Habits without streaks
Streak counters work until the first miss, and then they work against you. There is a quieter way.
A streak counter is a great motivator and a terrible teacher. It rewards the chain, so the first break costs more than the habit itself — and people quit the habit to avoid seeing the broken chain.
What you actually want to know is not “how many days in a row”. It is “am I doing this more than I was last month”.
Count months, not days
Mark the day, look at the month. Fourteen marks out of thirty is a working habit even with two gaps in the middle; a nine-day streak followed by nothing is not. The month view forgives the miss and still tells the truth.
Pick a habit you can do badly
A habit that only counts when done well is a habit with one failure mode. “Walk for an hour” breaks on a busy day; “put on shoes and leave the house” does not, and most days it turns into the hour anyway.
Where it helps to have a space
Habits here sit on the day itself, beside what else that day held — what you spent, what you walked, what was due. A habit you see next to your week is easier to keep than one living on its own screen.