Arête – Build Yourself Daily

Epictetus

About this app

Arête wraps your day in two calm rituals — a morning rise and an evening close — and quietly tracks the habits, goals, and tasks in between. It is not a checklist with meditation bolted on. It is a daily ceremony, built around a living sky that mirrors the real time of day.

WIN THE MORNING
• Wake gently to a sunrise of light and uplifting sound — a real alarm that fires even when the app is closed.
• Settle with a short, breath-paced meditation.
• Read a three-to-five minute reflection written to set your mind — closing with a line from the Stoic philosophers.
• Picture the day going well, then set your six most important tasks.

MASTER THE DAY
• Tick habits and goals with satisfying, tactile feedback.
• Focus on six tasks — no more — and protect the one that matters most.
• Complete every habit and watch the sky bloom into an aurora.

CLOSE IT WITH HONOR
• Reflect by writing or voice memo, guided by rotating questions.
• Score the day, then set tomorrow's six while it's still calm.
• Rest with a clean conscience.

KEEP THE CHAIN ALIVE
• A streak that grows into a brighter light the longer you keep it.
• A gentle "never miss twice" philosophy — one missed day dims, it never shatters.
• A history you can actually feel proud of.

BUILT TO BE BEAUTIFUL
A real-time generative sky, fluid motion, considered haptics, and a focus on calm. Your private journal stays on your device — no account, no cloud, no analytics on your words.

Small steps, kept daily, become who you are. Begin tomorrow morning.

What’s new

Arête 1.4.3 — a smoother, more beautiful Arête.

• Redesigned motion: rituals now glide between steps and screens rise gently into view
• Every button and card responds to your touch with a soft, tactile spring
• Refined frosted-glass surfaces that catch the light of the Living Sky
• A calmer, more polished feel across Home, the morning and evening rituals, and more