Marsh or a habit app
Habit apps are good at showing you a streak. They're less good at noticing you stopped opening them. Here is where each one is stronger.
Getting started
Marsh is better here
- A habit app
- You download it, make an account and set up each habit yourself.
- Marsh
- You text a number. Marsh asks what you're trying to do and builds the tracker from your answer.
Reminders
Marsh is better here
- A habit app
- A notification at the time you picked. It's easy to swipe away, and it never asks why you skipped.
- Marsh
- A text that asks a question. If you say you skipped, it asks what got in the way and makes the next step smaller.
Seeing your progress
A habit app is better here
- A habit app
- Usually better. Streak calendars, detailed charts, a widget on your home screen.
- Marsh
- A tracker page with this week, a chart and a link you can share. There's no widget.
Missing a day
Marsh is better here
- A habit app
- In most of them the streak resets to zero.
- Marsh
- A missed day stays a missed day and the rest of the week still counts.
Price
A habit app is better here
- A habit app
- Many are free, or a few dollars a month.
- Marsh
- $19.99 a month, or $119.99 a year, after a 3-day trial.
Your history
About even
- A habit app
- Kept for as long as you keep the app.
- Marsh
- Kept for as long as you keep the account.
If you reliably open an app every day, a habit app is cheaper and its charts are better. Marsh is for the people who stop opening it by week three.
