Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Customizable, Printable Visual progress tracker based on Jerry Seinfeld
Hello Hacker News community! I'm excited to introduce Don't Break the Chain, a project born from my own need for a visual progress tracker to achieve goals through consistency. I made this after reading the the story from Brad Isaac about an advice he received from Jerry Seinfeld. "He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker. He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day. [Then Jerry said]: After a few days you’ll have a chain. Just keep at…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Customizable, Printable Visual progress tracker based on Jerry Seinfeld launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I've been working on a side project called Streak.ly with a friend of mine for the past month or so; it's intended to help keep you motivated to do otherwise mundane daily tasks (like do 10 pushups, read for an hour, etc.) by letting you log "streaks" — consecutive days in a row of doing something. It's in private alpha/beta/gamma/whatever right now (has some rough edges to clean up), but is more or less functionally complete and pretty stable. I'm a big fan of the Seinfeld calendar, and have seen other services which do similar things but were unsatisfying to use, either from an aesthetic…
2010 · streak.ly · its alternatives →
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Simple and ready to print yearly habit tracker
2023 · nobreakthechain.webflow.io · its alternatives →
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http://www.timeclover.com We made a time tracking tool to track hobbies and goals. No billable hours or other enterprise nonsense, just simplicity and what we feel are great graphs and visualizations of how you spend your time. I'm a big fan of seinfeld's method and this is supposed to take it a step further. Instead of planning activities, guilt yourself into not ruining your beautiful history. We’re still expanding the idea, and would love some feedback. Unfortunately everything is somewhat empty until you have tracked for a couple of days, so here is my public profile view to give you an…
2011 · timeclover.com · its alternatives →
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Build unbreakable habits with "Don't Break the Chain" method
Jan 2026 · chainfy.art · its alternatives →
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A simple chrome extension to track your habit chains 🔗
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Chain▲1Build unstoppable habits by never breaking the chain.
May 2026 · cognu.app · its alternatives →
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597 days ago, I posted about the project our team was developing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3183322 - here on HN, and today we're finally taking the wraps off what we've been working on since then. At it's core, what we've been building is an end-to-end solution for creating, storing, and working with structured content in a way that's accessible to anyone. You can check out an introduction - http://team.marquee.by/introducing-marquee/ and dig into the technical/philosophical details of our approach -…
2013 · its alternatives →
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Side Eye▲4Dog-meme habit tracker for people who hate habit apps
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I am a non-hacker "idea guy" with zero discernible talent. Like most, the story starts with me doing things the hard way. I dreamt of a tool that would save me countless hours. Like most of my ideas, it was supposed to die in a couple of hours, but this one had some legs.... "If I needed this, surely others did too" kept looping in my head. Could I get this built? Could I build it myself? Nah...too lazy to learn how, but before I did anything, I had to promise myself one thing: No more ideas! If ideas were sit-ups, I would have a six pack instead of this tire. It was a constant mental…
2012 · readwriteweb.com · its alternatives →
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I'm a solo dev. A few years ago, I got addicted to Reddit. Spent months in that loop. Being a programmer, I thought I'd be clever. Redirected Reddit's domain to nowhere in my DNS file. Worked great until I'd just... open the file and undo it 20 minutes later. So I made it irreversible. Locked the DNS file so it can't be edited unless I boot my Mac in safe mode. And if I do that, there's a script that instantly locks it again. Haven't used Reddit since last year. Problem solved, right? Wrong. I just replaced Reddit with Twitch and YouTube. Started keeping streams running in the background…
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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http://sein-cal.co.cc/ This is our first web application. It is a no-frills implementation of the Seinfeld Calendar, and aids in improving productivity by helping form habits. We (two of us) started with it 5 days ago. With a bit of Python background, we decided to go at it with Django. The process was in itself a learning experience with remote collaboration, learning and using git to manage the code, and using App Engine with Django. All for the first time. Feedback welcome.
2011 · sein-cal.co.cc · its alternatives →
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Hey! I always tried to overcome dopamine to improve productivity in my life, but I always failed. That's how I started this page. 1.Block sites that trigger your urges (Pxxx, ex profiles, etc.) 2.A popup interrupts and helps you regain control in seconds! If you're interested, please take a look at!
2025 · crushsuddenurges.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Here is the link: http://www.wikihowtodo.com I know a lot of geeks share the same dream -- build the next kick-ass todo-list/project management system. So do I. However, as I was quite positive that my web development skill is worse than 99% of developers' in this community, I decided to build something simple, useless but unique. So I built this. Basically it's a Wikihow scraper, nothing more. It gives you a place to store interesting Wikihow articles and yes, they are converted into todo lists. I know this site is not that good, but I still need your guys' feedback. For example, as I am a…
2010 · wikihowtodo.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN I built Caccepted - A local-first challenge tracker that helps you stay consistent with goals, habits, workouts, and projects. - Everything runs in your browser, works offline, and doesn’t require creating an account. Why Most trackers feel bloated. I wanted something simple: a single place to manage 30-day challenges, weekly plans, and personal projects. All visible in one daily dashboard. User Guide https://www.caccepted.com/user-guide
2025 · caccepted.com · its alternatives →
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My weekend hack project was to put together a small web app for sharing links in the spirit of memepool.com. It uses a bookmarklet to let people clip interesting articles to share while reading and uses a subset of markdown to add links and blockquotes to posts. It also uses oEmbed to pull in content from popular sites (youtube, slideshare, vimeo, etc) and API integrations to show tweets. It was fun to build - I'd love feedback. Thanks! http://findsignal.com
2011 · findsignal.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! Here's my November Startup Sprint project (coded in two days). http://hackerlunch.com It allows you to post your lunch plans and lets other hackers join you. I built this because I often see HN users are interested in meeting each other if they are in the same area. I am not a coder, so this version is very rough. If people use it, I will work with others to build a more polished version. I would love some feedback. What do you think? Is this something you will be using?
2010 · hackerlunch.com · its alternatives →
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http://web2expo.heroku.com/ I had the opportunity to attend the Web 2.0 Expo earlier this week. While at the event, I was inspired to build out a prototype for a problem I saw with the Twitter stream. The problem is that hash tags are fleeting; Twitter focuses on live results, and we lose track of tweets over time. This was especially true during the Lean Startup Intensive. #leanstartup was great when it was live on Monday, with the results consisting of live tweets of each presenter. However, if we search for the hash tag now, we get a mess of content not specifically tied to that event.…
2010 · web2expo.heroku.com · its alternatives →
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Hello! I'm working on building out graph-based tools for humans! Our first offering is a public tracker view, similar to the tracker provided by pizza companies in the US! The goal is to enable companies to reduce status emails and build brand trust! TurboOps are built on "workflows" which are just DAGs. We have a lot more plan but are focused on makers right now! It's free to get started and to try it out, and build public graphs! I'd really appreciate your thoughts, impressions, and/or criticisms. Thank you! [email protected]
Jan 2026 · turboops.io · its alternatives →
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Anti-productivity tool to solve arguments on Slack! ✊✋🏼✌🏾
2017 · slack.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I built Motion, a fitness app where your virtual pet (we call it a Motmot) grows and gets stronger as you become more active. I wanted a fitness app that didn't feel like a fitness app. Most tools are either data-heavy dashboards or generic streak counters. Neither kept me moving. I thought a creature that visibly reflects your health might create a different kind of attachment. The pet is tied to a broader system: weekly challenges against friends, points for any type of movement, and personalized goals that recalibrate based on your actual activity history rather than fixed…
Apr 2026 · motion-app.com · its alternatives →
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