Habits · Ascend
Ascend’s habit tracker is a free daily and weekly habit list where every tick earns points. Pick habits from a library of 20 or write your own, tick them off each day, watch the streak grow, and see those points move your rank and your place in the leagues.
It also works the other way: a habit you chose from the library and then skip costs points. That small cost is what makes a streak feel worth protecting.
Free · In beta · Phone and PC · No download needed
Every habit in Ascend is either a library habit or a custom one. The difference matters, because it decides what a tick earns and what a miss costs.
Ready-made daily habits in 4 groups: Physical Health, Mental & Focus, Learning & Growth, Discipline. Each is worth 1–3 points, shown when you add it, so “Sleep 7-8 hours” is worth more than a quick win like “Drink 8 cups of water”. These are the habits that can cost points when missed.
Anything else you want to build, daily or weekly. A daily custom habit earns 1 point per tick; a weekly one keeps a streak but earns no points. Custom habits never cost points, so they are a safe place to try something new.
Tap New habit, choose Library or Custom, and for a custom habit pick Daily or Weekly. A few habits you will really do beat a long list.
Tap the box next to the habit. On a phone you can also swipe it right to mark it done, or left to delete it. Done habits move to the Done list.
Each habit shows its current streak, your best streak and the last few days at a glance, and the week card shows how many of the last 7 days you were active.
If a library habit was missed, its row says how many days in a row and what missing today would cost, before it happens.
These are the same rules the app shows under “How points work” on the Habits page. With an account, points are counted on the server, so every device shows the same total.
| What happens | Points |
|---|---|
| Tick a library habitIts own value, shown when you add it. | +1–3 |
| Tick a daily custom habit | +1 |
| Tick a weekly custom habitKeeps the streak only. | 0 |
| Daily cap for all habits togetherThe habits you tick first count first. After the cap a tick still counts for your streak. | 10 a day |
| What happens | Points |
|---|---|
| First missed dayIt costs the habit’s own points, counted from the day you add it. | ×1 |
| Each further missed day in a rowRounded to whole points. | ×1.5 |
| From Performer rank (2,000 season points)The 2nd miss in a row costs ×2, the 3rd and later ×2.5. | ×2, then ×2.5 |
| Tick the habit againThe count of misses starts over. | Reset |
The Reading habit is special: it ticks itself when you log pages in the Reading Hub and earns its points there, not here. Deleting a habit only takes back today’s points from it; points and penalties from earlier days stay.
Habit points join everything else you earn in the season. Your season points decide your rank, from Beginner up to Master across 9 ranks, and the same points place you in the weekly, monthly and 90-day leagues. Performer is rank 6 of 9, and from there a missed habit costs more.
Because of the daily cap, a long list can’t buy a rank. A few habits done every day, plus your workouts, reading and journal, is how people climb. See how ranks work and how the leagues work.
Add three habits, tick one now, and it already counts this week.