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Habits that forgive a bad day.

One calm place for your habits, your journal and your notes. Your life branches out from one point, you, to the right. Miss a day and a leaf you've earned saves it; sick or traveling, your streak waits.

made by just me, for my family and friends · Hasan

Missing a day won't break your streakDo it 7 days in a row and you earn a leaf; it saves a missed day.
Sick or away? Your streak waitsRest days are unlimited and cost no leaf.
Works offline, no accountYour data stays on your phone. No ads.
Reminders at your timeNo guilt words. Or none at all.

How it works

Your life isn't a list, it's a vine

Three ideas: everything branches out from you to the right; missing a day doesn't break your streak; your day lives in one place. You can touch everything below.

Everything branches out from you, to the right

In a flat list, a work deadline sits right next to "buy milk". In Vyne you're in the middle; everything that matters opens a column to the right, and branches open columns of their own.

A flat list

Build your own vine

Tap one or type your own. Up to six branches; each grows two small twigs.

Leaves are earned. Rest is free.

A small simulator running the app's own rules. Pick a mode, then tap the days.

You earn a leaf after 7 days in a row, you can hold at most 2, and a leaf only saves the day before. Rest, sick and travel days are unlimited: your streak waits and no leaf is spent.

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donekept by a leafrest (streak waits)streak broke here

Down to day 100

Scroll down inside the well: the first hundred days of a habit, by the app's rules.

Day 1

A sample day, seven stops

A sample day instead of a feature list. At each stop, a small snag in the day, then how the app answers it.

07:30

Features

Every piece, and how to use it

Three big branches, just like the app. Every card has a "How to use it" underneath. Pieces marked new arrived with 1.5 in October.

The map

The shape of your life
A new first run

I open a new app and don't know where to begin.

How to use it
  1. On first launch a single vine grows: your name, your first branch.
  2. Six buds open one by one: Notes, Journal, Reminders, People, Thought cloud, Stats.
  3. Pick a daily check-in time if you like; then your first leaf.
Branches and the path

My life doesn't fit in a flat list.

How to use it
  1. Grow a branch from your profile: Work, Health, Home…
  2. Each branch opens its own column to the right; "+ Add" makes a sub-branch.
  3. The path at the top always shows where you are; tap any step to jump back.
The Today cardnew

When I open the app, I want to see what today holds at a glance.

How to use it
  1. It sits above your vine: your next event, today's habits and your journal.
  2. On the clock? Your hours today show up too. Just counts, never "missed".
  3. Fold it to one line or close it; bring it back in More › Home.
Branch page

I want a habit's whole story in one place.

How to use it
  1. Tap a card and its page opens.
  2. A big streak: days in a row, longest, total.
  3. Fix yesterday and the day before in the calendar; sub-branches, a note and money live here too.
10 min walk after evening tea · the armchair
every day 9:00 pm
Habits, cues and times

I mean to do it, then forget when.

How to use it
  1. Turn a branch into a habit; today's sit at the top.
  2. Write a "when / where" cue: "After evening tea · the living-room chair".
  3. Give that habit its own reminder time, if you like.
  4. It doesn't have to be daily: pick "3 days a week" and leaves are earned by the week.
7 days in a row, one leaf hold 2 at most
Leaves

Miss one day and the whole streak is gone.

How to use it
  1. Do it 7 days in a row and you earn a leaf; you can hold up to 2.
  2. Miss a day and a leaf saves it: "A Leaf Fell".
  3. A leaf only saves the day before; two empty days in a row break the streak.
your streak waits: it doesn't grow, it doesn't break
Rest days

I'm sick, or away; I don't want my streak to break.

How to use it
  1. Tap the day: "or take a break today".
  2. Pick Rest, Sick or Travel. As many as you need.
  3. Your streak waits: it doesn't grow, it doesn't break. No leaf is spent.
The year in leavesnew

A whole year went by and I can't remember what I did.

How to use it
  1. Open the year in Stats: one leaf a day, a single vine from January to today.
  2. Tap a branch to hide it from the page, on this phone only.
  3. Underneath: the year in numbers, and one sentence of your own about it.
Welcome backNothing to catch up on. Pick one for today.
Welcome back

I haven't opened it for days; everything will be red now.

