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pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
The calendar let's you mark days from one the habit was created, instead of any day in the past
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
I haven't really thought about launching an app. Currently you could download the webpage as an app on your home screen. I wonder if a native app would be more useful
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
I also think steaks can be a good motivator, but it can be quite demotivating if you accidentally lose a long streak. That was the idea with the freezes, to still have the motivation element but try to cut out any of the annoyances that come with streak. They get automatically used, but as long as you complete at least one day before they run out, the number of freezes reset.

In terms of your situation when you had to travel, you could also pause the app. That way when you get back, you'd pick up right where you left off without losing anything. I don't think these ideas cover every scenario, so there may still be room for improvement

pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Currently yes. The main idea was to have something to build good small habits that you do daily. So no current way to change frequency.

You could technically do up to every 4 days since you'll still be able to keep your streaks using the freezes

pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Thank you! The data is always stored locally in your browser using IndexedDB.

If you login, it'll sync your local data with a remote server. I am currently using the free tier subscription for this syncing. May need to upgrade later on

pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Thanks! I wanted to have something that could serve as motivation but not detract from the idea of building consistent habits and this does seem to work well
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Thank you! The hosting and storage solutions are free forever so they'll stay up. Even if those get shutdown or something (unlikely), the app works fully offline so you'd still be able to use it
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
I guess they get fuzzy on some different devices. When I was making it, picture was like the first thing I thought of so I just went with that. but definitely having the component there sounds way better
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Oh interesting, that's why I added the "freeze" feature to help avoid feeling "required" to go on the app every day. But maybe it requires some more customization to account for wider cases
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
This is really cool. I definitely like the expansive stat tracking. The weekly report is a really nice touch. gives you a chance to reflect on your progress.

I don't use Google Calendar often, so it took me a while to get the tracking part to work, but it worked flawlessly once I understood about the event naming

pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
The scroll and zoom issues on ios should now be fixed
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Thank you! this should be fixed, I didn't realize ios had a zoom in feature like this. There was also an issue with the overflow not working on ios, which is also fixed
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
yes! its open sourced right now: https://github.com/MuffinTheDragon/daily-habit-tracker
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
yes im on the free tier. not really sure how many users can be supported on it. unfortunately the cloud manager doesn't show me how much data is currently being used
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Edit: issues on ios should be fixed now
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
ios issues should be fixed now. there was a problem with the zoom in and overflow for safari
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
ios issues should be fixed now. Thanks!
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Thanks for the feedback, I updated the text.

My intention behind "try for free" was to keep the barrier for trying out the app low. But I didn't realize that it would also imply a hidden price or some premium level

pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
I like the design, very clean.

For the past days, if you click the 3 dots next to the checkbox, there's an option to add checks for previous days using the calendar

pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Thanks for the feedback! I'll have to debug for safari, not sure what the issue is
pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
That's a great idea, thanks.

The data is stored locally on the browser using IndexedDB so everything works offline. If you login, it'll sync your data with a remote server.

I haven't really thought about monetization as this primarily started as just a tool for myself. Might have to give it some though but not sure what I would monetize

pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
Thanks!

I'll spend some time debugging on safari and see what the issue is

pixd··on Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker
That's great to hear. Thanks!