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Sep 02 - Sep 08, 2024

Applications and Platforms / Data Collection

• RTracker - Generic, customisable personal data tracker (iOS).

• Sink - Voice-enabled Lifelogger for tracking anything with automatic sync to Google Sheets (iOS).

Applications and Platforms / Time

• arbtt - Automatic, rule-based time tracker, which works by periodically snapshotting the metadata of your desktop window state. Rules are specified in the arbtt DSL and can be written retroactively (Linux, Mac, Windows).

Applications and Platforms / Wealth

• Menot - Simple expense and finance tracker for multiple currencies, including crypto.

Open Source Projects / Wealth

• HumanProgrammingInrerface (⭐1.5k) - Unify, acces and interact with all of your personal data.

• Dogsheep - A collection of data exporters and tools for personal analytics using SQLite and/or Datasette.

• Chronicle (⭐138) - A CLI toolkit for extracting and working with your digital history.

• QS-Schema (⭐1) - Open schemes for QS applications.

• Datasette (⭐9.2k) - An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data.

Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2024

Applications and Platforms / Data Collection

• Reflect - Tracking app with customizable forms and data insights (iOS).

Applications and Platforms / Diet

• Nutriely - Food and nutrition tracking, diary. Focusing on detailed micro and vitamin breakdown. (Web)

Open Source Projects / Wealth

• Me API (⭐822) - An extensible, personal API with custom integrations.

• Memacs (⭐1k) - Visualize your life in Orgmode.

Aug 14 - Aug 20, 2023

Applications and Platforms / Aggregators & Dashboards

• BiomarkerDash (⭐14) - Simple dashboard to visualize trends in bloodwork biomarkers.

Open Source Projects / Wealth

• Timeliner (⭐3.6k) - A data aggregation and and timeline visualization tool.

• TimelineBuilder (⭐335) - A data aggregation and and timeline visualization tool by Facebook.

May 01 - May 07, 2023

Applications and Platforms / Habits

• Conjure - Habits, goals and time tracker with rules engine, data layer, API, dashboards and more. (Web, Desktop, iOS, Android).

Jan 09 - Jan 15, 2023

Articles & Blogs

• QS Experiments - Science-based approach for Quantified Self, sharing raw data and analysis, modelling physical processes, health trackers comparison and analysis.

Applications and Platforms / Aggregators & Dashboards

• Vital - Plaid like widget that joins together all your fitness data, wearables data and at home lab tests.

Applications and Platforms / Wealth

• Firefly III (⭐15k) - A free and open source personal finance manager

Dec 12 - Dec 18, 2022

Applications and Platforms / Fitness

• OpenTracks - Privacy-respecting offline-capable fitness activity tracker (Android).

Applications and Platforms / Habits

• Emoji Log - Track habits without streaks using emoji.

Applications and Platforms / Wealth

• Lunch Money - Web app to import transactions, categorize, and budget.

Mar 29 - Apr 04, 2021

Applications and Platforms / Diet

• HiCoffee - Super efficient caffeine tracker app with Apple Watch support (iOS and Apple Watch).

Mar 08 - Mar 14, 2021

Books

• Everyday Data Science (2021) - Andrew N Carr (cheaper PDF version)

Applications and Platforms / Automation

• Apple Shortcuts - Powerful automation app (iOS).

Feb 01 - Feb 07, 2021

Applications and Platforms / Heart

• Welltory - The go-to health app that lets users track their heart rate variability, stress, and energy levels, along with aggregated health and fitness analytics from different wearable devices and apps.

Nov 02 - Nov 08, 2020

Articles & Blogs

• beepb00p - Writing about Quantified Self, owning the data and building the infrastructure.

Jun 29 - Jul 05, 2020

Devices and Wearables / Wealth

• Dreem - Consumer-grade EEG used to monitor and optimize sleep; it also has pulse oxymeter, bone conduction audio, accelerometer and sonometer.

Jun 22 - Jun 28, 2020

Applications and Platforms / Aggregators & Dashboards

• QS Access - Export Apple Health data into CSV table format (iOS).