How to use it
  1. After 3 or more days away, a gentle card appears.
  2. "Nothing to catch up on. Pick one for today."
  3. One tap shows what you missed, or just close it.
The wheel

I can't decide, so I start nothing.

How to use it
  1. Spin the wheel and let it pick a habit.
  2. Just 2 minutes: start the timer.
  3. Don't like the pick? You get a few re-spins.
Templates

A big change is coming and I don't know where to start.

How to use it
  1. Nine one-tap starts: Exam Period, Moving House, New Job and more.
  2. Pick the date; branches and steps come ready.
  3. Try one right now in "Try a template" below.
Statsnew

Am I actually getting anywhere?

How to use it
  1. Pick a week, a month or a year.
  2. One plain sentence on top: "About the same as your usual."
  3. A "What stood out" card: your fullest day, your longest run.
  4. Numbers on the bars, axes on the charts. Gray means nothing happened. Nothing more.
Exam Period is over⋯ → Archive
Archive

Finished things crowd the vine.

How to use it
  1. On a finished branch: ⋯ → Archive.
  2. It leaves the vine; your stats stay the same.
  3. Always findable under "Archived" in Search.

Special habits

Habits with a page of their own

Pick one from the templates when you add a branch; each comes with its own page. All optional.

Sleepnew

I never remember when I went to bed or when I got up.

How to use it
  1. In the morning, enter when you went to bed and woke up, and how the night was. The rest is optional.
  2. The last 14 nights as bars; free nights with no alarm are lighter.
  3. A "Steadiness" card tells you how much your wake time moved. Patterns are patterns, not proof.
Readingnew

I can't remember which book I finished when.

How to use it
  1. Tick the day with "Read today"; add the minutes if you like.
  2. Put your books on shelves: Now reading, Want to read, Finished, Stopped. Give a finished one stars and a line that stayed with you.
  3. When you search for a book, only the words you type go to a free book catalog; nothing else leaves your phone. A weekly goal is optional: a number to look at, not a score.
Water trackingnew

I never know how much water I've had today.

How to use it
  1. Add a water habit; the goal starts around 2 L, change it any time.
  2. A glass, a bottle: your own portions become quick buttons.
  3. Half your goal makes the day count. Added by mistake? Undo.
Breathenew

When I'm tense, I don't know how to calm down.

How to use it
  1. Pick a pattern: cyclic sighing, box breathing, 4-7-8 or slow breathing.
  2. 1, 3 or 5 minutes; with vibration if you like, eyes off the screen.
  3. The minutes go on that day. Breathing stays private, it never goes into a shared profile.
Time outsidenew

I only notice in the evening that I stayed inside all day.

How to use it
  1. Log your minutes outside; the goal is weekly, not daily.
  2. When the ring fills: "Week done". See the last 8 weeks at a glance.
  3. Outside before 10:00? Mark it as "morning light"; it may help your sleep.
Language practicenew

I'm learning a language but I have no idea how much I practice.

How to use it
  1. One habit per language; log the minutes and what you practiced: listening, speaking, reading, writing, words.
  2. A weekly ring and "by skill this week" bars.
  3. Count the words you learned, if you like. Short, frequent sessions stick better; that's a fact, not a target.
Phone-free timenew

In the evenings I can't put my phone down.

How to use it
  1. Tap "Start a break" and put the phone down. The screen stays calm: "Your phone can rest. Come back whenever you like."
  2. End the break when you pick it up again; the minutes add up for the week.
  3. Pick an evening time if you like: a break that starts close to it keeps that evening.
Plant carenew

I forget which plant I watered when.

How to use it
  1. Add your plants; each gets its own watering and feeding rhythm.
  2. Vyne only speaks up on the days a plant needs care.
  3. "Water", "Feed" or "Not yet"; not yet means it tells you which day to look again. It's not a habit: no streak.
Strengthnew

I can't remember what weight and how many reps I did last time.

How to use it
  1. Start a workout, add exercises and sets; "Repeat last workout" is one tap.
  2. Two templates (A and B) take turns; a quiet rest timer between sets.
  3. The weekly goal counts workout days. "Week done. Rest days are part of training."

Calendar and hours

Your days and your hours
Calendarnew

My appointments live in one app, my habits in another.

