Mark a habit done from the Lock Screen, Control Center or Action button

Guide · Updated 4 October 2026 · The Habbits for iPhone, iOS 26 or later

Most days you won’t need to open The Habbits. A habit can be ticked off from Control Center, the Lock Screen, the Action button or a Home Screen widget, and a Lock Screen widget shows how the day is going. On your iPhone the app is called Habbits; search for that name when adding any of them.

Control Center

1
Open Control Center
Swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen.
2
Add a control
Touch and hold an empty spot, then tap Add a Control.
3
Pick Habbits › Habit
Search for Habbits and choose the Habit control.
4
Choose the habit
Pick which of your habits this control ticks off. Add one control per habit, up to all four.

Tap the control and the habit is done for today; tap again to undo. It shows the habit’s shape, filled when done.

Lock Screen

The Lock Screen has room for two things: the same Habit control in one of the two buttons at the bottom, and a Today at a glance widget that shows how many habits are done.

To put a habit control at the bottom of the Lock Screen:

1
Customize the Lock Screen
Touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customize, then Lock Screen.
2
Swap a button
Tap the minus on the flashlight or camera button, then tap the empty slot.
3
Pick Habbits › Habit
Choose the habit it should tick off, then tap Done.

To add the glance widget, open the same Customize screen, tap the widget area under the clock (or the line above it), and choose Habbits › Today at a glance. It comes in three sizes: a ring, a line or a single word. The widget only shows the count; the control is what ticks a habit off.

Action button

1
Open Action Button settings
In the iOS Settings app, tap Action Button.
2
Swipe to Controls
Swipe through the options until you reach Controls, then tap Choose a Control.
3
Pick Habbits › Habit
Choose the habit the button should tick off.

Press and hold the Action button to mark that habit done, and again to undo. Only iPhone models with an Action button have this option.

Home Screen widget

Touch and hold the Home Screen, tap Edit, then Add Widget, and choose Habbits › Today in the small or medium size. Tap a habit on the widget and it is marked done in place, without opening the app.

Last call

At eight in the evening, Last call puts a Live Activity on your Lock Screen with a button for each habit still open. It says what’s left and when the day closes, stays until midnight, and never nags. Change the time or turn it off in Settings › Notifications › Last call.

Good to know

A tick from any of these counts exactly like a tap in the app, streaks and mends included.
Want the chime on these taps too? Turn on Chime on widget taps in Settings › Sound & Haptics.
If you retire or delete the habit a control points at, the control says so. Touch and hold it (or edit it in Settings › Action Button) to choose another.

Four habits. One tap each.

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