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Find the peaks in your logged hours

A total for the month hides how different the days inside it were, a quiet one right next to one that went entirely to a series. The blocks of best and worst stretches on the Time tab find those edges, and dates of your own let you look at any piece of the diary, a holiday, say, or the weeks after a change you made.

Before you start

Look back on your logged hours shows how to open the Time tab and choose a period.

Steps

  1. Open the best results

    Choose All, the whole diary from the first entry to the last, and tap Best Wasted Results. On the wasted side the best day is the one with the least wasted time, 00:20 on 7 June in the example, and Best Week sits under it. A week shows up once the period runs longer than two weeks, a month once it runs longer than two months and a year once it runs longer than two years.

    Best Wasted Results open on All, with a best day of 00:20 and a best week of 07:05
  2. See where most of the time went

    Tap Areas for Improvement for the other edge, the day and the week that took the most, here Most Wasted Day with 04:05 on 23 May. A week or a month that hasn't ended yet takes part on equal terms with the finished ones.

    Areas for Improvement open under the best results, with a most wasted day of 04:05 and a most wasted week of 09:25
  3. Turn to meaningful time

    Switch to Meaningful, and both blocks are worked out again for that side. Here the best day is the one with the most time, 01:20 on 13 June, and the weakest stretches go by the names Lowest Day and Lowest Week.

    The meaningful side on All, with Best Meaningful Results showing a best day of 01:20
  4. Pick your own dates

    To look at a stretch of your own, tap the first date under the period buttons, pick a day in the calendar, 24 May in the example, and tap Done. The second date works the same way. The arrows then move the whole stretch by its own length, a start date set after the end date pulls the end date along with it, and a tap on any of the period buttons brings the usual periods back.

    The calendar of May 2026 with the 24th picked and the Done button

What's next

See how a topic adds up shows the same kind of numbers for one topic, and Sort and filter your entries brings up the entries behind a day that stood out.

Get the app

Everything in these guides happens in the Wastime app, which keeps your calendars and diary on your phone and works offline.

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