Hokd
A habit tracker counts how often. Hokd shows if you got better.
Hokd is a private work journal for iPhone and Mac, made for solo self-employed people, indie developers, and freelancers. You record what actually got done, keep reflection themes in your own words, and version the things you repeat — a pitch, a script, a weekly routine. Every run is scored, so v1 and v2 sit side by side and you can see whether the newer version really performs better. The whole record stays free with no time limit: logbook, stages, weekly anchor, unlimited reflection themes including their synthesis, unlimited playbooks including version comparison, every recap, widget, Mac menu bar, and iCloud sync. Pro is the layer where the app does the work for you: evaluating your logbook, turning playbooks into study cards, suggesting a pace, On This Day, an archive of every evaluation, and CSV export. Synthesis always runs on the device — via Apple Intelligence where it is available, otherwise through a local, statistical pass over your own entries.

Same product, different stack.
iPhone, iPad, and Mac share one dataset through your own iCloud — no account, no sign-up, no server of ours in between. Entries go in through a home-screen widget or, on the Mac, the menu-bar app. Synthesis of reflection themes always happens locally: on devices with Apple Intelligence switched on (iOS 26 or macOS 26) Apple's on-device model handles it, otherwise a built-in statistical synthesizer reads recurring words and time spans out of your own entries. Apple Intelligence is therefore optional — the app itself runs from iOS 17 and macOS 14. Free: logbook with no time limit, stages, the climb, weekly anchor, unlimited reflection themes with synthesis, unlimited playbooks with version comparison, all recaps, widget, menu bar, sync. Pro: logbook evaluation, playbook study cards, pace-coach suggestions, On This Day, the archive of all evaluations, switching mountains, CSV export.
On Android, the app runs without login and without account — all data stays on-device by default. AI features are Pro-only and run through the Hokd backend (Vercel Edge Functions in Frankfurt) to Anthropic Claude and OpenAI; only the relevant input text is sent and nothing is retained long-term. You pick the backup folder yourself via the system folder picker (Storage Access Framework) — Google Drive, local, or wherever you want. Daily reminder via system notifications. Pro: a single subscription with two billing periods (monthly or yearly) through Google Play Billing, no API key of your own required.
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Tech stack
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- SwiftData
- WidgetKit
- CloudKit
- Apple Intelligence
- React Native
- Kotlin
Platforms
- iOS
- macOS
- Android
Tags
- Productivity
- Logbook
- Journaling

