# Set a habit's schedule

> Make a habit repeat every day, on chosen weekdays, every few days or weeks, or monthly, with a start date, an optional end and a time.

Source: https://priortasks.com/docs/habits/habit-schedules/
Last updated: 2026-11-05

A habit's schedule says which days it is due. You set it in the habit's dialog, with three choices of frequency and three dates.

## Choose a frequency

| Choice | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Daily** | Due every day. |
| **Specific days** | Due every week on the days you tap. |
| **Custom** | Due every so many days, weeks, months or years. |

**Specific days.** Tap the days, or use a shortcut: **Weekdays** (Monday to Friday), **Weekend** or **Every day**. If you pick nothing, Prior starts with the weekday of the start date.

**Custom.** Type a number after **Repeat every** (1 to 365) and choose the **Period**: **Day**, **Week**, **Month** or **Year**. "Every 3 days" counts from the start date. With **Week**, you can also pick **On these days**, and "Every 2 weeks" then counts weeks from the week of the start date.

A habit that repeats monthly or yearly keeps the day of its start date. If a month has no such day, the habit falls on the last day of that month: a habit starting on the 31st is due on the 30th in April and on the 28th or 29th in February.

## Set the dates

- **Starts**: the first day the habit can be due. It is also the anchor for "every N days", "every N weeks", months and years. Pick a past date to backfill earlier days.
- **Ends** (optional): after it, the habit shows **Ended** and stops counting. It must be on or after the start date.
- **Time** (optional): press **Add time** in the **Starts** field. It sets when the habit is due during the day. Prior uses it for reminders, for the habit's place on Today's timeline and in the calendar.

## How the schedule reads

Prior writes the schedule on each habit in plain words, in your language: **Every day**, **Every Monday and Wednesday**, **Every 2 weeks · Friday**. The Habits page groups habits as **Daily**, **Weekly**, **Monthly** and **Custom**.

## Change a schedule

Open the habit with its pencil button and change the frequency or the dates. Your earlier check-ins are kept: they stay on the days where you made them. Days that were scheduled before and are not any more no longer count as missed.

## Good to know

- Streaks follow the schedule: a habit due on Mondays and Wednesdays is not broken by Tuesday.
- A habit with a time can remind you on each scheduled day you have not checked in yet. See [Notifications](https://priortasks.com/docs/account/notifications/).