The Best Android Widgets For Tracking Habits

MyRoutine comes with just one widget option, but unlike other habit tracker apps, you can interact with this widget even without upgrading to a paid premium version. When you add it to your home screen, you'll see a list of all your goals with a little check box next to each one. Simply tap on the checkbox to mark the habit as "done." This will then show up not as a boring old checkmark but as a designated emoji for that particular habit. For instance, "Do 40 squats" is marked by a leg emoji and "Gua sha my face" has a smiley emoji.

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You can easily customize the emoji for each habit within the app. Apart from this fun checklist, the widget also has little buttons on the top-right corner representing morning, afternoon, and night. When all three buttons are colored (meaning, they're not gray), you can see all your habits for the day. To view only specific habits, turn off one or two of the buttons. For example, if you want to see only your morning habits, tap on the afternoon and night buttons to turn them off. Similarly, if you need only your habits for the morning and afternoon, turn off the night button.

Additionally, a big benefit of MyRoutine over other habit trackers is that the free version offers up to 15 habits. Most apps let you add only three to five. 

What makes Loop Habit Tracker one of the best Android widgets to add to your home screen is that it offers you a detailed overview of your progress. There are six widgets you can use:

• Checkmark: This is the app's only interactive widget. Use this to check off the habits you've done for the day.
• Frequency: It's a non-interactive widget that displays how frequently you do a habit on each given day of the week. For instance, if only engage in a habit on Mondays and Fridays, the chart shows a big and bright blue dot for Monday and Friday and a small and dull dot on the other days.
• History: It shows a mini-calendar with all the dates you've completed a particular habit.
• Score: It's a graph illustrating your habit score. A higher score means you're performing the habit perfectly. When you miss a habit, your score declines.
• Streaks: It presents the number of consecutive days you've done a habit. For instance, if you performed a habit daily from March 2 to March 28, the widget shows these dates with the number "27," which is the length of your streak.
• Target: It displays your targets (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly) for your quantitative habits. For example, you have a "Drink water" habit, where you aim to consume eight glasses a day. The widget displays today's target as eight, the week's target as 56, and so on.

With TickTick's simple and easy-to-use widgets, habit tracking is a breeze. You have four widgets to choose from. One is the Today Habit widget, which shows you a habit of your choice and the number of days you've completed the habit so far. To mark the habit as done, just tap on it, and it will automatically open the TickTick app, where you can check off the habit. If you want to see all your habits for the day, you can use the Today Habits widget instead.

TickTick also makes it easy to keep track of your habits. There's a Habit Heat Map widget that displays a calendar of the current month, indicating the days you've completed a specific habit. If you've upgraded to the premium version of the app, you also have the Weekly Habits widget which provides you with an overview of all your habits and your progress for the week.

Apart from habit tracking, TickTick offers a variety of additional features. You can use it as a Pomodoro timer to keep you focused while working. It also serves as a to-do list and calendar app that will notify you of any important tasks. The best part is that it supports Windows, Mac, and Linux, too, so you can use it across multiple devices.