How Dopamine Dealer works
The whole app in two minutes.
The big picture
You pick a few habits. You check them off. The Dealer hands you a hit of dopamine every time you do.
The reward shows up now, instead of six weeks from now when the habit finally pays off.
The bar and the Dealer
The bar is the percentage of today's habits you've checked off. The Dealer reacts to that number
as it climbs, and gets more invested in you the higher it goes. Tap him when you're stuck.
Every check lands a little harder than the last one, and a full day lands hardest of all.
Your habits
- Add one in the box under your list, or tap a quick add chip below it.
- Check one off by tapping it. That's the whole interaction.
- Remove one with the small x on its row.
- Reset today unchecks everything for the current day.
Streaks
StreakDays in a row with at least one habit checked.
BestYour longest streak ever. It stays even after one breaks.
Full doseA day where you checked off everything.
Forgot last night? The arrows by the date go back up to 7 days so you can fix it.
Merit badges
Scout badges for things that are hard when your brain won't start. Check habits off after 11pm,
come back after a gap, hit a hundred completions, and a patch lands on your sash.
Badges never reset. A bad week costs you momentum, not progress.
Some badges are about a specific habit (dishes, water, meds). Those count when a habit is tagged.
New habits get tagged automatically when the name is obvious, or pick a tag from the menu under the add box.
A normal day
- Open the app.
- Tap the habits you did.
- Let the Dealer make a fuss about it.
Under a minute. This app isn't meant to be a place you spend time.
Just starting?
- Cut the starter list down to 3 or 4. A short list you finish beats a long list you don't.
- Add the one habit you keep skipping. That's the one this app is for.
- Check off anything you've already done today, even if it's late.
Free and Pro
Free covers 5 habits, streaks, and the last 7 days of history. Pro adds unlimited habits,
12 weeks of streak history, the ledger, habit packs, Goal Rx, 7-day contracts, the streak shield,
and celebration themes. One Pro pass covers all five apps in the App Hub.
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