# Flat Habits — user reviews > 32 indexed App Store user reviews of Flat Habits by Xenodium Ltd., rated 4.90/5 from 57 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flat-habits/id1558358855/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flat-habits/id1558358855.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 53 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (13 of 32) ### 5/5 — Simple and effective habit tracker *2022-11-24, version 1.1.3* Does everything I want it to ### 5/5 — Total privacy, excellent features. *2022-06-20, version 1.1.3* Really awesome app. ### 5/5 — Simple yet effective *2022-05-08, version 1.1.3* I’ve tried many apps in this space, but the complexity and time required for updating the habits was not worth the time. This app does one thing and it’s simple! ### 5/5 — Simple and beautiful *2022-04-04, version 1.1.3* I really like the idea of having my habits separated from tasks/todos (see plainorg by the same dev). This app just does that and has a historical view with the calendar along with streak and commitment metrics which is a nice touch. It’s a simple, intuitive, and beautiful looking app. ### 5/5 — Focused and excellent *2022-01-25, version 1.1.3* I use this every day and I works really well. Focusing on a small subset of orgmode functionality for mobile is perfect, since it lets the app avoid clutter and give you what you’d want in this form factor anyway. ### 5/5 — The best *2022-01-07* Tracking habits is simple. Apps should be simple. All he others try to harvest your data, sell your soul to advertisers and poison you with features that you don’t need. This one is a sanctuary. ### 5/5 — Simple. Does what it should. *2021-12-06* I’ve owned streaks for a long time ago and never really got into the habit (touch ironic) of using it. This app for some reason has resonated with me far more. It’s helped me re-establish routines that got thrown off by covid and reminds me at the right times to do what I know I should be doing, but for some reason just don’t. Highly recommend. Download it, setup a habit or two and just check the boxes. Doesn’t get much simpler. ### 5/5 — My new favorite habit tracker *2021-09-13, version 1.1.3* I love that there is an org-mode based habit tracker! It's great to have such control over your data. This app is very simple. It does thing and one thing well. I love that there is no crud. EDIT: it looks like you can now skip a day. This pretty much solves my issue with setting frequency described below. My only issue is that you cannot specify you wanna do a habit more than once a day or once a week. For example, I wanna lift weights 4x per week, not daily, not weekly. I wanna run 6x per week. You can adjust the cadence and run, say every 2 days. But you can't adjust frequency. Frequency is stuck at 1. I would say this app is nearly perfect. Cheers to the developer! 🍻 ### 5/5 — It does one thing, and it does it well. *2021-09-03, version 1.1.3* Since it handles repeating tasks and doesn't venture into projects, checklists, tagging, categories, or any of the other things that most todo apps are cluttered with, this app works very well and is actually very pleasant to use. It turns out that when you give all of your habit-like tasks their own app and you pull them all out of your main todo app, you end up with a solution that works better for both kinds of tasks. ### 5/5 — Great as a standalone habit system, brilliant with org-mode *2021-07-03, version 1.0.4* I use Flat Habits in sync with BeOrg, another great app, and Mobius Sync (a syncthing client for iOS) to keep my habits and notes synchronised with my desktop emacs org files. If you understood half of that, I think you’ll really like Flat Habits! ### 5/5 — Simple yet useful app *2021-07-02* Very useful if you are an org-mode’s user. The org file can be exported automatically with your cloud service. ### 5/5 — It works! *2021-05-15, version 1.0.4* I love the simplicity of the app but most importantly it works. I’ve already created 4 new habits (including a difficult “get up, no surfing/scrolling in bed”) and it’s already had a positive impact on my life. I loved the books Atomic Habits and Tiny Habits and it’s great to find an app that helps me put that into practice. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Fabulous tool with a pure soul *2021-04-28, version 1.0.4* With so many habit-building tools available, this one recommends itself with its shameless simplicity, lack of spyware, absent advertisements, and pure core of a underlying Free format. You don’t need to know it runs org-mode files behind the scene, but if you know what those are it will make you happy. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Was good. Now spewing propaganda *2023-04-09, version 1.1.4* You’ll know it when you’ll see it. Previous review was removed. ### 3/5 — Pretty good *2022-06-12, version 1.1.3* This app is good for tracking multiple habits. I particularly like the sync feature but I wish it would stay connected - I have to reconnect my file at least once per day. Main area for improvement would be way to view multiple habit timelines and a home screen widget would be great. ### 3/5 — Should have swipe features *2021-11-02, version 1.1.3* Swift right to complete, left to skip, would make this product complete. I have a lot of habits so it’s annoying having to hold tap then tap skip to skip, for so many tasks that I have to skip ### 3/5 — Limited functionality *2021-07-06, version 1.0.4* The import in place feature, labeled as experimental for a few months, has been non-functional and unfortunately limits the uses of the app. What's the point of using a common format for the data (org) if theres no convenient method to integrate it with other data in the