Habicat is a pixel style gamified habit formation clocking software that promotes task completion and good habits. It features unique growth through experience and leveling up, character customization, pixel font, and an achievement wall with hidden rewards.
Hey Producthunters!
I'm Mason, the indie developer of Habicat
I used to be an art student and worked as a game product manager for two years. Because I love gamification and programming, I taught myself Swift and developed this app independently!
I've been developing this product for almost a year now, and after a long time of use and testing, the current version is stable.
The core functions and features of the app are:
- Habit add and punch card, intuitive data display
- Gamification growth, habit punch card can make the character grow and get gems
- Chest opening function, use gems to open chests to get powerful and nice jewelry.
- Achievement wall with hidden achievement eggs
- Night mode and pixel fonts
- In development: data reports, monthly challenges, cute pets
My opportunity to develop this app was:
About three years ago I read the book "Reality is Broken:Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World", in which the concept of "gamification" is very refreshing to me, the author pointed out that "why are we willing to play games in the virtual world, but often do not have the motivation to do things in real life? I think the lies in the "feedback dirve", many things in reality because the achievement is not visible, the purpose is not clear, the feedback is not immediate and other reasons do not bring us good feedback, while the game is the opposite, it captures our "human weakness".
This got me really fascinated by gamification, and I thought about how many people in the world are doing things that they find boring, like reading, exercising, taking exams - things that may be hard for us in the short term, but will benefit us in the long term, and I thought if only it were as much fun to do these long term beneficial things as it is to play games!
Then I used the Habitica app, which was fun for me with its gamification, but the design experience wasn't very good, and it hadn't been optimized in many years, so I wanted to make a better product out of it, better looking, simpler, and better to use~
Great job on Habicat! How about considering partnerships with fitness apps to provide users with holistic habit-forming experiences?
Impressive concept for forming habits in Habicat! Are there plans to introduce a reward system to motivate users to consistently achieve their goals?
Loving the gamification aspect of Habicat. How about incorporating a social sharing feature to allow users to showcase their progress with friends?
Habicat's visual approach to habit tracking is engaging. Will there be an option to set habit streak goals and receive reminders to maintain them?
"I'm really impressed with the level of detail and polish that's gone into this app. It's clear that the developers put a lot of thought into it. I highly recommend it to anyone who's struggling to form good habits."
"I've tried a lot of habit tracking apps, but this is the first one that's really clicked with me. I love the way it gamifies the process and makes it fun to stay on track." (29 words)
"This is the perfect way to make my habits stick. The flow is really well-designed and the rewards are motivating."
"Love the pixel art and the gamified approach to habit formation. This is a great way to stay motivated and on track with my goals."
"The character customization is a fun touch, and I'm excited to see how far I can level up!"
Congrats on your launch Mason! Using gamification as a motivation source in our daily lives is definitely the way to go 💡 Do you think Habicat can also appeal to people who are not regular gamers?
Being a huge cat lover, I couldn't walk away. :D
In the first minutes of discovering the product, I felt upset since I'm not an active Discord user. Then, I saw information about the iOS app and became interested again. But when I tried it, it didn't meet my expectations, so I'm generally confused. I hope you, guys, will make some improvements to this great idea and also fix the localization issues since now, even with the English main interface in the app, some notifications are displayed in hieroglyphs.
Habicat is an interesting take on habit tracking. How about adding a feature that allows users to join groups for mutual accountability?
