Streaks 4+

Wasn’t sure what to expect from Streaks. Sure, it has high ratings and a simple, clean interface- but how does it hold up against my stubborn ways? Well, I’m here to say so far it holds up extremely well! Has it only been one day of usage? Sure, but I’ve gotten more accomplished in that day than I have in the past week. Streaks seems to hit that perfect balance between simplicity and functionality. Many of the tasks can be automatically tracked/completed by syncing with your phone’s data, which has proved to be very handy since I don’t like having to manually track tasks. I adore all the customization features and various widgets that are available. The Apple Watch app is fantastic too, as you can easily keep an eye on/mark off tasks as you go about your day. My only improvement would be that I wish the watch app allowed you to view only uncompleted and upcoming tasks at the touch of a button, like is possible on the phone app. Other than that and possibly adding in even more customization features, it’s a truly great app that I hope continues to motivate me to better myself every day!

On my forever hunt for an app that makes medication tracking flexible and seamless, because I will frequently lose track of what time or day it is, and trying to remember which of my medications I have taken that day is a challenge. Enter the idea of using NFC tags to scan medications as I open the bottle! Streaks is compatible with NFC tag scanning by way of co-programming using iPhone’s shortcuts, and as long as you have Streaks open 24/7, everything is great. Alas for me, I constantly close background apps in a quest for decent battery life and reduced visual clutter, and if Streaks is not open, the shortcut will fail to log activity into Streaks 100% of the time. Honestly I’m confused by this as 1. Streaks is more than capable of running reminders and task tracking settings within the Streaks app, with the app being closed, 2. Shortcuts are able to create entries in other apps without them being perpetually open and 3. Shortcuts has steps like “open app” available for programming, which would solve my main issue, except Streaks isn’t an option there.

Glad this app is an one time purchase vs constant subscription fees, but it doesn’t meet my needs for the singular, explicit function I bought it for. I think it’s a good app, just not for me (yet.) Hopeful in the future to see a fix or enhancement that allows an iPhone shortcut to engage with Streaks while it is not actively open.