One habit at a time, and one small loop a day.
A loop is one day: your moment, the habit, and ten seconds saying how it went. Small enough to close on a bad day.
One habit, not a list
You set up one habit and the moment it follows. Nothing else competes with it, and the next one waits until this one is steady.
A version for the bad days
Every habit gets a small version you can do when the day falls apart. It keeps the repetition going, and the repetition is what builds the habit.
The plan changes, not you
When something keeps getting in the way, the app says what it noticed and suggests a change: a smaller size, a different moment. Nothing changes until you agree to it.
No streaks, no scores
Nothing to break, and nothing to lose on the day you miss. The only question it answers is whether this is getting easier.
Questions people ask
What is Mini Loops?
An iPhone app for building one daily habit at a time. You set up a single habit, the moment in your day it follows, and a smaller version to fall back on. Each day it asks whether the habit happened and how it felt, which takes about ten seconds.
Does it use streaks?
No. There are no streaks, counters, percentages or scores anywhere in the app. It describes how the habit is settling in, in words. Why that matters.
How much does it cost?
£39.99 a year with one week free, or £7.99 a month with no trial. Prices show in your own currency. There is no free tier and no advertising.
What happens if I miss a day?
Nothing resets and nothing is owed. You say what got in the way. If the same obstacle keeps turning up, the app suggests a change to the plan. What to do after a missed day.
Can I track more than one habit?
No, and that is the design. Mini Loops holds one habit until it is steady, then offers to start the next. How many habits to start at once.
Can it help me stop a habit rather than start one?
No. Mini Loops is built on repetition, and there is nothing to repeat when the aim is to not do something. That is a different app: Mini Breaks, by the same people, works on the situations a thing happens in and what you do there instead.
Is there an Android version?
No. Mini Loops is an iPhone app and needs iOS 26 or later. There is no Android version and no web version.
What data does it collect?
The habit, your notes and your daily answers stay on the device. There is no account and no sign-in. The app reports anonymous counts of things that happened, never a word you wrote. The full policy.
What does the AI do?
On newer iPhones it phrases some of the app's own sentences, using Apple's on-device models. Nothing leaves the device. Every decision about your plan is made by fixed rules from your own answers.
Writing
What the research actually says about building a habit, one page per habit, and how to choose an app.
How long does it take to form a habit?
A median of 66 days in the one study that measured it, and a range from 18 to 254. Where 21 days came from.
What to do when you miss a day
One missed day has no measurable effect. What decides the outcome is what happens on the second.
How small should a new habit be?
Small enough to do on your worst day. Why that is the mechanism rather than the compromise.
How to build a reading habit
One of eighteen habits with a page of its own: the moment, the ordinary version, and the one for bad nights.
All guides · Every habit, one page each · Choosing a habit app