FAQ

Questions, answered plainly.

The short version of everything people ask. Anything we missed? There’s a way to reach us inside the app.

The shortest answer
Open TimePeace and write one line.
That’s the whole of onboarding.

What does it cost?

It’s free, with no ads and no third-party trackers. Every feature is included, and you can log as much as you like.

Does TimePeace track me?

TimePeace keeps the things you ask it to — your runs, meals, books and habits — and that record is the diary, kept for you and yours alone. What it doesn’t do is third-party or cross-site tracking: no ad trackers, nothing that follows you around the web, and nothing about you is sold. The only outside measurement is privacy-first, cookieless visit counts on this website and in the web version of the app — numbers, never who you are or what you write; the iPhone and Android apps carry none.

What devices does it run on?

Any modern browser — on your phone, tablet or computer — and you can add it to your home screen so it behaves like an app, online or off. There’s also a free TimePeace app on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, with an Android app coming soon. Sign in on any of them and your diary syncs across.

Is TimePeace on the App Store or Google Play?

Yes on Apple — TimePeace is a free app on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and a Google Play version for Android is coming soon. You don’t have to wait for it, though: TimePeace also runs in any browser and adds to your home screen, so you can start on the web today and pick up the app whenever it suits you. Get it on the App Store →

Can I use TimePeace inside ChatGPT?

Yes — TimePeace is a published app in ChatGPT’s own directory, listed as “TimePeace — Daily Log”. Add it there, sign in to your TimePeace account, and you can ask ChatGPT to log your day, keep a trip in order, build a training plan or plan your meals, without leaving the conversation. Adding to your diary works from the moment you connect; letting it read your days, or change your plans, stays off until you tick it. Other assistants, Claude included, connect by adding TimePeace in their own connector settings. See TimePeace in the ChatGPT app directory →

Who’s behind it?

TimePeace is made in Cape Town by an independent maker — not an ad company, not a data broker.

Does TimePeace write the diary for me?

Mostly, yes. You log small things as they happen — a walk, a dinner, a payment — and TimePeace threads them into a written day automatically. It’s automatic journaling without handing your life to anyone: everything is built from what you chose to log, on your device.

Can I use it as a plain private online diary?

Yes. Skip every feature and it’s a private online diary with no ads and no third-party trackers — one page per day, in your own words, readable like a book. The threading is there when you want it.

Nothing resetsMiss a week and the page simply waits

How is it different from Day One or Daylio?

Day One is a writing journal and Daylio is a mood tracker; TimePeace is a whole-life diary — the writing, the people, the meals and the trips end up on the same page. And it’s web-first, free, and carries no third-party trackers. TimePeace vs Day One →   TimePeace vs Daylio →   TimePeace vs Journey →   TimePeace vs Penzu →   TimePeace vs Diarium →

How do I get help?

Everything here is answered inside the app too, under Settings → Help & Feedback. If you can’t find what you need, there’s a Get in touch form there — send a note and a real person replies.

Can I search my diary?

Yes. One search reaches everything you have kept — your entries and the activities inside them, your people, your notes, and your plans and routines. Type a name, a place or half a phrase and the day comes back. It runs on your device, over your own records.

Can I keep photos with an entry?

Yes. Share a photo into TimePeace and it is kept beside the note it belongs to, shrunk and scrambled on your own phone and held there rather than uploaded.

Can I add memories from before I started?

Yes. Add moments from earlier in your life with the year they happened and read the whole thing end to end in the life-story view — you can export a chapter to keep or print.

Is there a focus timer?

Yes — twenty-five or fifty minutes, started from something you already planned or straight from Home. When the time is up it becomes an ordinary entry in your diary. Nothing on your phone is blocked; it is a held intention, not a lockdown.

Can I keep a skincare or self-care routine?

Yes — a short morning and evening routine in your own words, ticked off as you do it. Names only: no products, no ingredients and no score, and it is never a diagnosis tool.

Using TimePeace

Step-by-step help

Short answers for every part of the app, grouped the way the app is.

Getting started

The basics

What is TimePeace?

One private place for your days: a diary you add to as you go, a planner for what’s next, and what your days add up to over time.

Everything you add — a walk, a meal, a catch-up, a note — goes into your diary, and Home shows today at a glance.

Nothing is required. Switch on the parts you want in Features, and the rest stays out of the way.

Related: Your first week: where to start · What’s on Home · Turn parts of the app on or off

Your first week: where to start

Add one thing a day from Home. After a few days, Home starts to show what your days have in common.

  1. On Home, tap Write today and say how the day went.
  2. Use the quick buttons — Note, Meal, Workout, Mood — for things as they happen.
  3. Tap Something else for anything the buttons don’t cover.

Related: What’s on Home · What is TimePeace? · Turn parts of the app on or off

What’s on Home

Today at a glance: one card for what matters right now, quick buttons to add something, and what’s coming up.

At the top is one card for right now — Write today in the evening, today’s plan when you have one, or your week.

Below it come the quick buttons, Today, What’s live — where the morning brief sits — and For you.

Tap Show everything else for the quieter sections. You can pin any of them to Home.

Related: The morning brief · Getting around the app · Your first week: where to start

Getting around the app

Tap the name of the screen at the top to jump anywhere. The house button takes you back to Home.

The bar at the top of every screen shows where you are. Tap it to open Where to — every part of the app, with the one you’re in already open.

Beside it, the magnifying glass searches everything you’ve written, and + adds something to your diary.

Related: What’s on Home · Turn parts of the app on or off

The morning brief

Before noon, Home lists what’s worth knowing today — meetings, what you planned, birthdays and anything booked twice.