Applications and Platforms / Diet

• Coffee It - Record Caffeine intake, with database inside & Apple Health sync. (iOS)

Applications and Platforms / Media Consumption

• HistoryHound - Searchable cross-browser history database that can be exported as HTML (MacOS).

Devices and Wearables / Wealth

• Gadgetbridge - FOSS fitness tracker app for use with a wide variety of wearables.

May 11 - May 17, 2020

Talks

• Don't Unplug!!! How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too - A keynote by Chris Dancy ("the Most Connected Man on Earth") in which he explores how technology helped him become a better person by paying attention to the data he collected about his life.

Feb 10 - Feb 16, 2020

Applications and Platforms / Habits

• Productive - Habits and daily goals tracker with flexible scheduling, reminders and data export (iOS).

• Everyday - Simple and beautiful habit tracker for the Web, iOS and Android. Has a web extension to add it to your browser's new tab.

Oct 07 - Oct 13, 2019

Applications and Platforms / Aggregators & Dashboards

• Gyroscope - Quantified Self health dashboard (web, iOS, & Android).

Jun 24 - Jun 30, 2019

Books

• Your life, uploaded: The digital way to better memory, health, and productivity (2010) - Gordon Bell & Jim Gemmell

• The Quantified Self (2016) - Deborah Lupton

• Self-Tracking (2016) - Gina Neff & Dawn Nafus

Applications and Platforms / Media Consumption

• Podcast Tracker - Lets you log, aggregate and export your podcast listening history (Web).

Jun 03 - Jun 09, 2019

Applications and Platforms / Wealth

• Actual - Personal home budget software.

May 20 - May 26, 2019

Devices and Wearables / Wealth

• Aidlab - Smart and hackable wearable, compatible with special T-shirts and chest straps.

May 13 - May 19, 2019

Research and Analysis / Wealth

• FoundMyFitness - Comprehensive genetic report from on self-uploaded genetic data.

Apr 22 - Apr 28, 2019

Applications and Platforms / Diet

• Cronometer - Food, activity, and biometric tracker (iOS & Android).

• Zero - A simple fasting tracker used for intermittent, circadian rhythm, and custom fasting (iOS & Android).

Apr 08 - Apr 14, 2019

Applications and Platforms / Habits

• Taskade - Modern task lists that syncs across all your devices. (Web, iOS, Android, Chrome, Mac and PC).

Applications and Platforms / Time

• Hourly - Minimalistic time tracker with smart functions and nice design (iOS).

Apr 01 - Apr 07, 2019

Applications and Platforms / Places & Travel

• RoadGoat - Travel tracking, automated integrations with many platforms listed here (Web).

• Swarm - Point of interest auto-checkins via GPS (iOS & Android).

• Arc - Track your movements and places visited via GPS (iOS).

Applications and Platforms / Aggregators & Dashboards

• KeepTrack - Multi-purpose tracker (Android).

Mar 04 - Mar 10, 2019

Devices and Wearables / Wealth

• Oura Ring - Highly-accurate sleep (and activity) tracker worn on the finger that measures HR, HRV, temperature, and movement.

Feb 25 - Mar 03, 2019

Applications and Platforms / Time

• Hindsight - Tracks the passage of time since something happened (iOS, Apple Watch).

• ActivityWatch - Open source automated time tracker (Mac, Windows, Linux, Android).

Feb 04 - Feb 10, 2019

Applications and Platforms / Health

• AlcDroid - Alcohol consumption tracking and BAC calculation app that offers various statistics regarding your drinking behavior (Android).

Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019

Applications and Platforms / Diet

• Bitesnap - Image based food logging app powered by computer vision (iOS & Android).

Jun 25 - Jul 01, 2018

Applications and Platforms / Media Consumption

• WordCounter - Word count tracker for writers (Mac).

Jun 04 - Jun 10, 2018

Applications and Platforms / Heart

• HRV4Training - Track Heart Rate Variability, Stress, and other contextual data points using your smartphone camera and receive personalized advice to optimize your health and training (iOS, Android).

Apr 02 - Apr 08, 2018

Applications and Platforms / Goals

• Taskade - Simple and sharable tasks, checklists, and notes. (Web, iOS & Android).

