How to Put a Year Progress Bar on Your Android Wallpaper

Why a progress wallpaper works

You look at your lock screen dozens of times a day. Putting the passage of time there, as a filling grid of dots or a growing bar, turns an abstract date into something you feel. People use it to stop procrastinating, to pace a project, or simply to appreciate the time they have.

Set it up with PaceWalls

PaceWalls is a live wallpaper that renders the progress of the year, month or day, as well as goals and countdowns, directly on your home and lock screen. It updates itself and uses almost no battery, pausing completely when the screen is off.

1. Install PaceWalls and choose Time, then Year (or Month or Day).
2. Pick a style: a dot grid of circles, squares or emojis, a linear strip, or a radial sweep.
3. Choose colours, or set one of your own photos as the background with a tint so the text stays readable.
4. Tap Set wallpaper and choose home screen, lock screen or both.

Styles that read well

• Dot grid: 365 dots for the year, filling day by day; the most satisfying one.
• Linear strip: a clean bar for minimal home screens.
• Radial: a ring that suits round-icon setups.
• Photo background: keep your favourite wallpaper and overlay the progress on it.

Battery and privacy

Live wallpapers earned a bad reputation from animated ones that ran constantly. PaceWalls redraws only when the value changes and stops entirely while the screen is off. Your goals, dates and photos stay on the device.