Leave a Review Habitica
Inclusive phobia protection feature!!!
I use the app with a few friends and it’s great for keeping track of habits and giving me external motivation - which I definitely need to make new habits/ keep up tough ones.
I’m really excited about the phobia protection feature though. It is an add-on that will remove images of spiders, snakes, zombies, etc - things people may have phobias of. One of the friends that uses Habitica with me has a massive phobia of spiders and, while I think she’s ok with digital spiders, I never realized how apps I use easily (and invited her to use with me) might not be accessible to her during Halloween. I didn’t realize how important this kind of feature is for inclusivity until I saw it. I know how stressful the phobia is for her in person and I appreciate that Habitica is providing an option for people to avoid seeing potentially upsetting images when they’re everywhere during Halloween season.
I just had to drop a review because this kind of feature makes apps accessible to everyone- as they should be. It shows me that Habitica has people behind it that care about other people.Show lessjnpwebb
Developer Response
Hi jnpwebb and thank you so much for this thoughtful review. We're happy to hear you and your friend find that feature helpful! If you’d like to share any feedback with us directly, you can do that via Menu - About - Send Feedback.Great app, but could be even better
After becoming aware of my problem with IOS games and how much time i waste on them, I wondered if a game existed that actually encouraged you to be productive and improve yourself. I struggle with severe productivity anxiety and it really hurt my college attendance and grades, but this game has worked wonders!
There are some small improvements I would LOVE to see from the game that would really add to it!
1. You can score the difficulty of the tasks you would like to accomplish, which give rewards proportionate to the difficulty. I find that this game works the best when I set the difficulty to hard, as that’s the only real way that I feel truly accomplished and rewarded for doing things. I think the rewards should be even better.
2. Leveling up doesn’t really do much. You have to get all the way to level 10 to even choose a class. I need something to incentivize me to really really wanna level up.
3. I wish there was an actual game I could play with my character, like a JRPG style turn-based combat system. Your character DOES fight bosses, but you don’t really get to join them.
This game is really on it’s way to something great, but I’m really hoping for a big overhaul of content soon!!Show lessNatsulucyerzagreyhappy
Really Helpful for School!
It’s ridiculously hard to stay motivated during virtual classes, and I think Habitica has been a big help! I have all my school assignments up on my To-Do list, which is really helpful for keeping track of what to do and for staying motivated in the middle of working on an assignment.
The main reason why I love it so much is that it’s ridiculously effective for me and it’s just what I was looking for. A lot of other habit-tracker/to-do list apps aren’t in an engaging format, and I delete them after slowly losing interest over the course of a few days. I didn’t have this problem with Habitica, because of how it’s part game and part productivity tracker. I’ve been looking for an app like this for ages, and I didn’t find this until my friend recommended it (and thank goodness she did).
I haven’t noticed any bugs, other than the occasional small bug that comes from not syncing with the happening on my computer quickly enough. Occasionally there’s an issue where I check off a To-Do list item or a Daily and it doesn’t change color immediately, but it’s no big deal because the color changes if I go to another tab and then go back to the original. I’m also not entirely sold on the idea of gems basically being only obtainable through money, but I can appreciate that the things they purchase confer mostly cosmetic benefit.Show lessPandabooks
Developer Response
Hey Pandabooks. Thanks for your review and kind words, they mean a lot to us! If you'd like to share any further feedback, please feel free to reach out via Menu - About - Send Feedback.This is a game changer, but the bugs are killing me
Really loving this app so far. I think it has potential to make positive global impact. There are sooo many bugs though. For example, I can’t use the app on my mobile phone because the developers didn’t build in a way to switch between the Facebook accounts used to log in. Once you log in with a certain account, you’re literally stuck with that no matter many times you log out it delete the app.
I initially downloaded Habitica on my tablet, and used my main Facebook account to create my login info. Once I was ready to download the app on my mobile device, the app automatically tried to sign me in with a Facebook account I don’t even use. I’ve tried everything including deleting the app, but there’s literally no way to simply switch which Facebook account I use to log into Habitica. So I can only use the app on my tablet instead of being able to sync across devices —this greatly limits my productivity :/Show lessSorry I Even Tried
Can't imagine a world without it
I've been using Habitica for years. And, let me tell you: as someone with ADHD, this single fact is actually much more significant than it sounds.
I have struggled all my life to find an app (or series of apps and schedules and reminders and calendars and motivation to *just keep trying hard enough*) to keep my days together. Nothing has ever stuck aside from Habitica. I absolutely loved and still love the Moleskine suite of apps, but my chaotic, unfocused, and tired brain just can't do minimalism successfully.
Habitica, on the other hand, is enormously flexible and expansive, perhaps even overwhelmingly so at first. That said, there is a large & active community of users available to give you ideas for how to use the app and also to encourage you along the way. The community truly puts other apps that boast a "social" component to shame.
