Habit Nest: Planner & Tracker 4+

Life-Changing!

Two years ago I was gifted a Habit Nest “Morning Sidekick” journal. It literally changed my life. I began to look forward to waking up so that I could do my morning routine and get a good start on the day.

With this app I can see that they took what worked with the journals and innovated and amplified the experience. I’m so extremely impressed with the app! I bought a year-long subscription and I love that I can work on more than one habit at a time. I’m currently doing the morning and evening routines. I’m very excited to do the meditation and limiting screen time habits next. I appreciate the variety of meaningful content, care and attention to detail that the team put into this app.

Thank you so much, Habit Nest! I’m a life-long customer and so proud of the work I’ve accomplished with your support. This is the ultimate self-help program. I’d recommend it to everyone who wants to get the most out of their days, reduce stress and live a more present and meaningful life.

No other habit app compares…

I’ve tried basically every habit building/tracking app out there and nothing compares to the level of what you’re actually given in this one. The quality and quantity of information, and habit tracking are second to none. You even have live support!!! Other apps/services charge hundreds of dollars a month for the level of support you get in the app, and that’s one simple feature here. I can’t rave about this enough. If you’ve had enough of the same general habit tracking and don’t want to spend thousands a year on the expensive coaching apps, this is such an easy choice.

Disappointed

I downloaded the app thinking the gratitude journey would be great going into the new year. It takes you through a long walk through but asks “just give us 5 minutes for 5 days!”, so I’m excited. Then the pop ups come for monthly and annual subscription options for access to ALL habits. I don’t want all, just gratitude. I completed day one, enjoying it. Day 2, no dice. It forces you to pay for all to continue the one you’ve selected. I really can’t stand the apps that make it appear like an option is available when you really have to pay for the whole app! It’s just deceitful. And cost wasn’t the issue, I pay a ton for MasterClass annually because I think it’s valuable AND I knew I would have to pay up front to access the content. I wasn’t tricked into starting it and then being forced to pay to continue. I’ll just stick to my book.

Developer Response ,

Completely understand where you're coming from.

I hope you're willing to listen to the explanation!

So we have to balance figuring out how to charge for the app (which cost a tremendous amount of money to create, and we're still in the process of creating a ton of additional features), while also giving people a taste of the app before making a subscription decision.

We don't ask for users to choose a subscription option until a day or two after using the app because we'd like for everyone to see what the app is all about before making that decision.

Also, the app asks users to choose a subscription option, but still allows a 7-day free trial for absolutely everyone, so they can get a really good taste for whether the app is "for them" or not.

I'm not sure how we can really allow people to download the app and get a taste of it before making a purchase decision without raising the subscription options after a couple of days.

We did think about charging "per habit" for the app, but it didn't make sense to us because we think the biggest value of the app is the fact that we're going to be consistently adding new habits to the app all the time. It didnt make a lot of sense to us to charge per habit but rather a simple (less than $10 a month fee if you pay for the year upfront) subscription.

I hope that all makes sense. If you have other ideas or want to talk more about what upset you, I would absolutely love to talk to you personally. You can email me at ari@habitnest.com, I'll send my cellphone number over and we can chat!