1000 Hours Outside

Can’t use the app unless you pay for Excel code 💀

I love this program and the ideas shared by Ginny on her podcast etc, but the app lacks a widget for the Lock Screen so I am constantly forgetting to stop the timer when I come back inside. Not getting value for money because tracking time outside is literally the point of the app.

My family has started using this app. Is it easy to use and you can have several family members tracked at once, which are major highlights for us! My complaints are simply that: 1) you cannot switch between profiles to independently view progress - you can only look at the “main” profile. 2) similarly, you cannot really add/adjust activity times for subsequent profiles on a day to day basis 3) you cannot have multiple people tracking separately at the same time. Your options are to choose one person to track or everyone. If you are trying to track multiple kids and have a larger family, this can be a problem when you are not all together. All in all, the app seems like a good start but I would like to see more work done to justify the price point. I would argue the app in its present state should be free due to these very pressing limitations.

I purchased this app so my kids could track their hours outside, but only 1 person or 1 group of people can track their time at once. I have 4 kids and they are in and out all day long at various times which makes this app useless for us since there is only one timer. If you’re a mom with small children and you are always together for your outside time, this app would be great. If more than one person wants to track their time using the timer on this app, I would skip it.

This is a fabulous app if you are an intentional family who knows the value of getting outdoors together. It allows each member to track their outside time separately for those outdoor times when you aren’t all present. It takes half a second of your phone time to press the start button and stop it when you go back indoors. The dopamine hit from achieving a new digital badge is also fantastic. I love what Ginny and her family have created in this program!

This app is the best. Easy to use and I love that I can save photos. It saves your outdoor memories in a seamless way.

The timer constantly stops and stalls while I am out. Not reliable

I like the idea but the execution in the app has been challenging. I am attempting to track for all members of my family but when I edited the time for one of my family members twice it added the time to the total twice instead of changing the time. It’s not very intuitive for different profiles and it only tracks the latest time on the calendar (not all time, or a particular chosen profile). I think it would work well if you were just using it as an individual since all my challenges are related to multiple profiles. For a paid app I expected a smoother experience or the opportunity to trial it first.

I can’t access any of my badges, the app will close. Sometimes when I’m inputting hours, the app will randomly close. I love the movement and love tracking my hours but I expected more since I had to purchase the app.

I love this challenge and have been doing it for two months. The app is a great way to keep track of my time and add a little journal entry to remember each experience. I’ve even gotten about 5 friends to join along! There are a couple changes I wish the app could provide: being able to look back at a photo album that contains all the pictures from the month (rather than having to click on every entry), being able to share with friends/see their progress/cheer them on, and a little visual to illustrate how near/far you are to completing the 1000 hours! Here’s to spending more time outside! Cheers!