How Daily Chain counts your streak: what a day is, what a miss does, and why the record never gets quietly repaired.
It’s 6:12 a.m. You open your habit app with the coffee still too hot to drink.
The streak says 0. Yesterday is a gap. The good run from last week is gone, and the app’s only suggestion is to start over.
Plenty of us didn’t quit these apps because we stopped caring. We quit because of what the record did the morning after a miss. Here is how Daily Chain counts, so you can check the system before you trust it.
What a Streak Counts
The main streak is the number of days in a row you checked off at least one habit. One is enough.
Weekly habits count differently: the number of weeks in a row that hit their target.
Today Doesn’t Count Until It’s Over
It’s 9 a.m. and nothing is checked off yet. Your streak is intact. The day is still in progress, so it cannot count against you.
Weeks work the same way. The current week is never held against a weekly habit until the week ends.
You will not open the app to a broken streak because of a day that hasn’t happened yet.
Yesterday Can Still Be Logged
Forgot to check off last night? Do it this morning. On the free plan you can catch up on yesterday.
On Mondays you can catch up on the whole weekend, Friday through Sunday, in the 10-day view.
Planned Time Away Is Planned
A trip, a busy stretch at work, a week off the grid. Open Settings and set your dates in Vacation Protocol. Those days do not break your streak.
You set the dates ahead of time and they are visible in the app. Nothing happens quietly.
When You Do Miss
Sometimes you will. Here is exactly what happens: Current starts over. Best stays.
Both numbers are on screen, and both are true. The app doesn’t erase the miss, and it doesn’t pretend it didn’t happen.
Forgiveness that is written down is different from a record that is quietly repaired. Vacation Protocol and the catch-up window are rules you can read in advance. A streak that patches itself behind your back is just a number you can’t rely on.
Why It’s Built This Way
A record you can trust is more useful than one that flatters you or scolds you. Daily Chain doesn’t cheer when you’re ahead or lecture when you slip. It counts, and it shows you the count.
The free plan is a complete practice: up to 5 primary habits (6 once you add a pack) and 10 support habits.
Try It Tonight
Tonight, open dailycha.in, add one habit you already did today, and check it off. It runs in any browser, and you can start without an account.
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