Pacing zones
Pacing answers a different question than gauge color: am I drifting from the ideal rhythm right now? It's an independent system that drives badges, dots, and track bars throughout the app.
The ideal rhythm
Pacing compares your current usage to the expected usage at the same point of the window. If half the window has elapsed, you'd ideally be at 50% used.
The delta from this ideal rhythm, with a margin you control, decides the zone.
Four zones
| Icon | Color | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chill | Leaf | Green | Ahead of pace, healthy |
| On Track | Bolt | Blue | On the ideal rhythm |
| Watch | Hare | Orange | Drifting fast (new in v5.0) |
| Hot | Flame | Red | Burning much faster than ideal |
Configurable margin
The margin is adjustable via the Pacing sensitivity slider (default 10 points, range 5 to 30 in steps of 5). The Watch threshold is automatically 2 x margin, so the single slider drives both bounds.
Why pacing and smart can diverge
They answer different questions, so they can land on different colors for the same numbers - and both are right.
Concrete example: 30% used in the first hour of a 7-day window.
- Pacing: expected ~0.6%, delta = +29.4 -> hot (red).
- Smart: rhythm is unreliable that early in the window, projection and pacing are damped by confidence -> chill (green).