It sits in What’s live on Home until midday. With nothing to flag, it says so and stays out of the way.

Tap Not this morning to hide it for the rest of the day.

Related: What’s on Home · Turn reminders on or off

Make it yours

Turn parts of the app on or off

In Settings → Features, switch off anything you don’t use. It disappears from the app and your data is kept.

  1. Open Settings → Features.
  2. Tap the switch beside a feature to turn it on or off.
  3. Not sure what one does? Tap ? on its card first.

Switching something off keeps its data. To clear it too, use Clear previous activity data… — it waits in Trash for 30 days.

Related: What is TimePeace? · I deleted something by mistake · Change the language

Change the language

In Settings → Features, open Language under How the app feels. Your choice follows you to every device you sign in on.

  1. Open Settings → Features.
  2. Under How the app feels, open Language.
  3. Choose English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português (Brasil) or Afrikaans.

Related: Turn parts of the app on or off

See the tips again

Settings → See it again → Show me around brings the first-look tips back, starting on Home.

  1. Open Settings → See it again.
  2. Tap Show me around.

Related: What’s on Home · Getting around the app

Your phone, other apps and friends

Put TimePeace on your phone

Open timepeaceapp.com in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. It opens full screen and keeps you signed in.

  1. In Safari, go to timepeaceapp.com. It has to be Safari, not Chrome or an app’s own browser.
  2. Tap Share — the square with the arrow pointing up.
  3. Scroll down, tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
  4. Open TimePeace from your home screen and sign in once.

On Android or a computer, open the same address in Chrome and choose Install app from the ⋮ menu.

Related: Can I use TimePeace without a signal? · I got a new phone

Bring your diary from another app

In Settings → Privacy & data, tap Bring your diary from another app. It adds your entries and never replaces what’s already here.

  1. Export your diary from the other app: Daylio as .csv, Day One as .zip or .json, Apple Journal as .zip.
  2. In TimePeace, open Settings → Privacy & data and tap Bring your diary from another app.
  3. Tap Choose an export file, check the preview, then tap Add to my diary.

Changed your mind? Undo import takes out exactly what was added.

Related: Download all my data · Your first week: where to start

Share TimePeace with a friend

On Home, tap Show everything else and find Enjoying TimePeace? — send your link or let them scan the code.

  1. On Home, tap Show everything else.
  2. Find Enjoying TimePeace? and tap Share TimePeace or Copy your link.
  3. Sitting together? Let them scan the code on the same card.

Related: Put TimePeace on your phone

Your days

Planning

Plan a day

Open Planner → Day and tap Plan something. Give it a time — or just type it in words, like “thu 7pm”.

  1. Open Planner → Day.
  2. Under Today’s plan, tap + Plan something → — or choose another day under Plan a day.
  3. Choose what it is, set the Time, and save.

Rather type it? Type it understands things like “tomorrow morning” or “every 2nd tuesday”.

Related: Set up a routine · Move a plan to another day or time · Add a to-do

Set up a routine

A routine is a plan that repeats. Make it once in Planner → Day → Routines, and it lands on the days you pick.

  1. Open Planner → Day and go to Routines.
  2. Tap + New routine → and choose what it is.
  3. Pick the weekdays and how often it repeats, then save.

Related: Plan a day · How streaks are counted · Should I use a routine or a habit?

Save a day as a template

Plan a day the way you like it, then save it as a template to drop onto any other day.

  1. Plan a day with the things you want in it.
  2. Tap save day as template and give it a name, like “Ideal weekday”.
  3. On another day, go to Day templates and tap apply to this day.

Routines aren’t saved into a template — they already repeat on their own.

Related: Plan a day · Set up a routine

How streaks are counted

A routine shows how many times in a row you’ve done it. Skipping on purpose doesn’t break it, and nor does a today you haven’t ticked yet.

Once you’ve done a routine twice in a row, its row shows the count — like 3 in a row.

Tap skip on a day you chose not to do it, and the count carries on.

Recap shows how many plans you kept each month. It’s a count, not a verdict.

Related: Set up a routine · How habit weeks and streaks are counted

Add a to-do

In Planner → Day, type it under Tasks and tap Add. Ticking it off marks it done and adds it to your diary.

  1. Open Planner → Day and go to Tasks.
  2. Type it in Add a task… — words like “pay rent friday” set the date for you.
  3. Tap Add, and tick the box when it’s done.

Hold a task to add steps, a due date or a note. For a nudge the morning before it’s due, switch on Due dates in Settings → Notifications.

Related: Plan a day · Should I add it as an assessment or a to-do?

Move a plan to another day or time

Tap the plan, change its date or time, and save. A copy in Google Calendar moves with it.

  1. Tap the plan.
  2. Change the Date or the Time.
  3. Tap Save changes.

Want it every week? Set it up as a routine instead.

Related: Set up a routine · Plan a day

Your diary

Add something to your diary quickly

Use the quick buttons on Home, or + at the top of any screen.

  1. On Home, tap Note, Meal, Workout or Mood.
  2. For anything else, tap Something else — or + at the top of any screen.
  3. Choose what you did, and save.

Just a passing thought? Note saves it at once, and you can file it into the day later.

Related: Add something that happened earlier · Your first week: where to start

Add something that happened earlier

Change the date as you add it — or open the Diary and tap Add a past entry or memory.

  1. Add it as usual, and change the Date to the day it happened.
  2. Or, in the Diary, tap + Add a past entry or memory.

Related: Add something to your diary quickly · Change or remove something in your diary

Change or remove something in your diary

Open that day in the Diary and tap Edit this day. Each moment has More, with Edit this entry and Delete.

