Octave: Hobby & Habit Tracker

Nova Nest

About this app

Octave is a hobby tracker and habit tracker that shows your life balance as one living shape. Check in on the things you do for yourself, and watch eight parts of a full life fill in.

Most trackers count streaks. Octave shows balance. Every hobby feeds one or more of eight wellness dimensions: Social, Emotional, Physical, Intellectual, Spiritual, Environmental, Financial and Occupational. Your shape grows where you spend time and gently fades where you don't, so one glance tells you which corner of your life has gone quiet.

HOW IT WORKS
• Pick a few hobbies, or add your own and choose what they feed.
• Tap Check in when you've done one. Your shape grows straight away.
• Each check-in fades a little every day over a week, so the shape always reflects your recent life, not an old record.
• Missed a day? Open any hobby and log or undo any of the last four weeks.

SEE YOUR LIFE BALANCE
• Today: your shape, a gentle nudge about your quietest dimension, and your hobbies with progress against the rhythm you set.
• Balance: all eight dimensions as bars, by week or by month.
• Discover: small, low-effort ideas ranked by what you've been neglecting, from a sunset walk to a monthly money date.

MAKE IT YOURS
• Three shapes to choose from: Bloom, Wave ring and Orbits. Your app icon changes to match.
• Light and dark themes.
• Set a rhythm for each hobby (daily, a few times a week, weekly, or whenever it feels right) and see weekly progress and streaks.
• Rename, edit or delete hobbies at any time.

HOME SCREEN WIDGETS
• Four widgets, from a small shape to a full weekly board.
• Log a hobby straight from the widget without opening the app.

GENTLE BY DESIGN
• One optional evening reminder, only on days you haven't checked in. Turn it off whenever you like.
• Soft sounds and haptics on check-in, with a switch to silence them.
• A reduce-motion setting, screen-reader labels and support for large text.

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
• No account and no sign-up.
• No ads, no analytics, no tracking.
• Octave does not connect to the internet. Everything stays on your phone.
• Back up to a file you control, and restore it on a new phone.

WHO IT'S FOR
Octave is for anyone who wants a calmer way to track hobbies, build routines and keep work-life balance in view: a self-care and wellbeing companion rather than a productivity scoreboard. It is not a medical or mental-health tool.

Start with one hobby. Check in. Watch it grow.

What’s new

Welcome to Octave, a calmer way to track your hobbies.

• See eight parts of your life as one shape that grows when you check in
• Pick your shape: Bloom, Wave ring or Orbits
• Balance view by week or month
• Small ideas for the parts you've been neglecting
• Home screen widgets with one-tap logging
• Optional evening reminder
• Light and dark themes
• No account, no ads, works offline. Your data stays on your phone.