What's new in Personal Habit Tracker v1.0.1
The first update since launch is out. The theme this time was the first five minutes: what a brand new install actually looks like, and how quickly someone can go from installing the extension to logging their first day. There's a guided tour now, and the trend charts finally show the numbers people kept asking for.
Here's everything that changed.
New: an interactive onboarding tour
An eight-step walkthrough now covers logging your day, how the weighted score works, reading the trend charts, customising your habits and metrics, notes, and the header controls. It highlights the real element on screen as it explains it, so nothing drifts out of alignment as the layout changes.
It launches once on a fresh install, and you can replay it any time from the header. Move between steps with the buttons or the arrow keys.
New: starter habits and metrics
A fresh install used to be an empty grid, which is a hard place to start. New installs now arrive pre-loaded with a few sample habits and metrics, so there's something to tick off on day one. Rename them, reweight them, or delete them entirely once you know what you actually want to track.
New: min, max and average on every chart
Trend cards previously showed the latest value and the range. They now show the minimum, maximum and average too, which makes a month of sleep or weight data far easier to read at a glance.
New: edit a metric's unit inline
Renaming a metric and setting its unit is now one step instead of two, done straight from the metric name.
Improved: readability and clearer settings
The default text size has been raised, so the side panel is comfortable to read without changing anything first. The settings panel hints were also rewritten to spell out renaming, drag-to-reorder, removing, and how unit editing works.
Fixed
Removed some decorative arrows from the welcome screen that were pulling attention away from the actual content.
Still completely local.
None of this changes how your data is handled. Everything you log stays on your device in Chrome's own storage. There's no account, no cloud sync, no analytics and no tracking, and the extension still only asks for two permissions: storage, to save your entries, and sidePanel, to display the tracker.
Where to download it
Personal Habit Tracker is free on the Chrome Web Store. Install it, open the side panel, and the tour will walk you through the rest.
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Want the longer story on how it was designed and built? Read the Personal Habit Tracker case study.
Got a feature request?
Tell us what you'd want to track next. The roadmap is mostly shaped by what people ask for.
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