  1. Open the Diary on that day and tap Edit this day →.
  2. On the moment you want, tap More.
  3. Choose Edit this entry or Delete, then Save changes.

Deleted by mistake? Undo shows for a few seconds, and Trash keeps it for 30 days.

Related: Undo something · I deleted something by mistake

Read your diary back

Diary → Reader shows your days like a book, with search, filters and On this day.

Search your diary, filter by Activities or People, and tap Read full screen to read without distractions.

From the same page, Make a book turns a year — or any stretch of it — into something you can print.

Related: Make your year into a book · Look back on a month or a year

Look back on a month or a year

Diary → Recap shows a month, a quarter or a year. Each week with entries also has a letter, written from your own words.

Switch between Month, Quarter and Year, and use the chips to look at one part of life.

When a week has entries, Read the week’s letter sums it up in your own words.

Related: Read your diary back · Make your year into a book

Make your year into a book

In Diary → Reader, tap Make a book, choose the stretch, preview it, then print or save it as a PDF.

  1. Open Diary → Reader and tap Make a book.
  2. Choose a chapter — a year, a month, everything so far, or your own dates.
  3. Tap Preview my book, then Print / Save as PDF.

The book is made on your phone. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Related: Read your diary back · Download all my data

The evening check-in

From 4pm, Home asks how today was. One line is enough — it becomes today’s page.

Tap Write today, or Not tonight to leave it.

Want to close the day properly? In the Diary, End the day › asks for one good thing about today and saves it.

Related: What’s on Home · Add something to your diary quickly

Undo something

Right after a change, Undo shows for a few seconds. After that, deleted things wait in Settings → Trash for 30 days.

Undo goes back one step — tap it while it’s showing.

Something Talk filed? Its card has its own Undo.

Related: I deleted something by mistake · Change or remove something in your diary

Notes and your calendar

Write a note or a checklist

Open Notes and tap + New. Use + in the note to add a checklist, a list, a table or a photo.

  1. Open Notes and tap + New.
  2. Write, then tap + to add a Checklist, a list, a Table or a photo.
  3. Back in Notes, use folders and #tags to keep things tidy.

Deleted notes wait at the bottom of Notes for 30 days.

Related: Add a to-do · Undo something

Sync with Google Calendar

In Settings → Connections, open Google Calendar and connect your Google account. Your calendar then shows in TimePeace.

  1. Open Settings → Connections.
  2. Under Data sources, tap Google Calendar.
  3. Tap Connect Google Calendar and sign in with Google.

It works the other way too: hold a plan and choose add to Google Calendar.

Related: Google Calendar stopped syncing · Plan a day

Google Calendar stopped syncing

Google sometimes signs apps out. Connecting again in Settings → Connections usually fixes it.

Why it happens: Google ends a connection after a while, or when you change your Google password. The row then says Not connected or Needs a look.

What to do:

  1. Open Settings → Connections and tap Google Calendar.
  2. Tap Connect Google Calendar and sign in with the same Google account.

If that didn’t work: Still not syncing? Write to us and say what the row shows.

Related: Sync with Google Calendar · Plan a day

Health & habits

Exercise

Log a workout

Tap Workout on Home — or + at the top, then Exercise. Pick the sport, add how long, and tap Add workout.

  1. On Home, tap Workout — or tap + at the top and choose Exercise.
  2. Pick the sport and add how long it took. A run or a ride can have its distance and heart rate too.
  3. Tap Add workout.

Lifting weights? Open Health → Exercise and tap Start a session to log it set by set.

Related: Log a gym session, set by set · Your workout history and personal bests · Change or remove a workout

Log a gym session, set by set

In Health → Exercise, tap Start a session. Add each exercise and its sets, then tap Finish session.

  1. Open Health → Exercise.
  2. Tap Start a session.
  3. Add an exercise, then tap + Log another set for each set.
  4. Tap Finish session — or pause for later.

Doing the same workout again? Tap Save this as a template and start from it next time.

Related: Log a workout · Your workout history and personal bests

Your workout history and personal bests

Health → Exercise shows this week’s sessions and your last twelve. Insights shows personal bests, top weights and totals by sport.

The top of Exercise counts this week’s sessions and any days in a row. Recent sessions lists your last twelve.

Insights goes further: personal bests for runs and lifts, progress charts, and your time by muscle group. A new personal best shows as New PR.

Related: Log a workout · Change or remove a workout

Change or remove a workout

Open that day in the Diary and tap Edit this day. On the workout, tap More, then Edit this entry — or Delete.

  1. Open the Diary on that day and tap Edit this day →.
  2. On the workout, tap More, then Edit this entry.
  3. Change what you need and tap Save changes.

Removing it instead? Choose Delete — it waits in Trash for 30 days.

Related: Log a workout · I deleted something by mistake

Habits

Build a habit

In Health → Habits, tap Build a habit. Choose what you’re building and how many days a week, then tap Start building.

  1. Open Health → Habits.
  2. Under Building, tap Build a habit.
  3. Choose what you’re building and how many days a week.
  4. Tap Start building.

A habit counts once a day, in weeks from Monday to Sunday. One linked to your diary counts on its own when you log it; A simple check uses Mark today.

Related: How habit weeks and streaks are counted · Should I use a routine or a habit? · Change a habit’s target

How habit weeks and streaks are counted

A habit counts the weeks you meet your target. The week in progress never counts against you, and a near miss can be repaired.

A short week ends the current run, and one day starts the next. Your best run and your total are never reset.

Going away? Tap Take a break › — weeks in the break are skipped. Missed last week by a day or three? Repair last week › can save it; you earn repairs by keeping your rhythm.

