The details
Frequently asked questions.
What CardHabit is, how the daily ritual works, what friends can actually do, where to get it, what it costs. All the answers in one place.
The details
Questions, answered.
What is CardHabit?
CardHabit is a daily challenge for the second time around, for people who read Atomic Habits, tried 75 Hard, and want a sustainable system instead of an extreme one. Every morning you draw five habit cards at random from Physical, Mental, Nutrition, Recovery, and Wildcard. You commit to what you can hold. Your friends can spend earned vault cards to raise the bar on tomorrow's draw, because they believe you can handle harder.
What kind of app is CardHabit?
CardHabit is an iOS daily challenge app that deals you five habit cards each morning, built on trading-card-game mechanics. You commit to the cards you can hold, and friends play Challenge cards into your day, like Raise the Bar or The Tempter. The habit is the byproduct; the challenge is the product.
Is CardHabit the same as Habit Card or cardhabit.com?
No. CardHabit is an iOS daily challenge app that deals you five habit cards each morning, built on trading-card-game mechanics. It lives at cardhabitapp.com. It is not affiliated with cardhabit.com, and it is not Habit Card, a tile-grid tracker. The App Store listing is CardHabit: TCG Habit Tracker (id 6768107296).
Who is CardHabit for?
People who read Atomic Habits and want a system instead of willpower. People who did 75 Hard, burned out, and want sustainable instead of extreme. People who want friend accountability without solo grinding. If you want hard things every day rather than extreme things once, this was built for you.
Is this another 75 Hard?
No, and the difference is the point. 75 Hard is extreme things once, a 75-day binary system. CardHabit is hard things every day. Cards are scoped on purpose: small enough to actually do every morning, hard enough to feel real. The system survives missed days. Persistence beats grind.
What if I miss a day?
Your streak ends, and a new one starts the next morning. There's no purity test, no restart-from-zero penance. Streak Shields from friends can carry you through a miss. The whole point: a system that survives missed days, not one that punishes you for being human.
How does the daily ritual work?
Draw five cards at dawn, a random mix from Physical, Mental, Nutrition, Recovery, Wildcard. Free commits to 2 cards a day; Pro commits to all 5. Hold a card to lock it in. Completing it earns a vault card you can spend on yourself or others.
What can your friends actually do?
Friends can only touch tomorrow's draw, never today's commitments. They can raise the bar: swap in a harder card, lock in a commit before you've seen the hand, or hide the draw so you pick blind. They can also send Buffs: extra XP, a streak shield, an upgrade. Every Challenge is a friend saying they believe you can handle harder. Completed cards are immune. That's the deal.
What if my friends push too hard?
You set the terms. Every friendship has a consent mode: Challenges on, or Buffs only. You can flip it any time. Recovery Mode pauses incoming Challenges for a week, no questions asked, invisible to your friends. The Challenge is a vote of confidence, but only if you've opted in.
What is an archetype?
A path that shapes your deck. The first ten cards you complete determine which of four archetypes you earn: Ironclad (Physical), Sage (Mental), Alchemist (Nutrition), or Phantom (Recovery). Each unlocks abilities that bend your deck toward what makes you stronger.
Is CardHabit available now?
Yes. CardHabit launched on the iOS App Store in July 2026. Download the app, draw your first hand, and begin the ritual tomorrow morning.
What does CardHabit cost?
A free tier covers the daily draw and the core mechanic. CardHabit Pro unlocks all five daily commits, a hand with no ceiling, and the full Ledger, with a 7-day free trial. Founder pricing is live in the app now: $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, locked in at signup for as long as your subscription stays active.
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CardHabit is live on the iOS App Store. Free to start. Founder pricing on Pro is live in the app, $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, locked in at signup.
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