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Goal: New Habit Type — "Count × Duration"

Feature Request

Hello Habitify Team!

First of all, thank you for a fantastic app! I truly appreciate its clarity and flexibility for building habits.

I'd like to propose an idea for a new habit type that I believe would be a powerful addition to the existing ones.

CURRENT SYSTEM:

· Count-based habits: e.g., "3 sets of push-ups." Goal: Complete N times.

· Time-based habits: e.g., "15 minutes of reading." Goal: Accumulate M minutes.

PROPOSAL:

· A "Count × Duration" (or "Sessions") habit type: The goal is to perform the habit a specific number of times and devote a set duration to each of those sessions.

Use cases where this is highly valuable:

1. Yoga/Stretching: "Practice yoga 2 times a day for 20 minutes each." Both the two separate sessions and their minimum duration are important.

2. Interval Training: "Complete 4 running intervals of 5 minutes each." Tracks both the number of intervals and their length.

3. Deep Work Sessions (Pomodoro): "Complete 3 focus sessions of 25 minutes each." Counting sessions helps fight procrastination throughout the day.

4. Mindfulness/Meditation: "Meditate 2 times a day for 10 minutes each." The count helps establish the ritual in the daily routine, the duration ensures depth.

How it could work in the UI:

· When creating a habit, a third goal type appears: "Repeat [N] times for [M] minutes each."

· In the daily view, this habit would display two progress indicators:

· Sessions: 1/3 (e.g., logged one out of three planned).

· Duration: 15/20 minutes (e.g., spent 15 out of the required 20 minutes in the first session so far).

· A timer/stopwatch is integrated directly into the habit card for the day. Press "Start" — the timer begins for the current session. Upon reaching the target duration, the session is automatically counted towards the "count" goal (or prompts for completion confirmation).

Benefits:

· Greater precision for complex habits where both consistency and immersion matter.

· Increased motivation from seeing progress on two fronts simultaneously.

· Versatility — it would cover numerous scenarios that currently require splitting into two separate habits or manual mental tracking.

This habit type would be a true "killer feature" for me (and, I suspect, for many users leading active or mindful lifestyles).

Thank you for considering this idea! I'm happy to discuss the details further.

Posted by Andrey Korneev ·
1 comment

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  • Minh Thư

    Team•

    Feb 11

    Thanks so much for the incredibly detailed and thoughtful proposal! We truly appreciate the effort you put into outlining these specific use cases and the UI logic. It’s clear that you have a deep understanding of how to build effective routines.

    A core principle we follow at Habitify is keeping the experience as simple and focused as possible. To prevent the interface from becoming too complex or overwhelming, we currently prioritize tracking one primary goal type per habit (either Time, Count, or Checklist). This ensures that at a glance, you have a clear, singular metric of success for that habit.

    While we don't have a combined "Count × Duration" type yet, many of our power users achieve a similar result by combining a Time-based goal with the Checklist feature. For example, you could set your main goal to a total duration (like 60 minutes for "Yoga") and then add checklist items for each session, such as "Session 1 (20m)" and "Session 2 (20m)." This allows you to track the total time accumulated while visually checking off each separate session as you complete them.

    That being said, your points about Deep Work and Mindfulness sessions are very compelling. I have shared your full proposal with our product team to be noted for our future roadmap. We are always looking for ways to add power without sacrificing the simplicity our users love.

    Thanks again for being such an engaged member of our community!