I spent years wishing for the perfect productivity app, so I finally built it myself

For years I’ve been doing the productivity dance, and I’m sure many of you know exactly what I mean.

I wanted to track my time, habits, and goals, but no single tool ever did it well enough.
One app had a decent calendar.
Another had good time tracking.
Another did goals.
Another did heatmaps.

But nothing connected them.
And definitely nothing compared my actual recorded time to my planned schedule, the key insight I cared most about.

So I ended up juggling 3–4 apps and feeling more overwhelmed than productive.

Eventually I decided: I’ll just build the thing I’ve always wanted.

Introducing Habit Goal

I built Habit Goal to bring everything together in one clean, easy place:

• Plan your schedule in a custom calendar

• Track real time entries with simple start/pause buttons

• Automatically compare planned vs. actual to see where your day really goes

• Visualize habits with heatmaps and streaks

• Create custom goals with progress bars and checkpoints

• Plot metrics to understand long-term patterns
  
  It works on the web (desktop + mobile), and iOS/Android apps are in the works.

  Is it perfect yet? Probably not.
  But it does finally combine the features I’ve wanted for years — and I’m excited to share it with others who are tired of stitching together multiple tools just to understand their own time.
  
  Product page: https://habitgoal.com
  
  IH Launch Offer - Free Year for the First 10 Users + 80% Off for the Next 50

  To celebrate launching on Indie Hackers, I’m giving away
  
  Free Year - First 10 Users

  Code: HGFREEYEAR
  Limit: First 10 people to redeem it get a full year of Habit Goal Pro free.

  After those 10 are gone
  
  80% Off - Next 50 Users

  Code: HGINDIE
  Limit: Next 50 users get 80% off the yearly plan.

  I’d love your honest feedback, what’s missing, what’s confusing, what would make it more valuable?

  Thanks and happy hacking everyone
  Ryan, Founder of Habit Goal