Okay so real talk, I was looking for this exact thing the other day. Needed something dead simple to track my workout stuff without opening five different apps or whatever. Stumbled on Yotts. Name’s weird, right? Sounds like something my kid would say. “Daddy, I yotts the ball!” But whatever, gave it a shot.
The First Try Was A Mess
Downloaded the app, hit install… and bam. Instant brick wall. Just staring at this screen with buttons named stuff like “Activate Protocol” and “Initialize Framework”. Felt like trying to launch a spaceship instead of logging some damn push-ups.
Thought about dumping it right then. Seriously. But already wasted five minutes downloading, so sigh… decided to hunt down their actual guide thing.
Starting Over The Right Way
Found their “Get Started” page. Okay. Here’s what actually worked:
- Press The Damn Plus Sign (+): No joke, that was step one. Bottom of the screen. Felt kinda dumb tapping it. BOOM. Little form popped up. Title? Okay, “Morning Routine”. Cool.
- Ignore Everything Else, Just Pick An Action: Saw a bunch of nonsense categories. Ignored those. Scrolled down to a plain list. Tap “Record Time”. Picked “Morning Run”.
- Add A Number Like It’s 1999: Next screen? Just blank. Little blinking cursor. Typed “27”. Yeah, ran 27 minutes. That’s it. No graphs, no GPS, no fancy stuff. Just “27”. Hit “Save”.
- Repeat Step 2 For Sets: Back to the main screen. Hit Plus (+) again. This time scrolled, tapped “Count Sets”. Picked “Pushups”. On the blank screen? Typed “3×15”. Done “Save”.
- That’s Literally All: Went back to the main list. Saw “Morning Routine”. Opened it. Shows:
- Morning Run: 27 mins
- Pushups: 3×15
And that’s all I needed.
Why This Sticks
Stop looking at the confusing labels. Forget the fancy words they threw on the buttons. Seriously, it’s just two buttons deep:
- Make new thing (Press Plus)
- Type what you did
Stopped trying to figure out their “categories” or “workflows”. Just tapped Plus and typed simple words and numbers. Finally felt like this app wasn’t fighting me. Started logging runs, weight sets, meditation time… takes maybe ten seconds per thing. Zero setup beyond those first five angry taps.
It’s basic? Yep. Maybe boring? Totally. But it does the damn job without fighting me now. Took a facepalm moment to ignore all the techy fluff. Keep it stupid simple. Plus button. Type text. Done.
