Way of Life review

Way of Life is the most honest mirror on this list. Each day you mark every habit green or red, or skip it, and the app turns that into chains, a weekly and monthly scoreboard, pie charts, bar graphs with trend lines and a frequency distribution chart. That makes it good at answering questions like whether you really exercise as often as you think, or whether you are drinking less soda this month. It tracks bad habits as easily as good ones, and notes let you record what triggered a slip. The app has been sold since 2010, holds a 4.8 rating from 5.3K reviews on the US App Store, and keeps your data private: you can lock it with Face ID and export everything as CSV, Excel or JSON. Cloud backup is now free. Premium only adds unlimited habits. The catch is that it runs on iPhone only and has no Apple Health automation, so every entry is manual.

Who it is for

people who want charts of good and bad habits

Price

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Key features

• Mark each day green or red for every habit
• Charts: pie charts, bar graphs with trend lines and a frequency distribution chart
• Weekly and monthly scoreboard
• Notes for what went well or what triggered a bad habit
• Export data as CSV, Excel or JSON

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free to try, and cloud backup is now free for everyone
• Strength: Premium only adds unlimited habits, so there is no maze of paywalls
• Strength: Passcode, Face ID or Touch ID lock and a color-blind mode
• Weakness: Only for iPhone
• Weakness: No automatic logging from health data
• Weakness: US price for Premium shows several listings, so we could not confirm it

Key facts

• Free version: Yes; Premium adds unlimited habits
• Platforms: iPhone
• On sale since: 2010
• Export: CSV, Excel, JSON
• App Store rating: 4.8 from 5.3K ratings

Where it ranks

Way of Life is No. 4 in our Best Habit Tracker Apps verdict.