Prefer the numbers up front? Choose Classic under Streaks in Settings → Features. Gentle is the default.

Related: Build a habit · How streaks are counted

Should I use a routine or a habit?

A routine is for something at a set time on set days. A habit is for something you want to do more often, whenever it fits.

A routineA habit
Use it when it happens at a set time on set days — a Monday swim, a 7am walk. It lands in your plan in Planner → Day.Use it when you want to do something more often, whenever it fits — water, reading, an early night. It lives in Habits.

Related: Set up a routine · Build a habit

Break a habit, a day at a time

In Health → Habits, under Breaking a habit, start one in your own words. Check in, note an urge, or log a slip and begin again.

  1. Open Health → Habits and find Breaking a habit.
  2. Tap Start one, gently, name it in your own words and set Free since.
  3. Tap Begin. As the days go, use Check in, I’m having an urge or I slipped.

What you’re letting go of stays private: it’s never shared, and Home doesn’t show its name.

Related: What happens when I log a slip · Build a habit

What happens when I log a slip

Tap I slipped, then Log it & begin again. The count starts again from today; your best run and total free days are kept.

A slip always counts today. Logged one by mistake? The same day, tap That wasn’t right — undo today’s slip.

Related: Break a habit, a day at a time

Change a habit’s target

Open the habit and tap Edit. Change how many days a week, and save.

  1. Open the habit in Health → Habits.
  2. Tap Edit to open Edit this habit.
  3. Change How often — days a week and tap Save.

Your run is counted again with the new target, past weeks included.

Related: Build a habit · How habit weeks and streaks are counted

Stop tracking something

Switch it off in Settings → Features: it disappears and its data is kept. A single habit can be removed from its Edit menu.

  1. Open Settings → Features.
  2. Tap the switch on the card — a note confirms it’s off and your data is kept.
  3. To remove one habit instead, open it, tap Edit, then Remove.

Removing a habit can’t be undone. If you might come back to it, tap Take a break › instead.

Related: Turn parts of the app on or off · How habit weeks and streaks are counted

Water, sleep and more

Track water

Open Health → Drinks and tap + glass or + bottle. The day’s target is 2.5 litres.

  1. Open Health → Drinks.
  2. Tap + glass (250 ml) or + bottle (500 ml); − takes one off.
  3. For tea, coffee or anything else, tap + Add a drink.

Your bottle a different size? You can change it on the same card.

Related: Build a habit

Log your sleep

Open Health → Sleep and fill in Fell asleep and Woke up under Tonight. The night goes into your diary.

  1. Open Health → Sleep.
  2. Under Tonight, fill in Fell asleep and Woke up.

To change a past night, open that day in the Diary and tap Edit your sleep.

Want a bedtime to aim for? Under Early-bird goals, tap Adjust →.

Related: Can TimePeace read from Apple Health? · The evening check-in

Track books and shows

Open Leisure → Reading or Watching and log tonight’s reading or watch. Finish a book to say how it was.

  1. Open Leisure → Reading — or Watching.
  2. Tap Log tonight’s reading — or Log tonight’s watch.
  3. When you’re done, tap Mark finished and say how it was.

One book is current at a time — starting another pauses the first.

Related: Read your diary back

Can TimePeace read from Apple Health?

It depends how you use TimePeace: the iPhone app can read Apple Health; the web app can’t.

It depends. In the iPhone app, connect it in Settings → Connections → Apple Health. It only reads — workouts, sleep, steps and heart data — and never writes back. Android’s Health Connect isn’t supported yet.

Related: Log a workout · Log your sleep

Food & shopping

Plan your meals for the week

Open Food → Meals and tap Pick a dinner on a day. Choose a recipe, the freezer, eating out, leftovers or something simple.

  1. Open Food → Meals. If you can’t see Food, switch it on in Settings → Features.
  2. Tap Pick a dinner on a day.
  3. Choose what it’ll be — From a recipe, From the freezer, Eating out and more.

Want lunch and breakfast too? Tap Your eating pattern → and choose Three meals.

Related: Add a recipe’s ingredients to the shopping list · Log a meal you ate · How the freezer works

Log a meal you ate

Tap Meal on Home, say how you ate and what, and tap Add meal. Planning a meal never logs it — logging does.

  1. On Home, tap Meal.
  2. Choose Cooked, Ate in, Takeout or Restaurant, and what it was.
  3. Tap Add meal.

Cooked extra? Fill in Freeze leftovers? and the portions go straight into your freezer.

Related: Plan your meals for the week · How the freezer works

Add a recipe

In Food → Recipes, paste a recipe link and tap Fetch — or paste the text, or type it in. Then tap Add recipe.

  1. Open Food → Recipes and go to Add a recipe.
  2. Paste a link and tap Fetch, or paste the text and tap Sort the pasted text.
  3. Check the name, ingredients and method, then tap Add recipe.

A link is read by our server, so it needs a connection. Pasted text is sorted on your phone.

Related: Add a recipe’s ingredients to the shopping list · Plan your meals for the week

How the freezer works

Add what you freeze in Food → Meals. Tap an item when you eat a portion — it comes off the count and goes into your diary.

Under Freezer & leftovers, type what you froze, set the portions and tap Add. Leftovers you freeze when you log a meal land here too.

Tapping an item eats one portion and can’t be undone, so tap once per portion. To plan a freezer night, choose From the freezer for a meal.

Related: Plan your meals for the week · Log a meal you ate

Use the shopping list

Open Planner → Shopping list and type what you need under Quick add. Tick things off as you buy them.

