Free · No signup · Works offline

Show up. Even on the bad days.

Open Arete and see the one to three things that matter today. Habits, training, nutrition and sleep, in one app that doesn't punish you for being human.

Start now — it's free No account. You're in in 5 seconds.

Your character grows as you do · Stage 6 — Arete

The first screen

What matters today.
Nothing else.

Most self-improvement apps open on a dashboard of everything you're behind on. Arete opens on a short list.

One to three things.Drawn from your habits and goals. The one that's slipping comes first, because the one going well doesn't need reminding.
How you feel, in one tap.An optional mood check-in beside the list. A second a day, and never in the way.
Your why, on top.The reason you started, the first thing you read every morning.

Arete's Today screen: three priorities, a consistency bar reading 24 of 35 kept this week, and the character below

Level up. Literally.

Your discipline has a face.

Every habit, workout and meal earns XP. Your character evolves through six stages — from Neophyte to Arete.

Stage I of VI · Lv 1

XP from every habit, workout and meal

The difference

One connected system.

Your habit app doesn't know you trained legs. Your calorie app doesn't know you slept 5 hours. Arete's modules talk to each other.

Training drives nutrition

Log a heavy session and today's carbs and protein rise automatically. Rest day? Carbs come down. Your targets follow your training — not a static number.

A daily readiness score

Every morning: one number built from your sleep, training load, habits and nutrition. Green means push. Red means recover. No $300 wearable required.

A coach that already knows

The AI coach reads your week — training, food, sleep, journal — and calls you out unprompted when things drift. A coach, not a chatbot.

Readiness82Example morning

Sleep7h 40m

Training loadRecovered from legs

Habits4 of last 7

NutritionProtein on target

Green — push today.Heavy session planned, so carbs go up to match.

No streak guilt

Consistency, not streaks.

The same week, counted two ways. Miss Friday and a streak sends you back to zero. Arete says six of seven, and a streak shield covers the slip.

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Sunday · week done

Everything in one place

Every tool you need. Zero clutter.

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Habits & routines

Daily, weekly or specific days, plus morning and night routines. Weekly habits are judged on the week, not on whether you opened the app.

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Workout logging

Programs, sets, PRs, progression hints and a rest timer that follows you down the page.

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Nutrition & AI food scan

Log meals in seconds — type them, or photograph your plate and let the AI count it.

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Journal & your Why

Daily reflection prompts, and your reason for grinding front and center every morning.

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Leaderboards

Create a group with your friends and compete on streaks and XP.

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Private & offline

Local-first. Works with no connection. Your data is yours — sync is optional.

Honest pricing

Everything is free right now.

Arete

No signup, no credit card, no trial clock

Today, habits & consistency
Full workout logging, PRs & muscle map
Nutrition tracking + AI food scan
AI coach, character & leaderboards
Works offline

The story

Built by someone who actually uses it.

"I got tired of juggling five different apps for habits, workouts and food. So I built the one I actually wanted to use."

Arete is a solo project — built by a D1 college athlete between training sessions and classes. No venture capital, no growth hacks, no dark patterns.

Your data lives on your device. No account required, no tracking beyond basic analytics. You own your progress — export it, delete it, whatever you want.

This is early. Things might break. But improvements ship every week, and early users get a direct line to the developer.

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Early users get a direct line to the developer

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Your winter arc

The dark months decide next year.

Start now. Free, no signup, and one missed day won't wipe out your week.

Start your winter arc →

There's a Winter theme too — colder, harder, no gold. Settings → Theme.