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How to track a habit with your reminders

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A reminder tells you when to do something. A tracker tells you whether you did. In Remindio they live together: add a tracker to a reminder, and each time you answer it, the result is logged. Over days and weeks you get a streak, a goal and a calendar of how it's going, without a separate habit app.

Short answer. In a Remindio reminder, tap the Tracker button and pick a ready tracker (Water, Steps, Weight, Medicine, Gym, Run, Reading, Meditation, Coffee, Mood) or make your own: Yes/No or a Value. Tapping Done on the reminder logs it, and the Trackers tab shows your progress.

Yes/No or a value

Each tracker can have a goal: at least 8 glasses a day, the gym 3 times a week, at most 2 coffees.

On Android

  1. Create a reminder, for example Drink water, and tap the Tracker button (the chart icon) in the editor.
  2. Pick a ready tracker, for example Water, or choose Yes/No or Value to make your own.
  3. Check the unit, goal and what Done adds (1 glass), then tap Save.
Remindio on Android: New tracker sheet with Yes/No and Value types and ready trackers Water, Steps, Weight, Medicine, Gym, Run, Reading, Meditation, Coffee and Mood
Ready trackers for common habits.
Remindio on Android: reminder Drink water repeating every day from 8 AM to 10 PM every 2 hours, with a Water tracker of at least 8 glasses a day
The Water tracker sets up a reminder every 2 hours.

The ready Water tracker also suggests a matching repeat: every 2 hours from 8:00 to 22:00, so each Done adds a glass.

On iPhone

  1. In a reminder, tap the Tracker button and pick a ready tracker or Yes/No / Value.
  2. Adjust the goal and tap Save.
  3. Open the Trackers tab on the home screen to log entries with +1, Enter or a check mark, without waiting for the reminder.
Remindio on iPhone: Trackers tab with Weight 74.2 of 75 kg, Water 5 of 8 glasses, Gym 1 of 3 this week and Run 7.4 km this week, each with a row of daily squares
The Trackers tab on iPhone.
Remindio on iPhone: Water tracker today 5 of 8 glasses, with summary: streak, best 7 days, 69% of the last 30 days, averages and maximum
Streak, best run and averages.

Streaks and stats

Open a tracker to see:

Remindio on Android: Water tracker with streak 5 days, best 5 days, 88% of the last 30 days, 72 glasses this month, and a November calendar showing glasses per day
A week of water on Android: 5-day streak, 88% of days on goal.

FAQ

Can one reminder have several trackers?

Yes. A Workout reminder can track both the gym (yes/no) and the distance you ran (km).

What if I skip a day on purpose?

Tap Skip on the reminder or in the tracker. The day is marked as skipped, so you can tell a planned rest day from a forgotten one.

Can I log without a reminder notification?

Yes. Use the Trackers tab or open the tracker and tap +1 or Enter any time.

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