A container, not a category
A Goal in ProtoHabit holds everything that belongs to one outcome: the habits that drive it, an optional deadline and measurable target, its own progress view, and the insights that tell you how it is going. When you open a Goal, you see the whole campaign — not fragments scattered across an app.
This is the difference between a goal-based habit tracker and a habit list with labels. Labels describe habits; Goals give them a job. Every habit in ProtoHabit can answer the question "what am I for?" — and when a habit cannot, you have learned something worth knowing.
Difficulty from Light to All-in
Every Goal carries a difficulty setting that sizes the whole plan — how many habits, how often, how ambitious the targets. Light keeps a goal alive through a brutal work season; All-in is for the goal that owns your year. The setting is a dial you can turn any time, and Mojo will tell you when your results suggest turning it.
Deadlines and targets, when you want them
Add a deadline and a target — a weight, a savings figure, a distance — and the Goal switches into Challenge Mode: countdown, daily checklist, calendar view, and a projection graph that extrapolates your real pace to the finish line. Goals without deadlines stay open-ended, measured by streaks and adherence instead.
Built from 160+ proven starting points
Create a Goal from a template — losing weight, paying off debt, building a daily routine, learning a skill — and it arrives pre-loaded with recommended habits, each carrying a suggested frequency and the evidence behind it. Or start blank and build your own. Templates are starting points, never cages.
FAQ
Goals: your questions, answered
What is a goal-based habit tracker?
A goal-based habit tracker organizes habits under the outcomes they serve, instead of presenting one flat list. In ProtoHabit, every habit lives inside a Goal — a container with its own habits, optional deadline, target, difficulty level, and progress insights.
How many Goals can I have in ProtoHabit?
ProtoHabit+ supports unlimited Goals and habits. The free plan supports up to three habits, which comfortably covers one starter Goal while you build the practice.
Do I have to set a deadline for every Goal?
No. Deadlines are optional. Add one when a goal has a genuine finish line — a race, an exam, a savings target — and it unlocks Challenge Mode. Identity goals like "be a reader" work best open-ended, measured by streaks and adherence.
What do the difficulty levels change?
Difficulty — from Light to All-in — scales how demanding a Goal’s plan is: the number of habits, their frequency, and target ambition. You can change it at any time, and the AI coach suggests adjustments when your adherence indicates the level is wrong.
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