Name: Don't Break The Chain!
Rating: 4.83457 (1215 reviews)

User Reviews for Don't Break The Chain!

4.83 out of 5

1.2K Ratings

7 years ago, PrimordialTrooth

Simple and Effective

I use this application to keep a record of how often I practice the Wim Hof Method to manage my anxiety and panic disorder. Doesn't have a lot of the bells and whistles of the other apps which I prefer-get it, got it done. Very effective tool in tracking any discipline and it really keeps me motivated to do the task everyday! After a week you really don't want to break the chain. I like it because the desire to continue is self sustained. I am a master of procrastination and laziness and this app has changed my life for the better! Don't think just do. 😄

6 months ago, Nararabbit

Good idea, doesn’t seem to be a way to keep “broken” chains

i’m using this app to keep track of how often I avoid doing a bad habit I’m trying to break. However, unless it was a glitch, it seems to delete everything that came before if you break the chain. Maybe that’s the idea of behind the app, but I would like to be able to see even the broken chains because it shows me how many days I’ve avoided doing the unhealthy behaviors, even if they get broken. The badge being only the current chain is fine though. Maybe the current chain could be one color and the old broken chains a darker shade.

4 years ago, Eliyah Wilson

Quit smoking using this app

This app has helped me quit so many addictions and poor habits including smoking. I use it for setting a habit of practicing music every day to making sure I run every day. It’s very straight forward and it’s so nice to end the day marking off all of your success. Even if some streaks break, just seeing how much progress there is each month, makes it easy to count your losses in a positive way. I’ve recommended this to many friends who also want to set good habits and break bad ones.

7 years ago, Jennm1247

Helpful!

Having a place to record my goal compliance really helps me to improve it. This app does just what it's intended to and does it well. Sometimes I find myself wanting to record more fine grained detail. But if it had that, it would be a different app. And I've sometimes found a more detailed, time consuming interface to be a deterrent to recording anything at all. So I appreciate that this app is straightforward and easy to use.

7 years ago, TashaSunnyST

Motivates me to keep the chain going

I actually love tapping the X to show I’ve done it. The gaps bother me and this simple thing has made the difference! I’m a ONE Thing fan and I heard that Geoff used it, so I gave it a try for our 66 day challenge. My 13 yo son is now using it because his teacher gave them a 66 day challenge to read x amount every day to build the habit. There is no limit to the things you might improve by tracking them and being accountable for your wins and losses and strive to have more wins. I like complicated things, but simple is what’s working for me. Love this app!

5 years ago, Dork Dinkerson

Motivating

I’m a simple guy. Being able to track various things that I mean to do (exercise, volunteer work, doing things with my kids) in a simple, visible way is great. I feel good every time I put an X on a calendar. It’s also helpful to be able to look back over the previous year/month to see trends and help remember how I’ve been living up to my goals over the long term.

2 years ago, Lowkey223

Love this app.

Amazing and simple! Tried others with many more frills but keep coming back to this app. Love the simplicity. No badges or gimmicks. I would like to add if possible in future updates the ability to cross a day more than once? Such as something you did twice that day. That would be an amazing addition.

7 years ago, featherbabylove

This app is wonderful

This a simple app but helps me to achieve my goals or things that are hard to let . It has help to achieve great habits and pretty difficult goals. Sometimes it’s hard to let go certain person that cause you harm that once you consider a friend, for those difficult time I have use this app and it helps heal the wound. It also help me achieve simple goals like cleaning my room and so on ! Suggestions: -If you could add a variety of positive and encouragement quotes it would be nice -It would be awesome to see this app on Apple Watch -Add Touch ID lock - Add a setting to change the size of fonts and letters, the numbers and letters of the calendar are too small

6 years ago, InspiredFitness

Excellent App!

Strong visuals, easy to use. Effective way to track habits and goals. So helpful that it is possible to track several different goals at the same time and that goals can be color coded. Love the ability to add an X to the app calendar each day a goal is met. Having used the app for years, I can highly recommend it!!!

7 years ago, redreine

Great App! One Suggestion

I really like this app because I can keep track of all the good habits I want to develop! However, I would like to suggest adding an option to have a reminder for each individual chain. For example, I could set a specific time for the app to remind me to complete my goal of exercising at 6am while another reminder will notify me to read a few chapters in my book at 2pm.