  1. Open Planner → Shopping list.
  2. Under Quick add, type the item and tap Add.
  3. Tick things off as you buy them, then tap Clear bought to tidy up.

Buy something every week? Tap Mark as a usual on it and it comes back after you clear the list.

Related: Add a recipe’s ingredients to the shopping list · Share a shopping list with someone

Add a recipe’s ingredients to the shopping list

Confirm a recipe night in Meals and answer Add them. The ingredients go into From your meals, minus your staples.

  1. In Food → Meals, pick a recipe for a night.
  2. Confirm the night — TimePeace asks Add ingredients to your shopping list?
  3. Tap Add them.

Always have salt, oil or rice in? Add them to Staples I keep at the bottom of the list and they’re left off.

Related: Use the shopping list · Plan your meals for the week

Share a shopping list with someone

Once you’re linked, open them in People, tap Share…, choose A list and send it — or make it a live list you both edit.

  1. Open People and tap someone you’re linked with.
  2. Tap Share…, then A list.
  3. Choose the items and tap Send — or Make it a live list so you both can edit it.

A family or house-share group has its own shopping list too, separate from yours.

Related: Link with someone who uses TimePeace · Use the shopping list

People, groups & travel

People

Add a person

In People, type their name in Add a person… and tap Add. Open them and tap Edit details for a birthday and more.

  1. Open People.
  2. Type a name in Add a person… and tap Add.
  3. Open them and tap Edit details to add a birthday or how often you’d like to catch up.

Related: How catch-ups are counted · Birthdays · Link with someone who uses TimePeace

How catch-ups are counted

Log a catch-up and their Last caught up date moves. Each person then shows as in touch, due soon or overdue.

Tap Log a catch-up in People, or Log a moment on someone’s page. Anything else you log with them tagged — a meal, a walk, a film — counts too.

Set Contact every (days) in Edit details; it starts at 14. Home’s Connections card shows who’s due — there’s no notification for it.

Related: Add a person · Plan a gathering

Birthdays

Add a birthday in Edit details. From two weeks out it counts down on their row and shows on Home, with a gift idea if you saved one.

Open the person, tap Edit details and set Birthday. The week before, it also shows in The week ahead.

Want a nudge the day before? Switch on Birthdays in Settings → Notifications.

Related: Add a person · The morning brief · Turn reminders on or off

Plan a gathering

In People, tap Plan a gathering. Add the occasion, the date and who’s coming — afterwards, How did it go? logs it.

  1. Open People and tap + Plan a gathering.
  2. Add the occasion, the date and time, and where.
  3. Under Who’s coming, tap a name to mark them coming, maybe or still to ask.

Related: How catch-ups are counted · Start a group

Groups

Start a group

In Groups, tap Start a group, name it, choose a kind or start from scratch, and tap Create. A group needs you signed in.

  1. Open Groups. If you can’t see it, switch on Groups in Settings → Features.
  2. Tap + Start a group and give it a name.
  3. Choose a kind of group, or Start from scratch, and tap Create.

A group lives in the cloud so everyone in it can see it — that’s why it needs an account.

Related: Invite people to a group · Owner, leader and member

Invite people to a group

Owners and leaders tap Invite and share the link or the QR code. Each link works for 14 days.

  1. Open the group and tap Invite.
  2. Tap Send the link, or let them scan the QR code.
  3. They open it and tap Join.

Only the owner or a leader can invite, and a link can’t be cancelled — share it with care.

Related: A group invite link isn’t working · Owner, leader and member

Owner, leader and member

The owner runs the group, leaders can invite and manage members, and members take part.

In the group’s … menu, Members lets the owner make someone a leader or a member, or hand the group over with Make owner…. Leaders can’t change other leaders or the owner.

Anyone can Leave, but the owner first makes someone else the owner. Only the owner can Delete this group, and that can’t be undone.

Related: Start a group · Invite people to a group

Shared costs in a group

Turn on Money in the group’s Modules, then add expenses. TimePeace works out who owes whom — it never moves any money.

An owner or leader turns on Money under Modules. Tap Add an expense, and choose how new expenses split — equally, by household, or one person pays.

Once you’ve paid someone back, tap Mark mine settled.

Related: Owner, leader and member

Chat in a group or with a friend

Turn on Chat in a group’s Modules, or switch on Chat in Settings → Features to message people you’re linked with.

In a group, Chat is a module the owner or a leader turns on. For one-to-one messages, switch on Chat in Settings → Features, then tap Message in TimePeace on someone you’re linked with.

Unsend works for two minutes after you send. Delete for everyone leaves a note that a message was removed.

Related: Link with someone who uses TimePeace · Owner, leader and member

A group invite link isn’t working

The message on screen says why: the link may have expired, you may already be in the group, or you need to sign in first.

Why it happens: Group links last 14 days and let a limited number of people join. Joining also needs you signed in and group sharing switched on.

What to do:

  1. Read the message — it names the problem.
  2. Expired, or it says Couldn’t join just now? Ask for a new link.
  3. Asked to sign in or turn on sharing? Do that, then open the same link again.

If that didn’t work: Still stuck? Write to us and say what the message said.

Related: Invite people to a group · Start a group

Travel

Plan a trip

In Travel, fill in Plan a trip — a name and your dates — and tap Add trip. Then add legs, bookings, visas and packing.

  1. Open Travel.
  2. Under Plan a trip, add the Trip name, and your Leave and Return dates.
  3. Tap Add trip, then open it to add legs, bookings and more.

Related: Make a packing list · Keep track of a visa · Places I’ve been

Make a packing list

Open the trip and go to Packing. Add what you need or apply a template, and save a good list as a template for next time.

