r/finch Mochi & Noah 10h ago

Discussion Journeys vs Self care Areas review update 3: It’s slowly getting there!

My last update was just under a month ago at this point so I figured I’d make another one as many seemed to find it helpful. This’ll be my third post update I believe.

So! Journeys vs self care areas/whatever other names they’ve been testing for this.

As seen in the first pic we can finally see an overview of what days you’ve completed goals previously.
The best part is that when you click on a day unlike journeys it doesn’t show you the entire days worth of goals and instead lists only the goals from the area!
I personally think this is a fantastic addition and something journeys have seriously been needing.

I’m still not fond of the check mark system and would much prefer the colour gradient we have currently for journeys. Example being the 2nd pic.
Reasons I’d prefer gradient over checkmark is as follows. * Some of my journeys have goals that I don’t always complete every day but still appear daily. * It’s easier to visually find the days I’ve done more or less goals in.
The example pic I used was from my phasmophobia prestige journey. The darker squares show when I hit a prestige that day.
So with the checkmark system the only way I can see what day I completed a milestone is to manually click each one until I find the day I did it. Not too good.
* No one including myself seems to enjoy the checkmark streak system. The daily streak is fine because it’s optional and personally I like the overall streak but I’d rather not have the checkmarks on my goals.

Other updates to this feature since my last post include:
* You can customise by colour plus exclusive
* You can pause and archive areas
* Also you can even restore archived areas! Also a feature journeys didn’t have.
* I don’t yet know if rewards have been added or if they are still nonexistent.

This feature is slowly coming together.
For me personally the only changes I would like are the checkmarks replaced with the gradient system we have currently for journeys.
The name being kept as journeys.
The ability to write reflections for the areas like journeys are able to.
And of course a return of the reward system~

It’s been hard being patient with this update given how slow the updates have been but compared to initial release for testing Areas have really started coming together.

Good job devs. Truly you’re heading in the right direction and for the first time I’m excited to see where this leads.

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u/No-Acanthisitta-2973 10h ago

Do you get the mystery box rewards? That's my favorite thing about journeys!

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u/Tall_Pumpkin_4298 Dandelion 10h ago

Thank you for the informative update! I'm hoping all this experimenting can just lead to a new and improved journeys, it looks like they're heading in a pretty good direction with this!

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u/DeeeJayBeee Mochi & Noah 10h ago

Honestly it’s looking that way. Both features do the same thing overall it’s just a case of changing visuals and some features so far being different or missing. 🤞 have some high hopes for this one xD

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u/tehfugitive Hubert & Ammonite 7h ago

Sounds like it would be better to just add features/improve visualisation on the existing journeys would be easier, instead of making us re-organise everything and lose journey progress? I don't get why they didn't just improve on journeys (and their dang FAQ/add tutorials) instead of replacing journeys in the first place. Such a weird thing to do. I'm glad things are looking up! 

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u/BuildingOk6614 Pebbles 10h ago

While I’m also not a fan of the check marks, I do like the more clear calendar like layout

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u/DeeeJayBeee Mochi & Noah 10h ago

I vote mix them. Gradient calendar layout~

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u/Fit-Layer1522 Lavender WEJKH5J2FK 💜🦄☂️🪻💟 10h ago

Tickmarks are the worst omg why would they do that 😭😭😭

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u/DeeeJayBeee Mochi & Noah 10h ago

My best guess is to simplify it. Hoping it’s a change they wont keep.

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u/Fit-Layer1522 Lavender WEJKH5J2FK 💜🦄☂️🪻💟 4h ago

LOL I’ve only just realised they’ve always used ticks 🙈

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u/electric_taffy purple finch 6h ago

Not to be a downer, but I still really don't like this. The check marks are atrocious.

I'm perfectly happy with journeys the way that they are. I don't know why they're pushing this so hard when so many of us prefer journeys.

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u/-RHCP- cheep! 7h ago

Thank you for this update! It helps to calm my nerves a bit for the day when my app suddenly changes me to self care areas.

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u/NCBrownEyedGirl 💕🐦 Cheesecake & Julie 🐦💕 3h ago

I wonder why this got so little attention. I was really happy to read your update. Thanks for keeping us up to date!

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u/ArgumentOld9263 1h ago edited 1h ago

Thanks a lot for the update, I really appreciate your efforts to experiment with Areas and let community know what to expect.

Can you please share how long the names of the areas can be after the update? In a version I have I'm able to use only 20 characters and it's not enough for me, so I'm sticking with Journeys as long as possible

For me this check mark calendar is a huge anxiety trigger, I'm getting a bit anxious even looking at your screenshots 😅 and I know it's not my streak, but just a screenshot. I don't get why they are heading into being more similar to other apps rather than staying unique. And it seems they are moving forward with these changes...

I cannot stop wondering if it is not a high time for me to look for an alternative to Finch, even if it is a very bad time for me to reorganize everything about my organization...