Habits First vs Grask

Do the thing, then scroll. Habits First is the most effective way to reduce your screen time - distracting apps stay blocked until your habits are done for the day. No accounts required and no subscriptions, forever. Willpower shouldn’t cost a monthly fee. HABITS SUPPORTED - Walk 10,000 steps, or any number you like - Work out 45 minutes - integrates with Apple Watch, WHOOP, Garmin, Oura, or any tracker - Meditate 10 minutes, from Calm, Headspace, Insight Timer, or any meditation app - Use an app you pick: read or use Duolingo for 20 minutes - Built in Pomodoro timer or manual habit check off - Review your Anki flashcards (Habits Pro) - Listen or read books on Audiobookshelf (Habits Pro) - Finish a game on Chess.com (Habits Pro) - Apple Shortcuts automations (Habits Pro) - More coming A block can ask for one habit, all of them, or any two of three. HOW IT WORKS Habits are automatically tracked via integrations such as with Apple Health. Apps you select are blocked until you finish your habits. When you're done, open the app to activate your unlock. WHY IT WORKS The idea is based off the Premack Principle - things you do often can help reinforce things that you do rarely. By habit stacking a difficult habit before an app you often use, you also hijack the addictive nature of distracting apps and turn that motivation towards your daily habits. WHEN IT APPLIES All day until your habits are done, on a schedule, only in certain places, or near a device you pick. Habits First helps you wake up into a calm phone screen, only unlocked after you finish your most important habits of the day. PRICING This app will never have a subscription fee. The core app is free forever: Apple Health goals, app timers, schedules, places, commitment locks, widgets, and as many blocks as you like. One small one-time purchase adds the extra integrations. More will be added in the future (feel free to request them SYNCING You can make an account if you would like to sync your habits and blocks across devices. This is not required. Created by @reysu on YouTube

Grask is a task board for the little things you need to get done. Add them fast, move them around into groups or columns, drag related ones together to give them a color, and check them off when you're done. Everything is visible all at once. No dates. No configs. No distractions. Every day you get a fresh "Done" pile. It grows as you complete items and resets at midnight. Pending tasks stay on the board. No accounts, servers, or syncing. No notifications. No streaks. No trackers. One-time purchase. Everything lives on your device. Grask is designed to reduce configurability to a bare minimum so there are no opportunities for users to turn the productivity tool into a way of procrastinating. Features — • Bulk-add: hit Return between task names to keep typing without leaving the keyboard. • Color by grouping: colors are assigned automatically as you group tasks. Moving a group of related tasks reassigns them to a shared color together. • Done pile: a compact stack at the top of the board shows what you finished. Tap to expand and see every completion. • Home-screen widgets: a full replica of your board gives you easy access and the ability to quickly mark items done. • Colorblind-safe, cool, and high-contrast alternate palettes. • Data export: Get a full JSON readout of your board if you want it. Grask does one small thing. It does not track your habits, compute streaks, or replace your calendar. If you want a grid-based shortlist for the near-term and nothing more, this is the app!