TRAKBITWhat the research says about becoming someone new
Sleep Hygiene Habits Worth Tracking (Not Your Sleep Stages — Your Behavior)
Sleep trackers measure your sleep stages. They don't track the daytime habits that actually cause bad sleep. Here's what to log instead.
Why Habits Are So Hard to Break (Even When You Genuinely Want To)
MIT and Johns Hopkins research explains why willpower alone rarely beats a habit — and what actually works to change one.
Do Home Screen Habit Tracker Widgets Actually Help You Keep the Habit?
A widget is a passive environmental cue you see without opening an app. Here's what self-monitoring research says about why that helps — and its limits.
Which Habits Actually Belong in a Morning Routine? What the Research Says
Most morning routine advice is a listicle, not research. Here's what a real RCT on cue-based habit formation says about which habits belong there.
Habits vs. Goals: Why the Habit — Not the Goal — Decides What You Actually Do
A goal is something you want. A habit is something a context triggers automatically. Here's what the research says about why one sticks and the other doesn't.
How to Build a Habit Tracker That Actually Works With ADHD
Generic habit trackers often fail people with ADHD. Here's what executive-function research says actually helps — and how to design a tracker around it.
Why We Built TrakBit's Habit Tracker as Rings, Not a Grid
Most habit trackers use a grid of checkboxes. TrakBit uses concentric rings instead, one per habit. Here's the actual reasoning behind that design choice — and where a grid still wins.
The Fogg Behavior Model, Explained (and Why Your Habit Tracker Should Use It)
Most habit trackers just count streaks. The Fogg Behavior Model explains why that misses the point — and why TrakBit tracks Motivation, Ability, and Prompt instead of a single checkmark.
Does Walking Reduce Visceral Fat? What 15,000 Steps a Day Really Does
Research links higher daily step counts — especially near 15,000 — to measurably lower visceral fat. Here's what the studies show, and how to get there.
Best Habit Tracker Apps in 2026: 6 Apps, Honestly Compared
We compared Streaks, Habitify, Progressio, HabitKit, Loop and TrakBit on price, free tier, Apple Health auto-complete and platforms — including where each one beats us.