Frequently Asked Questions

You can use WithoutX free. Track up to 3 active challenges, join teams, add friends, and compete on leaderboards without paying anything. Apex adds extra features like unlimited teams and unlimited cosmetics, but the core habit-tracking experience stays free.

No account needed to start. You can begin tracking habits as a guest. Your data is saved, and you can claim your account later to access it from any device.

From the dashboard, click "New Challenge" and choose what habit you want to break (or build). Pick a focus, set your visibility preferences, and start tracking. Your streak begins from your first check-in.

Guest accounts are tied to your browser/device. Claimed accounts (free!) let you sign in from any device, add friends, join teams, and sync your data across all your devices.

If you break a streak, your current streak resets but your total days and best streak remain. You can use Streak Repair (Apex feature) to save your streak once per month.

Check-ins reset at midnight in your local timezone. You have until 11:59 PM to check in for the day. If you travel across timezones, the app uses your device's current timezone.

Yes! Free users can track up to 3 active challenges at a time, and Apex users can track unlimited challenges. Many users track several related habits together (e.g., "quit smoking" + "exercise more"). Each challenge has its own streak and progress.

Private challenges are visible only to you. Public challenges appear on leaderboards and can be seen by other users (great for accountability!). You can change visibility at any time in challenge settings.

Relapses are common: research shows most people don't succeed on their first try. WithoutX tracks total days as well as streaks. Each check-in adds to your totals, and you can start a new streak any time.

Yes! Once you've completed a goal or want to take a break, you can archive any challenge from the challenge detail page. Archived challenges preserve all your history, streaks, and achievements. You can reactivate them anytime from the Archived section of your Challenges page.

Yes! Every challenge has a visual calendar showing all your check-ins. Green days mean you checked in, and you can click any day to see details like notes you wrote or your mood that day. It's a great way to spot patterns in your history.

Go to Friends in the sidebar and search by username. You can also share your profile link. Friends can see your public challenges and you can compare progress on the Friends leaderboard.

Teams are groups of people working toward similar goals. Team members can chat, share progress, and compete on the team leaderboard. Free users can create 1 private team with up to 10 members. Apex users can create unlimited public teams with unlimited members.

By default, private challenges are invisible to everyone. However, you can enable "Friends Can See Private Challenges" in your profile settings to share all your progress with friends while staying off public leaderboards.

Leaderboards rank users by total points earned from check-ins, achievements, and streaks. There are global leaderboards and friend-only leaderboards. Points reset monthly to keep competition fresh.

Yes! The Android native app is available now on Google Play, and you can add the web app to your home screen on iOS and Android for a full-screen, offline-capable experience. A native iOS App Store version is coming soon.

Our browser extension helps you stay accountable by blocking distracting websites, providing a panic button during urges, and letting you check in from your browser toolbar. Available for Chrome and other Chromium browsers.

Add the WithoutX bot to your server, then use /link to connect your Discord account to your WithoutX profile. Once linked, you can check in, view streaks, and get reminders in Discord.

Yes! Once you claim your account with an email, your data syncs across all devices. Use WithoutX on the web, the Android app, browser extension, and Discord bot. A native iOS app is coming soon, until then, add the web app to your iPhone or iPad home screen for the full experience.

You earn XP by checking in daily (streak bonuses increase with longer streaks), unlocking achievements, completing milestones, and participating in team activities. XP contributes to your level and leaderboard position.

Achievements are badges you unlock by reaching milestones (like completing your first week, hitting a 30-day streak, or adding your first friend). Each achievement has a rarity (Common to Legendary) and grants bonus XP.

The shop lets you spend earned points on cosmetic items like profile borders, badges, card styles, and profile backgrounds. These are visual only. No pay-to-win mechanics. Apex users get a 15% discount on all purchases AND 300 shop credits every month (spendable in shop only, does not affect leaderboard ranking).

Your challenges can be set to private (only you see them) or public (visible on leaderboards). We never sell your data or use it for advertising. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

Yes. Go to Settings and open the "Danger Zone." This permanently removes all your data including challenges, streaks, achievements, team memberships, and personal information. Comments in teams are anonymized to preserve conversation context.

We collect only what's necessary: email (if you claim), username, challenge data, and page view statistics via privacy-focused, self-hosted analytics (no cookies, no cross-site tracking). We don't track your browsing history or sell your data. Your images are never used to train AI models. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

Yes. You have full control over your data, can export it, and can request complete deletion at any time. We process data lawfully and tell you what we do with it.

Apex unlocks: unlimited public teams with unlimited members (free users get 1 private team with 10 members), check-in photos to document your progress with a visual gallery, custom team URLs, 15% discount on all shop purchases, 300 shop credits every month (for cosmetics and power-ups only - does not affect leaderboard ranking), data export reports (HTML summaries with all your stats and achievements), and exclusive cosmetics. The core habit-tracking features remain free for everyone.

Your teams stay intact! However, if you had public teams, they become "visibility frozen" - existing members can still use them, but new users won't be able to discover or join them until you resubscribe. If your team exceeds 10 members, the team will be "member frozen" - no new members can join until you're under the limit or resubscribe. Your team data, challenges, and history are never deleted.

Yes! Cancel anytime from your profile settings. You'll keep Apex access until the end of your billing period. No cancellation fees.

We accept all major credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay via Stripe. Payments are processed through Stripe, and your card details stay with Stripe rather than with us.

We don't offer partial refunds, but you can cancel anytime and keep access until your billing period ends. If you have billing issues, contact us within 48 hours of a charge.