| Your main need | Start here |
|---|---|
| An ongoing personal routine | HabitSet for iPhone |
| A personal experiment with an end date | Askesis for iPhone |
| Check-ins with other people | Askesis Community on the web |
Start with the commitment, not the app
“Read regularly” and “read ten pages a day for 30 days” are different commitments. The first has no finish line; the second lets you review a defined experiment. Write down the action, how often you will do it and whether you want an end date before choosing a tool.
Choose HabitSet for an ongoing routine
HabitSet is the iPhone habit-tracking app in this ecosystem. It is the starting point for regular actions you want to keep in your life: reading, movement or another repeating practice. Choose it when the question is “Did I do my routine?” rather than “How far through this experiment am I?”
Choose Askesis for a defined challenge
Askesis is the iPhone app for time-bound challenges. Give an action a duration, then follow your progress towards that finish line. For example: read ten pages each day for 14 days, then decide whether the action and schedule fit your life. Completing the period is a useful moment to adjust your commitment; it is not proof that a habit has formed.
Choose the web community for shared accountability
Askesis Community is a separate web product at goaskesis.com. It offers challenges, check-ins and participation with other people. Choose it when being part of a group is a reason to return. Account features require sign-in. Do not assume that progress or purchases sync between the web community and the iPhone apps.
Try one small experiment
Pick one action you can actually repeat. Define what counts as done, choose a realistic duration and decide how you will respond to a missed day. At the end, review what helped and what got in the way. You can keep the action, change its size or stop; a tracker records the practice, rather than guaranteeing a result.
Product information
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