How to use it
  1. The Calendar tab at the bottom: Schedule, Day, 3 Days, Week, Month and Year.
  2. Events, due dates, reminders, birthdays and holidays together. Tap a day in Month and its list opens.
  3. In Year, every past day is shaded by how full it was. It can show your phone's calendars too; those are read on the phone.
Time Clocknew

I can never work out how many hours I put in this week.

How to use it
  1. In Notes: "+ Add" › Time Clock.
  2. Slide to clock in, clock out when you're done. Forgot? Fix the times later.
  3. The week's card takes breaks off; add an hourly rate and overtime to see an estimate. Only an estimate: your paycheck is the record.
Today 2 of 4Running · Reading
On the clock5h 40m
iPhone and Android
Widgets and Sirinew

I don't want to open the app just to tick something off.

How to use it
  1. Add a Vyne widget to your phone's home screen.
  2. See today's habits and your Time Clock right there.
  3. On iPhone, Siri or the Shortcuts app can tick a habit or clock you in and out without opening Vyne.

Notebooks

Everything on your mind
Thought cloud

A thought flies away before it finds its place.

How to use it
  1. A little cloud rises next to your profile bubble.
  2. Tap, write: it lands in your Inbox.
  3. Later, "Send to…" the right folder. Don't want it? Hide the cloud.
vyne notes
vyne / notes

How do I get to my notes again?

How to use it
  1. "notes" is penciled under the logo.
  2. One tap opens Notes.
  3. In Notes, tap the logo to go back to your vine.
Notes and folders

My notes are scattered everywhere.

How to use it
  1. Unlimited folders; put notes, lists or reminders inside.
  2. Folders open and close like bubbles.
  3. Pick one of five papers as you add it.
Page 1Page 2
Milk
Eggs
Tomatoes
Lists

My grocery list gets too long to follow.

How to use it
  1. Split a list into named pages.
  2. Tick items, move them between pages.
  3. Deleted by mistake? Undo.
Pay renttomorrow 9:00 am · monthly
Snooze 15 minTomorrow
Reminders

Rent, bills, appointments: always the last minute.

How to use it
  1. Pick a date, a time and a repeat.
  2. Get an early heads-up if you want one.
  3. When it rings: "Snooze 15 min" or "Tomorrow".
Journal

I want to journal, but the blank page scares me.

How to use it
  1. One page a day; if you don't know what to write, it offers a question.
  2. On Mondays, three more questions about the week.
  3. "A year ago today" and a calendar of past days.
Monwalked in the rainTuecalled momWedearly nightThuslides done!Fripizza nightSatthe marketSunnothing, it was nice
Weekly diary

I don't have time to write much.

How to use it
  1. A whole week on one page.
  2. One line a day is enough.
  3. Look back through the list of weeks.
People

I forget birthdays, and what the people I love told me.

How to use it
  1. Add a person and their birthday.
  2. Get a heads-up before the birthday, if you like.
  3. Jot short notes: "What did they say?"

Yours

How it looks, and your data
Cotton · Matcha · Bloom · Space · GalaxyLight · Warm · Dark · Midnight
Themes and papers

I want it easy on the eyes, and to feel like mine.

How to use it
  1. Four themes: Light, Warm, Dark, Midnight.
  2. Five papers: Bloom, Matcha, Cotton, Space, Galaxy.
  3. The "Look" button at the top of this site does the same.
Drawn for Vyne

Emoji look different on every phone.

How to use it
  1. Every icon and character in the app was drawn just for Vyne, in four styles by size. The drawings on this site are the same ones.
  2. 36 characters for your profile, or your own emoji.
  3. Your saved emoji never change, only how they look.
Search everything

Where did I write that down?

How to use it
  1. Search finds branches, notes, lists, journal days and people.
  2. It ignores accents: "cafe" finds "café".
  3. Tap a result and it opens right there.
VyneThree branches for today. No rush.
at the time you pick
Kind notifications

Apps keep making me feel guilty.

How to use it
  1. The daily check-in is one calm sentence, at the time you pick.
  2. Words like "you'll lose your streak" are banned, and a test guards it.
  3. Habits and reminders only ring at the times you give them. Or never, if you'd rather.
AddReplaceUndo the last 3
Backup, moving and import

Will I lose everything when I change phones?

