Atoms
Atoms is a well-designed habit tracking app praised for its intuitive interface and integration with James Clear's "Atomic Habits" principles, but its high subscription price and limited free features are major deterrents for many users.
Atoms by Atomic Development Inc. is a habit tracking application designed to complement James Clear's "Atomic Habits" book. Users appreciate its simple, intuitive interface and the mindful approach it takes to habit formation, but many find the subscription cost to be excessively high for the features offered, especially compared to the limited free version.
What users like
- Effectively integrates and reinforces principles from the "Atomic Habits" book, making habit building fun and mindful.R6R17R19R32
- Features a beautiful, intuitive, and easy-to-use user interface with engaging micro-interactions.R24R32R34R36
- Helps users stay on track with their habits and provides daily lessons and content.R19R23R32R33
What users complain about
- The subscription price for the Pro version is considered excessively high, ranging from $17/month to $120-$150/year, making it unaffordable for many.R2R4R7R8
- The free version is severely limited, often allowing tracking of only one habit, which users find insufficient.R5R13R14R18
- Users report bugs and technical issues, including habits not recording, widgets being unusable, freezing, and inability to log habits for past days.R1R10R12R30
- Lacks visual progress tracking and flexibility in logging habits for more than one previous day.R6R29R30R31
Latest update · v3.5.0
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
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Who it's for
This app is for dedicated fans of James Clear's "Atomic Habits" book who are looking for a digital companion to reinforce its principles and are willing to pay a premium for a well-designed, intuitive habit tracker R6R17. It is not for users seeking a free or low-cost habit tracking solution, those who need to track many habits, or those who require flexible historical logging R2R13R14R39.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative regarding pricing, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. Many positive reviews praise the app's design and integration with the book, but often mention the price as a significant drawback, even if they rated the app highly for its core functionality. The developer's notes mention 'bug fixes', but recent reviews still frequently report bugs and limitations, suggesting these issues persist or new ones have emerged.
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 74 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R6] Best Habit App Yet!: I’ve used every habit app out there. I love how this app links back to the science of how we maintain habits. I can tell that makes a difference. This is the best one I have used yet! I would love to see an option of daily vs weekly vs monthly habit views. (I mean habits that I only do once a day vs once a week vs once a month). Also, I think there is room to improve on the
- [R17] Different than expected: Initially, when I heard, there was a new app for habits, I was expecting it to be a place where you just track a habit. But it is much more mindful and even stops you from trying to go overboard with habits and just focus on one thing at a time, which I know is a better success rate. I think overall what I love about. It is how much more it challenges me to be mindful abou
- [R19] I see improvement in my habits: I have been a fan of James Clear's work for many years. This app is an accessible way to make small changes and reframe thoughts. I love the reframing. The only thing i hope come in the future is the chance to log things more than once a day. You can set a reminder for a pop-up notification to do the things multiple times daily but you can't click that you actually
- [R32] Love the interactions!: Setting up a habit is easy, as the app walks you through each of the three parts. The micro-interactions are fun, but not distracting. The daily lessons are a great piece to reinforce building strong habits, as are all of the additional content categorized by topics. Super easy app to use. Highly recommended.
- [R24] Intuitive and beautiful: This app is initiative and beautiful!
- [R34] Simple & effective: Simple & easy to set up & use.
- [R36] Just do it!: Such a well set up app! Makes it fun and satisfying to keep up with new habits! I didn’t think the book could get even better!
- [R23] I think this works great!: I have to say I have been really enjoying this. I am using it for exercise, prayer and devotionals and I have really stayed on track!
- [R33] Great combination of content and accountability: I love the apps graphics adding that colorful burst when I have done the habit. The short articles are great reminders of what I read in the book without having to go back and reread, given at the right time. Maybe add a reminder when I miss a day to try not to miss the next one or some other call outs based on my progress. Also the reflections seem
- [R2] Just too expensive: I’ve purchased the book and have read it through and through. I thought this app would be a great companion to help me with my accountability to myself. I was so excited, not only to use the app, but support James Clear’s great work. I was ready to throw down and subscribe to this app from the get-go. Then I saw the price. I should add that I’m a huge fan of investing in one’
- [R4] Too Expensive: Really love the app but wayy too expensive :/
- [R7] Great app, insane price: Title says it all
- [R8] Overpriced: I love this app and James Clear has created something special. But I just don’t see the app’s value for $16.99/month.