Nov 27 - Dec 03, 2017

Applications and Platforms / Mood

• MoodJam - Track your moods with colors. (Web only).

• iMoodJournal - Mood Tracking on a 10-point scale from Really great to Couldn't be worse. Exportable data. (Android, iOS, Apple Watch).

• Perspective - Journaling to captures Thoughts, Moods, and Interests with the goal of helping you reflect and find perspective. (iOS).

• Moods by Mokriya - Quick track your mood as good, okay or bad. Specify feelings using a word cloud. No data export option. (iOS, Apple Watch).

Jun 05 - Jun 11, 2017

Applications and Platforms / Time

• Timing - Automatic time and productivity tracking for Mac. Helps you stay on track with your work and tells you exactly how many seconds you spent in each document, website and app (Mac).

May 29 - Jun 04, 2017

Open Source Projects / Wealth

• Flow Dashboard (⭐1.7k) - Habit tracker and personal data analytics app.

May 22 - May 28, 2017

Applications and Platforms / Time

• Qbserve - Time tracking automation: Real-time productivity feedback, project tracking, timesheets, and invoicing (Mac).

Mar 06 - Mar 12, 2017

Applications and Platforms / Mood

• MoodCast - Keep track of your daily mood & activities (Android).

Applications and Platforms / Time

• Quality Time - Precise time tracker for Android (Android).

Feb 20 - Feb 26, 2017

Applications and Platforms / Fitness

• Gym Hero - Track workouts, strength training and other fitness exercise (iOS, Web)

Jan 23 - Jan 29, 2017

Applications and Platforms / Wealth

• Credit Karma - Lean and reputable credit score tracker.

Jan 09 - Jan 15, 2017

Articles & Blogs

• Gwern - Esoteric blog which includes blinded self-experiments & Quantified Self analyses amongst other topics.

Dec 19 - Dec 25, 2016

Applications and Platforms / Aggregators & Dashboards

• Apple Health - Multi-purpose tracking platform for Apple devices. Tracks activities, sleep, nutrition, mindfulness, and other metrics.

• Google Fit - Open ecosystem to store, access, and manage fitness data (Android).

• Exist - Track everything in one place (web, iOS & Android).

• Zenobase - Store, aggregate and visualize your data from multiple 3rd party sources (web).

• Validic - Cloud-based platform that connects patient-recorded data from digital health applications, devices, and wearables.

• FitnessSyncer - Joins health and fitness data into a single centralized platform.

• IoTool - Smartphone IoT platform for automation and data collection.

• Tictrac - Dashboard for health and fitness data (web).

Applications and Platforms / Automation

• Tasker - Automation and event triggering app (Android).

• If This Then That (IFTTT) - Awesome conditional automation platform.

• Zapier - Automate tasks between apps.

Applications and Platforms / Diet

• MyFitnessPal - Food tracking and diet plan app (iOS & Android).

• Fat Secret - Calorie counter and diet tracker for weight loss (iOS & Android).

Applications and Platforms / Time

• Streaks - To do list that helps you form habits and track goals (iOS).

• Toggl - Time tracker and employee timesheet software (iOS & Android).

• Timesheet - Android time tracker (Android).

• Hours Time Tracker - Awesome time tracking app (iOS).

• Rescue Time - Automatically tracks where you spend your time (Mac, Windows, Android, Linux).

• Manic Time - Automatic time tracking software which tracks computer usage (Windows).

Applications and Platforms / Heart

• Instant Heart Rate - Fast and accurate mobile heart rate monitor (iOS, Android, Windows).

Applications and Platforms / Sleep

• Sleep as Android - Full featured sleep tracker with wearable integration (Android).

• Sleep Cycle - Intelligent alarm clock and sleep tracker (iOS & Android).

• Pillow - Track your sleep from your Apple Watch or iPhone (iOS).

Applications and Platforms / Wealth

• Personal Capital - Financial software and wealth management.

• You Need A Budget (YNAB) - Personal home budget software.

• GNU Cash - Personal and small-business financial-accounting software.

• Ledger (⭐5.3k) - Simple but powerful command line accounting.

