# Atoms - from Atomic Habits — user reviews > 695 indexed App Store user reviews of Atoms by Atomic Development Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 10,615 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/atoms-from-atomic-habits/id6474421906/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/atoms-from-atomic-habits/id6474421906.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 9,676 · 4★ 499 · 3★ 184 · 2★ 100 · 1★ 156 ## What do users think of Atoms? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Simple and easy to use - 👍 Visually appealing design - 💡 Integrates principles from Atomic Habits book - 🎯 Helps focus on one habit at a time - 🔥 Motivating and encouraging **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription price - 🔒 Limited to only 1 or 3 habits in free version - 🔍 Lack of flexibility to track habits not tied to specific times - 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes - 🕰 Can't backlog past 24 hours **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues and app freezes - Habit progress not saving correctly - Widget not functioning as expected **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Ability to track more habits - More customization options for habits - Improved data visualization and analytics - Accountability partner features ## Newest reviews (18 of 695) ### 2/5 — Good idea, but… *2026-07-29, version 3.5.0* The app will not let me log an activity when I complete it. I get a message box stating “Cannot log a future date.” Tomorrow is the future, not today. When I complete a task today, I want to mark it completed as soon as it’s completed, not wait till tomorrow morning to log it. Also, completed tasks that I have logged, randomly disappear from the calendar. For two of my tasks, the dashboard shows that I have x number of days that the task has been completed, but the calendar is blank. I like the idea, but the glitches are making me question whether to bother with the app, and I’m certainly not going to upgrade to a paid version. ### 2/5 — SHUTS OFF AFTER A MONTH *2026-07-14, version 3.5.0* I read the book and it helped a lot. I had heard that the author put the book everywhere to help the most people and that was very welcoming to hear. Being suddenly locked out and charged is NOT the principles the book taught, it is greedy scummy practices. I didn’t even make any account it just lied about the free capabilities until I’d been invested for a month. Growing as a person shouldn’t be a subscription. Shameful, I look at the book Atomic habits differently now and that’s such a huge let down. ### 2/5 — I do like the book, but this app has so many design flaws *2026-07-10, version 3.5.0* Hello James, I've read the book and I really liked it. However, this app is littered with design flaws I have to uninstall it: 1. Paid users can't create more than 6 habits. This is a pretty strange design. A paid user is supposed to create unlimited amount of habits and not get hard locked to only 6 habits. A paid user pays $5/month or $40/year just to create only 6 habits simultaneously? Other similar apps use hard limit to incentivize in-app purchase, not locking them down to a limited version. 2. Tutorials bombard a new user from the start. No one cares honestly. I just want a habit app that's simple and efficient and it works. It should give me several functions: it can create a habit; it can track a habit; it has a heat map; it can repeat itself in a way I like. Every single tab is pushed with prolonged tutorials on how to use the app properly whereas I just want a simple design that gets the job done. Yes, wisdom, yes, quotes. No one cares. A habit app needs to suffice some basic functions for user to want to use it. I'm on a free trial of this app and I don't even want to use it because I find it just inefficient and does not do the job well. 3. I understand this is a companion app for the book Atomic Habits, but honestly the app is so littered with unnecessary stuff and hardcoded limits it feels like a waste of time to use it. People use a habit app to record their habits and understand the patterns. Check out some competitor apps you'll see how they design their apps. A habit app is supposed to be simple, efficient, and gets the job done. If these metrics can't even be sufficed, there is no point in 7 tutorials on how to use the app properly and then some. Some tutorials even bugged out on my phone and I had to close them. 4. I have to input a specific time to a habit? And I also have to hard lock specific days in a week? Absolutely strange design. Let's just say repetition is supposed to be "any 4 days in a week". This is not selectable in the app at all neither can you create the pattern. I also don't understand why a specific time has to be put into place IN ORDER TO create a habit. You can assign a time later plus I don't hard lock a time to a habit I'll do but I do do the habit on the day when time frees out. What's great about the app: 1. Finishing a habit feels great. Holding the button and it registers as a completion does feel great. This is a great design. 