Ben's Virtues3.2.9 - App Store

Follow Benjamin Franklin's 13-week virtue system used for nearly 300 years to build discipline, honesty, moderation, industry, humility, and more.

. Focus on one virtue each week
. Takes one minute every evening
. Free, no ads, and no account necessary
. Apple Watch and widget make it even easier to track your virtues

In 1726, while on an 80-day ocean voyage from London to Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin developed a plan and corresponding chart for regulating his future conduct.

He based his plan on a chart of thirteen virtues. He committed to giving strict attention to one virtue each week - placing a mark on his chart each time he transgressed that week’s virtue. After thirteen weeks he moved through all thirteen virtues. He would repeat the course four times a year.

Use this modern incarnation of Benjamin Franklin’s original chart to improve and regulate your daily conduct. Every evening review your day. Tap the day's date to place a mark if you transgressed the week's virtue. One virtue is highlighted every week and the whole chart should be completed four times in a year. The goal is to live your days - giving strict attention to each virtue - without having to place any marks on your chart.

Thank you for checking out Ben's Virtues. If you like the app please let me know what virtue you are currently focusing on by leaving a quick review.

Version History Small fix to the home screen widget appearance.

"Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle."
– Benjamin Franklin 3.2.9 (108) Sep 25 A fresher iOS experience

• New Liquid Glass tab bar and Liquid Glass switches in Settings
• Updated Settings with a cleaner layout
• More reliable daily reminders: virtues stay in sync with your chart, Home Screen widget, and Apple Watch
• Fixed a notification timing bug that could send a reminder for the wrong virtue a day early
• Fixed a display issue affecting Spanish and Russian users on the About screen
• Small refinements in typography 3.2.8 (106) Sep 9 Home Screen Widget

• Add Ben Franklin to your Home Screen as a gentle reminder to follow your weekly virtues
• See your current virtue and how many marks you’ve made this week, at a glance
• Tap the widget to jump right to your chart

“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
– Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739 3.2.7 (101) Aug 20 You can now choose whether your virtue week starts on Sunday or Monday. This is a feature that has been suggested in app reviews.

• New start your chart on Sunday or Monday option in settings
• Apple Watch stays in sync better with your iPhone
• Apple Watch display improvements

Thank you for practicing the virtues with us. 3.2.6 (100) Jul 25 This update further improves accessibility throughout the app.

• Better support for VoiceOver,Voice Control, Larger Text, Bold Text, and Dark Mode
• Chart and navigation are now easier to use with assistive technologies
• Improved contrast when Increase Contrast is enabled
• Clearer labels and hints across the app
• Respects Reduced Motion
• Plus iPad layout improvements for the chart and About screen

Thank you for practicing Ben's thirteen virtues with us. 3.2.4 (91) Jul 1 What’s New in 3.2.3

This update is for everyone who tracks Franklin’s virtues — including people who navigate by ear. Ben's Virtues now works better for assistive technology users. This update includes screen reader labels and better support for larger text, in all four languages the app already speaks.

Accessibility
• VoiceOver support
• Better support for larger text sizes
• Clearer labels for toggles, buttons, and chart cells

Improvements & Updates
• Visual refinements to the chart
• Improved layout at normal and large text sizes
• Improved typography

Apple Watch
• Complication and sync improvements
• More reliable watch app installation workflow

Other
• General stability and performance improvements

Thank you for using Ben’s Virtues — and for practicing Franklin’s method. 3.2.3 (89) Jun 25 App Store listing updates. New app screenshots. No changes to app functionality. 3.2.2 (88) Jun 20 It has been some time since an update, but here we go.

Reliability
• Improved startup stability
• Course data is repaired automatically if saved chart data is damaged

Apple Watch
• Complication displays the current virtue name in your app language
• Watch updates more consistently when you move to a new virtue week

Reminders & notifications
• Daily virtue reminders now respect your local time zone more reliably

Interface
• Dark mode has a consistent appearance
• Chart and Settings layout polish

Other
• Fixed an issue where the “course completed” message could appear more than once
• Miscellaneous bug fixes
• Performance improvements

“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
- ​Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738 3.2.1 (86) Jun 19 Version 3.1.1 includes some basic virtue statistics and some updates to improve user experience and stability. Updates include:

- Added statistics (tap the Settings tab to see your strongest and weakest virtues and more)
- App opens to the chart when tapping on notification
- Small improvements in the chart logic
- Small update in the chart user experience
- Stability and performance improvements
- Additional improvements to better sync with Ben’s Virtues on Apple Watch
- Fixed a typo in the description for sincerity (thanks to those who noticed)

Thank you for using Ben’s Virtues.

“Well done is better than well said.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737 3.1.1 01/08/2021 Version 3.1 includes some basic virtue statistics and some updates to improve user experience and stability. Updates include:

- Added statistics (tap the Settings tab to see your strongest and weakest virtues and more)
- App opens to the chart when tapping on notification
- Small improvements in the chart logic
- Small update in the chart user experience
- Stability and performance improvements
- Additional improvements to better sync with Ben’s Virtues on Apple Watch

Thank you for using Ben’s Virtues.

“Well done is better than well said.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737 3.1.0 12/24/2020 Version 3.0 includes an interface refresh and a refactor under the hood to improve stability and make future updates more seamless. Updates include:

- Stability and performance improvements
- Design and interface updates
- Dark mode (reflects your preferences in Display & Brightness settings)
- Improved settings (options for reminders, etc are now in-app)
- Haptic feedback when tapping a virtue (if supported on device)
- Improvements to better sync with Ben’s Virtues on Apple Watch

Thank you for using Ben’s Virtues.

“When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1748 3.0 11/24/2020 This update includes some minor bug fixes. Thank you for using Ben's Virtues. 2.1.0 09/16/2020 This update includes ongoing improvements in the data model and bug fixes. Stay tuned for some upcoming welcome improvements. Thank you for using Ben’s Virtues. 2.0.6 04/28/2020 New with this version: track your virtues with Ben’s Virtues on your Apple Watch. 2.0.4 09/08/2018 Bug fixes and groundwork for some exciting upcoming updates.

Thanks to all for the app reviews, feedback, feature suggestions. 2.0.3 07/31/2017 Bug fixes 2.0.2 06/29/2017 • Built from scratch from the bottom up
• Foundations laid for forthcoming additional features, stay tuned
• Squeakier, cleaner design

NB This is a complete rebuild, so please note that when you update the app your progress will be reset. 2.0.1 06/21/2017 • Built from scratch from the bottom up
• Foundations laid for forthcoming additional features, stay tuned
• Squeakier, cleaner design

NB This is a complete rebuild, so please note that when you update the app your progress will be reset. 2.0.0 06/18/2017 • Fix for white screen on load that affected few users on older devices with older operating systems.
• Note only to iPhone 4S users running a non-current version of iOS: you may need to uninstall the previous version of Ben's Virtues before updating. This will reset your progress. 1.1.1 04/01/2013 • Optimized for iPhone 5.
• Added a setting to display Ben Franklin's portrait on app start. To find this setting open the Settings application then tap on Ben's Virtues, then turn on "Show Ben's Portrait." 1.1 03/21/2013 Minor chart bug fix. 1.0.9 06/14/2011 Rebuilt to support iPad, as well as iPhone.
Now available in French (as well as Spanish, Russian, and English).
Bug fixes and optimizations. 1.0.8 02/08/2011 Optimized for Retina Display (finally!) 1.0.7 11/05/2010 Bug fix regarding iOS 4 multitasking 1.0.6 08/01/2010 iOS 4 Compatibility 1.0.5 07/07/2010