Habit-chi turns habit tracking into a pet-raising game. Complete your daily habits and your animated pet grows happier, eventually evolving into new forms. Skip them, and affection drops. Let it hit zero — your pet actually runs away. What makes it different: - Animated characters that actually move (not static images) - 20+ unique pets to collect and raise - Earn badges for streaks and milestones - Fully offline, no account required - Available in 22 languages
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Ken, a solo developer from Japan. I built Habit-chi because I had a very specific problem: I've downloaded and abandoned more habit trackers than I can count.
The problem I kept hitting:
Every habit app felt like a spreadsheet with notifications. Miss a day? Nothing happens. The streak resets silently and the app doesn't care. So I stopped caring too.
The idea:
What if there was something that actually felt it when you skipped a day? I grew up with Tamagotchi, and I remembered how guilty I felt when my virtual pet was unhappy. That emotional connection was missing from every productivity app I'd tried.
How Habit-chi works:
- You raise an animated virtual pet alongside your habits
- Complete habits → affection goes up → your pet evolves into new forms
- Skip habits → affection drops → your pet gets visibly sad
- Let affection hit zero → your pet runs away (yes, really)
- 20+ animated characters with sprite-sheet animations (they actually move, not just static images)
- Earn badges for streaks and pet milestones
- Everything runs offline on your device — no account, no server, no personal data collected
Some honest numbers:
- Solo built with React Native / Expo
- Available in 22 languages
- iOS rating: 4.6/5 — Android rating: 4.5/5
What's next:
- More characters to collect
- Detailed habit statistics
I'd love to hear:
1. Does the "pet runs away" concept feel motivating or too anxiety-inducing?
2. What feature would make you actually stick with a habit tracker?
Happy to answer any questions about the build, the design decisions, or the indie dev journey. Thanks for checking it out! 🐣
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About Habit-chi on Product Hunt
“Your virtual pet runs away if you break your habits”
Habit-chi was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #224 on the daily leaderboard. Habit-chi turns habit tracking into a pet-raising game. Complete your daily habits and your animated pet grows happier, eventually evolving into new forms. Skip them, and affection drops. Let it hit zero — your pet actually runs away. What makes it different: - Animated characters that actually move (not static images) - 20+ unique pets to collect and raise - Earn badges for streaks and milestones - Fully offline, no account required - Available in 22 languages
Habit-chi was featured in Android (57.1k followers), Health & Fitness (82.5k followers), Productivity (649.7k followers) and Pets (4.6k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 191.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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Ken