Even in context, consider a user may want to check multiple habits off at one time (I've done 3 things, now recording those in the app), and stopping for each one to see this LONG animation would be problematic for me. (caveat - I'm not familiar enough with the app to know if it plays each time or what.)

If it does play a lot, it'd be annoying enough that I'd be looking for a new app or looking to see if there is an accessibility setting to remove animations.