How to use it
  1. Your data stays on your device; export to a file if you like.
  2. Importing never duplicates: "Add" or "Replace", and the last 3 imports can be undone.
  3. "Add what's missing" brings deleted items back; your cloud backup status fits in one line.
Shared profilesnew

I want to keep track of the house with someone else.

How to use it
  1. Share one profile with one other person: you send a code or a link that works for 24 hours.
  2. You both see and edit it; inside a day you can see who checked what. Your other profiles stay private.
  3. Removed things are kept for 30 days. If you leave, you can keep a private copy.
Sign-inCloud backupEncryption
end-to-end encryption: optional
Your account pagenew

I keep hunting for backup and sign-in in the settings.

How to use it
  1. No account needed; for cloud backup, go to More › Account.
  2. Sign-in, backup and encryption now live on one page.
  3. Turn on end-to-end encryption and your backup is locked with a key that lives only on your devices. It's optional.
Branchopens to the right of you
Habita branch that repeats
Leafsaves a missed day
How Vyne worksnew

Wait, what was a "leaf" again?

How to use it
  1. More › How Vyne works.
  2. Branches, habits, leaves, notes, calendar, stats and backup: a short paragraph each, and a button that takes you there.
  3. This site's "How it works" section tells the same story.

The app itself

Real screens, from a made-up demo profile
The wheel: habit slices and the Spin button
When you can't decide, the wheel picks
The habit the wheel picked, with the 2-minute timer button
Just 2 minutes
Morning walk: 61 days in a row, the October calendar and days kept by a leaf
A habit's own page
The water panel: 500 ml of 2 L, quick portion buttons
Water: how much?
The Sleep page: last night 7 h 45 min, bedtime-to-wake bars for the last 14 nights
Sleep: the last 14 nights
Time outside: the 120-minute weekly ring is full, the last 8 weeks
Time outside: week done
Turkish practice: 40 of 60 minutes, minutes by skill
Language practice, by skill
The Breathe screen: four patterns, 1, 3 or 5 minutes
Breathe: pick a pattern
Phone-free time: the weekly ring and this week's evenings
Phone-free evenings
Strength: 2 of 2 this week, the next workout and templates
Strength: the next workout
A grocery list on pink-blue paper, ticked items below
A list on Bloom paper
A garden ideas note on colored paper
A note, two pages
A journal page and a calendar with dots on written days
The journal and its calendar

Try a template

All nine templates from the app, with every branch inside. Pick one and change the date: tap "Create" in the app and exactly these join your vine.

Five papers, five pages

Each page is a real paper from the app. Swipe the page or use the arrows.

1

Why I made it

My life has always had a lot of different branches. Whenever I forgot about some of them, it felt like I was falling behind.

I wanted to see everything in one big picture. That's where the branching vine came from.

— everything, in the big picture

2

Everything is a branch, to the right

You're in the middle. Everything that matters opens a column to the right, and branches open columns of their own. The path at the top always tells you where you are.

you › work › report

3

You got sick. Your streak waits.

In thirty days you forgot one: a leaf you'd earned saved it. You were also sick for two days: you marked them "Sick", and the streak neither grew nor broke.

leaves are earned, rest is free

4

Folders open like bubbles

Tap "notes" under the logo and Notes opens. Tap a folder and its contents come out of that bubble; go back and they fold into it again.

vyne / notes

5

Night, and one question

The journal is one page a day. If you don't know what to write, it offers a question: "What went well today, and why?" On Mondays three more come, to look back at the week.

Galaxy paper is always night. So is this page.

good night

1 / 5 · Cotton

Who makes it

There's a letter on the desk

Each note on the desk is a problem and its fix. On a computer you can move the notes around.

Hi,

I'm Hasan, and Vyne is made by just me, not a company, for my family and friends. The apps I tried were either full of annoying ads or scattered my life across ten different places. I wanted to see everything in one big picture.

Some days there was a lot to do and I didn't feel like doing any of it; that's what the wheel is for. I use Vyne every day, mostly for habits.

No ads, no account needed. If something feels off, write to me. I read every message.