- [R5] Can’t figure out how to delete a habit!: I am liking the app so far. Lots of positive features. My problem/question is in the free version, is it possible to delete a habit? I’d like to start a new habit but I can’t find anywhere to delete the current one. It’s making me quite frustrated! I’d also like to delete one of the habits I had created while I had the free trial, but when I hit delete it j
- [R13] Free Version Lacking: I deleted the app after finding the free version offers very little use and the full version is very expensive. Such a huge gap; an “all or nothing” approach.
- [R14] Pay to win: I have been a long time fan of James clear. From his newsletter to his best seller. I loved the app until… I logged into today to find a paywall stopping me from tracking my progress. I’m all for paying for good products and employees to run said business. But $18 a month to track my habits is ridiculous. There’s a free version, but with this you can only track 1 habit. So still somewh
- [R18] Fantastic until paywall: Great concept, love the UI and interaction. This was all great until the recent paywall. Now I can only track 1 habit as compared to 3 before. Disappointed
- [R1] I’d love it to be better.: Maybe it’s OK. I’ve done my habits every day, but somehow they haven’t gotten recorded. I’ve given myself notifications, but they haven’t been very successful. I think there are a lot better ways to keep track of habits.
- [R10] Buggy mess: I really wanted to like this, I really did. However the app persistently broke its widget where it was unusable, it’s a laggy mess, and the icing on the cake was their paid subscription roll out without addressing these errors. Don’t waste your time with this app just due to the book connection, there are much better habit trackers out there. Hopefully they can sort this all out but 16
- [R12] Amazing but has bugs: This app is amazing and will not disappoint! This is by far better than any other habit tracker on the App Store and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to take control of their life, however, I did encounter a few major issues that prevented me from logging my habits. First, when I log the habits, it should take me to a screen that shows me my streak and how many reps I
- [R30] Please let us adjust further than the previous day!: I accidentally lost my streak because I forgot to log my activity 2 days ago and didn’t realize it. As far as I can tell, my streak is permanently reset. Besides this, I really enjoy the app and the information in all the lessons.
- [R29] Too wordy, no visual motivation: The progress section of the app really falls flat. Reading a sentence about my progress doesn’t feel as rewarding as seeing a visual tracker like you do on other habit trackers. I’d also like to see my visual progress after completing my task for the day. I like the hold button I just wish that once complete I got to see my efforts in a visual chart on that page and
- [R31] Can’t change the dates: I wish there was a way to update the DATES the habits happened on…. To be more accurate in my tracking. I forgot to enter it as done and it won’t let amend it. You can only enter habits for TODAY or the PREVIOUS day. But if I forget more than 2 days I’m completely out of luck… even though I did the habit. I just forgot to log it into the APP.
- [R21] Looks very promising!: Big fan of Atomic Habits book so very excited to try this app!
- [R16] Way too expensive: Loved the app when it first came out, but it feels like a bait and switch at 21 days when you’re rewarded for your progress by being told you need to pay $120/year to keep using it. Look, I get it, you want to make money. But $120 a year?!? This is a $20 app, a great supplement to the book, but not worthy of being a giant cash grab. Buy the book and practice the principles and y
- [R40] Good concept, released too early: The app has multiple bugs including not letting me record completed habits from previous day, saying my habit has been recorded then not showing up as completed or adding to my # of completions, freezing, not allowing any buttons to be pressed.
- [R39] ONLY THREE HABITS IN PRO!?: Update: They went from 3 to 6 habits for pro at $100+/yr?! That’s your fix? Absolutely not. Deleted. STOP THE PRESSES… this app was going to change my life, but I can only have a max of three habits?! At the $100/yr pro level!?! I’m HEARTBROKEN! We gotta figure this out friends because your ADHD girl needs help with basic habits, not just something I wanna “add to my ro
- [R66] Too expensive: I was really excited when you guys announced you were coming out with an app. But after I saw the price, I immediately uninstalled. I can see that you guys are replying to the other reviews pushing your pro version but there are three major problems with this: A) the perks of pro absolutely do not justify a price of $149 a year. There are essentially 3 additional perks. B) the perk
Synthesized from 74 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store