For iPhone · Discipline & Habits
Knowing isn't the problem. Doing is.
Life Rules — Stoic habits & streak tracker.
Life Rules turns the principles you believe in into the way you actually live — your rules in front of you every day, a quiet daily nudge, and an honest record of every day you lived up to them.
Free, with Life Rules Pro available in-app
- Guided setup
- 60sGuided setup
- Curated rules
- 58Curated rules
- Activity grid
- 26wkActivity grid
- Accounts or tracking
- 0Accounts or tracking
Most of us already know what we should do. The gap is between knowing and doing. Life Rules closes it with three things: your rules where you can see them, a daily nudge, and a record you cannot argue with.
It is calm, focused and completely private. No feeds, no social graph, no noise.
Built to make consistency visible
Set up in a minute
Tell the app what you are trying to hold yourself to and it suggests the rules that fit — no blank page. Pick three and they are on your Home Screen before setup is finished, with your first check-in logged and your morning reminder set to the time you choose.
Your activity grid
Every day you check in fills a square. Months of them form a picture of your consistency that a single number never could. Scroll back through half a year and see the runs you strung together — and the gaps you would rather not repeat.
Daily streaks worth protecting
Check in once a day when you have lived by your rules and watch the run grow. Milestones at 7, 30, 100 and 365 days are worth celebrating, and worth sharing.
Your history, on every device
Your rules and your entire check-in history sync privately through iCloud. Change your phone, keep your streak.
Check in without opening the app
Tap the flame on your Home Screen widget, or straight from the daily notification. The whole ritual takes one second.
Curated rule packs
Not sure where to start? Nearly 60 hand-written rules across six packs — Stoic Wisdom, Deep Focus, Health and Energy, Money Rules, Stronger Bonds and Calm Mind. Adopt the ones that resonate with a single tap.
Rule of the day
One of your rules arrives as a notification each morning, at a time you choose. A different rule each day keeps every principle fresh.
Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
Small and medium Home Screen widgets plus a Lock Screen widget. Your rule rotates through the day, and the background matches the rest of your setup.
Share Studio
Turn a rule into something worth posting. Pick a palette, generate a high-resolution square image, toggle the QR code, and share it anywhere in a tap.
Private by default
No account and no tracking. Your rules are yours, synced only to your own devices through iCloud.
Who it is for
The stoic practitioner
Keep the principles you actually believe in visible instead of underlined in a book you finished last year.
The habit builder
Three rules, one check-in a day, and a grid that makes a six-month pattern obvious at a glance.
The morning-routine keeper
A single notification at the time you choose, with a check-in you can tap without unlocking your phone.
Anyone rebuilding discipline
Start with three rules from a curated pack, and let the streak do the arguing on the days motivation does not show up.
Questions, answered.
How many rules should I start with?
Three. The guided setup caps the picker at three on purpose — a short list you keep beats a long list you abandon. The free tier is built around exactly that.
Does my history sync between devices?
Yes. Your rules and every check-in sync privately through your own iCloud account. There is no Life Rules account and no server of ours in between.
Can I check in without opening the app?
Yes — tap the flame on the Home Screen widget or act directly on the daily notification.
What does Life Rules Pro add?
Unlimited rules, share images without a watermark, and alternate app icons. Everything else, including the activity grid, streaks, iCloud sync and widgets, is in the free app.
Write the rules. Live them. Watch the squares fill in.
Life Rules Pro unlocks unlimited rules, watermark-free share images and alternate app icons — and supports a small independent developer.