# Habit tracker or challenge tracker: which do you need?

Source: https://getaskesis.com/guides/habit-tracker-vs-challenge-tracker

Use a habit tracker for a routine you intend to keep. Use a challenge tracker for an experiment with a finish date. If showing up with other people matters most, choose a community challenge.

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.

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