Zen

Changelog

Every update to Zen: Habits & Accountability, newest first.

Version 1.6.0

Zen, rebuilt as a native app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.

  • The circular "Today" watch complication is replaced by the circular "Zen" one. A watch face that had it needs the "Zen" complication added again.

Version 1.5.1

A new day that opens already up to date, a second device that restores itself from iCloud, and an iPad calendar that lists your habits.

  • Opening Zen on a new day lands on today, with yesterday already resolved, instead of catching up a few seconds later.
  • Installing Zen on a second device offers to restore your habits from iCloud instead of starting the introduction over.
  • On iPad, the calendar lists each day's habits with how each one went, and tapping one opens it on that day.
  • The dot under each day follows how most of that day went: green for done, red for missed, gray for skipped or unanswered. Yellow is only for today, while it is still in progress.
  • Answering a habit on your watch, done, skipped or I slipped, stays marked the first time instead of needing a second tap.
  • The calendar takes the whole screen, without the tab bar or the iPad sidebar.
  • On wider screens the Progress grid adds columns and the streak shows more days, instead of stretching what is there.
  • Home no longer leaves a large empty space under the last habit, habit names on the Progress grid no longer shrink to an unreadable size, and the Habit order screen no longer starts with a gap at the top.

Version 1.5.0

Quitting a habit, time away that does not count against you, habit actions in one menu, and a Progress page you arrange yourself.

  • Name something you are quitting. There is no target to hit: the day is yours unless you say you slipped, and every urge you let pass is one tap to record, counting up all day.
  • Set yourself to Vacation, Sick or Break. Reminders stop, and the days you are away are skipped rather than missed, so a streak waits for you instead of ending. Each day says which it was in the habit's own log.
  • Choose which chart each habit shows on its own progress page, and whether the Progress page lays them out as a grid or a list. The single setting that chose one chart for every habit is gone.
  • Adding a habit, arranging them, and showing the ones today does not schedule now sit in one menu on Home. Challenges works the same way, with the finished ones behind a single toggle.
  • A round started on your watch, or left running in a pocket, keeps counting when you close the sheet or change tabs, and one habit's timer can no longer take down another's Lock Screen card.
  • Browse the habit library by category instead of picking from a menu of filters.
  • A day that fell short keeps the work behind it, and your watch can mark a day missed or skipped, not only done.
  • A past day no longer offers a timer, which cannot honestly count time that has gone. Its counter, rounds, status and notes still fill it in.
  • Past challenges are shown by default, so a challenge that has ended stays visible instead of disappearing the day it finishes.

Version 1.4.1

Quick actions on Home, named rounds and steps, a watch face complication, and Siri.

  • Hold a habit on Home for its quick actions: mark the day, edit it, add a note, or start a Challenge. Reordering habits moved to Settings.
  • Name each round of a series, and add steps: rounds with nothing to measure, which you simply check off.
  • See today's tally on your watch face, and ask Siri to mark a habit done.
  • The running timer now has a layout made for the Apple Watch Smart Stack.
  • Widget marks read clearly in dark mode, and the streak ticks stay visible in tinted and clear looks.

Version 1.4.0

Rounds on iPhone and Apple Watch, redesigned widgets, JSONL export, clearer Challenges, and app-wide polish.

  • Build series from timed or counted rounds, put them in order, and complete or undo each round on iPhone or Apple Watch.
  • Export everything you have recorded as a JSONL file, once, or keep a copy updating in iCloud Drive.
  • Widgets now match the app, follow Text Size and habit order, show statuses consistently, and open goal habits instead of completing them.
  • Challenges now show every participant across scrolling days, clearer cards and streak targets, and preserve the final streak after ending.
  • Reminders describe today's work; 15 timed and counted templates and refreshed icons expand the library; Dynamic Type applies throughout.
  • Habit details name the selected day and collapse long rounds and logs; the calendar returns to its last view with one tap back to today.
  • Fixed status changes erasing goal work, a stuck keyboard in Choose a Habit, and chart flashes after swiping.

Version 1.3.2

Challenge streak charts, drag to reorder, Lock Screen timers, and notifications that know who did what.

