Create a habit
Add a routine that repeats on a schedule, check it in each day, and keep an eye on the week and your streak from one page.
A habit is something you want to do again and again on a schedule, like drinking water or going for a run. Unlike a task, it never gets completed for good: you check it in on each day it is due.
Create one
- Open Habits in the sidebar, or press G then H.
- Press New habit (or N on this page).
- Type the Habit name. While the name is empty, a row of Ideas offers starter habits.
- Choose how often: Daily, Specific days or Custom. See Set a habit's schedule.
- Check the Starts date, add a time if you want a reminder, and set an Ends date if the habit should stop.
- Press Create habit.
Important and Urgent are flags you can switch on and off for a habit. They do not change its schedule or its streak.
Check in
Press the round button on a habit to check it in for today. Press it again to undo. If today is not a day the habit is scheduled for, the button checks in the oldest scheduled day you missed instead.
Each habit also has a week strip, Monday to Sunday. Press a day to check it in or out. Past scheduled days work as well as today, which is how you catch up after a busy week. Future days and days off the schedule cannot be pressed. A toast with Undo follows every change.
On a phone, swipe a habit to the right to check it in or out, and to the left for its actions. A long press opens the same actions.
Read the Habits page
- The tabs Today, This week, This month and All habits choose which habits to show.
- A ring summarises the period: how many are done, what remains, how many are Overdue and the Best streak.
- Habits are grouped by how often they repeat: Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Custom.
- The number with the rising-line icon on each habit is its current streak. See See a habit's streak and history.
- A habit is marked Overdue when a scheduled day went by unchecked. When it is not due today it shows Next with its date, and after its end date it shows Ended.
Edit or delete
Press the pencil on a habit's row to edit it, or the bin to delete it. Right-click a habit, or long-press it on a phone, for the full menu: Details and history, Mark important, Mark urgent and more. Deleting shows an Undo toast.
Good to know
- Today shows a ring with the habits due today. Habits with a time also appear on its timeline and in the calendar.
- If you set a time, Prior can remind you on each scheduled day you have not checked in yet. Allow reminders in Settings → Notifications, where Habit reminders is its own switch.
- In Game mode, a check-in earns XP and counts towards your daily streak. See XP and levels.
- If Habits is missing from your sidebar, turn it on in Settings → General → Navigation.
Updated 5 November 2026