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Study Session Goal Tracker for iPhone

Track study sessions on iPhone. Log each session, build toward 100 or 200, and handle exam weeks versus quiet weeks without a reset. Free to download.

You set a study goal for the year: 150 sessions, 200, whatever number felt like real consistency. You started logging in a habit tracker. The streak grew through exam season, when you were studying every single day. Then summer arrived and the pace dropped.

The streak broke. But it broke because you'd finished the semester, not because you'd given up. The 90 sessions logged through spring were the foundation for everything that came after. The habit tracker had no way to represent that.

Study goals are uneven by design. Exam periods produce 10 sessions in a week. Summer months might produce two. Annual learning goals look like mountains and valleys, not straight lines.

A session counter shows 90 of 150 and waits for you to add more whenever you're ready. It doesn't care that August looked different from April.

Common targets

50 sessions100 sessions200 sessions

Three study sessions per week reaches 150 in a year. Exam periods may produce 10 sessions in a week; summer breaks may produce one or two.

Why study sessions is a milestone goal

Study goals are about total time invested. A session count measures how often you showed up for the material. A streak tracker can't distinguish a slow week from a productive exam sprint, and rewards consistency over volume.

The problem with streak trackers for study sessions

A vacation week with zero study sessions resets the streak when you're 60 sessions into a 100-session goal. The 60 completed sessions represent real knowledge built. The streak shows a break.

What the math looks like

Three sessions per week reaches 150 sessions in a year. A week off during a trip costs nothing from the accumulated count.

How Notch tracks study sessions

  1. 1
    Set a target. Enter how many sessions you want to complete. Notch knows where done is.
  2. 2
    Log each session. Tap to add one. Each tap adds a dot to the grid and moves the total closer to your target.
  3. 3
    Watch the grid fill. Every dot represents a real session you complete. Nothing resets. Take a break and resume from exactly where you left off.
Pricing

Free to download. The full app unlocks with a one-time $9.99 purchase. No subscription.

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A milestone tracker for iPhone. Set a target for study sessions, log each session, and watch the dot grid fill. No streaks. No resets. No subscription.

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