Potty training tracker app: a simple log of wins and accidents

A log, not a method

There are many ways to potty train, and EasyRoutine does not pick one for you. It gives no advice on readiness, age or rewards. It records what happened and when, so you are not reconstructing the day from memory at bedtime.

If you have questions about whether your child is ready, about constipation, pain or anything else that worries you, talk to your pediatrician or health visitor. A clear log of the last few days can be useful to bring to that conversation.

Set it up: a few activities, one routine

Create a routine called Potty training and add a small set of activities:

• Potty, each time your child sits on the potty or toilet
• Accident, each wet or soiled pair of pants
• Dry nap, when they wake up dry
• Dry night, when the morning diaper or bed is dry

Keeping accidents as their own activity matters: tap its tile and you see only the accidents, so "when was the last one?" takes a second. If you prefer, split Potty into Pee and Poo. There is no limit on activities, and you can rename or archive them as things change.

Free: log each trip and accident in a few taps

When something happens, open today on the calendar, tap + Log and pick the activity. It is saved with the current time. Too busy with wet clothes to log it right away? Add it later and set the time it really happened; logs can be added for any earlier time.

Logging, the calendar and the full history are free, with no limit on logs.

Free: flags and notes on each log

Every log can carry a green, amber or red flag and a short note. One way to use them on Potty:

• green: went in the potty
• amber: sat, nothing happened
• red: started but did not make it in time

Notes catch what you would forget by evening: "pee, asked by herself", "at grandma's", "after a big drink at lunch", "refused to sit". On an accident, note where and what was going on, like "during play" or "in the car". When you open the log sheet for an activity, it shows your last few notes for it, so you can see the recent run before you log the next one. Notes stay with each log and are not shown on the calendar itself.

The app does not count or score anything for you. The flags are just colors you pick, so you can read them at a glance.

Free: spot patterns by time of day

The week view lists each day's logs in time order, and the day view shows every log with its time: potty at 8:00 and 10:30, an accident at 15:10. After a few days, patterns show up on their own. Accidents that cluster in the late afternoon, or right after nap, or on daycare days, are easy to see once they are on a calendar instead of in your head.

Tap the Accident tile at the top to show only accidents. The last tile is the last accident, and the gaps between them show whether they are getting rarer. The month view shows the longer stretch: the first chaotic week next to the calmer ones. More about the calendar.

Premium: scheduled potty times with a reminder

Many parents use regular potty times in the first weeks. With Premium, open the Plan tab and give Potty recurring times, for example 8:00, 10:30, 13:30 and 16:30 every day. An activity holds up to four recurring times; if you want more, add a second activity such as Potty (evening) with its own times.

Each time can carry a reminder, on time or 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes before, so a busy morning does not slide past the 10:30 potty break. Planned times show as faded entries on the calendar until you log them. A start and end date can limit the schedule to the first weeks, so it stops on its own when you no longer need it. Premium also removes ads. How reminders work.

Two parents, one record?

Your routines and logs belong to your account and sync to every phone or iPad where you are signed in. There is no sharing between two different accounts and no family plan, so if each parent signs in with their own account, each keeps a separate log. How sign-in and sync work.

The app needs an internet connection to open and to log.

Common questions

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