How to get started with EasyRoutine

EasyRoutine has three building blocks: routines, the activities inside them, and logs that record when you did an activity. This guide shows each one in the app and points to the guide for every next step.

Before you start

Install EasyRoutine and sign in. Everything in this guide is free.

Three words to know:

Routine: a named group of things you do together, such as Supplements, Gym, PM skin or Dog.
Activity: one thing inside a routine, such as Vitamin D, Deadlift, Retinol or Dog walk. It has a name, a color and, if you like, a photo.
Log: one record that you did an activity at a certain time, with an optional note and a red, amber or green flag. Log an activity as often as you do it: a dog walked three times a day gets three logs.

1. Open the Routines tab

Tap Routines in the bar at the bottom. It lists your routines and how many activities each has. Keep a routine to things you do in one go or for one purpose: your morning supplements, your gym session, your evening skin care, your dog. Plants or cleaning make good routines too.

The Routines tab in EasyRoutine listing four routines, Supplements, Gym, PM skin and Dog, with their activity counts — Your routines

2. Tap a routine to see its activities

Tap a routine. Its screen lists the activities in it, each with its photo or color, and the Add activity button. Tap an activity to change its name, photo or color.

The Supplements routine in EasyRoutine listing Vitamin D, Omega-3 and Magnesium with their photos — One routine's activities

3. Open the Calendar to see your logs

Tap Calendar at the bottom and pick the routine at the top. The activity tiles sit above the calendar, and every log shows on the day and at the time you did it. Switch between Day, Week and Month at the top. Faded entries are planned activities, which come with Premium scheduling.

EasyRoutine Day view of today for the Supplements routine with its logs, the Vitamin D log marked with a green flag — Today's logs on the Calendar

4. Tap a log to see its note and flag

Tap a log on the calendar. The Log Entry sheet shows its Flag, its Date & time and its Comment, here "With breakfast" and a green flag. You can change any of them and tap Save, or delete the log. Notes and flags belong to that one log, not to the activity. Tip for the gym: write the weight in the comment, such as "Squat 5x5 at 60 kg". The next time you log Squat, the sheet lists up to five earlier comments for that activity under Previous comments, just above Comment, so you can see what you lifted last time.