A streak counter and a days since counter in one
This free streak counter does two jobs. As a days since counter, it tells you how many days it has been since a date: the day you stopped smoking, your last drink, the day you met someone, or the first day of a new routine. As a streak counter, it keeps count of something you do each day: tap “I did it today” and the number goes up by one. Keep more than one counter, and share any of them with a link. To track several daily habits side by side, each with its own streak and a year of check-ins, use the free online habit tracker.
How to count the days since a date
- Add a “days since” counter, or tap an idea, and give it a name.
- Pick the start date. The count shows at once, in days, in weeks, and in months and days.
- Choose whether the start day counts (see below).
- Come back any day. The counter goes up by one at midnight, in your time zone.
The counter counts calendar dates, not blocks of 24 hours. A clock change for daylight saving time does not add or lose a day, and February 29 counts like any other day. Months are calendar months: one month after January 31 is the last day of February, and one year after February 29 is February 28.
Does the start day count? Day 1 or 0 days
People count in two ways, and both are correct. Say you started on Monday and today is Wednesday:
- 0 days: Monday is day zero, and today the counter shows 2 days. This answers “how many days has it been since Monday?”
- Day 1: Monday is day 1, and today is day 3. This is how people number the days of a challenge or a streak that includes today.
Pick the one that matches how you talk about it. You can change it at any time, and the milestone dates move with it.
How a streak ends
A streak is the number of days in a row with a tap. Today stays open until midnight, so a streak with a tap yesterday is still alive all day today. The streak ends only when one full day passes with no tap. The counter then says so plainly, keeps your best streak, and lets you start again with one tap. If you forgot to tap yesterday, but you did the thing, you can mark yesterday.
A broken streak is not the end of a habit. Our guide to habit streaks and what to do when one breaks explains why the day after a miss matters more than the miss. In the app, a streak can also follow a weekly goal, such as 3 times a week, so rest days do not end it: see how HabitRix calculates streaks.
Milestones: 7, 30, 100 days and more
The counter shows your next milestones on the ladder 7, 14, 30, 50, 100, 180, 365, 500 and 1,000 days, plus each anniversary of the start date after the first year. Each milestone has its calendar date, so you know which day to plan for, and the bar shows how far you are from the last milestone to the next one.
A milestone is a number to look forward to, not a finish line. If you want to know when a new routine starts to feel automatic, read how long it takes to form a habit: the research gives a wide range, not one fixed number.
Keep a streak with friends
A counter in a browser is private, and only you see it. When other people can see your streak, a missed day is easy to notice, and a good week is easy to share. In a habit tracker with friends, each person checks in on their own phone and the whole group sees it. Read how habit sharing works to start a shared streak with a partner, friends or a group. Prefer paper? Make a sheet with the printable habit tracker maker.