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Getting started
- Get started with RoutinelyCreate an account and set up your first useful plan.
- Reset your password or sign back inRecover access when you forgot your password.
How Routinely works
- Why do I have to finish First Rhythm before planning?Why the app asks about sleep and commitments before building a day.
- Why is a commitment locked in my plan?Understand fixed time, flexible work, and where to edit each one.
- Why does Routinely ask me to review a new plan?Understand proposed shifts, approval, and plan changes.
- Why is a task or routine still unallocated?What it means when there is no suitable open time.
- What is the difference between Do-Date and Due-Date?Choose a day to work or a deadline to finish.
- Why does a short focus session have no break?How Routinely chooses a break pattern for focus time.
Planning and routines
- Set or change planning boundariesProtect sleep, routines, meals, movement, and fixed commitments.
- Use Home to handle today’s planFollow the current timeline and handle changes during the day.
- Add and manage a taskCapture work, give it a date, and mark it complete.
- Add an event to your scheduleCreate a one-time commitment in Routinely.
- Why did a meal or movement block appear beside my event?Understand a current limit in automatic routine matching.
Focus and reflection
- Start and finish a focus sessionPick a duration, work on a task, and take a break.
Calendar and permissions
- Import a Google or Apple calendarChoose calendars and bring existing events into Routinely.
- Choose reminders and pause them for vacationControl notification preferences and quiet time away.
- Why can’t I edit an imported calendar event here?Keep the original calendar in control of synced event details.
- What happens when I hide an imported event?Hide a synced event here without deleting the original.
- Why doesn’t an all-day event block my whole day?Choose whether an imported all-day event affects planning time.
- Do I have to connect a calendar?Plan manually if you prefer not to import events.
- Why does my calendar say connected but import pending?Finish choosing calendars after account connection.
- Why did a reminder not arrive?The usual reasons a reminder is quiet.
Connect
- Connect with someone and share a planInvite a person and plan time together.
- Change or remove a shared planKnow what happens when plans change for two people.
- Can I make a shared plan with a group?What Connect supports at launch.
- Does a Connect invitation include membership access?Separate planning invitations from access codes.
Subscription and billing
- View or manage your subscriptionSee your plan and open Apple subscription management.
- Restore a purchase or redeem a codeRecover membership access after reinstalling or changing devices.
- Why is creating or editing locked?What read-only mode means for your saved information.
- Why does access change when I’m offline?How Routinely uses the last verified access state.
- Why is one plan selected, and where are the others?Find monthly and six-month options, and check trial eligibility.
Privacy and account
- Privacy, analytics, and your planning dataFind the privacy policy and control optional product analytics.
- Permanently delete your accountDelete your profile and planning data, and handle any Apple subscription separately.
- Are Routinely emails the same as reminders?Choose optional email updates separately from in-app reminders.
Troubleshooting
- If a focus timer looks wrongCheck a timer that stopped, disappeared, or did not update.
- Fix missing or stale calendar eventsRefresh a calendar connection or change imported calendars.
- Troubleshoot a general app problemUseful checks before you contact support.
- My approved flexible time moved unexpectedlyCheck a changed plan after another review or refresh.
Still stuck? Email support@getroutinely.app. We aim to reply within 3-5 business days.
