“0 / 5 images” tells you a count. “0% used” tells you a story.
Before this release, Arka's usage indicators showed raw counters: 0/5 images today, 0/3 deep reasonings, 0/5 files. We replaced them with percentages. A small change with a surprisingly large effect.
Why percentages over counts
When you read “0/5 images,” your brain does the conversion: I have used zero of five, so I have five left, so I am at zero percent. When you read “0% used,” your brain skips two steps. The bar fills, the percentage climbs, the meaning is immediate.
This becomes very valuable when the numbers get unequal. Free plan gives 5 images and 3 reasonings; if you used 2 reasonings, you are at 66% of your reasoning limit, but only 0% of your images. The raw count made you compute that. The percentage shows it.
Where the new usage indicators live
Settings has a new Usage tab. Three long progress bars: Images, Deep Reasoning, Files. Each one shows the percentage on the right, the label and “Resets in 24 hours” on the left, and the bar fills in Arka orange (turning amber at 60% and red at 100%). Below that, a single number for total chats — the only metric that genuinely is a count.
The old “Today's Usage” emoji dropdown that lived in the top bar on mobile is gone. The childish icons too. Everything usage-related now lives in one clean Settings tab. Combined with the new pricing page, upgrading from Free to Pro feels like a continuous gradient instead of a sudden cliff.