# Rare Candy - Epic Habit and Goal Mastery - Gamify your life to 10000 hours

> Gamified habit and goal tracker for skill mastery through RPG mechanics. (iPhone/iPad app by Joseph Slinker.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rare-candy-epic-habit-and-goal-mastery-gamify-your-life-to-10000-hours/id764655965 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Joseph Slinker](https://appshunter.io/developer/468534705)
- Category: Productivity, Health & Fitness
- Price: $1.99
- Rating: 3.60/5 from 17 App Store ratings · 40 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-12-17
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rare-candy-epic-habit-and-goal-mastery-gamify-your-life-to-10000-hours/id764655965/reviews.md

## What is Rare Candy?

******* App Saga Editor’s Pick *******
   "Rare Candy is a must-have app for anyone who wants to turn goal progress tracking into a game.” - Sarah Hanlon, theiphoneappreview.com

   "This app has a simple but appealing design, functions well, and makes leveling up in real life a blast … Rare Candy is awesome enough for me to publically endorse it,” Benjamin Kesselring, benjaminkesselring.phantomus.com, "spoiler: it works.”
"Rare Candy is a lot of fun.” - tuaw.com


   Embark on an epic journey of self-improvement with Rare Candy as your guide. You’ll master real-life skills and habits while leveling up a virtual character and earning precious in-game rewards in a classic role-playing game (RPG) experience.

   Inspired by the book Outliers, written by New York Times Bestselling author Malcom Gladwell, Rare Candy follows the premise that the mastery of any skill takes 10,000 hours of devoted practice time. When you complete those 10,000 hours of skill development within the app you are officially named a master.

   With it's simple-to-use interface and captivating artwork, Rare Candy offers more than just activity tracking, it becomes an unforgettable journey that motivates you to stay on the path to success.

   Learn new skills. Break bad habits. Form good habits. Become a master.

## Key features

- Gamified skill development
- Virtual character leveling
- In-game rewards
- Habit formation and breaking
- 10,000-hour mastery goal
- Simple interface
- Captivating artwork

## Recent user reviews (10 of 40)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rare-candy-epic-habit-and-goal-mastery-gamify-your-life-to-10000-hours/id764655965/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Great app.

*2024-03-12*

However, it no longer works.
Bummer!!!

### 2/5 — Reviews from 5 years ago haven’t been answered

*2023-03-23*

Please update the store. At least let me choose the gender of my class

### 2/5 — Wish there was more

*2018-09-14, version 3.91*

I think the idea is brilliant, but the interface is kind of boring. I think there should be more customization. People should be able to make their avatar look like themselves. Skin tone, gender, hair color, etc. It’d be great if there were different outfits to buy, or equipment related to the job you choose. Maybe you can write down a challenge you want to tackle, and it can be a boss you fight. It’s be cool to buy weapons as well. As it is right now the app is little bare.

### 2/5 — Need updated

*2017-12-18, version 3.91*

This app needs more features. It was a good start that seems like it was given up on.

### 3/5 — Cool demo

*2017-09-04, version 3.91*

The interface is great and the way it works seems to be pretty fun / cool, if a bit arbitrary/unexplained. However the whole leveling up mechanic and loot doesn't really matter because there is only about 10 things to buy. This would be a 5 star app if there was more content, right now it just seems like a well polished demo. Still, it was just a buck, but its sad to see something cool not reach its potential.

### 5/5 — Great design and make me efficient

*2016-09-19, version 3.91*

I love it !!! Def recommend it to anyone who wants to faithfully keep track of his/her effort.

Super user friendly UI design, very considerate features such as linear/log rewarding system, interesting idea of collecting candies :)

### 3/5 — Very good, could improve very easily.

*2016-07-22, version 3.91*

Right now this app is really great for keeping track of your various practices and making it more fun to do them every day.  As someone who likes rpgs but struggles with sticking to routines in real life, this app is a blessing.  As a player, if you are expecting this to feel like a game in of itself, you will feel disappointed. If you are just looking for a bit of extra motivation to get better at certain real life skills, this is the app for you-- especially if you've got a good imagination.

