glad I tried it! It benefits me and every living being in my house every single day. I fully recommend it to anyone who’s trying to build good habits and/or be more productive, even if you think it’s not for you. Try it for a couple days, and I bet you’ll see benefits. And have fun!Show lesskate.paper.scissors
Developer Response
Hi, kate.paper.scissors. Thanks so much for your thoughtful review! We're happy to hear Habitica has been helpful and exceeded your expectations! If you’d like to share any feedback with us directly, you can do that via Menu - Support - Submit Feedback.Top notch, would recommend
I started using this app after reading a glowing recommendation on a ‘how to get things done’ site, and it has not disappointed. Much like the grownup version of a sticker chart, this app encourages the user to perform those boring day to day chores and tasks that we keep meaning to do but forget about. Some particular things I like:
- the fact that before rolling over to the next day, it will ask you what things you may have forgotten to check off the day before, so you don’t get penalized for ‘not logging in’
-the variety of categories tasks can be put in: one time items vs once a day items vs multiple times a day items
-being able to subdivide tasks into smaller sub take by using checklists
Some things I’d really like to see:
-the ability to send other members in your party a task—I feel like this would be especially useful for shopping lists
-being able to save or repost a past to-do. This would be great for those chores that are infrequent or dependent on some sort of irregular outside thing (the weather) but involve enough complexity that recreating could be a pain. To limit lag and storage this could be limited to saving up to 5 to-dos?
That said, all of this would be bonus material and I intend to keep using this app long term and recommending it to others.Show lessStormdanc3
Habitica can be a total Game Changer
I’ve been using Habitica for almost two years now, and I’m here to say that as I was initially a casual user of the app, and have moved to being a player in a world parallel yet decidedly different from our own. With Habitica being a highly customizable game, you truly can gamify your habits and tasks to suit your own level of creativity, utilitarianism, minimalism, and community engagement. The guilds are supportive and members are eager to give encouragement and feedback, and the challenges that the guilds provide are usually well written and sometimes use “RPG lingo” to make it more like a game and less like a chore list.
I started changing the names of my tasks to “unlock achievements “ and my habit lists to “Activate power ups “ , and it’s been significantly helpful to keep my attention and engagement with the app. Furthermore: purchasing the app is going to be the game changer. While you don’t technically “need” to, it opens up another level of interest and engagement with special Pet and potion Quests, and Habitica gives you a bundle of items every month you subscribe, and a special little pet as a thank you. Purchases keep the app free and free of ads for free users.
However, this month I found that the Mystery Gift items did not show up in my Items list. I’m wondering if it’s a bugShow lessVI Visceral
Developer Response
Hey VI Visceral! Thank you so much for this thoughtful review. We're happy to hear Habitica has been helpful for you! If you’d like to share any feedback with us directly, you can do that via Menu - Support - Submit Feedback.
