How the app works, what it costs and what happens to your data.
Torchkeep is a habit tracker with an RPG built around it. You organise habits into routines, record what you do and earn XP for your hero. Your streak appears as a campfire, and your progress takes you through a world you can explore. It is coming to Android and iOS.
It combines habit tracking with the progression of a role-playing game. Reading, exercising or practising a skill earns experience for your character. In Torchkeep, those habits also grow your campfire, contribute to four stats and move you along the Journey.
It can give you another reason to do the things you already want to do. A walk can earn XP; finishing a routine can move you to the next location. You still have to go for the walk. The app is remarkably bad at doing that part for you.
Yes. You can organise daily habits, set reminders, record completions and review your history. Each habit can also have a smaller version for days when the full task is too much.
People who enjoy games and want some of that enjoyment in their routines. If character progression and a camp to build make a checklist more appealing to you, try the Ritual demo. It shows how you record a habit.
A Rune is a habit, such as stretching or reading. A Ritual groups habits you want to do together. You can attach it to an existing routine: after making coffee, stretch for five minutes and read a chapter. The Ritual gives you a checklist for that part of your day.
An available Streak Freeze can cover a missed day. If you did a habit yesterday but forgot to log it, the app lets you record what you actually did. On days when the full habit is too much, you can complete its ember version for streak credit. If your streak ends, your engraved runes remain and you can start a new streak.
Your campfire grows with your streak, and longer streaks increase the XP multiplier. Completing only part of a Ritual can keep the fire lit with a smaller boost. The campfire also appears on the app icon, so you can see it from your phone’s home screen.
These are the four stats your habits contribute to. Strength covers exercise and physical care; Wisdom covers learning; Heart covers relationships; Soul covers reflection, such as journaling or meditation. The mix of habits you complete determines your class, such as Ranger, Sage or Paladin.
The cairn is a stack of stones in your camp. A habit’s rune becomes permanently engraved after you keep it on 66 distinct days. The carving passes through several visible stages along the way. Once engraved, it stays there even if your streak breaks.
We wanted the cairn to record habits you have kept without giving you another deadline. It shows the stage of the carving as it develops. You can carry on with the habit without checking how many days remain.
Quests are additional goals that earn XP and Coins. They refresh daily, weekly or monthly, and you can reroll ones that do not fit. The Journey is a three-year route through locations that open as you keep your habits, with places to investigate along the way.
Yes. Add friends as companions to see their campfires, send Sparks of encouragement and join a shared Vigil timer. Camp post carries notifications about these activities. There is no freeform chat, leaderboard or public ranking.
Habit research informed several design choices. Rituals attach habits to existing routines; ember versions make the task smaller; fresh-start prompts give people an occasion to return. The engraving threshold draws on a study of habit formation. Research informed the design; it cannot tell you how well this app will work for you.
There is no fixed number. In Lally and colleagues’ study, the estimated time to approach automaticity varied from 18 to 254 days, with a median of 66. Torchkeep uses 66 kept days for an engraving, but reaching that mark does not prove a habit has become automatic.
Missing a day does not erase the practice you have already put in. In the habit-formation study, missing one opportunity did not materially affect the process. Torchkeep gives you ember versions, Streak Freezes and a way to record yesterday’s habits so you have options when your routine is interrupted.
An oath lets you attach a description such as “a reader” or “a runner” to a habit. Your completed habits contribute to your stats and class, giving you a record of the activities behind that description. Use it if it helps you connect the daily task to a reason for doing it.
Torchkeep is coming to Android and iOS. Public store links will be added when they are available. You can try a sample Ritual on this website now.
Torchkeep will offer a 30-day trial without requiring a card, followed by a monthly or annual subscription. Final prices will be published at launch. The subscription pays for the app; there are no ads or purchases that buy progress.
Yes. Your completions are saved on the device and synced when you reconnect. The server then updates your XP and streaks across devices. You can record a habit without waiting for a connection.
Settings includes options to export your data, reset your progress or delete your account. Product analytics is on by default; you can turn it off under Settings → Privacy → Helping us improve. Habit names, notes and oaths are excluded from analytics. A pseudonymised trial record can be retained for up to 12 months after deletion. The privacy policy explains the data involved and the retention rules.
The app includes screen-reader descriptions for its visual elements and accessible alternatives to gesture controls. It supports larger text and checks contrast across its themes. Your device’s reduced-motion setting stops continuous animation, including the campfire on this site. If something is difficult to use, tell us where you got stuck.
You can tick off something you have not done. You will get the XP and remain exactly as well-read as you were before. If a habit is too demanding, give it an ember version you can do today.
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