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The streak counter tracks days in a row with an entry; the heatmap shows your year of writing.
Consistent Notes keeps two gentle scoreboards. Neither judges word count — the point is showing up.
The streak counter next to the app’s name counts days in a row with a non-empty entry — even one word counts. Write something today and the badge appears; the count grows each consecutive day you write.
Miss a day and the streak starts over. Because the count runs through today, the badge stays hidden until you’ve written something today — yesterday’s work keeps the entries, not the badge.
The heatmap’s legend also shows your longest streak — the longest run of consecutive writing days within the current calendar year.
The Heatmap tab (⌘Y) shows the whole current year, one row per month, scrollable top to bottom. Hover any day to preview its entry; click to open it. Today gets a dot.
Darker days had more list items (bullets and checkboxes) — a day with three bullets is darker than a day with one, and a day of paragraphs alone is bright. The scale runs from one list item up to thirty-three and beyond; it’s about the shape of your day, not the word count.
Why list items? They’re the cleanest signal of “what I did today” — plans, checks, and notes to self all count — without turning the heatmap into a word-count contest.
Streaks work best as a nudge, not a job. If the count gets loud, remember: one word keeps it going, and streaks reset with no ceremony. The heatmap is the calmer view — a year of days, each exactly as dark as the day deserved.