I do have some important suggestions for the developers, the first of which would be very easy to implement:

1. At-A-Glance Skill Tracker:  See which skills have been practiced (and for how many hours) in the last week.  This way you don't have to look at every skill individually to figure this out.

2. I like that you can buy gems to change the color of the app, and I like the different characters you can choose from, but the boots and gloves don't seem to serve any purpose (practical or cosmetic).  Give me a reason to want to buy them.

3. Random Encounters:  Users could receive push notifications that there is a battle encounter waiting for them in the app.  You would use the hp and mana from your dailies to fight your way through encounters.  You use your mana to attack, and your hp to soak up damage dealt by monsters.  Both refill to full every 24 hours as long as you have at least one "streak" maintained in each respective category (hp and mana).  Every day you fight a slightly more challenging monster.  Defeating it earns you more coins, but if your hp reaches 0 you lose some or all of your coins.  Max HP and Mana could be increased through your overall character level, and maybe customized via reaching certain goal-points in your dailies (maintaining an hp streak for a month gives you +5 max hp for example)

Other people have requested cosmetic character customization.  That would also be nice, but perhaps less important than the things I mentioned.

Any of those things would make MASSIVE improvement to the app.

### 5/5 — Fun and addictive

*2016-05-09, version 3.91*

I am a gamer and I'm always looking for things to make my every day tasks fun. This app combines everything I love in an RPG with a task list for my every day life. It is very easy to use and fun for all ages.

### 4/5 — Come back, Mr. Slinker!

*2016-02-04, version 3.9*

Hey, this is a wonderful app, but I keep coming to the App Store looking for an update. As I'm logging more hours into my piano practice, I'd love more data. Graphs of different months, and how much time I put in. The ability to export to Excel. Stuff like that. Hopefully you plan to continually improve your app, because lots of people love it!

### 4/5 — Great idea, wish it was more.

*2015-10-31, version 3.9*

I downloaded this app over a year ago and used it for over a month. I remember thinking at the time it was such a fantastic idea but it really needed more things to buy and more customization options. I put it away and figured I'd come back to it later after a few updates. Sadly it looks like there aren't any plans to expand the app. It's a decent time tracker for your hobbies but sadly the RPG elements were never developed into anything more than a simple UI theme.

## Frequently asked questions about Rare Candy

### What does Rare Candy do?

Rare Candy transforms self-improvement into a game. It allows you to track your progress in learning new skills, breaking bad habits, and forming good ones by leveling up a virtual character and earning in-game rewards.

### How does the 10,000-hour mastery work?

Inspired by the concept of mastery taking 10,000 hours, the app tracks your dedicated practice time for specific skills. Once you reach 10,000 hours of development within the app, you are recognized as a master of that skill.

### Is Rare Candy free to use?

Based on the provided information, the app is free to use. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements, suggesting a completely free experience.

### What kind of skills can I track?

The app is designed for mastering any real-life skill or habit. Whether you're learning a new language, practicing an instrument, or trying to establish a consistent exercise routine, you can track your progress towards mastery.

### What makes this app different from other habit trackers?

This app differentiates itself by incorporating RPG mechanics, such as leveling up a virtual character and earning rewards, to make the process of habit formation and goal achievement more engaging and fun.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.91 — 2016-02-18

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Fixed a crash when importing save data

### 3.9 — 2015-05-05

Fresh design to make your data more accessible
Unrestricted store makes it easier to find just what you're looking for

### 3.8 — 2015-01-23

Bug fixes
Internal changes for future stability

### 3.7 — 2014-12-13

New major items for all character classes
Charts and graphs let you track your progress

### 3.6 — 2014-11-19

Interactive notifications
New achievements
Bug fixes

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