# Chronicling - Track Anything — Habit, Mood & Symptom Log

> Flexible habit, health, and daily life tracker with customizable logging and insights. (iPhone/iPad app by Rebecca Owen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chronicling-track-anything/id6445992145 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Rebecca Owen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1675314775)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 180 App Store ratings · 57 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 93 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2023-07-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-23
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chronicling-track-anything/id6445992145/reviews.md

## What is Chronicling?

Track anything that matters to you - and nothing that doesn't. Chronicling is a flexible tracking app with no fixed categories or preset goals. Whether you want to track habits, routines, mood, symptoms, medications, workouts, or something only you care about, every category is yours to define. Chronicling helps you spot patterns and stay consistent.

- Track anything, your way: Create your own categories with custom icons, colors, and date ranges
- Fast, effortless logging: Add events quickly using widgets, Control Center, and Shortcuts
- Smart notifications: Set daily goals, rolling goals, or time-based reminders for any category
- Track more detail: Log notes or numbers such as workout minutes, steps, distance, or pages read
- Clear insights and trends: Visualize your data with charts and statistics across different time periods
- Private and secure sync: Sync seamlessly across devices with iCloud
- Built for automation: Use Shortcuts to trigger events automatically - from workouts to locations
- Export and own your data: Import and export using CSV or single-file backups

"If you're looking for a flexible approach to tracking events in your life and want to try an app with an excellent, modern design that supports the latest iOS and iPadOS technologies, be sure to give Chronicling a try." — MacStories

If you have questions, suggestions, or any other feedback, please contact me at support@chroniclingapp.com.

Subscriptions to Chronicling Premium will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see https://chroniclingapp.com/terms-of-use/ and https://chroniclingapp.com/privacy-policy/.

## Key features

- All-in-one habit and health tracking
- Fully customizable categories
- Fast and effortless logging
- Smart reminders for goals
- Detailed data logging (notes, numbers)
- Visual insights and trends
- Private and secure iCloud sync

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Monthly | $0.99 | per month |
| Premium Annual | $9.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Lifetime | $39.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 57)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chronicling-track-anything/id6445992145/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Decent app, meh price

*2026-06-07*

I have no doubt the craft that goes into the app takes real effort. There is real love in here. 

Having said that. This is a 40 dollar habit tracker. Does it earn the price? Less confident. 

The marketing is cute, but ultimately this is a database logging tool with extremely basic visualizations. Sync/export is solid. Do your own research, as the sales funnel does not have a viable free edition or low cost option. 

I myself use it though. 

Pricing 1/5, Features 3.5/5, UI polish 5/5, UX 4/5. Multi-device is great. 

Better visualizations, better logging options, would bump up feature/UX rating more. Pricing is industry, despite indie dev framing.

### 5/5 — Simple but powerful!

*2026-03-31, version 1.8.6*

I was looking for an app where I could track whatever I wanted by just tapping a button as many times as I want — I looked for SO LONG, tried so many apps, but none were as simple and customizable as this! Other apps were either inflated with features, required more than one tap to log, did not have widgets, or didn’t have the ability for multiple entries. 

I really like Chronicling because of its simplicity — it’s not inflated with features and requires very minimal effort to add an entry once you’ve set up the categories you want to track. I really like that you can group your categories too. After setting those up, you just tap on the icon and it logs the time and date immediately (down to the second!) without any other work necessary. There is the option to add notes if you like but if you want anything further than that then you might be better off with a journaling app instead. 

I’ll list my pros, cons, and suggestions below!

FYI, I paid for the full version! I only used the app for a day before I decided to buy because I knew it was everything I needed and I’d definitely need more than the free three categories. But I do think you can use the free version of this app without running into problems if you’re more of a light user!

PROS:
- One tap logging — tracks the date and time (can add additional notes if needed)
- Multiple entries allowed
- Categories can be color-coded and organized into groups 
- Option to backdate or postdate entries
- Option to import/export data as a CSV
- Heatmap-style charts
- Modern UI and interactive widgets
- “Go to” date option, entries are searchable and can be filtered
- No AI! (If there are AI options, I haven’t gone looking for them and I can’t thank the app’s creator enough for not shoving it down our throat — thank you Rebecca!!!)

CONS:
- Limit to unique titles — duplicate titles are not allowed, even if they are in different groups. This was common in other apps I tried though!
- Does not backup to iCloud so you cannot use across devices. If you want to track on a separate device, the data set is not shared — you will have to create everything again. There are options for an Apple Watch but I don’t own one so I can’t comment. I mostly want to be able to move between my iPhone and iPad. 