  1. Open the trip and go to Packing.
  2. Add items, or tap + Apply a template.
  3. Once the list has three or more items, tap Save this list as a template.

Related: Plan a trip

Keep track of a visa

Open the trip, tap Add visa under Visas & documents, and move its status as it goes. Record the outcome when you hear back.

  1. Open the trip and go to Visas & documents.
  2. Tap Add visa and set where it’s up to.
  3. When you hear back, tap Approved or Refused on the card.

Travel documents keep expiry dates only — never a document number.

Related: Plan a trip

Places I’ve been

The map in Travel fills in from your trips. Add anywhere else with Add somewhere you’ve been.

Past and current trips appear on Places I’ve been, and upcoming ones show as planned. Tap + Add somewhere you’ve been for trips from before TimePeace.

Related: Plan a trip

Work & studies

Work

Set up your job

Open Jobs and tap Set up your work. TimePeace keeps one job — say what kind of work it is, add details if you like, and save.

  1. Open Jobs. If you can’t see it, switch on Work in Settings → Features.
  2. Tap Set up your work and choose what describes your work right now.
  3. Add your employer, role and start date if you like — they’re optional.
  4. Tap Save — your records start now.

Rather not keep leave balances? Tap or just log work days — skip the balances ›.

Related: Log your hours or a shift · Set up your leave and see what’s left · Log time off you’ve taken

Log your hours or a shift

Add a Work entry with a start and end time and the hours fill in. Shift workers can log a Shift too.

  1. On Home, tap Something else and choose Work.
  2. Set From and To — the Hours fill in for you.
  3. Add where you worked, a shift label, extra time or a client if you like, then save.

Your month so far and six months of hours are in Jobs → Hours. Only Work entries count toward hours.

Related: Set up a shift rotation · Time off in lieu · Set up your job

Set up a shift rotation

In Jobs → Work settings, set your shift pattern and when it starts. New work entries then fill in the shift for you.

  1. Open Jobs and go to Work settings.
  2. Under Shift rotation, set the pattern and when it starts.
  3. Tap Save rotation.

Related: Log your hours or a shift

Set up your leave and see what’s left

In Work settings, choose how your time off works. Each leave card then shows the days or hours you have left.

  1. Open Jobs and go to Work settings.
  2. Under How does your time off work?, choose what fits and fill in the numbers.
  3. Save. Your leave cards show days left or hours left.

Leave balances are for employed work. Freelance, gig and between-jobs log their days without a balance.

Payslip says something different? Tap Set balance → on the card. Saving Work settings again resets it, so set it after any change.

Related: Log time off you’ve taken · Log a sick day · Time off in lieu

Log time off you’ve taken

In Jobs → Leave, tap Plan time off, choose the type and the days, and save. It shows what you’d have left.

  1. Open Jobs and go to Leave.
  2. Tap Plan time off — see what you’d have left.
  3. Choose the type, the days and how much of each day, then save.

A stretch of days counts weekdays only and skips public holidays you’ve marked. To plan leave ahead, use + Plan something → in Planner → Day and choose Time off — that needs Health & exercise switched on in Settings → Features.

Related: Set up your leave and see what’s left · Log a sick day

Time off in lieu

Worked extra? Add the hours to that day’s Work entry under Extra time → TOIL, and take it later as time off.

On the day’s Work entry, add the extra hours under Extra time → TOIL. Jobs → Hours shows what you banked each month.

To take it, log Time off and choose TOIL under From. The TOIL card appears when your time off is set to I track hours or shifts, not days.

TimePeace counts the TOIL you’ve banked and taken; it doesn’t yet show one running balance.

Related: Log your hours or a shift · Log time off you’ve taken

Log a sick day

Log Time off and choose Sick day. It goes into your diary and your leave calendar, and never comes out of annual leave.

  1. On Home, tap Something else and choose Time off.
  2. Choose Sick day, and what’s wrong if you like.
  3. Set the days and save — a stretch skips weekends.

Don’t see Time off? Switch on Health & exercise in Settings → Features.

Want sick days counted separately? In Work settings, turn on Separate sick days?

Related: Log time off you’ve taken · Set up your leave and see what’s left

Studies

Add a course

Open Courses and tap Add a course. Give it a name and a colour; teacher, room and code are optional.

  1. Open Courses. If you can’t see it, switch on Studies in Settings → Features.
  2. Tap + Add a course.
  3. Add a name and a colour, then save.

Hold a course to edit it, add a class time or log a study session.

Related: Add a class to your timetable · Add an exam, test or homework

Add a class to your timetable

Tap a course, then Add a time. Pick the day, start and end, and how often it repeats.

  1. Open Courses and tap the course.
  2. Tap Add a time.
  3. Choose the Day, Start, End and how it Repeats, then tap Add.

The Timetable shows Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00. To record time you spent studying, tap + Log a study session on Studies.

Related: Add a course · Add an exam, test or homework · Can I change my term dates?

Add an exam, test or homework

Open Assessments and tap Add an assignment or exam. Choose the course and the type, then set the title and date.

  1. Open Assessments.
  2. Tap + Add an assignment or exam.
  3. Choose the course, Homework, Test or Exam, then add the title and date.

Studies shows what’s due this week and your next exam. TimePeace doesn’t send reminders for these yet.

Related: Should I add it as an assessment or a to-do? · Add a course

Should I add it as an assessment or a to-do?

Use an assessment for coursework and exams that belong to a course. Use a to-do for anything else with a due date.

An assessmentA to-do
Use it for homework, a test or an exam that belongs to a course. It sits in Assessments and counts down to your next exam.Use it for any other job with a due date. It sits in Planner → Day, can have steps, and goes into your diary when you tick it.

