Kinmichi

金道 · the golden path

Keep going. Mend the breaks in gold.

A calm habit tracker for Android, built around the day after you slip, not the perfect streak.

Download for Android Install with Obtainium

Free and open source · No ads · No tracking · Works offline

The Today screen: the week as small enso circles, the day's count, and habit cards

New in 2.9

Wake up, count, keep going

A real alarm, new ways to track, and a timer that keeps counting with the app closed.

Built for the day after

Most habit apps punish you when a streak breaks. Kinmichi helps you come back.

A small step still counts

Give every habit a bad-day version, like one page instead of thirty minutes. On a hard day, that keeps the streak alive.

Never miss twice

After a missed day, Today offers the small version in one tap. The day you come back is counted and drawn in gold.

Tie it to your day

Write when a habit happens. If-then plans are one of the best-proven ways to make a habit stick.

Less effort, more days done

The app does the remembering, so you only do the habit.

Health Connect

Link a habit to steps, distance, calories, exercise or sleep, and it fills itself every time you open the app.

Smart reminders

Usually run at 07:40 but the reminder rings at 21:00? Kinmichi notices and suggests a better time.

A quiet streak alert

One evening note, only when a streak of three days or more is about to break. Nothing else.

Goals that adapt

Rarely hitting a target? Start from what you really do. Hitting it every day? Raise the bar. Daily too much? Make it three times a week.

How did it go?

After a habit, one tap on a face. Over time you see which habits you enjoy and which feel hard.

Start your way

Continue with Google or GitHub to back up and move to a new phone, or start as a guest. No password either way.

A look inside

Today, your progress, a year of every habit, and adding a habit step by step.

SakuraA year at a glanceStreaks, comebacks in gold and twelve months of days.
MatchaTodayThe week as small circles, then one tap per habit.
UmiProgressCompletion, records, and which habits line up with your better days.
MomijiA habit in four stepsWhat, how you count it, when, then fine-tune only if you like.

Seven palettes, one calm look

Each with a light and a dark side, or your wallpaper colours. Editorial serif type, and pure black at night if you like it.

The Today screen in the Washi palette, light

On your home screen and wrist

Eight widgets: Today, a single habit, this week, your streak, the next habit, a progress ring, a mini heatmap and a sunrise wake alarm. Add them straight from Settings; on Android 12 and up their boxes tick the moment you tap. A Wear OS tile and watch app mark habits from your wrist.

TodayCheck off today's habits from your home screen
Mini heatmapThe last three months at a glance, comebacks in gold
This weekThis week, one ring per day
Single habitOne habit with its progress ring and streak
StreakYour longest running streak, with this month's comebacks
Progress ringToday's share done in a small ring
Next habitThe one habit to do now, one tap to mark it
Wake alarmYour next alarm; tap to turn it on or off
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Yours, on your phone

Everything lives on the device. Sign in with Google or GitHub only if you want backup and sync, and lock the app with a PIN or your fingerprint.

No ads

Not now, not later. There is nothing to sell.

No tracking

No analytics, no third-party SDKs watching you.

Open source

MIT licensed. Read every line on GitHub. Privacy details.

Install

Kinmichi is distributed on GitHub, not the Play Store. Obtainium keeps it up to date for you.

  1. Install Obtainium on your Android phone.
  2. Add the app with this address: https://github.com/sametackgz41/kinmichi
  3. Set the APK filter to ^(kinmichi|tsuzuku)-[0-9] so it picks the phone app, then install. Updates arrive automatically.

Downloading it yourself

Not using Obtainium? Grab the APK straight from GitHub. Here is exactly which file to pick.

  1. Open the latest release and scroll down to Assets.
  2. Tap the file that starts with kinmichi- and ends in .apk. Skip kinmichi-wear (that one is for watches) and the "Source code" files.
  3. When the download finishes, open it from your notifications or the Downloads folder.
  4. If Android asks, allow your browser to install unknown apps, then tap Install. Updating later works the same way, and your habits stay put.
Assets 4
kinmichi-2.10.0.apkFor your phone 7.8 MB
kinmichi-wear-2.10.0.apkFor Wear OS watches 2.3 MB
Download the phone app (APK)

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. No ads, no subscription, no paid tier. Kinmichi is open source under the MIT licence.

Why not on the Play Store?

Staying on GitHub keeps the app independent and quick to update. Obtainium installs and updates it as smoothly as a store would.

Where is my data?

On your phone, in a local database. Backups are files you save yourself. Sync with Google or GitHub is optional and off until you sign in.

Is there an iPhone version?

Not yet. Kinmichi is Android only for now, with an optional Wear OS watch app.

How can I help?

Report a bug or share an idea in GitHub issues, or translate it into your language.

金道 · the golden path

Start your golden path

Free, open source and works offline. Install it in a minute, and let the app do the remembering.

Download for Android Install with Obtainium GitHub