30-Day Trials3.1 - App Store

Try out a new habit!
Just like you can test drive a new car or try streaming services one month for free, you can also trial a new habit.

Good habits can make our lives easier and help us accomplish great things. If only they were easier to acquire...

There seem to be two barriers to adopting new habits.

1) Making a commitment to make a permanent change (this is how adopting a new habit often feels like - a permanent change)
2) How to persist and do this new behaviour sufficient number of times so that it becomes automatic (i.e. becomes a habit)

So what could help us overcome these?

Maybe if we just trial this new habit for 30 days. Then, at the end of 30 days, if we are happy with it, we keep doing it. The habit is already formed at this point so sticking with it should be almost effortless.
If at the end of the 30 days we realise that it’s not for us, we go back to our old behaviour.

So, if the habit was to exercise every day, we can go back to sitting on the couch, if the trial was to eat healthily, we can go back to junk food. If it was to quit TV, go on a 3-day box-set binge. But the main thing is that at that point, at the end of the trial, we have a choice.

30 days is how long it takes to install a new habit.
At the same time, 30 days is not too long so that you cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel.

You have nothing to lose.
But you could end up changing your life.

All that this app does is help you keep track of your new habit for 30 days.
There are no fancy graphics, no social media, no help from your friends.
Just you and your habit. Do the work for the day, tick it off. Tomorrow again. 30 days.

For bonus points and to keep it interesting, make it a little bit more difficult every day. Not by much, 1% or something small, like an extra push-up or two, a few more minutes of meditation. From my own anecdotal experience, this creates a little bit of extra motivation - you are challenging yourself to do a bit more than yesterday. And somehow, by making it a little bit harder every day, it becomes a little bit easier to keep going to the end.

Note: this only tends to work for habits that you do daily. If you are looking for habits that you do weekly or with some other frequency, you might need a different approach, different triggers and reminders.

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Version History • New colour chooser with more colours and info on which colours are being used by other trials
• Improvements for zoomed or small screen spacing
• Fix for the title colour disappearing when theme is dark or light (not system) and in mismatch with device colour theme 3.1 03/31/2023 * Improvements and fixes to the look and feel and operation
* Longer titles displayed in the main view
* Improvements to completed trial view 3.0 03/16/2023 • fixes & improvements to the reminders view 2.2.2 05/26/2022 • fixes and improvements 2.2.1 07/16/2021 • add a different colour to each trial
• fixes for cloud syncing
• re-added ability to switch off sending of anonymous data for analytics 2.2 06/12/2021 • Removed ads from the free version
• Added new subscription options
• Updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service 2.1 03/24/2021 Stability fixes and improvements 2.0.6 11/06/2020 Fixes & Improvements 2.0.5 10/27/2020 • Fixes and improvements
• Ability to remove ads in the free version 2.0.4 10/20/2020 Minor improvements 2.0.3 10/13/2020 • Context menu on the trials view
• Fix to open the correct trial when a notification is tapped
• Added warnings for when the free trial is about to expire or has expired
• Added a feedback form (anonymous) 2.0.2 09/29/2020 Stability fixes and improvements 2.0.1 08/18/2020 • Multi-part trials - complete trials in multiple steps
• Improved view for individual days; added context menu for a more convenient way complete days or parts
• Free version users can try the premium features for limited time 2.0 07/16/2020 • Important fixes and improvements to the iCloud backup operation
• Fixes for where 12-hour clock format is used, this should in particular improve reminders
• Added milestone notifications when completing from the trials screen
• Reminders can now be edited
• Various other fixes and improvements, to stability and general functioning 1.9.1 04/19/2020 • A new view for completed trials
• Improved the Trials view - complete tasks from there, more information
• Repeat trials using the same name
• History grouped by day so that it's easier to follow
• A number of smaller improvements, to do with look and feel, operation and usability 1.9 02/05/2020 • Cancel remaining notifications after a day's task has been fully completed
• Fixes to do with colour themes changes 1.8.1 12/17/2019 • Dark mode and colour themes
• User interface improvements 1.8 11/25/2019 • Fix for a crash that sometimes happens after starting the app from the background
• Fix for an issue with reminders (on multiple devices notification authorisation could have been undefined) 1.7.3 11/18/2019 • Improvements to the user interface and reminders
• Improvements to accessibility - follows the system-wide settings for text size
• Stability fixes 1.7.2 10/31/2019 Stability fixes 1.7.1 10/17/2019 • iCloud backup - keep your data safely in your iCloud account and use it on multiple devices
• Landscape mode on iPad
• Tip jar
• Various fixes and improvements 1.7 10/16/2019 Fixes and improvements including those for: page indicator dots, deleting completed trials and upgrading from older versions. 1.6.3 06/12/2019 Another stability fix 1.6.2 05/03/2019 Stability improvements and fixes. 1.6.1 04/25/2019 Swipe through active trials
Added a separate view for completed trials
Fixes and improvements to the user interface and operation 1.6 04/10/2019