Tally: Time Journal & Tracker

You know the feeling. It's 9 PM and you're wondering where the day went. You were busy — but doing what, exactly?
Tally answers that question. Not with timers or complicated tracking. Just a gentle nudge throughout the day: "What did you just do?" Tap a category and you're done. Three seconds, tops.
Do this for a few days and something shifts. You stop guessing and start seeing. The afternoon you thought was productive? Mostly phone. The evening you felt was wasted? Actually a solid mix of cooking and reading.
Tally doesn't judge. It just shows you the picture.
YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE
Your daily timeline is a visual map of how your hours were spent, color-coded by category. At a glance, you see the shape of your day — what you did, and what slipped by unlogged.
LOG WITHOUT THINKING
- A gentle nudge at the interval you choose
- Quick-log directly from the notification — no need to open the app
- Pick from your most-used categories with a single tap
- Only active during your waking hours — you set the schedule
CATEGORIES THAT FIT YOUR LIFE
Tally comes with 10 default categories: Work, Rest, Exercise, Social Media, Reading, Commute, Cooking, Entertainment, Social, and Other. Add your own — unlimited, with custom icons and colors. Your categories should reflect how you actually spend time, not how you wish you did.
BALANCE, NOT JUST DATA
Tally tracks four dimensions of a well-spent day through balance bars:
- Create: time spent on focused, productive work
- Recharge: rest, exercise, cooking — recovery that actually counts
- Focus: your day minus the distractions
- Awareness: how much of your day you've accounted for
Each bar has a personal target. When all four close, you've had a balanced day — by your own definition, not anyone else's.
SEE THE PATTERNS
The Insights tab breaks down your time across four views:
- Daily: where today's hours went, charted by category
- Weekly: seven days side by side — spot the rhythm of your week
- Monthly: trends that only emerge over longer stretches
- Yearly: the full picture of how your time adds up
No scores designed to guilt you. Just clean data about your own life.
BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY
- iCloud sync keeps your data across all your devices
- Dark mode that follows your system setting
- Works offline — your data is local first, always
- No account required. No sign-up. No analytics tracking you.
Tally is completely free. Every feature, every insight, every category — no paywalls, no limits, no "upgrade to unlock" screens.
WHAT TALLY IS NOT
Tally is not a Pomodoro tool. There are no work/break cycles.
Tally is not a billing tracker. There are no projects or clients.
Tally is a mirror. It shows you where your time goes. What you do with that information is entirely up to you.
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