  • Get a notification when someone in a Challenge completes their day, even when the app is closed.
  • Onboarding now explains what notifications are for before asking permission.
  • Joining a Challenge creates a habit that matches the original: same goal, same schedule.
  • Start a Challenge straight from a habit, without picking the habit again.
  • Challenge hosts can rename a Challenge or change when it ends.
  • A running habit timer now continues on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and keeps counting when you leave the screen.
  • Use the timer and counter on past days, so a day you forgot to log can still be filled in.
  • Set a start date while creating a habit.
  • Creating a habit moves step by step, and you can swipe back to change an answer.
  • Adjust goals, Challenge targets, and Challenge duration with plus and minus, and hold either to move in bigger jumps.
  • Tap a marked day again to clear it.
  • Every habit action now lives in one menu on the habit screen.
  • Swipe a progress card to look back through earlier weeks and months.
  • The streak strip ends on today instead of starting on Monday, so a fresh week is no longer empty.
  • Progress charts show every day, with a diagonal line marking the ones you skipped.
  • Expanding rows like the date picker now open and close with the same motion.
  • The inline calendar matches the app's colors instead of system blue.
  • Empty screens are plain text instead of placeholder cards that looked like loading.
  • Reorder your habits by holding a card and dragging it where you want.
  • Hold a habit card for quick actions without opening the habit.
  • Today's card shows how far along a running timer or counter is.
  • Control a running timer from the app icon.
  • The Lock Screen timer is built around a progress ring, and a session can be restarted from the habit screen.
  • A Challenge now charts every participant's streak across the whole challenge, so you can see the runs, the breaks, and how much time is left.
  • Each participant keeps one color across the Challenge chart and the standings.
  • Open a Challenge's habit from the Challenge, and the Challenge from the habit.
  • Challenge activity shows timer and counter progress, with a burst of taps kept to a single line.
  • Challenge notifications name who completed, and no longer say it is your turn when you already finished your day.
  • Reorder your Challenges the same way as habits.
  • Fixed: joining a Challenge now keeps the original habit's goal.
  • Fixed: editing a Challenge opens with its current settings.
  • Fixed: a habit that fails to be created when joining a Challenge now says so instead of failing quietly.

Version 1.3.1

Reliable Challenge invites, native menus, and iPad fixes.

  • Leave a Challenge and rejoin later from a valid invite. Your personal habit stays put either way.
  • Challenge invites and sharing now work reliably on iOS 26.
  • Menus across the app are now native controls, with clearer icons and status colors.
  • Expanded progress views now fit properly on iPad.

Version 1.3.0

Apple Watch, opt-in Challenges, meaningful habit strength, and deeper progress.

  • Apple Watch app: view today's scheduled habits and complete them from your wrist.
  • Challenges: share an iCloud invite, connect your own habit, and follow participant progress and activity without a Zen account.
  • Habit strength is now a 0-100 estimate based on completion history, with gradual gains, gentle decay, neutral skips, and milestone notifications.
  • Open focused strength, streak, and history views, including a strength trend and full-year calendars.
  • Add notes to individual days and tap activity entries to return to the date they describe.
  • Reminders now stay aligned with habit titles, schedules, end dates, global pauses, archives, and iCloud changes.
  • Zen now adapts to iPad, with refined habit editing, clearer template browsing, flatter controls, and direct feedback from Settings.

Version 1.2.0

Home-screen widgets, skip days without breaking your streak, optional iCloud sync, and a deeper dark theme.

  • Home-screen widgets: a selected habit's history grid, a checklist to tick off today's habits right from the Home Screen, weekly progress bars, and current streaks with a flame.
  • Mark a day as skipped, a neutral status that neither counts nor breaks your streak.
  • Turn on iCloud sync to keep the same habits across your Apple devices, or leave it off to keep each device separate. Off by default, no account required.
  • A deeper dark theme, plus refined design and smoother interactions throughout.

Version 1.1.0

Count goals, end dates, dozens more habits, and a smoother, glassier feel.

  • Set count goals up to 1000 and track them with a simple counter (great for drinking water).
  • Give a habit an end date so its schedule stops on the day you choose.
  • Dozens more habits to start from, including Padel, popular sports, and Apple Fitness workouts.
  • The segmented control and tab bar now glide a thumb between options, and you can press and drag to pick.
  • Refreshed tab bar with a translucent glass pill that stays crisp in light and dark.
  • Tap a quick button in the header to jump back to today whenever you're viewing another day.
  • A redesigned welcome that shows you how each feature works as you get started.
  • Refined design and smoother interactions throughout.

Version 1.0.0

The first release of Zen, a calm, on-device habit tracker.

  • Track habits on a daily, weekday, or fully custom schedule.
  • Create a habit in one guided flow, start from a popular template or from scratch.
  • Mark each day done, failed, or skipped.
  • Set time goals and finish them with a hold-to-complete timer.
  • Watch each habit grow from starting to established, and keep your streaks alive.
  • Switch your progress view between habit strength, streaks, and a year-long history grid.
  • Add private notes and review a full activity log for every habit.
  • Pull the date bar down to open a full-screen calendar and revisit any day.
  • Get local reminders that follow each habit's schedule and greet you by name.
  • Pause all reminders anytime, or auto-mark missed days to keep your history honest.
  • Personalize the app with your name during a quick welcome.
  • Private by design: everything stays on your device and syncs over iCloud. No accounts, no servers, no ads.