For me personally, I do use the app to work on habits I'm trying to develop, but I also use it for pretty much every other logistical aspect of my life: project management, collecting/bookmarking, reminders, delegation, and brainstorming. I would be an absolute mess without it.
So if you have ADHD or you struggle to keep everything together, I cannot recommend this app enough. Give it a try.Show lessjustinemann
I adore this!
I cannot say enough praise for this app. I’m not giving it 5 stars because it’s flawless, because it’s not. It glitches sometimes, but the developers work so hard on improving the app. I’m rating it 5 stars because it’s the first app in my 17 years of life that has never left my phone since I downloaded it. It’s fun, it’s simple, and it’s effective. I’m so happy there is a team that created this idea and put it into the world, this is exactly what I needed. I’ve been using it for close to a year now. When I’m having some depressive episodes, I’m able to pause the “game” until I’m confident in my ability to get back on my feet. Which is something I’m /so/ thankful for. No, I’m not a bot, and I have not been paid a single penny to say any of this. I just genuinely love this app so much. I wanted to show my gratitude towards the developers and everyone that participates in the making and improvement of this app, because it changed my life and I’m forever grateful.Show lessdede !!!
The BEST app on my phone!
I absolutely love using habitica. I have tried almost every task manager/habit forming/list/calendar app you can imagine to try and motivate myself and keep my tasks organized. This is the one that did it for me. It’s kept me super motivated and focused on what I need to get done on the daily and I love having a little character that I can level up. It’s such a great idea, and it’s executed so well. If you’re lacking that little bit of extrinsic motivation to finish I really recommend this app!
However, it does have a few glitches here and there. Nothing major that would turn me away, but it times out on occasion, and organizing tasks is a little tricky. The task your creating either disappears or re-organizes itself back to where it originally was which is kind of annoying. Exiting out of the app always fixed this, but it does need fixing on the teams end.
Besides that, everything is amazing! Keep up the good work!Show lessAnastasia Elena
THIS GOT MY LIFE TOGETHER
I literally love everything about this app. It got my entire life together. I credit it for my productivity in every aspect. It really is perfectly tailored for the user. A couple reasons why you should totally get this app:
-The combination of ways to write tasks is soooo convenient! There are dailies for what you do on a repeated day to day or week to week basis, habits for things you want to do but aren’t quite doing every day yet, and a to-do list. This way I can keep “brush your teeth”, “keep your room clean”’ and “organize your desk” separated by appropriate category.
-The gaming aspect is AWESOME! With other apps you check something off your todo and then that’s it. No real reward. With Habitica I get excited to level up or buy new items for my avatar! Plus I can make my own rewards so I can buy myself set rewards like “go out for ice cream” with currency I earn by completing my tasks.
-With every missed daily or negative habit you lose life. This keeps me motivated to stay on top of things. But if I do fall behind, I just have to work a bit harder to buy a healing potion that can bring my health back up. I have to use the same gold that would be going towards my rewards otherwise, so it’s good motivation to stay productive.
Honestly, just give this app a try. It’s really worth it. If you’re the type to be motivated by games, leveling up, and earning rewards, this is definitely the best app you can have for this type of thing.Show lessAnonymous572538369853
Love! But needs work
I absolutely love this app! It’s a perfect concept, and really motivates me to get things done! I love having a little character to level up, and getting pets and mounts, doing quests—it’s all so motivating and fun for me to do things irl now!! And i love the multiplayer function, having a party with my irl friends, and doing quests together, the guilds are fun, and I love the challenges!!
However, I will say that the app needs a bit of work still. There seems to be a few glitches and kinks that need to be worked out, when compared to the website version. One of the big ones I’ve noticed is I don’t get a pop up upon completion of a quest, detailing what happened at the end (like what happens on the website version), I also don’t get a check in pop up on the app. Another mild annoyance is that half of the time, when I go to my tasks, they will be all out of order, and not in the order I put them in. Exiting out of the app and reopening it usually solves this, but it’s a bit annoying.
These little glitches aren’t enough to stop me from using the app but I do hope they eventually get worked out!!Show lessKivusa
Developer Response
Hi Kivusa, thank you for your review and your kind words! Our small team is working hard to bring feature parity to all our platforms. If you'd like to help us smash bugs, you can report them directly to the team by going to Menu - About - Report a Bug.A habit tracker/motivator that’s actually fun
As a chronic procrastinator, I’ve gone through my share of apps intended to kick myself into action toward my goals, and nothing has worked as well as Habitica. It perfectly aligns my real-world goals with my insatiable need for collectible digital pets... I almost wish I was joking, but no, collecting virtual animals in this game has somehow been a more effective motivator than anything I’ve tried. Plus, joining a party and talking to other real humans with real human ambitions has really ramped up my motivation to be even more ambitious with my goals. A little buggy sometimes, but the app has a lot of heart behind it and despite occasional problems connecting to the server is still just an all-around delight to use. To the devs, thanks!Show less46makun