2. I do like the quotes and wisdom baked into this app. When you build a habit alongside these wisdom quotes, it does stand out much more than other apps. However, if basic functions can't be sufficed, no amount of wisdom can save a dysfunctional app. ### 4/5 — Please make option to create habits without strict example *2026-06-28, version 3.5.0* I just started using the app, which I like for simplicity, but one issue I am already dealing with is that when you want to create a habit there’s only one example of intention which impossible to change. You can only change name of the habit, time and location (which is also doesn’t work with everything, for example if I want to cut sugar, I just don’t do it, there’s no time or location). Then another part “I can become” also you cannot change, but not all habits are about me. I want to create a habit to spend quality time with my pet, but it’s not about who I want to become, it’s about health of my pet. Please give more options for different types of habits, thank you ### 3/5 — Only 6 habits *2026-06-11, version 3.5.0* It’s a great app, except they only allow you to do 6 habits, which I understand, but is also kind of weird to limit people paying for the app. ### 4/5 — Amazing app! *2026-06-09, version 3.5.0* I really like it so far! One suggestion I have is that the app should give the user a choice of having a certain time because I like to be flexible. I hope this helps. 😊 ### 2/5 — Beautiful Wrapping for mid App *2026-06-02, version 3.5.0* I love what the app promises and the design of it but the in application subscription is overpriced and both the free and paid tiers just don’t deliver enough. ### 3/5 — Hmm not as good as I expected *2026-05-25, version 3.5.0* If the free option proved to be helpful then I would invest but it is mediocre for me. Wish it helped though. Deleting the app after no real betterments for years ### 3/5 — Ok *2026-05-14, version 3.5.0* It’s nice but today I went to log a habit but I couldn’t because it said I needed to pay which was disappointing. I still have one habit I can log but the other two I can’t and I’m not willing to pay for the app. So it’s great if you’re willing to pay. ### 2/5 — End Date Please *2026-05-10, version 3.5.0* I want to do 100 day challenges but this app doesn’t let me set an end date. Otherwise it looks cool apart from the weird animations on iOS 26 with glass turned off. ### 3/5 — i WAS enjoying it *2026-05-09, version 3.5.0* I don’t remember being told about the subscription, but I definitely am not going to pay for this because I was just checking off habits as if it’s the Reminders app. I think I would’ve considered not using the app much earlier so I guess that’s the trick, they want you to get used to it. but yeah, my criticism would be give me more clarity on the limits without the subscription beforehand cuz now I can’t check off ANY habit. It’s not like I’m trying to add more. guess i’ll download Not Boring Habita ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2026-04-06, version 3.5.0* It’s just enough information and helpful tracking tools to keep you moving but not glued to the screen. It’s a great coaching method and sets you on your way to better habits. ### 5/5 — Creating Good Habits *2026-04-03, version 3.5.0* Almost finished with the book Atomic Habits. Atoms app has a lot to offer. Excited about the many useful information ### 4/5 — Excellent app *2026-04-01, version 3.5.0* Just needs a dark mode please ### 5/5 — Beat my expectations *2026-04-01, version 3.5.0* This app is genuinely helpful and helps you build habits toward the goals you have but that are slippery. I see genuine progress using this app to help me to read more, for example. Highly recommend! ### 3/5 — Please add a lifetime subscription *2026-03-25, version 3.5.0* I love this app, but the price is hard to justify. I would really love a one-time lifetime subscription. It’s leaps and bounds more expensive than any other habit tracker out there. I think it offers more value than other apps, but a lifetime subscription would make the pro version more accessible. ### 2/5 — Way too expensive *2026-03-16, version 3.5.0* Pay 40 dollars a year for 6 habits. ### 5/5 — Thankful, and giving you reassurance *2026-03-14, version 3.5.0* Im thankful for the app in general but more so the way it’s going to help me feels “personal” . Im reassuring you that I see the positives in the efforts and the work I’ve put in and will continue to put on and i thank you for caring about people enough to create such wonderful tools. Im not regretful at all. Upset about the losses I’ve been suffering and will always be upset about them but I do see the benefits overall, so thank you even despite my frown i am thankful. Xoxo. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2026-06-02, version 3.5.0* Not a good representation of James Clear. ### 1/5 — Not paying *2026-03-24, version 3.5.0* Was using the free version, now all of a sudden I can only track one habit and have to upgrade to paid version to get any real use. I bought the book. Not paying for more, just put some ads in to the free version to generate income. Deleting. ### 1/5 — Stopped updating *2026-03-11, version 3.5.0* Randomly stopped updating when I tracked my habits. I pay for this app so it would be super cool if you all could fix it. ### 1/5 — Paid subscription *2026-03-02, version 3.5.0* Downloaded the app made some habits and thought I wouldn’t have to pay a subscription. I was wrong. Read the reviews and I would need to pay to have more than one habit tracked. I’m cheap and not willing to pay for a checklist. 1 star for trying to rope me in and then cut me off. Also I feel like a habit app that genuinely wants to help people be better shouldn’t cost money to keep using. I’m willing to pay a one time fee but I hate subscriptions. ### 1/5 — No connection *2026-02-26, version 3.5.0* Regardless of whether im on wifi or cellular, it keeps giving me “cannot connect “ errors ### 1/5 — Where did my habits go? *2026-02-10, version 3.4.0* 2 days in and all my habits disappeared ### 1/5 — Go with a cheap version *2026-01-24, version 3.4.0* I’m a big James Clear fan and I gave this app over a year of real use. Unfortunately, the data and visuals are weak. There’s no true calendar view to see progress over time, and basic metrics like weekly or monthly completion rates are missing. On top of that, the app is buggy and habit tracking is inconsistent. At a lower price this would be annoying. At this price point, it’s unmanageable. ### 1/5 — Great app…. Horrible price *2026-01-20, version 3.4.0* It’s a very well designed app however it is ridiculously expensive, £10 a month or £70 a year!!!! Way to expensive for something that other free apps can do 90% of what this one can ### 1/5 — Expensive *2026-01-12, version 3.4.0* For the price paid, you’d think it would at least come with good looking widgets. Nup - they don’t even show the full habit description HAHA. I have a lot of respect for James, however he’s dropped the ball here. ### 1/5 — Don’t get sucked in unless you want an expensive subscription *2026-01-09, version 3.4.0* It bothers me that this app was setup in a way to get you in the habit of making good habits, then after you do something ten times you can’t have more than a single habit without a subscription. I would gladly pay a one-time $20 for just the habit tracking, but that’s not an option. I can’t justify this kind of money for what boils down to a checklist app. Make the daily content be behind a paywall or something. I feel like this is manipulative from James Clear and I expected more. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love it *2026-07-29, version 3.5.0* Well, I’m having a problem. The app is not recording all my history. If I miss a day or two, then a bunch of my days disappear. This is very frustrating. ### 5/5 — best app *2026-07-15, version 3.5.0* Literally THE BEST app EVER!!!! ### 5/5 — Help I’ve been looking for for years! *2026-06-25, version 3.5.0* I have made remarkable progress with five habits, four of which I had agonized over for years! Thank you James Clear! One thing that’s frustrating, which is not your fault is sometimes I forget to mark when I have completed it. This happens a lot. ### 5/5 — I like it *2026-06-19, version 3.5.0* I’ve been trying to use these apps I downloaded a lot more recently and stick with them so I can decide which one to pay for, I really like that each one, especially since it’s about mental health, are at least partially free. ### 5/5 — Actually pretty helpful *2026-06-15, version 3.5.0* I’ve tried a lot of ‘motivation’ apps but honestly most of them had a paywall. This app keeps its simple, but effective at the same time ### 5/5 — Amazing App! *2026-06-03, version 3.5.0* I’ve only used this app for under a week, but I’m already feeling amazing progress in my goals! This app makes goal achieving actually feel like you’re making progress and gives a level of satisfaction when you are done with a goal! 10/10 app!! ### 5/5 — Exceptional! *2026-06-01, version 3.5.0* Truly a great app for building habits, the book is also really good! :) ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-05-15, version 3.5.0* Easy to use, makes habits sticky and fun! ### 5/5 — Atoms *2026-04-07, version 3.5.0* Enjoying the habit tracker so far ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-04-06, version 3.5.0* Helps very well --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*