“A friend told me about how he was struggling to stay on task and motivated So that sparked an idea I didn't want another boring habit tracker So I gamified the whole experience with leaderboards XP badges and even characters”

Gamify Your Core Loop to Make Behavior-Change Apps Actually Sticky

Evan saw a crowded habit-tracker market and chose differentiation through gamification rather than features. The result was character selection on onboarding, XP rewards for completing tasks, and a leaderboard — elements borrowed from games that drive compulsive return visits and make the app feel nothing like its competitors.