3 years ago, Starry11111111111

Exactly what I wanted

I wanted a “don’t break the chain” calendar app so that I could remember to do a 1 minute plank everyday 🎉🎉🎉 this app is perfect for my needs. I can see the month at large and it is so satisfying to mark that X 🤩🤩🤩 I have it remind me 2 or 3 times a day so that I make sure to get it done ✅

2 years ago, chrismonkey27541

Simple and aesthetic

This is exactly the habit “chain-building” app I have been looking for. It’s simple to record when you complete a daily habit, and the aesthetic/UI is wonderful. Well worth paying a small amount to support the developers. Great job, thank you.

4 years ago, Jared_097

Simple & Effective

This app makes it easy to track your dailies! My favorite feature is the widget! It allows you to see all your dailies spread out in a single view for the current day and bubble in what you have done and see what you still need to do. So great!!!!

5 years ago, sunniemostlee

Simple and Straightforward

I paid for Pro because after a couple of weeks of using the free version I realized this app fits my needs perfectly and I wanted to make more chains. The developer was very responsive in helping me with an issue I was having. Money happily spent.

5 years ago, Hemincc

Love this app

I have a lot of side jobs that I need to keep track of to show my clients monthly perfect for book keeping. My only suggestion could you add a time spent per goal? That would be amazing I would even pay extra for that!!!!

5 years ago, Wakandan King

Good, but....

I wish you could add an alarm and set it in the app...and make some custom notifications and set the time they pop up. It would also be great if you could connect with another person for accountability, like they get notified if you haven’t done your task before a certain set time. Good app tho! Very motivating!

4 years ago, And1264

Extremely helpful

It certain helps as a supplement to keep track of goals. I'd recommend also sending a picture of your chain to an accountability partner as an added layer of helping you to secure your chain

5 years ago, Briwyatt

Perfect for goals

I use it for my mini goal setting, helpful because you can share it with others and set up a reminder daily with the premium version

6 years ago, Stacey'sRobyn

It keeps me writing

The simple expedient of having an app to track my writing is all I need to write every day. I don't want to break my chain, and so it's a constant awareness in the back of my mind. Plus, if I don't write, the app reminds me to write.

5 years ago, GolfSully55

Needs to update to work on the latest iOS platform.

Needs to update to work on the latest iOS platform. Weird icon on iPad. Cannot adjust color--and I'm a pro user too. Disappointing.

6 months ago, c00chie gallll

amazing

this app honestly really is so amazing. I feel that it has helped me to hold myself accountable. It is $5.99 flat out but it’s worth the 6 bucks to me. I really like this app

5 years ago, CareyAndrew

I like the visual calendar

A scrolling calendar with “X” marks is so visually motivating. You can just see at a glance how many times and when you did something. So glad to have found this

5 years ago, timstrong

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It would be nice if we could leave separate notes on individual days to look back on

9 months ago, Capeman29

Needs updated for Interactive Widgets

It's a great app, but it needs updated for the new interactive widget function, you should be able to click the widget to complete the task, right now widgets just open the app. Only reason it's not a 5 star app.

7 years ago, Hh007007

Perfectly simple

Pick your goal and start check/x-Ing off day. I used this tracking my whole30 goal. Worked great. Easy to see results and keep me on track.

5 years ago, elguapo42000

Simple and Effective

Easy to use and does what it says it does. I haven’t found the reports useful, but other that that, I would recommend!

7 years ago, HalfBoiledHero

I love this!

No intrusive ads, and all it asks of you to make another chain is to post about it on social media. Thank you so much; Jerry Seinfeld was right about how much this helps.

7 years ago, KNGPN66

Simply awesome

Sometimes what you need is something simple and this fits the bill. It's a big help to me as I develop habits using the process outlined in "The One Thing" book.

6 years ago, This name has been taken twice

Simple, useful, but no backup

Great for tracking and accountability. I paid for this app and have many chains with some data going back some years, but none of my progress was transferred over when upgraded my phone.

5 years ago, Timekeeper67

Upgrade

Upgraded to IOS 13 and the app will not work. When I open it, it just unopens and takes me to my home screen...

7 years ago, HamBandit

Great motivator!

Simple and effective in helping you to stick to a goal. Wouldn't mind getting a new message each time I cross off a day, though. 😊

3 years ago, Zeb Fross

Great app

Nothing fancy or obtrusive which is perfect, and the simplicity of just checking off days is surprisingly motivating. Super useful app for managing any sort of addiction or daily routine. Thanks!

7 years ago, Nanest7

Perfect to track workouts

I love this app. It is so simple and perfect to track the days I make it to the gym. I Can see the entire month at a glance. Thanks.

7 years ago, Kctinman

Easy to use

I use paper and pen for my habits. But using this app gives me an extra place to keep me on track.

