Small Steps: Habit Tracker

A habit tracker that rewards every small step — and never punishes a bad day. Most habit apps run on pressure: a streak to lose, a red warning, a number that holds every human week against you. Small Steps works the other way round. Showing up in a small way is still showing up — and the app makes sure you see it. A GARDEN THAT GROWS WITH YOU Every habit is a plant. Each step makes it grow, from seed to full bloom — the minimal goal just as much as the full one. A missed day only slows it down, and nothing ever withers. Habit strength follows research into how habits form: on average it takes about 66 days for a habit to become automatic. A GOOD START, EVERY MORNING The first time you open the app each day, a thought worth reading greets you — from Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Goethe and others, or written for the app — together with your plan for the day. 365 of them, none repeated within a year. CELEBRATED THE MOMENT IT HAPPENS A plant reaches its next stage, your 21st or 66th step, a new personal best, a finished day: each gets its moment right after the tap. YOUR WEEK, TOLD AS A STORY On the first days of a new week, the last one unfolds in a few cards: your steps, your best day, your most faithful habit, the days a small goal saved, how your garden grew — then a fresh start. THREE LEVELS FOR EVERY HABIT Set a full, a small and a minimal goal — read for 20, 10 or 2 minutes. On a hard day the minimal one still counts as a yes. Count glasses of water with one tap each, or let the built-in timer measure your minutes; the level follows by itself. ONE TAP — EVEN FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Tap the button beside a habit and the day is recorded. The home-screen widget records today's habits without opening the app, and reminders carry a "Full goal" button. Give a habit a "when & where" — "after my morning coffee" — and its reminder names that moment. EVERY DAY, CERTAIN DAYS, OR 3× A WEEK Plan a habit daily, for fixed weekdays, or flexibly — three times a week, on any days. Ill or travelling? A deliberate pause is not a failure and breaks nothing. A HISTORY ON YOUR SIDE See how the week or month went, with a page and a calendar for every habit where past days can be corrected. There is no "streak lost" message anywhere — and when you come back after a gap, the app says so. STARTED IN SECONDS Fourteen suggestions come with sensible levels and a "when & where" already filled in. Notification permission is only requested when you switch a reminder on. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything is kept in a local database on your phone, and it works offline. No account, no tracking, no advertising, no server of ours. Export everything to one readable file and import it on another device — export and import cost nothing, ever. BUILT TO BE LIVED WITH • Light and dark mode, following your system • Respects your text size and "reduce motion" • Screen reader labels throughout • Laid out for tablets, not stretched across them • German and English • Undo right after every tap on Today NO POINTS, NO LEADERBOARDS No social feed and no coach telling you to push harder. Just your steps, and what grows from them. WHAT IT COSTS The app is complete as it stands and keeps five habits active at a time. A single optional payment, made once, removes that limit, lets you choose from six accent colours and adds true black for OLED screens and an app lock. There is no subscription and there never will be.