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Holistik: Activity Overview (Garmin Watch App)

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:17:08 +0100

Garmin watches (such as the Fenix 5 Plus which I have) gather a lot of info about your exercise activity, but to see it you need to log in to your Connect IQ account in their app or a browser, using a separate device such as a phone or laptop.

One of the things I like most about this watch is that despite the usual ecosystem tie-ins, you can do most things with it offline, even including GPS navigation as it stores its own offline maps and has a GPS device built-in (unlike lots of other devices that depend on beign BlueTooth-linked to your phone for GPS features). The only sore point for me is the lack of a visual overview of activities, without logging in to Connect IQ.

This app is my solution. Get a birds-eye view at different zoom levels (days, weeks or months at a time) - great when your device is offline and you want to check your activity levels at a glance!

Days
Weeks
Months

How to Use

Day Colours

Days (squares) are coloured according to how many activities you recorded that day, plus time spent or distance covered:

Activity level	Warm themes	Cool themes
Some	Yellow	Light Green
Moderate	Red	Mid Green
High	Dark Red	Dark Green

Some other days are coloured to help you see what’s what. Where the year or month is written in text, the same colours will also be used.

Day type	Warm, Dark theme	Cool, Dark theme	Warm, Light theme	Cool, Light theme
No activities recorded	Light Grey	Light Grey	Light Grey	Light Grey
Weekends	Dark Grey	Dark Grey	Dark Grey	Dark Grey
First of the month	Dark Blue	Orange	Navy	Brown
First day of the year	Purple	Yellow	Brown	Dark Red

Watch Button Functions


Start	Change view (Days/Weeks/Months)
Up	Previous day/week/month
Down	Next day/week/month
Menu press + hold Up	Show Settings screen

Views


Days	Details of individual activities for the selected day eg “5:30am Train 32mins”
	View: Days, Theme: Warm View: Days, Theme: Cool


Weeks	Shows combined activity totals for the selected week eg “Train 3hrs”, “Walk 7hrs 21 miles”
	View: Weeks, Theme: Warm View: Weeks, Theme: Cool


Months	Shows combined totals just like the weeks view Depending on device performance and number of recorded activities, it can take a second or so to jump from month to month. Buttons remain active during this time (eg if you’re on December and you press UP 6 times you’ll still land on June, it might just take a moment to catch up).
	View: Months, Theme: Warm View: Months, Theme: Cool

Hints and Tips

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To maximise usage of space on round screens, days flow in a ‘snaking’ pattern

Past > Future Days

…like an airport queue.

Earlier days are to the left, later to the right.

The day you select in Days View affects how the weeks/months are centred in the other views

In Days View if you select a Wednesday, then Weeks View will be centred around Wednesdays
In Days View if you select the 17th, then Months View will be centred around the 17th of each month

Holistik only uses activities which have been recorded/stored on your watch

— so not heart rate, steps etc.

Holistik runs entirely offline

…using activity data which is already stored on your watch.

It does not store or send your information anywhere.

Settings

Press and hold Menu while the app is running to change settings:


Theme	Light, Warm	Dark, Warm	Light, Cool	Dark, Cool
Font	Small	Medium	Large
Date Format	dd/mm	mm/dd
Difficulty [1]	Basic	Intermediate	Advanced
Duration Display [2]	Basic	Intermediate	Advanced
Duration Display	Hours and Fractions	Minutes
Initial View [3]	Basic	Intermediate	Advanced
Duration Display	Months	Weeks	Days
Text Display [4]	Basic	Intermediate	Advanced
Duration Display	Show Dates	Show Activity Details


[1] Difficulty	Change according to your fitness level and the calculations will adjust so the coloured days make sense for you
[2] Duration Display	Activity durations can be shown in minutes (‘73mins’) or to the nearest fraction of an hour (‘1 1/4hrs’)
[3] Initial View	View to display when first opening the app
[4] Text Display	If ‘Show Dates’ is disabled dates will still be shown temporarily while you move backwards and forwards, then disappear after a second or two

App Permissions


User Profile	Allows the app to read the activity data before displaying it
Persisted Content	Allows the app to store/read your settings detailed above