7 years ago, alloutluv

lovely

Really nice, helped my get better at drawing. I wish after every other day there could be a new/varied message. Really encouraging. It's super satisfying to see how much you've accomplished.

7 years ago, Enazaryan

Excellent!

Love this app. I can track my progress everyday by visually seeing on my calendar how far I've come. Thank you!

5 years ago, Casket

Thank you!!

This app was just what I was looking for to track my 30 days of giving up sugar!!!

6 years ago, Howie Coaching

Simple momentum

I love this app. Set some simple goals moving in the direction of your dreams and feel the momentum accelerate as you see your Chain grows. I love this app.

5 years ago, Dr. Kelly B.

Simple and Powerful

This app is simple and powerful making it easy and motivating.

3 years ago, danielle729

Only one chain

It shows multiple chains in the pictures but you have to pay to be able to have multiple.

4 years ago, Donovanesque

Keeps you on track!

5 years ago, radieos

so underrated & useful!!!

i honestly love this app so much. this app is what’s keeping me workout every single day to make sure my ever growing chain doesn’t suddenly break. super practical, barely any ads, and overall very useful for those trying to achieve their goals. 🥳

4 years ago, wildthingsmom

Loved for my iPhone but does NOT synch with iPad

I don’t think that it’s unreasonable to expect apps that are marketed as supported for both iPads and iPhones on IOS 10 or higher to actually synch between the devices. For a productivity app it would be the opposite of productive to have to re enter that data.

7 years ago, Vicariouslythrulisa

Easy!

This small bit of accountability has helped motivate me.

5 years ago, Hotdogs90892

Love the app

I’m glad it’s getting iOS 13 update , so usefully thank you

5 years ago, Winkensteiner

Love it!

I use it to track my workout days. I love the simplicity!

7 years ago, Completely uncouth chicken

Amazing motivational tool!

The most effective way to form a habit, short of a Skinner box loaded with heroin

5 years ago, Hollyanne7222

Simple, effective and free!

Better than a similar app that cost me $3.99. 😡

6 years ago, el.ca.mi

pretty disappointed...

i would definitely rate this app higher if i could add multiple tasks. unfortunately though, you have to pay money in order to add more than one task! i have multiple things that i would like to track but unfortunately i am only able to track just one:(

7 years ago, Seaportron

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Description

Have you ever heard of the “Don’t Break The Chain” (DBTC) motivation technique used by the famous American stand-up comedian and director Jerry Seinfeld? The idea behind this motivation technique is so simple and easy to achieve: Define a goal and try to constantly do actions towards your goal. So, no matter you are going to learn a new language, learn how to play Guitar, break a bad habit, write a new book, or any other activities, the “Don’t Break The Chain” enables you to be on the right track and forces you to keep doing whatever it takes to reach your goal. Interested in the idea and want to know how DBTC works? Well, download the application for free on your iOS device, add your goals and start tracking your activities on a daily basis. What to expect from the Don’t Break The Chain? DBTC, the motivation app to track your commitment to your goals and resolutions, comes with a clean and neat design and the interface is so user- friendly that you’ll get the whole idea after writing down your first goal and marking the first X on the calendar. What is X? Well, you have access to a large year-at-a-glance calendar and at the first day of your motivation program, you get to mark that day with a red X, if you manage to do the committed task toward your goal. In other words, did you do the task you were supposed to do? If so, mark that day with an X, otherwise, you have broken the chain and you prove your self your not motivated enough. And the chain starts. Congratulations on starting your chain. You have to keep doing the tasks every day and mark the calendar with an X to make sure you never break the chain and you are getting closer to your goal day by day. After a while, you’ll develop a good habit of doing worthy actions and you’ll see how motivated you are. Don’t forget that your chain of red Xs cannot be stopped unless you reach the pre-defined goal, and you cannot mark a day with an X unless you’ve done what you were supposed to do. Don’t Break The Chain main features at a glance: * Clean and neat design with fresh and intuitive interface * Learn how to break a bad habit and replace it with a good one * Track how committed you are to your goals and resolutions * Easy to learn motivation technique * Useful for anyone who cares about not wasting their times So, download DBTC for free, start your first chain and try to be as committed as it takes to your goal to make sure you never break the chain. The moment you start a chain, there is no going back and you need to show others you are strong and confident enough that you never cross the line and always respect the process. Stay tuned and let us know about any bugs, questions, feature requests or any other suggestions. Read more about this motivation technique at: http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret/ Steve Pavlina's 30 Days to Success is also a very similar technique: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/04/30-days-to-success/