Guide

What are reliable minutes?

Reliable minutes are the minutes you can trust enough to use in comparisons, not just the minutes that were recorded.

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Recorded
Everything the app captured

This includes raw time, even if some of it is not strong enough for analysis.

Reliable
Only the minutes you can trust

Reliable minutes exclude low-confidence periods so comparisons stay more meaningful.

Use
Compare with less noise

When you ask Hydrogen for a comparison, reliable minutes help it avoid overconfident answers.

Why it matters

Reliable minutes protect the quality of your comparison

If you use raw recorded time alone, you can mistake noisy data for a real pattern. Reliable minutes make the comparison stricter.

FAQ

Quick answers

What are reliable minutes?

Reliable minutes are the minutes you can trust enough to use in comparisons, not just the minutes that were recorded.

Why not use total recorded minutes?

Recorded minutes can include noisy or low-confidence periods, which makes comparisons less trustworthy.

When should I care about them?

You should care whenever you want Hydrogen to compare one period against another with less guesswork.

Next step

Install and track first

Track a few normal workdays, then compare reliable minutes before asking for deeper analysis.