About 1% Better
1% Better is a mobile habit tracker for iPhone that reduces daily tracking to a single question: did you improve by one percent today? You answer yes or no, which the app says takes only a few seconds, and each answer feeds a running measure of your progress.
The core of the app is a live compounding graph. It plots your actual progress against an ideal line that assumes steady daily improvement and adds a forecast of where your current pace leads. The idea rests on the arithmetic of compounding, where small gains or losses repeated every day add up to large differences over a year.
The developer says the app needs no login and no cloud servers, keeping data on your device and in your own iCloud account, with no sign-up step to get started. It also includes a dashboard and a way to share your progress with others.
Key features
- One-tap daily yes or no check-in
- Live compounding graph of your progress
- Forecast line showing your current trajectory
- Ideal-improvement line for comparison
- Progress dashboard with sharing
- No account or login required
Good fit for
- →Building a daily habit with minimal effort
- →Visualizing long-term consistency
- Tags
- habit-tracker
- ios
- productivity
- streaks
- privacy
- self-improvement
1% Better: questions and answers
- What is 1% Better used for?
- 1% Better is a habit tracker app built around a daily yes-or-no check-in and a compounding progress graph. It is a good fit for building a daily habit with minimal effort and visualizing long-term consistency.
- Is 1% Better free?
- Yes. 1% Better has a free plan.
- Is 1% Better open source?
- No. 1% Better is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Productivity category, open-source options include Loop Habit Tracker, Foqos and Zen Browser.
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