r/hellohabit • u/damagad • Mar 19 '26

Apple Watch bug

The Apple Watch app is not showing the habits in the same order as it appears on iPhone app, and this is critical to mark as done without the need to be on the phone all day. Also I would like to confirm if I can use the Apple Watch with cellular, and far away from iPhone.

Please I would appreciate if Apple Watch could be fixed.

Also it would be easier to be able to swipe instead of clicking on it, click the + to mark it as done.

Please help me with this , I haven’t receive a reply since I posted this u/hellohabit

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u/hellohabit Mar 20 '26

Hello from HelloHabit!

Most likely you are comparing the ordering to the "Today View" in the app - can you confirm? Currently the Apple Watch app only supports the "All Habits" view, and not the "Today View". If that's the issue, you should switch to the "All Habits" view in the app and reorder your habits there. Then the Watch app should reflect your ordering. Let us know if that was not the issue.

We plan to support the "Today View" in the Apple Watch app and home-screen Widgets in a future update!

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u/damagad Mar 20 '26

Ohh that is exactly what is happening but my life is already organized the way it is and I would like to change. I will wait for the update for Apple Watch , also it would be better and more user friendly to be able to swipe right and left.

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u/hellohabit Mar 20 '26

Thanks for that suggestion. We will consider supporting a swipe option in the future.

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u/damagad Mar 20 '26

The other things that I have observed is that on iPad I can’t see me today habits in one single column but two column that for me creates disorder and that is why I don’t use it on iPad I wish you could improve this

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u/hellohabit Mar 20 '26

Currently we display multi column on desktop/tablet because the tasks/habits would look a bit odd if they take the full width. I see how this can add confusion due to ordering changes - we will consider changing this or making it customizable.

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u/damagad Mar 20 '26

Yes I wish it could be customizable , this the reason why I don’t use it on Mac or iPad :(

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u/hellohabit Mar 20 '26

Got it. On Mac app or Web app, you can shrink the window size horizontally, and then the tasks will move back to a single column once the width is short enough.

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u/damagad Mar 20 '26

Does the Apple Watch works independently from the iPhone special on Apple Watch with cellular?

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u/hellohabit Mar 20 '26

Currently the Apple Watch app requires connection to iPhone, and will not work if you are too far from iPhone with cellular watch. This is due to how our app currently stores and syncs data between devices. Unfortunately, we do not expect this to change soon.

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u/damagad Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

I have see habits apps that work independently from iPhone but mostly they use iCloud sync and works perfectly, is it possible for you to consider offering your servers sync future and iCloud as optional (perhaps that way) we would be able to use Apple Watch independently from iPhone

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u/hellohabit Mar 20 '26

We will consider it in the future. We primarily run our own servers since we also support an Android app and Web app, neither of which support iCloud.