Creating Categories

Daily Tracker allows you to track numerical categories e.g. expenses, calories, weight and so forth or allows you to create lists of notes. This topic describes how to create numerical categories.

A numerical entry contains a value and your notes. When you create a new Category, you just need to specify the title and the type of counter (value) that will be used for your daily entries.

For example, let’s say you want to start tracking your grocery expenses. On the main screen, tap the Command button (top-right corner) and choose “New Category”. Give it a title e.g. “Expenses” and then scroll the type selector to “Number, two decimal places”. Finally, set the units to the currency that you use e.g. $ and you are all set – you can begin tracking your expenses.

Notice that there are also advanced options that you can set. Since expenses are additive over time (unlike, say, your body weight), you’ll want to turn Additive Values ON. You can modify your newly created category at anytime so it’s really easy to experiment with various options. To do that, tap the Edit button (bottom left corner) and chose the category that you’d like to change.

Note that when you create a new Category, the value does not need to be a number. It can be a star rating, a timer, an emoticon and so forth. Choose the value that’s most suitable for what you want to track. If you don’t want any numerical values, for instance, you just want to take daily notes or create a diary, you can designate your category as a List.

Once created, your newly created category will be shown on the main screen. You can tap the color tab that appears on the left to change it. You can also re-order categories by tapping the Edit button and then using the three-lined button on the right to drag a category to its desired position.

Notice that the Day View has two sides to it: Notes and Activity. To toggle between the two, tap the View button (bottom right corner).

The Activity section contains a summary of all the changes that you made on that day. Typically, when you add your own notes, you add them to the Notes section, but you can also add notes to the Activity section if you like. You can easily search your notes by tapping the Search button on the main screen.

Notes can be annotated with pictures, voice memos or map locations. Tap the Command button (top-right corner) to bring up the command menu.

As you start adding entries, you’ll be able to see your weekly and monthly summaries.

Tap the Month or Year buttons to view monthly or yearly summaries. To view weekly averages, swipe a calendar row corresponding to the week that you are interested in.

Notice the Command button at the top-right corner. Much like in the Day View, this button brings up additional commands that are available in a given view, for instance, email your summaries or upload all the entries as a spreadsheet to Google Docs.