Habitica is a free app that helps users build habits and increase productivity by gamifying their tasks and goals. The app uses retro RPG elements to create an avatar and add tasks, chores, or goals that users would like to work on. When a task is completed in real life, it can be checked off in the app to receive gold, experience, and items that can be used in-game. Habitica can be used for a variety of purposes, including ADHD, self-care, New Year’s resolutions, household chores, work tasks, creative projects, fitness goals, back-to-school routines, and more.

The app offers a variety of features, including automatically repeating tasks scheduled for daily, weekly, or monthly routines, a flexible habit tracker for tasks that need to be done multiple times a day or only once in a while, and a traditional to-do list for tasks that only need to be done once. The app also includes color-coded tasks and streak counters to help users see how they’re doing at a glance, a leveling system to visualize overall progress, and tons of collectible gear and pets to suit personal style. Additionally, the app offers inclusive avatar customizations, regular content releases and seasonal events, parties to team up with friends for extra accountability, challenges with shared task lists, guilds to connect with others who share similar interests and goals, reminders and widgets to help keep users on track, customizable color themes with dark and light mode, and syncing across devices.

Habitica is an open-source app run by a small team that’s made better by the work of volunteers who contribute pixel art, translations, bug fixes, and more. The app values community, privacy, and transparency, and does not sell users’ personal data to third parties. If users have any questions or feedback, they can reach out to [email protected]. The app also encourages users to leave a review if they enjoy using it.