Daily Tracker allows you to track “things” as either lists or calendar entries.
A calendar entry typically contains a value and your notes. When you create a new Category, you just need to specify the title and what value 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 on the command button (top-right corner) and choose “New Category”. Give it a title e.g. “Expenses” and then specify that you want your daily entries to contain a number with two decimal digits. Also, set the units to the currency that you use e.g. $. Once you tap on the Done button, you can begin tracking your expenses.
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 values, for instance if just want to take daily notes or create a diary, you can use the scroll wheel to designate your category as a list of notes.
Once created, your newly created category will be shown on the main screen. You can tap on the color tab that appears on the left to change it. You can also re-order categories by tapping on 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 on the view button located in the lower 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. You can easily search your notes by tapping on the search button on the main screen. Having said that, you can also write down anything that’s relevant to the changes you make in the Activity section. For example, if you are tracking expenses, you can write down what you spent your money on.
Notes can be annotated with pictures, voice memos or map locations. Tap on the Command button located in the top-right corner to bring up the command menu.
As you start adding more and more entries, you will be able to see your weekly and monthly summaries and more importantly, start drawing interesting conclusions.
Tap on the Month or Year links to see the summaries. To view weekly averages, swipe a calendar row corresponding to the week that you are interested in.
Notice the Command button in the top-right corner. Much like on 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.
