A private habit tracker that keeps your data on your phone
Steady Ember is a calm, privacy-first habit tracker and routine planner. Track check-ins, numeric targets, and medication schedules with generous streak freezes, honest insights, and full data ownership — completely offline.
- Up to 6 habits free — unlimited on the paid tier
- Your habits and health metrics never leave your device
- No intrusive subscriptions, no dark patterns
Why Steady Ember
Six decisions that shape how this habit tracker treats your routines, your data, and your bad days.
Most habit tracker apps treat your daily routines, health habits, and mental struggles as data points to monetize or feed to advertising brokers. Steady Ember stores 100% of your data locally in an SQLite database on your device.
- No account registration required
- No analytics trackers — no Firebase, no Mixpanel
- The release build doesn't even request external internet permissions
Real life doesn't happen on an unbroken chain. Getting sick, travelling, or taking a mental health break shouldn't wipe out months of dedication.
- Streak freezes keep your momentum alive without breaking your historical continuity
- Retroactive recovery — forgot to log yesterday? Apply a freeze within your recovery window
- Simple checks — daily or scheduled habits with a single satisfying tap and subtle haptic feedback
- Count habits — track daily numeric goals: glasses of water, pages read, pushups, minutes meditated
- Medication & dose slots — multi-slot daily reminders (morning, noon, night), each dose marked on its own slot
Connect Android Health Connect to fulfil daily goals automatically:
- Step tracking — auto-completes walking and step goals from your device step counter
- Hydration sync — logs water intake seamlessly
- Sleep duration — syncs sleep time to verify bedtime routines
Every sync stays strictly on your phone — never uploaded to the cloud.
Write honest reflections alongside your daily habit checks. A built-in, local tone and vocabulary engine notices when you're struggling, celebrates when you rebound, and offers encouraging nudges — without a creepy cloud AI reading your journal.
You are never locked in.
- Export anytime — one-click CSV and JSON export to keep your data in spreadsheets or personal archives
- Encrypted backups — AES-256-GCM backup envelopes, protected by your personal hex key token
What's in the box
A quick tour of the day-to-day features, for people who'd rather scan a table than read a pitch.
| Feature | What it does | Why people keep it |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible schedules | Daily, weekdays, X times per week or month, or interval days | Fits irregular gym routines, work schedules, and periodic chores |
| Interactive home widget | Check today's progress and upcoming habits from your home screen | Log habits in seconds without opening the app |
| Custom reminder channels | Tailored notification slots with actionable quick-logging buttons | Never miss medication or evening wind-down routines |
| Deep statistics & heatmaps | 7d, 14d, 30d, 90d, and all-time completion trends, weekday heatmaps | Spot your strongest and weakest days with clarity |
| 8 harmonious themes | Calm Blue, Ocean, Violet, Teal, Forest, Sunset, Berry, Slate | Material 3 UI tailored for dark mode and light mode |
| Archive without losing history | Pause seasonal habits without losing your stats | Keeps your active dashboard focused and uncluttered |
Keep reading
Longer answers for the decisions that are harder to make in an app store listing.
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Guides
How streaks, streak freezes, offline storage and medication routines actually work — explained before anything is recommended.
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Questions
Short, direct answers: is it free, does it need internet, what happens to your data if you uninstall.
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Why Steady Ember
What to look for in a private habit tracker, and the reasoning behind no account, no ads, and no cloud sync.
Questions people actually ask
What makes Steady Ember different from other habit trackers?
Most habit tracker apps require an account and quietly sync your routines, moods, and health data to a server somewhere. Steady Ember runs entirely offline: no sign-up, no analytics SDKs, and no internet permission in the release build at all. Your streaks, notes, and medication logs never leave your phone unless you choose to export or back them up yourself.
Do I need an account to use Steady Ember?
No. Steady Ember has no account signup, email verification, or passwords. Open the app and start building habits immediately.
Where is my data stored?
On your phone. Steady Ember stores your habits, history, notes, and preferences in an SQLite database on your local device storage.
What happens if I change phones?
Export your data as a JSON file, or create an AES-256 encrypted backup and restore it on your new device with your private key.
Does Steady Ember sell my health data or show ads?
Never. Steady Ember contains zero advertising SDKs and zero third-party analytics trackers, and doesn't sell or share any user data.
Is Steady Ember a medical application?
No. Steady Ember is a personal routine and habit tracker. While it offers medication reminder slots and hydration tracking, it doesn't provide clinical diagnoses, medical advice, or treatment plans.