Widget: Weekly habit grid widget
Hi,
I've raised this previously and received a response suggesting the daily block view is more suitable (which I completely agree with for most users). I'm not asking to change that. I'm asking for an additional option, and I'd really appreciate it if this could please be discussed with the team before being dismissed.
The request: a Progress Chain / grid widget where each block represents a weekly completion (rather than a daily one), for habits that are completed per week.
Right now, if I use the grid widget for a weekly habit, it shows 1 filled block and 6 gray "failed" blocks, even if I've been perfectly consistent. That's discouraging rather than motivating, and it means the grid widget (one of Habitify's nicest features for motivating habits!) is essentially unusable for weekly habits.
I also want to gently note that a weekly-based streak widget was previously suggested as an alternative in an earlier response, but that option was never built either. So weekly habit users currently have no visual consistency tool at all. That being said, the colored grid view is much more motivating and it does not reset after a single miss, so this option specifically would be preferable.
Thank you so much for your time and for building such a great app.
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Minh Thư
Jun 15
Hello @MiBu !
Thank you for sharing your ideas for Habitify, especially the widgets collection.
As I understand, you are mentioning the Progress Chain widget, but each block represent a week (for weekly habits) or a month (for monthly habits), right?
MiBu
Jun 15
Hi @Minh Thư,
Yes, that is precisely what I’m hoping for! Thank you for taking the time to consider the request. I really appreciate it!
Minh Thư
Jun 24
Got it! Noted for the team!
MiBu
Jun 25
Thank you Minh!
MiBu
Jul 1
•Merged request
•4 votes
Widget: Progress Chain widget shows the weekly completions for habits with goal per week
I have many weekly habits and I really wish I could use the same kind of grid view for a Progress Chain widget to visualise my chain of recent weekly completions. The colorful grid is super motivating for me to try to achieve consistency. But with habits that are only once a week, I don’t have this option since it can only show daily completions. I know this isn’t what your original intention was for the daily grids, but having this feature would mean so much for me if any way it might be possible to please add this feature. Loving the app otherwise. Thank you for your time and consideration.
An Anonymous User
May 28
•Merged request
•4 votes
Widget: Progress chain to show weekly completion for weekly habits
Hi Habitify Team,
I’m currently using the "Last 7 Days" grid widget for iOS. For habits I only perform once a week, the widget shows 1 completion and 6 "failed" gray boxes.
Is there currently any way to toggle this widget to show "Last 7 completions" or a rolling frequency (e.g., last 7 weeks) instead of the fixed last 7 calendar days?
I want to see my consistency over the last 7 times the habit was due, rather than seeing "empty" days when no habit was scheduled.
Minh Thư
Mar 5
Hi!
The Grid widget as you mentioned is the widget to show the habit list which includes all good habits regardless of their goal interval (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly). In this situation the block representing the status of the day is much more suitable. This is also help you to track the last time you do the habit in the last 7/14/21/30 days or within this week/this month.
Still thinking of your suggestion, we consider that having a widget to show the weekly-based streak of your habit might be a more considerable option. How do you think about it?
MiBu
Mar 6
Yes please!!! An option for a widget with a grid showing X number of recent weeks, instead of recent days, as the squares would be perfect! For those of us who want to aim for a since of “completion” by filling all the squares if we consistently meet our goals, that would be so satisfying since some habits shouldn’t be done every day yet we could still achieve a visual sense of completion!
MiBu
Oct 16
Hi @Minh Thư
Hope you are well! I want to follow up on this and ask whether you and the Habitify team might be considering adding a weekly block/chain option for the grid widget?
I’d love to know if this has made it onto the product roadmap or is being considered for an upcoming release. Thanks again for looking into it!
Michael
Minh Thư
Oct 19
Hi! We currently don't have plan for the widget yet. But please rest assured your feature idea was forwarded to the team!
MiBu
Oct 19
Got it, thank you Minh!
Minh Thư
Oct 21
highly appreciate your understanding & patience!