days to autopilot
On average. Depending on person and habit it took 18 to 254 days. A single missed day made no measurable difference.
Lally et al. 2010 · European Journal of Social PsychologyHabit tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch
Habits on autopilot.
Dotpilot shows you when a habit has stuck and you no longer have to think about it. Checking off takes a second, on your iPhone, your wrist or a widget.
Free with three habits · Pro is a one-time purchase · no subscription
Autopilot
Dotpilot tells you when it runs by itself.
On average it takes 66 days for a habit to become automatic. Dotpilot tracks how far along each habit is and tells you how many weeks are left.
- Once a week the app asks how automatic it felt. Your answer feeds into the score.
- Fewer reminders once something has stuck. The app only speaks up again when several days are missing.
Skips
One missed day breaks nothing.
A single miss costs your autopilot nothing. For your streak you get two skips a week. And if you only forgot to check off yesterday, one tap in the morning fills it in.
- Log it and Skip sit as buttons right at the top of Today.
- Your streak counts too, as the second number next to the autopilot.
- Up to 30 days back, you can correct anything.
Anchor
“After my first coffee” beats any alarm.
Habits stick better when they hang on something you already do every day. In Dotpilot every habit gets such a moment, and Today sorts itself around them.
- Three views: the week for filling in, the day by time of day, the grid with every dot field.
- Under the name you can note what exactly counts: “5 push-ups” or “B12 and vitamin D”.
- Breaking habits too: you count the slips, and every day without is a win.
Review
Every dot is a day you showed up.
Dotpilot sums up your week, month and year in plain sentences: “Done 300 times.” The year grid shows all habits in one picture, and at year’s end you get your year as a story to share.
- Your strong and weak weekdays at a glance.
- Each habit’s path to autopilot, as a curve.
Apple Watch and widgets
Check off without picking up your iPhone.
One tap on your watch or in a widget is enough. Dotpilot doesn’t need to be open.
- Apple Watch with complications for your watch face.
- Widgets for Home and Lock Screen.
- Siri and Shortcuts.
Features
What else is in there.
Ten app icons
Bricks, neon, wood, embroidery and six more. The red dot is always there.
282 symbols, searchable
The right sign for every habit. Search knows keywords too: “jog” finds Run.
Move from other apps
Export your data from your old app as a table and import it here. Dotpilot figures out columns and date formats by itself.
No account, no server
Your data stays on your iPhone and, if you like, in your private iCloud. I never see any of it.
Take your data with you
Anytime as a backup file or as a table for Numbers and Excel.
Eleven languages
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
No nagging
No red numbers, no guilt trips. The better a habit has stuck, the less the app speaks up.
Science
Every number in Dotpilot has a source.
The app shows which study is behind which rule.
skips per week
Goals with a little slack are reached more often than rigid ones.
Sharif & Shu 2017 · Journal of Marketing Researchfixed moment in your day
An if-then plan carries a habit better than an alarm.
Stawarz et al. 2015 · CHI; Gollwitzer & Sheeran 2006sessions per week
For exercise, the habit formed from about four sessions a week. Plan fewer and the app tells you when you set it up.
Kaushal & Rhodes 2015 · Journal of Behavioral MedicineDotpilot Pro
Pay once. Keep it forever.
Unlimited habitsUp to three remindersMonth and year reviewYour year as a storyWidgetsiCloud syncApple Watch9 more app icons
Without Pro you get three habits with everything it takes to stick with them: autopilot, skips, filling in, all three views and the weekly review. No ads, no time limit.
Quick answers
Questions and answers
Are there streaks?
Yes. Your streak is the second number next to the autopilot, and two skips a week keep it alive. The big number is still the autopilot: it doesn’t drop to zero after one missed day. A streak does.
What does Dotpilot cost?
Nothing, as long as three habits are enough for you. Dotpilot Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks everything. There is no subscription.
Where is my data?
On your iPhone. With Pro you can sync it between your devices through your private iCloud. Dotpilot has no server of its own and no account, and I receive no data from you.
Can I move over from another app?
Yes. Under Settings → Backup and export you import a table (CSV). Dotpilot understands one row per habit and day or one column per habit, shows you what it found first, and leaves what’s already there as it is.
Do I need an Apple Watch?
No. The watch is an extra in Pro. Dotpilot works fully on the iPhone.
Is Dotpilot available for iPad or Android?
No. Dotpilot is only available for iPhone and Apple Watch.
Which system version do I need?
iOS 27 on iPhone and watchOS 26 on Apple Watch.
Today is day one.
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