Nov 14 - Nov 20, 2016

Devices and Wearables / Wealth

• Spire - Activity tracker that determines stress and focus levels by measuring breathing.

Oct 31 - Nov 06, 2016

Applications and Platforms / Media Consumption

• Goodreads - Lets users track and rate books and network with other readers (Web, iOS, Android).

• Trakt - Automatically track TV & movies you're watching (Web, Media Players).

Research and Analysis / Wealth

• 23andMe - Genetic testing and analysis.

Oct 24 - Oct 30, 2016

Articles & Blogs

• The Personal Analytics of My Life by Stephen Wolfram - Stephen Wolfram explores the data he has collected on the use of his time.

• Measured Me - Personal experiment in self-quantification and self-optimization.

• Quantified Bob - Follow one guy's quest for self knowledge, betterment, and optimization through experimentation and personal analytics.

• Shadow of the Stream - Quantified Self, lifelogging, journaling, education.

• QS on Medium - Quantified Self posts on Medium.

• QS on Venture Beat - Quantified Self articles on Venture Beat.

• QS on Wired - Quantified Self articles on Wired.com.

• QS on LiveScience - Quantified Self articles on LiveScience.

Talks

• Ted Talk: The Quantified Self - Ted talk by Gary Wolf on the Quantified Self movement.

• Tedx Talk: Wearable Tech Expands Human Potential - Lauren Costantini explores what it means to be human in the age of the Quantified Self.

Applications and Platforms / Media Consumption

• Last.fm - Track the music you listen to by scrobbling via desktop and mobile apps or by connecting to music services (Web, iOS, Android).

• Pocket - Lets you save articles to read later (Web, iOS, Android).

Oct 10 - Oct 16, 2016

Websites and Resources

• Quantified Self - Official website.

• Flowing Data - Self surveillance and quantification news.

• Wolfram Connected Devices Project - IoT and Quantified Self device list.

Articles & Blogs

• Lifestream Blog - Social data aggregation, lifelogging, Quantified Self and digital legacy.

Applications and Platforms / Fitness

• Runkeeper - Outdoor fitness activity tracker (iOS & Android).

• Runtastic - Running, cycling, and fitness GPS tracker (iOS & Android).

• Strava - Athletic activity tracking and social network.

Applications and Platforms / Data Collection

• AskMeEvery - Automated data entry through email or text questions.

• Reporter - Tracking app that collects data through random surveys (iOS).

Applications and Platforms / Goals

• GoalsOnTrack - Web-based goal setting and tracking software (iOS & Android).

• Lifetick - Online goal tracking platform.

• stickK - Goal tracking with a monetary commitment.

• Beeminder - Goal tracking with a monetary commitment. Integrates with many devices and apps.

Applications and Platforms / Habits

• Habitica - A habit tracking app which treats your goals like a role playing game (Web, iOS & Android).

• HabitBull - A simple mobile habit tracking app to build and track streaks (iOS & Android).

• Strides - App to track your goals, habits and projects with SMART goal setting (Web, iOS).

• Habit List - Create good habits, break bad ones, build a better you (iOS).

Devices and Wearables / Wealth

• Fitbit - Awesome activity tracking wearables to track steps, heart rate, quality of sleep, and other personal metrics.

• Garmin - World-class range of wearables.

• Withings - Activity tracking and connected devices.

• Wahoo - Connected cycling, running, and fitness devices.

• Hexo Skin - Awesome biometric shirts.

• Whoop - Athletic performance monitoring.

• Zephyr BioHarness - Performance monitoring wearables.

• Apple Watch - Fitness and other health oriented tracking.

Research and Analysis / Wealth

• Open Humans - Data sharing and project collaboration.

• Enlis - Software to organize and analyze your genomic data.

• DNA Fit - Genetic information for fitness and nutrition.

• Family Tree DNA - Genetic testing for ancestry, family history and genealogy.

• Inside Tracker - Science-based blood analytics for performance and health.

• Wellness FX - Blood analysis and health checkup.

• Human API - Health data integration platform.

Open Source Projects / Wealth

• Open mHealth - Open source health data integration tools.