How Tracker Totals Are Calculated
A tracker selects the dated trips in its places, merges overlapping calendar days, and counts them inside its window. The result is compared with the limit you set.
Five settings determine the result
- Places: only trips in the selected countries or US states qualify.
- Unit: the Limit row counts Days, Nights, or days Away.
- Window: Rolling, Year, and Per Entry trackers examine different date ranges.
- Limit: the threshold that sets the tracker’s progress and status. With the Reach Target goal it is a Target instead.
- Trip precision: trips with exact dates count. Year Only and Transit trips contribute zero days.
Days and nights
The Days unit counts the arrival day and the departure day in full, so a stay from 1 June to 3 June is three days. The Nights unit counts the nights between arrival and departure, so the same stay is two. Nights do not bridge back-to-back stays: the night between one trip’s departure day and the next trip’s arrival day counts for neither, even in the same country.
Overlapping days count once
Rolling, Year, and days-away trackers merge trips that cover the same calendar day, so an overlap in your Timeline does not count twice. A Per Entry tracker does not merge trips at all, as described below.
Rolling windows move every day
A rolling tracker always ends today. Its Length is either a fixed number of days, or a number of calendar months counted back from today. Older days leave the window while newer trip days enter it, so the total can change without any edit to a trip.
Year trackers
A Year tracker counts across one year, beginning on the date in its Starts row. A 1 January start makes it a calendar year; any other start date makes it a fiscal year.
Per Entry trackers follow one stay
A Per Entry tracker measures a single stay. It uses the ongoing stay when there is one, and otherwise the most recently ended stay. It does not add separate visits together. When the tracker has a Start date, days before that date are left out.
Ongoing and planned trips
A trip with no end date counts through today. A trip that starts in the future does not change the current total; it appears on the chart as planned travel, and the forecast uses it. Checking whether a planned trip fits covers the forecast.
Read the detail chart
Open a tracker to see how its count changes over time. The chart has two views: a scrollable close-up and a view of the whole period. Pinch or double-tap the chart to switch; each tracker remembers its own choice.
Rolling, Year, and days-away trackers also show a sentence under the chart when your plans change the outcome, such as the date you would reach the limit. Trackers with two limits show a chart for each limit instead; see trackers with two limits.
The Goal, Limit, and Window rows that shape the chart are set in the tracker editor. Tap the sliders icon at the top of the tracker’s detail screen to open it.
Check which trips affect a tracker
Open its detail view and read the trips listed under the chart, then compare its places and window with your Timeline. Pay special attention to ongoing trips, Transit, Year Only records, overlaps, and missing US state tags. To add a trip for that tracker, tap + above its trip list.
Last updated September 30, 2026