Related: Add an exam, test or homework · Add a to-do

Can I change my term dates?

No — not yet. Once a term is set it can’t be changed, so check the dates before you save.

No. The term’s start decides which week is A and which is B. Classes carry on after the term ends, so a wrong end date changes little.

Related: Add a class to your timetable · Add a course

Talk & connected apps

Using Talk

What Talk can do

Say or type anything and Talk puts it where it belongs — a diary line, a plan, a to-do. It can also find things and take you places.

Open Talk from Where to — tap the name of the screen at the top — or tap the mic on Home. Try “Ran 5k this morning” or “Book the car in before the trip”.

Ask where something is and it offers Take me there. Ask when you last saw someone and it looks through your diary, on your phone.

Talk is switched on in Settings → Features.

Related: Saying it so it files right · What leaves your phone when you use Talk · How much Talk does on its own

Saying it so it files right

Say one thing the way you’d tell a friend, with the day or time when it matters. Talk shows you everything it files.

“Dentist on Tuesday at 3” becomes a plan. “Called Mum” becomes a diary line. “Buy milk” becomes a to-do.

Each thing Talk files comes back as a card with Undo and Move it, so a wrong guess is one tap to fix.

Related: Talk filed something in the wrong place · What Talk can do

Talk filed something in the wrong place

On the card Talk showed, tap Undo to take it back, or Move it to put it somewhere else.

  1. Find the card in the Talk conversation — or in What was filed today.
  2. Tap Undo to take it back, or Move it to choose where it goes.
  3. Under Where should this go?, pick the right place.

Changed it since? Undo keeps the bits you edited.

Related: Saying it so it files right · How much Talk does on its own

Ask Talk where something is

Ask something like “Where do I turn off reminders?” and Talk shows a Take me there card. Tap Go.

  1. Open Talk.
  2. Ask where something is — “Where do I turn off reminders?”
  3. Tap Go on the Take me there card.

Say “take me to…” or “open…” and Talk goes straight there.

Related: What Talk can do · Getting around the app

How much Talk does on its own

Out of the box, Talk files diary lines, plans, to-dos, notes, food and workouts and shows you each one. Trips wait for your yes.

Change it in Settings → How much it does on its own. For each kind of thing, choose Ask me first, File it and show me or Just do it.

Deleting a whole thing always waits for you.

Related: Talk filed something in the wrong place · What leaves your phone when you use Talk

Use Talk hands-free

Under the mic, tap Hands-free. Talk reads its answer out loud, then listens again.

  1. Open Talk.
  2. Under the mic, tap Hands-free — it changes to Hands-free · on.
  3. Speak as usual; Talk answers out loud and listens again.

Answers are read by a voice built into your phone. If your phone has none for your language, Talk shows the answer instead.

Related: The mic isn’t working · What Talk can do

Privacy and your allowance

What leaves your phone when you use Talk

Only the words you choose to send to Talk, and the last few lines of that conversation. Your voice becomes text on your phone first.

The permission for Talk in Settings → Privacy & data says exactly this: “Only the words you choose to send to Talk — what you say or type — and, so it can follow a conversation, the last few lines of that same conversation. Your voice becomes text on your phone first; nothing else is sent, never your diary or your history.”

So it knows where things can go, Talk is also told today’s date, your language and the names of the screens you’ve switched on — never what’s in them. Anything Talk finds for you is searched on your phone. Talk keeps your chat 30 days.

Related: How much Talk does on its own · Who can see my diary?

Your Talk allowance

Talk has a monthly allowance of 60 answers. It refreshes on the 1st.

Each answer Talk gives uses one — Try again and a tapped example count too. When the month’s allowance is used, Talk says so and comes back on the 1st.

On a very busy day for everyone, Talk may also pause until tomorrow.

Related: What Talk can do

The mic isn’t working

Usually the mic is switched off for TimePeace in your phone’s settings. You can always type instead.

Why it happens: Your phone asks once whether TimePeace may use the mic. If the answer was no, Talk shows “The mic is switched off for TimePeace”.

What to do:

  1. Open your phone’s Settings, find TimePeace, and allow the Microphone.
  2. Come back and tap the mic — once to listen, again to send.

If that didn’t work: Still nothing? Some browsers can’t turn speech into text on the phone — type instead, or write to us.

Related: Use Talk hands-free · What Talk can do

Turn Talk off

In Settings → Features, switch off Talk and confirm. Nothing is sent after that, and what Talk filed stays in your diary.

  1. Open Settings → Features.
  2. Tap the switch on Talk.
  3. Tap Turn off.

Your Talk chat and its record of what it filed stay too, until you clear Talk’s data in Settings.

Related: What leaves your phone when you use Talk · Turn parts of the app on or off

Claude and other assistants

Connect Claude

In Claude, add a custom connector with the address mcp.timepeaceapp.com, sign in, and choose what it may do.

  1. In Claude, open Connectors and tap Add custom connector at the bottom of the list.
  2. Paste https://mcp.timepeaceapp.com, then tap Add and Connect.
  3. Sign in to TimePeace, choose Add only or Add and read, and tap Connect.

It then shows in Settings → Connections, where you can see what it changed or revoke it.

Related: What a connected assistant can and can’t do

What a connected assistant can and can’t do

With Add only it can add to your diary but not read it. With Add and read it can read too. It never touches entries you’ve edited.

You choose Add only or Add and read when you connect. Settings → Connections → Details shows what it may do, and What it changed shows what it did.

Revoke removes it — TimePeace then offers to remove what it added.