— Hasan

home
undecided days
branch page
no ads · no account
problemA thought flies away before you find the right place for it.
fixThe cloud next to your profile bubble: tap, write, it lands in your Inbox.
problemYou got sick, lost the streak, and gave up.
fix Mark that day "Sick". Your streak waits: it doesn't grow, it doesn't break.
you can move the notes

Why is it like this?

Choices I made while building the app, and why. Some are still sprouts, some are trees by now.

tree

Why day 66?

Not a random number. In Phillippa Lally's study at UCL, the median time for a behavior to become automatic was 66 days. It varies a lot from person to person, so 66 is a threshold, not a finish line.

— H.
tree

Why are leaves earned?

The goal isn't never missing, it's never missing twice in a row. But if leaves were free, a streak would mean nothing. First the habit becomes a habit, then it protects you.

— H.
bud

Why are rest days unlimited?

You don't choose to get sick or to travel. Counting those as missed days would punish you. Your streak waits: it doesn't grow, it doesn't break.

— H.
tree

Why do reminders come at your time?

The point isn't to hook you on the app, it's to add something to your life. A flood of notifications grabs attention but eats trust. So Vyne only speaks up at the times you pick, and never with guilt words.

— H.
tree

Why are the celebrations a surprise?

Something happens on day 7, 30, 66 and 100. I won't show it here: seeing it early would spoil it.

— H.
bud

Why is the vine empty after setup?

I tried starting with a ready-made template, but it never felt real: everyone's life is different. An empty vine is yours; templates are one tap away when you want them.

— H.
tree

Why no account?

A habit app doesn't need your email. Everything runs on your phone. An account is only for backup or sharing, if you want them.

— H.
sprout

Is cloud backup encrypted?

Cloud backup is optional. If you turn it on, it's encrypted in transit and at rest and protected by access rules, but that isn't end-to-end encryption. For more, turn on end-to-end encryption: your whole backup is then encrypted on your phone with a key only your devices hold. It's off until you turn it on. If you'd rather not, just leave backup off and everything stays on your phone.

— H.
tree

Why a wheel?

Some days there was a lot to do and I didn't feel like doing any of it, so I started nothing. The wheel takes the choice off my hands. The 2-minute rule comes from a book I read: starting is usually the hardest part.

— H.
tree

Why is it free?

I want a simple, beautiful app that I'll use myself for life. There are no ads. Unless cloud costs ever force my hand, I'm not thinking about charging either.

— H.
tree

Why no template gallery?

A gallery where everyone shares templates is a social network that needs moderating. That doesn't fit an offline app with no account. To share, send a file.

— H.
sprout

Why does it branch to the right?

Text reads left to right. You're on the left, your life opens to the right, each branch one more column. The path at the top reads the same way: you › work › report.

— H.

Try it

Can't decide? Spin the wheel

The same wheel as in the app. On a tired evening, instead of starting nothing, the wheel picks one and you just start for 2 minutes.

Three steps

  1. Write down what's on your mind, two to six things.
  2. Spin. The wheel picks one; no arguing.
  3. Just start for 2 minutes. The rest usually follows.
In the app: the wheel picks one of today's habits.

One more hidden toy

Press and hold the "vyne" logo at the top. What would Vyne look like in 1998?

What's new

Release notes

The app keeps growing. What changed in each version, in short.

1.5 updatesLate October 2026

  • Special habits with a page of their own: sleep, reading, breathing, time outside, language practice, phone-free time, plant care and strength
  • A Today card on Home: your next event, habits, journal and hours
  • Stats that explain themselves: a "What stood out" card, numbers on bars, axes on charts
  • Calendar's Year view is shaded by how full each day was; tap a day in Month to see its list
  • Month headers and search in the journal
  • "How Vyne works" and a separate Account page in More
  • Habits for a few days a week earn leaves too
  • On new installs, holidays follow your phone's country
  • An optional, quick mood check-in
  • A switch to turn off crash reports

1.4.1 – 1.5.0October 2026

  • A Calendar tab: month, week, day and schedule; your phone's calendars are read on the phone only
  • Time Clock in Notes: clock in and out, pay with overtime
  • Cycle tracking: it stays on your phone, or goes to the cloud only end-to-end encrypted; a PDF for a clinician, CSV import
  • Shared profiles: share one profile with one other person
  • Optional end-to-end encryption for cloud backup
  • Live sync between your phones while the app is open
  • Home screen widgets for iPhone and Android
  • Water tracking, and habits for a few days a week
  • Your own line for each branch: "I am someone who…"
  • The year in leaves, and optional seasons

1.4.0September 2026

The biggest update since Vyne began.

