Habits
Check-ins, streaks and goals
Each time you do a habit, check it in. Tagged counts your streak, your total check-ins and how often you hit the habit this month, and keeps a short log you can add notes to.
When to use it
- Right after you do the thing, so the streak stays honest.
- At night, to catch up on anything you did but didn’t tap.
- To fix a day you missed or tapped by mistake.
Check in from the list
- Open Habits (the Menu tab on a phone, the app bar on a computer).
- Each habit’s row shows the last 7 days as small circles, with today on the right and ringed.
- Tap today’s circle to check in. A done day turns green with a check, or with the habit’s icon if you picked that style.
- Tap a done day again to clear it.
Each check-in shows a message with Undo at the bottom of the screen.
What the circles mean
- Green: done that day.
- Ringed: today.
- Red: due that day and missed.
- A small dot: the habit wasn’t on that day, so it doesn’t break your streak.
Check in an amount
How a tap counts depends on the habit’s goal, set under Goal → When checking:
- Auto: each tap adds one step (like 1 glass). The habit checks in when you reach the daily amount.
- Manual: a tap asks how much you did. Type it and press Enter.
- Complete all: one tap fills the whole day.
See how a habit is going
- Tap a habit’s name. On a phone it opens on its own page (tap ‹ Habits to go back). On a computer it opens on the right.
- At the top, Check in today does the same as tapping today’s circle. Once done it reads Checked in today.
- Four tiles show Monthly check-ins, Total check-ins, Monthly check-in rate and Current streak.
- If the habit has goal days, a bar shows how far along you are.
- The month calendar lets you tap any day to check it in or out. Use ‹ and › for other months.
Add a note to a check-in
- Open the habit and scroll to Habit log, under the calendar. It lists that month’s check-ins.
- Tap add a note next to a day.
- Type the note and press Enter, or tap away. It saves on its own.
Tip: Notes are handy for amounts that need context, like which route you walked or what you read.
Show habits in Today
- In Habits, tap ••• at the top of the list, then Settings.
- Turn on Show in Today and Next 7 days. Today’s habits then show in a Habits group at the top of Today, with their circles, and each of Upcoming’s next 7 days lists its habits.
- Turn on Sort by check-in status to put unchecked habits at the top of the list.
Note: These two settings are saved on this device only. Turn them on on each phone or computer you use.
Questions
Does a day off break my streak?
Not if the habit wasn’t due that day. For a Daily habit with only weekdays picked, Saturday and Sunday don’t count against you.
What are the chips at the top of the list?
How many of today’s habits are done (like 3 of 5 done today), the same for the whole week, and your best streak going right now.
Still stuck? Send feedback from the ? menu at the bottom of the app bar on a computer. Back to the help center