Hey PH 👋 I've built and abandoned more habit apps than I can count — Streaks, HabitKit, Habitica, even a spreadsheet phase. They all had the same problem: they tracked whether I did the habit. Not why I didn't. Not how to make it easier. I kept failing at the same wall: the habit had no home in my day. It was floating — a task I had to remember, motivate myself for, and schedule from scratch every morning. Of course it never stuck. Then I read BJ Fogg's Tiny Habits research and something clicked. The reason habits form isn't willpower — it's placement. A new behavior needs to be anchored to an existing routine, kept tiny enough to feel trivial, and celebrated immediately. That's the whole recipe. So I built Anchor around that recipe. Here's how it works: → You pick an existing routine (morning coffee, brushing teeth, commute) → You attach a tiny habit to it ("After I pour coffee → 5 push-ups") → Anchor reminds you at the right moment and tracks your streak What I built differently: 🧠 Designed habits, not just tracked ones The onboarding doesn't ask "what habit do you want?" It walks you through habit design — anchor selection, micro-sizing, timing — so the habit is set up to succeed before you ever open the app again. 📊 Skip intelligence When you skip, Anchor asks why (6 categories: forgot, too busy, unmotivated, unwell, anchor missed, other). After 2+ skips it suggests scaling back. Most apps shame you. Anchor tries to fix the design. ❄️ Streak freeze Miss a day? Freeze your streak instead of losing it. One free freeze, more with Pro. This one feature alone has kept people in the app who'd have quit. 🔒 Private by default No account, no cloud sync, no social feed. Your habits are stored on your device. (iCloud backup available with Pro.) What's free: Everything. Core habit stacking, streaks, reminders, stats, skip tracking. What's Pro (₹299/year): iCloud sync, streak freezes (extra), AI habit designer. This is v1.0. I'm a solo dev and shipped this on nights and weekends. There are rough edges. I'd genuinely love your feedback — what's confusing, what's missing, what you'd pay for. Download link in the comments. AMA 🙌

Anchor — Tiny Habits

Build habits that actually stick — using science

Build habits that actually stick — using science