Recommendations for apps like Finch that are less...stimulating?

10 months ago by Arcanepotato to c/autism

I used Finch for a while but it's just TOO MUCH.

I don't want fomo or gamification, but I do want to track a variety of habits. Is there a middle ground between bare bone habit tracking apps and Finch? I use android.

I saw one that is kind of like Forest, but for habits but it had like a $5/month subscription. I like the idea of seeing progress/consistency but am stubborn about subscriptions. I don't mind paying one time for an app (preferably after getting to try a lite version, not a free trial) or ads. I have the paid version of routine flow but the developers tracker app doesn't work on my device ("made for an older version of Android").

Am I asking too much? And aps you like that you could share?

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Rakqoi 3 points 10 months ago

I had the same exact issues with Finch. My recommendation is https://daylio.net/ but with the caveat that it also costs $5 a month for all the features (though it wasn't hard to find a modified version... I have no qualms doing so after paying what I feel was fair already), and also it might be too bare-bones in presentation for your preferences. but at least it does have a totally free version that has the necessary features (not a free trial, just a free lite version)

I've been using it for tracking all sorts of things to recognize trends. I have categories of "activities" (their general term for "thing you want to track") for general emotions felt, how I slept, things I did, social circles I spent time in/around, physical health, how well I ate, self-care things I did, etc. and it lets me see the relationship between different activities, and the trends of how each one affects my mood (including how each one tends to affect mood for the following day).

extremely customizable and shows lots of useful data, and it's really easy to make a new entry (just tap each activity that applies to the past day or however long) so I found it much easier to keep up with, especially since there's no fomo or punishment for missing a day or ten, so I never felt that "well i broke my streak so why bother" sort of dread that i felt with Finch.

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Arcanepotato 1 point 10 months ago

Oh shit thank you so much. I already use it for mood tracking and totally ignored all the other features. I will take another look!

ETA: it does have streaks and gives me notifications about risking them breaking but I imagine I can probably disable this?

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Rakqoi 2 points 10 months ago

I'm pretty sure you can disable various types of notifications (if not in-app, then in the android app notification settings). you can disable the notification for losing a streak, and disable it telling you how long your streak is after making an entry, both by tapping the three dots icon on the "days in a row" box on the Stats page. but I don't think you can fully disable streaks from displaying everywhere but I never notice it, with those two options unchecked.

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