same format. ie I have a folder of org files, and the org file for this app cannot reside in place with them. Might as well just use any other habit tracker ### 4/5 — Love this app! *2024-09-20, version 1.2.2* Incredibly simple, and does its job quite well. I think the only things I would ask for is to be able to sync using iCloud, and to have prevention habits (e.g., don’t bite nails). You can export the underlying data as an org file, but that can be a hassle if I wanted to manage my list from multiple places. ### 4/5 — It simply works. *2024-06-15* Love using orgmode on desktop, this fits nicely. Elegant UI, simple interface. Imported my habits.org file, no issues. If there could be a feature for Files.app integration to sync with cloud services like Syncthing, it would be perfect. ### 4/5 — Would be an ideal app with some UI adjustments *2022-01-03, version 1.1.3* Largely smooth sailing once you get the app set up! If you can't make habits with this app, it's not the app at fault. We all know the struggle. ;) Here are some places even more friction could be removed: - Don't let me dismiss the editing modal by mistake and lose my work. I tapped in the empty space to dismiss the date picker, not the whole modal. A Save button wants a Cancel button. (Automatic dismissal is still OK so long as no uncommitted changes are prepared yet; check the Calendar app's new event modal for an example.) - Present the editing modal in a plain sheet in order to hold its content still. Today, focusing the keyboard pushes it up, then selecting the date drops it down again, and it bounces between positions. - Thanks for honoring Dynamic Type settings, but please support all sizes. The editing modal's content overflows the screen at the largest standard size, even without enabling accessibility sizes. - Baseline-align the text in the habit table cell, from the marking button to the title's first line. All the lines implied by object edges and text baselines add subtle cognitive load. Alignment results in fewer lines in total and more comfort for users, and it's an easy way to make things look professional. - The context menu is the only way to access Edit, Skip, and Delete. This is undiscoverable to iOS users because we don't think we have to "right click" things. With the exceptions of the home screen, scrolling, and pinch to zoom, gestures and context menus are expected to be extra shortcuts, not the sole way to do something. You could show those functions elsewhere or train users to tap and hold. Consider adding a standard Edit button to the table view to change the tap action to Edit and to reveal Delete buttons. - The New Habit and View items in the corner menu would be great to have on screen as a "+" button, a segmented control for the two view states (see Recents in the Phone app). The rest of the items seem like they belong progressively disclosed as they are. "Other stuff" menus aren't that weird on iOS, it's just unexpected to hide the functions that are normally readily at hand. ### 5/5 — Loving the app *2026-08-02, version 1.2.2* I have only been using this app for the past two weeks but love it already. I was using BeOrg before but the todos therein got in the way of my habit todos. I couldn’t recommend this enough ### 5/5 — Great! Would love some widgets though ;) *2024-09-10* I use Widgets quite allot. Saves me from going the extra step of opening the app. The less friction the better. ### 5/5 — The only habit tracker that’s worked for me *2024-07-09* The title says it all. I’ve tried a lot of different habit trackers but I’ve never stuck with one until now. I’ve always been turned off by storing that data in the cloud so I really appreciate this app storing my data on my phone. Also love to support a developer bringing Org Mode to iOS. Well designed, simple and effective software! ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Quite nice *2024-07-02* A simple straightforward and, most important, open format habit tracking app. Great app. ### 5/5 — Wonderful design choices make this app a joy. *2024-04-22, version 1.2.2* This is exactly what I want in a habit tracker. The data is in an open format (org mode!). The repeating times are flexible. If I miss a specific time, I can still complete it before it recurs. It syncs with whatever backend Files supports. It’s absolutely perfect. I wonder if changing a specific habit’s frequency could have a more elegant solution. Right now it warns you that it might affect how it is tracked. I don’t have a great solution to this UX problem. But it’s still a place where some clever ideas could make things just a bit better. ### 5/5 — New to habits *2024-03-24, version 1.2.2* I’m new to habits but what a great way to try with no overhead but great comfy features. ### 5/5 — Plain text is king *2023-10-14* syncing can be set up through the „import“ option ### 5/5 — Simple and Effective *2023-08-27* A very sleek app. It’s uncluttered and minimalistic interface leads to a very unobstructed user experience. I previously had another habit tracking app that while also a good app had simply too many features and got me configuring the app more than tracking habits. Org-mode integration is also a plus 🦄 **Developer response:** Much appreciated. Glad to hear it. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Simple and effective *2023-05-02, version 1.1.4* No clutter really effective app. Great execution. ### 5/5 — Simple, text file based 💜 *2023-01-27, version 1.1.3* I love the simple, no bells, no whistles interface. Marking a habit as done is easier than skipping it, as it should be. Because it uses a text file I can use Scriptable or Pyto to create my own widgets. Thank you! --- *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 2026-08-13.*