Harold 2.0 - A quirky SMS bot that helps you stick with your habits 💪

Hi Product Hunters! A lot has happened since I launched Harold on Product Hunt EXACTLY one year ago today: - Over 800 people have joined the waitlist - 440 people have created accounts - 221 have successfully onboarded and set up habits - Harold has logged over 9.5k responses 😱 - 23 signed up for a paid plan - Reached over $60 in MRR (my first $’s made on the internet!) - Presented at ODNC Demo Day - Won $5k Product Hunt Maker Grant - Presented at ODNC Demo Day And Harold has changed a lot too (thanks to feedback from my beta users!): ⚡️AI-Generated Responses 📅 Customized Day + Time of Check-ins 🎨 New Logo + Branding 🐣 7-day Free Trial 📈 SMS Recaps ✏️ Improved Edit Habit Flow 😻 Custom Emoji's for Each Habit 💪 Support for 3 Question Types ⛰ Milestones + Tips A lot has changed but the mission is still the same: **Help people experience the benefits of tracking habits.** I built Harold because I was feeling stuck. I had big goals but I felt like I wasn’t making any progress on them. I knew tracking habits was beneficial, but I couldn’t stick with tracking long enough to experience the benefits. I would track for 2 days and then forget to do it. So I built Harold to solve my own problem. And it worked. For the first time I was able to track consistently for 4 months straight. I built habits like: - working on my side projects for 30 minutes before work - exercising for at least 30 minutes a day - journaling before opening my computer in the morning Harold is for you if: - If you’ve ever tried to build a habit but fell off, forgot, or gave up. - You’ve never experienced the benefits of tracking habits consistently - You want to level up in a mindful, effective way - You tend to ignore push notifications + hate downloading another app and creating another login Start your free trial at [heyitsharold.com](http://heyitsharold.com) and let me know what you think! DM’s are always open on Twitter.

Love to see people build products that solve their own problems. This has improved a lot from v1. Loving the GIFs.

Such a cool idea! Congratz!! 🎉 Today I also launched my product. If you're using Discord. You can easily add live chat to your web page(WebChatWidget)

With this name, I HAVE to upvote it 💯 One day, I hope to become just as structured as this Harold. Great product @kyleighsmith 🙌

Been following Kyleigh's journey with Harold since v1 and love to see how far it's gotten! Habits are the foundational element of success and Harold is an easy way to get started and stay accountable on that journey 💯

Refreshing to see the return of a habit tracker app that is celebrating it's launch birthday because it is just that good at helping you keep your habits and also so meta that Kyleigh's been consistent and intentional about building and iterating to give a fresh new edition for 2022! Still a fan of the SMS idea - it's like a friend is checking in on me and I feel even more accountable. Kudos on the launch!

Cute idea! I like the idea of sending messages vs just an app!

Harold's great, I signed up for updates about 6 months ago I think, congrats for delivering it! As far as habit trackers go I think this is the way to do it! Did you have a mascot/icon of someone as the logo at some point or is my mind playing tricks on me? I was curious about what tools you used to built it. Would love to know more about what's behind Harold!

Is (like me) SMS is consistently top 3 in your screen time report? If so, establishing habits through text message should be a no brainer. Harold is a simple, yet powerful hack to track and measure personal or professional habits. I'm excited to see what 2.0 has in store.

It's been awesome seeing Harold grow and grow! I'm sure it'll help a lot of people keep their New Year's resolutions. Congratulations on the launch!