Build a habit or quit one

When you create a habit, choose its Type.

Build habits

For things you want to do more: reading, walking, drinking water. You tick them off when they’re done, they follow the schedule you pick, and each one keeps a streak. Everything else in this help centre is about Build habits unless it says otherwise.

Quit habits

For things you want to do less. A Quit habit counts the days you stay clean.

• Quit habits are daily.
• Each day you stayed clean, tap the badge to mark Stayed clean today. It isn’t marked automatically.
• On the habit form you can note What triggers it?, What are you really after? and What will you do instead?, so the moment is easier to handle.
• Before quitting records how many you used to have per day.

Curious what staying clean saves you? The free quit habit savings calculator turns “how many a day” into days clean and money kept.

If you slip

Open the habit’s menu (long-press it on Today) and tap I slipped. It clears today’s mark only:

Noted. One slip is not a reset — tomorrow counts again.

Riding out an urge

On a Quit habit’s screen, Ride the urge walks you through it: rate the urge, breathe for 90 seconds, then rate it again. Urges usually peak and pass.