Social: Buddies, Challenges and the Feed

How to use the Habit Tracker Social page: add an accountability buddy by email, accept or decline requests, create or join a challenge with an invite code, and react to buddies' achievements in the feed.

6 min read · Updated Oct 21, 2026

Social is where you keep each other going. Habit Tracker has three tabs: Buddies for a one-to-one accountability partner, Challenges for a group goal with a start and end date, and Feed for the achievements of the people you're connected to.

The Add Accountability Buddy form: type an email address, then send the request

The three tabs sit at the top of the page. Click one to open it.

The three Social tabs: Buddies, Challenges and Feed

Buddies

An accountability buddy is one person who knows what you're working on and checks in with you.

Invite a buddy

  1. Under Add Accountability Buddy, type their email address in the Email field. The placeholder is [email protected].
  2. Click Send buddy request.

Your buddy receives the request and can accept it.

Respond to a request

Requests sent to you appear under Pending Requests. Click Accept to become buddies, or Decline to turn it down. If the sender's name is missing, the request shows as Unknown.

Your buddies

Accepted buddies are listed under Your Buddies, with the date they became active (Active since). If no one is connected yet, the list says No buddies yet. Send a request above!

To end a buddy relationship, click End buddy and confirm Are you sure?.

Challenges

The Challenges tab with the Create Challenge button and the join-by-code field

A challenge is a shared goal over a set period. Each one has a status: Active, Upcoming or Completed.

Create a challenge

  1. Click Create Challenge (its screen-reader label is Create challenge).
  2. Type a Challenge name and an optional Description.
  3. Pick a Start Date and an End Date.
  4. Submit the form to create it. Each challenge has an invite code you can share.

Invite people

Each challenge shows Invite: with its code. Click Copy invite code to copy it. The page confirms Copied to clipboard. Send the code to anyone you want to join.

Join with a code

Type the code into Enter invite code and click Join. The challenge appears in your list.

If you haven't created or joined any, the tab says No challenges yet and suggests you Create one or join with an invite code.

Feed

The Feed: buddies' achievements, each with reaction buttons

The Feed shows achievements from your buddies. When a buddy earns something, it appears here with the buddy's name, or Someone if the name isn't shown.

Under each item are five reactions:

  • Applaud
  • Celebrate
  • Inspiring
  • Love
  • Amazing

Click one to react. Reactions are a quick way to cheer each other on.

With no buddies yet, the feed says Feed is empty and suggests you Add buddies to see their achievements here.

Frequently asked questions

FAQ

Check that you typed the email address exactly. A request is only sent once you click Send buddy request.

The Feed shows achievements from people you're connected to as buddies. Connect only with people you trust.

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