Related: Connect Claude · How much Talk does on its own

Account & privacy

Signing in

Ways to sign in

Continue with Apple or Google, use a passkey, or use an email address and password.

Continue with Apple and Continue with Google are the quickest. They look after your password, so we never see it.

Rather use Face ID or a fingerprint? Save a passkey in Settings → Privacy & data → Passkeys, then choose Use a passkey next time you sign in.

You can also tap Use email and password instead.

Related: I can’t sign in · I got a new phone

I can’t sign in

The message on the sign-in screen says what went wrong — most often a small typo, or an email that still needs confirming.

Why it happens: Sign-in stops when the email and password don’t match, the email isn’t confirmed yet, there were too many tries, or there’s no connection.

What to do:

  1. Check the email address for a typo, then the password.
  2. If it says Please confirm your email first, tap Resend email and open the link we send.
  3. Too many tries? Wait a minute, then try again.

If that didn’t work: Forgotten your password, or still stuck? Write to us at support@timepeaceapp.com and a person will help you back in.

Related: Ways to sign in · My entries haven’t synced

I got a new phone

Sign in on the new phone with the same account. Your diary and settings come across on their own.

  1. Put TimePeace on the new phone.
  2. Sign in the same way as before — the same Apple, Google or email account.
  3. Give it a moment while your diary arrives.

App lock, your Home pins and your theme belong to each phone, so set them again on the new one.

Related: Put TimePeace on your phone · Ways to sign in · My entries haven’t synced

Your data

My entries haven’t synced

Your entries are safe on this phone. They upload on their own as soon as you’re back online.

Why it happens: Syncing needs a connection. Offline, everything saves on this phone first — Home and Settings say Saved on this device · will back up when you’re online.

What to do:

  1. Check that you’re online.
  2. If you see Connection issue, tap Try again.

If that didn’t work: Still not syncing with a good signal? Write to us — your entries stay safe on this phone meanwhile.

Changed the same thing on two phones? TimePeace joins the two together and tells you it did.

Related: Can I use TimePeace without a signal? · I got a new phone

Can I use TimePeace without a signal?

Yes. You can write and plan with no connection. Everything saves on your phone and syncs when you’re back.

Yes. Signing in, Talk and live commute times need a connection. Everything else works offline.

Related: My entries haven’t synced · Put TimePeace on your phone

Download all my data

In Settings → Privacy & data, tap Download my data. Choose a full backup file, or your diary as plain text.

  1. Open Settings → Privacy & data.
  2. Tap Download my data →.
  3. Choose JSON — full round-trip backup or Diary journal — Markdown.

Want your year as a book to print? In Diary → Reader, tap Make a book.

Related: Delete my account and data · Who can see my diary? · Bring your diary from another app

I deleted something by mistake

Open Settings → Trash and tap Restore. Deleted things wait there for 30 days.

  1. Open Settings → Trash.
  2. Find the item and tap Restore.

Notes keep their own bin — look inside Notes for a note you deleted.

Related: Delete my account and data · Turn parts of the app on or off

Delete my account and data

In Settings → Privacy & data, tap Delete account & data. It removes your synced data and backups at once and can’t be undone.

  1. Want a copy first? Tap Download my data → before anything else.
  2. Open Settings → Privacy & data and tap Delete account & data →.
  3. Read what it removes, then tap Delete everything.

Your sign-in record goes within 30 days. Email privacy@timepeaceapp.com to have it removed sooner.

Related: Download all my data · I deleted something by mistake

Privacy and security

Who can see my diary?

You. Your diary is kept on your phone and in your own private account, and nothing about you is ever sold.

Every entry is written on your phone first, then copied to your own account, so it’s there on every device you sign in on.

No advertiser or outside company reads your days. The only outside count is a cookie-free visit count on our website and in the web version of the app — a number, never who you are or what you write. The iPhone and Android apps carry none.

Groups are the one place other people see anything, and only what you choose to share there.

Related: Lock the app with a passcode · Delete my account and data · Download all my data

Lock the app with a passcode

In Settings → Privacy & data, go to App lock. Set a four-digit passcode, then choose when it locks.

  1. Open Settings → Privacy & data and scroll down to App lock.
  2. Tap Set a passcode and enter it twice.
  3. Choose when it locks under Lock when I leave.
  4. Want Face ID too? Tap Set up Face ID here.

The passcode lives only on this phone. Forgotten it? Tap Forgot passcode?, then Log out on this device, and sign in again.

Related: Who can see my diary? · I got a new phone

Reminders and email

Turn reminders on or off

In Settings → Notifications, switch each reminder on or off, and set quiet hours when nothing reaches you.

  1. Open Settings → Notifications.
  2. Under On this device, switch on the reminders you want — like Daily check-in, Plan reminders or Birthdays.
  3. Set Quiet hours for the times you’d rather not hear from the app.

Related: My reminders don’t arrive · Stop or change our emails

My reminders don’t arrive

Usually your phone isn’t letting TimePeace show notifications, or quiet hours are holding them back.

Why it happens: Your phone decides whether an app may show notifications, and quiet hours hold reminders back on purpose.

What to do:

  1. In Settings → Notifications, check the reminder is switched on and Quiet hours don’t cover that time.
  2. In your phone’s own settings, check notifications are allowed for TimePeace.

If that didn’t work: Still nothing? Write to us and say which reminder didn’t come.

Related: Turn reminders on or off

Stop or change our emails

In Settings → Notifications, switch account emails on or off. Every email we send also has a one-tap unsubscribe link.

  1. Open Settings → Notifications.
  2. Under Email, switch Account & journey emails on or off.

News and updates by email are a separate choice, in Settings → Privacy & data.

Related: Turn reminders on or off

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