  • A daily journal and a weekly diary, on the paper you like
  • Notes, folders, lists and reminders, all searchable
  • A page for the people you love
  • A thought cloud for whatever is on your mind
  • Rest days: sick or traveling, your streak waits
  • A welcome-back card after a few days away, with no guilt
  • Stats by week, month and year, in plain words
  • Your own reminder time and a "when and where" cue for each habit
  • Archive branches you've finished
  • A new first run, a new icon, and icons and 36 characters drawn just for Vyne
  • And Android: the first release on Google Play
Earlier versions

1.3.0August 2026

  • Templates went from 4 to 9
  • Finish a habit and the next one steps forward
  • Card density: Full, Simple, Minimal, Custom
  • Multi-select across branches, and note folders
  • Profile: 16 colors, 60 avatars, your own emoji

1.1 – 1.2July – August 2026

  • First App Store release
  • Leaves, the wheel and celebrations
  • Budget template and amount tracking

Promises

Your data is yours. So is your attention.

Promises are easy. Here is how the app actually works today.

It works without a connection.

Your data stays on your device. It goes nowhere unless you turn on cloud backup yourself.

No account needed.

No sign-up, no email. Open it and start. An account is only for optional backup across devices, or for sharing a profile.

Only at your time.

The daily check-in comes at the time you pick, and you give habits and reminders their own times. No guilt words, and none at all if you'd rather.

Your attention isn't for sale.

No ads, and it's free. I want a simple app to use for life, and I use it every day myself.

Things I chose not to build

A social feed
Nobody sees what you do, unless you choose to share a profile.
Points and a badge shop
Habits aren't a game.
"You'll lose your streak!"
No guilt words in notifications.
A pet that wilts or cries
A missed day is never punished.
A required account
It's optional.
Pretending there's encryption that isn't there
End-to-end encryption is optional; when it's off, backup isn't end-to-end encrypted, and I say so plainly.

Questions

Frequently asked

Can I download Vyne now?

Yes, for free: the App Store for iPhone, Google Play for Android.

Is it free?

Yes, and ad-free. I want it to be a simple, beautiful app that I'll use myself for life.

Do I need an account?

No. Vyne works fully offline with no sign-up. An account is only for optional cloud backup and shared profiles.

What happens if I miss a day?

If you've done it 7 days in a row you've earned a leaf; it saves that day and your streak goes on. You can hold at most 2, and a leaf only saves the day before. Sick or traveling? Mark the day: your streak waits and no leaf is spent. Try it here.

Where does my data live?

On your phone. If you turn on cloud backup, a copy is also kept on a server: encrypted in transit and at rest, and end-to-end encrypted if you turn that on. Cycle tracking data goes to the cloud only end-to-end encrypted. I wrote more about it.

How often will it notify me?

Only when you've asked: a daily check-in at the time you pick, a habit's own time, your reminders and, if you like, birthdays. Turn off whatever you don't want.

Can I delete my data?

Yes, any time, right inside the app. Both the data on your device and any cloud backup.

What if I change phones?

Export to a file and import it on the new phone; importing twice makes no duplicates, it only adds what's missing. Or restore from cloud backup.

Which languages?

English and Turkish. The app follows your phone's language, and you can switch it in settings.

Does it work on iPad or a computer?

For now it's made for phones: iPhone and Android. There's no iPad version.

Does it work offline?

Yes, fully. Everything lives on your phone. The internet is only for cloud backup and shared profiles, if you use them.

Who makes this?

Just one person: me, Hasan. No team, no company behind it. I use it every day, mostly for habits. Read the letter.

Get Vyne

Free, no ads, no account needed. One tap is all it takes.

For iPhoneApp Store For AndroidGoogle Play

Write to me

A problem, an idea, a thank-you. I read every one myself, and I always write back.

vyneapp.help@gmail.com