I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life

In plain words

This is a life-tracking application designed to help users build habits and track personal progress using a gamified approach similar to language-learning apps. It targets people who want to maintain consistent routines across different areas of their life. The product uses daily check-ins and streak mechanics to encourage repeated engagement with chosen habits or goals.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Track habits, mood, notes, tasks, and metrics in one daily check-in so you can find the pattern behind your good days.

A quick look at the daily check-in that turns scattered effort into a pattern you can see. Turn your daily habit check-ins into a full-year consistency heatmap. Every square is visible proof that change is actually happening. Review your year in seconds. Spot your best-day patterns, see what supported your consistency, and understand what actually made life better. I've tried everything. Notion for journaling, Todoist for tasks, random habit apps. This is the first app that's minimal and has everything I need to build my dream life. I actually use it every day. Clean design, works perfectly, does exactly what it promises. I'm genuinely happy I found this. A daily journal, habit tracker, and…from three-cells.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

I initially released this as just an IOS app. Since then it has been growing steadily but a lot of people have emailed asking for a web / android version. It took me nearly 2 months to build a version for the web. The nice thing about using Convex as my backend is that all the data is always synced between the…

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