Exist: track everything 5.2.1

Reviews

3 ★, on 2020-11-12
Correlations are quite useless, compared to what I was expecting. I will not pay because I find that the app is not giving enough from all the data it gets. That's too bad, because there are very good ideas and a great implementation of connectors.

1 ★, on 2020-07-25
The idea is nice. The app and the service are super buggy. Perhaps it works well for IPhone users, but not for Google/Android crowd. And implementation of new services is basically non existent (you can see on their Changemap site how little has been done in the last FIVE years). And we're talking paid subscription based service here. Too bad. It could be amazing if the developers cared for their product. :(

5 ★, on 2020-07-23
I've used Exist 3+ years. ❤️ It ‼️ if you have any issues, you can rely on great customer support. Android isn't a monolith like iOS. Some things that happen with one manufacturer's update that might not with other manufacturer's. OnePlus made an update that created a bug that Exist helped fix. Works with Rescue Time, IOS systems if you use both, your fitness tracker and has daily ability to tag daily events and make notes. It's useful and I love it!

1 ★, on 2020-07-15
For the large monthly cost it should be much more polished. It's been crashing for me and I'm not a fan of the design layout. Feels a bit cluttered. Also where is my data going?

5 ★, on 2019-11-28
Before downloading this app, I had a hard time keeping a journal or daily mood rating because I knew I'd never reference it. Exist isn't perfect, but it's the most useful system I've found. The Fitbit integration, mood rating, and a few custom tags are enough to find useful correlations. For example, my mood is better on days after I sleep less, which was completely unexpected. The reason was subtle and took some reflection to find. I've since avoided sleeping in, and putting extra effort into self-care when I need to, resulting in a small but noticeable benefit. Adjustments like this would be impossible to make if they weren't properly informed, and there's no better way than to track metrics quantitatively. A few caveats: If you're a statistics fanatic, this app doesn't give you r^2 values or allow you to control for certain variables (yet). On the flip side, since correlation doesn't imply causation, the app doesn't give you insight for free either. I couldn't just limit myself to 5 hours of sleep every night and expect my mood to improve. The interface is solid, especially considering the challenge of presenting so much data without becoming cluttered; and the developers are committed. Overall, Exist has been well worth it, and would only be displaced if another service matches it and adds powerful features like IFTTT support and causal discovery algorithms that it is unlikely to have.

5 ★, on 2019-02-23
I absolutely love this product! Its the first "self improvement app" I've ever used that actually delivers on that promise. Exist surfaced insights about what daily activities tend to make me the happiest or most productive that I never would have identified on my own. Give it a shot, it's totally worth it!