SUGGESTIONS:
- iCloud backup — I really want the ability to access my entries across devices!
- Collaborative tracking — it would be nice if others could be added to a category/group so they could add entries to the data set as well.
- Grid view — right now the categories and events show up as an interactive list on the main page. It would be really nice to have an interactive grid of icons with the event’s title, like a button grid.
- “Events view” details — currently, the events view shows a list of times and is denoted by the category’s icon. If you use the same icon for multiple categories, it’s difficult to know which entries you’re looking at without tapping into the entry completely. In the same way you can see notes in this view, I think it would be helpful to also see the category title!

### 5/5 — Widget provides great Motivation

*2026-03-12*

While this didn’t do what I wanted out of the box it is customizable enough that I could get it to work how I expected and the widget showing me progress for exercising has been a great motivator to keep filling in the dots each day.

### 5/5 — Excellent tracker

*2026-02-18*

Does everything one would want it to

### 5/5 — Beautiful

*2026-02-02, version 1.8.4*

Great UI and UX design. Really appreciate the Watch complication too

### 5/5 — Simple but powerful

*2026-01-17*

This app is gorgeous and incredibly well designed. The event visualizations, in particular, look fantastic. It is simple yet powerful and it has become one of my new favorites. I also love that it’s private and ad free. I highly recommend this app to anyone looking for a great habit tracker, or simply wanting to keep track of chores (or anything, really).

### 5/5 — Stunning!

*2026-01-11, version 1.8.3*

Has proved instrumental in tracking my chronic illness symptoms. So logical and visually obvious. The best pacing solution I have found to date. Thanks!

### 5/5 — Organizing my life beautifully

*2025-11-05*

I am insistent in my need to organize and systemize whatever I can in my life to provide some calm in my day to day. I have used many apps to track my workouts, how often I meditate, when I read, and many other daily and weekly occurrences, but Chronicling is by far the most intuitive, polished, and effective I’ve used. Highly recommend for anyone looking to provide some structure in their life.

### 5/5 — Fantastic!

*2025-11-03, version 1.6.5*

Brilliant app.  I was looking for something simple to track my migraine frequency and plot on time graphs.  This does it perfectly, so simple.  The dedicated migraine apps were all crazily over-complicated!

### 5/5 — Perfect life tracker

*2025-10-06, version 1.6.5*

Chronicling is the perfect tracker for everything in your life. Looks great, works great, and the shortcuts support is fantastic.

Best tracking app out there!

## Frequently asked questions about Chronicling

### What does Chronicling do?

Chronicling is a flexible app designed to help you track your habits, routines, mood, health metrics, medications, and other aspects of your daily life. It aims to help you identify patterns and stay consistent with your goals through customizable logging and insightful data visualization.

### What are the key features of Chronicling?

Key features include all-in-one tracking for various life aspects, fully customizable categories with custom icons and colors, fast logging via widgets and shortcuts, smart reminders, detailed data logging (notes and numbers), clear charts and statistics for insights, private iCloud sync, and data export options.

### How much does Chronicling cost?

The app offers a freemium model. While there is a free version, a subscription to Chronicling Premium unlocks additional features. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.

### What devices is Chronicling compatible with?

The app is built to support the latest iOS and iPadOS technologies, indicating compatibility with iPhones and iPads running recent versions of these operating systems. It also offers seamless syncing across devices using iCloud.

### What are common use cases for Chronicling?

Common use cases include tracking daily habits like exercise or meditation, monitoring health symptoms and medication intake, logging mood changes, recording workout details, and generally keeping a comprehensive daily log to understand personal trends and improve well-being.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.10.0 — 2026-07-23

Event counts can now use decimal values, not just whole numbers: now you can log things like 1.5 miles, 2.25 hours, or 0.5 servings with the precision you need. 

Also in this release:
- Focus filter can now be temporarily dismissed
- Fixed noisy notifications for "time since last event" introduced in 1.9.4 update
- Improvements for grid chart opacity scaling 

As always, thanks for using Chronicling! Please share any questions or feedback: support@chroniclingapp.com

### 1.9.4 — 2026-07-01

This release contains minor fixes and improvements, including:
- larger grid chart sizing on iPad,
- improved chart animation when changing date range within a category.

### 1.9.3 — 2026-06-15

This release contains minor fixes and improvements.

### 1.9.2 — 2026-06-10

This minor update adds a new setting to show the exact date and time of the most recent event on your category list, instead of the default relative “time since” display.

### 1.9.1 — 2026-05-18

This minor update fixes a rare crash on navigating back to the category list.

Previously, in v1.9:
- Archive categories: Hide categories you no longer track without losing their history. Archived categories are tucked away from your main lists and charts, but can be restored any time from Settings.
- Pin categories: Keep your most-used categories at the top of the Categories tab, and filter to pinned only in the Events tab. Pin by swiping a category or via the edit menu.

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