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DearMY User guide

DearMY User Guide

What you can do in each tab, laid out step by step so you can follow along.

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GETTING STARTED

Getting started

From sign-up to your first screen. DearMY is for people aged 14 and over.

  1. Sign up and sign in

    1. Open the app and choose to sign in with email, Google or Apple.
    2. Set your name (nickname), language and region, and agree to the terms.
    3. Choose whether to connect AI. Even if you don't, every basic feature is available.

  2. Use it on several devices

    1. Sign in with the same account on another phone or iPad.
    2. Your records and subscription carry over.

  3. Get to know the bottom tabs

    1. Plan: goals · tasks · routines
    2. Journal: daily entries and your bookshelf
    3. Home: today's summary (the round button in the middle)
    4. Calendar: events · D-day · shared calendars
    5. Settings: display · lock · data & account

At first, a white Mangle keeps you company.
The bottom tabs are Plan · Journal · Home · Calendar · Settings; the round button in the middle is Home.

TAB · Home

Home — Today's summary

The round button at the bottom center is Home. See what you need to do today and what you've recorded, all on one screen.

  1. See today at a glance

    1. Check today's tasks, routines and your next event.
    2. Tap an item to mark it done or open the details.

  2. Dress up MangleDearMy+

    1. Dress up Mangle with 15 colors and accessories.
    2. The color you choose becomes the app's accent color.

  3. Collect badges

    1. Earn badges for consistency, like journaling 30, 100 or 365 days in a row.

Change Mangle's color and checkmarks, buttons and charts change with it.

TAB · Plan

Plan — Goals · Tasks · Routines

Break big goals into small steps and put them in your daily plan. As you finish linked tasks, goal progress goes up automatically.

  1. Create a goal

    1. Add a goal and choose its period: year, quarter, month or week.
    2. You can nest smaller goals under a bigger one.

  2. Add a task

    1. Set the date, time, category, priority and estimated duration.
    2. Link it to a goal and progress goes up when you finish it.

  3. Create a routine

    1. Choose how it repeats: daily, weekly (pick days) or monthly.
    2. Check it off several times a day, like morning and evening, with a reminder at each time.

  4. Goal Universe · Balance Radar

    1. See all your goals spread out on one screen and check the balance across areas.

  5. Replan my dayDearMy+

    1. Automatically fit unfinished tasks into the free time between that day's plans.

TAB · Journal

Journal — Entries & Bookshelf

Write each day in three parts; your entries collect into a book for each year.

  1. Write today's entry

    1. Fill in "What happened today · How I felt · A letter to myself".
    2. You can add photos too.

  2. Turn plans in your entry into events

    1. Add a plan you wrote in your journal to the calendar in one tap.

  3. Reread on the bookshelf

    1. Your entries become a book for each year that you can page through.
    2. Bookmark sentences, and read in two-page spreads on iPad.

  4. Reflection · On this day

    1. Add your current thoughts to past entries.
    2. It also shows you what you wrote on this day a year ago.

  5. AI replies (optional)

    1. Only if you agree, it leaves a short reply on your entry. Your original text is never changed.

  6. Make a PDF book · ExportDearMy+

    1. Export your records as a PDF book or file.

TAB · Calendar

Calendar — Events at a glance

See your own events, the ones already on your phone, and shared ones in a single calendar.

  1. Change the view

    1. Choose Monthly, Weekly, Day or Agenda.
    2. Tap "Today" to jump back to today.

  2. Add an event

    1. Tap "+ Event · Task".
    2. Choose all day, a specific time or a time range, then save.

  3. Lunar dates · Birthdays · D-day

    1. Turn on lunar dates, and track birthdays and anniversaries as D-days.

  4. Bring in your phone's calendars

    1. Connect calendars already on your phone, such as iCloud, Google and Outlook.
    2. Events are read only on your device.

  5. Create shared calendar

    1. Invite family, friends or a team to view and add events together.
    2. 1 free (5 people), 5 with DearMy+ (20 people each). Journals are never shared.

TAB · Settings

Settings — Display · Lock · Account

Make it comfortable to read, and keep your records safe.

  1. Display & text

    1. Choose light or dark mode.
    2. Change the text size and font.

  2. App lock

    1. Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID.

  3. Home screen widgets

    1. Add widgets for tasks, today's routines, your next event, this month's calendar and D-days.

  4. Manage subscription

    1. To cancel DearMy+, use the subscription settings in App Store · Google Play.
    2. Deleting the app alone does not end your subscription.

  5. Delete account

    1. Start from Settings → Data & account → Delete account.
    2. You can also request it without the app via Support.

Export any records you need before deleting your account. Details are in the Privacy Policy.

DEAR YOU

DEAR YOU — A space you share

Connect with one person to write a shared journal and bucket list together. Your private journal and photos are never shared.

  1. Connect with an invite code

    1. Create an invite code in DEAR YOU and send it to the other person.
    2. You're connected once they enter the code.

  2. Write a shared journal

    1. Take turns writing a journal you both can read.

  3. Seasonal bucket list

    1. Each season, write down what you each want to do.
    2. The other person replies with Sounds good, How about this?, or Next season.
    3. Pick a date for what you choose together and add it straight to the calendar.

  4. Report · Block · Disconnect

    1. Report or block entries or people that make you uncomfortable, and disconnect anytime.

AI · Optional

AI connection — Add events by voice

Connect an AI service like ChatGPT and the events and tasks you mention go into your plan. Connecting is optional.

  1. Connect

    1. Choose AI connection when you sign up or in Settings.
    2. Review what you're allowing on the connection screen. You can disconnect anytime.

  2. Add events by talking

    1. Tell your connected AI service something like "Add dinner with Minji Friday at 7".
    2. You can check, edit or delete saved events in the app.
    3. Journal entries and photos are never shared.

  3. AI credits

    1. AI features like AI replies and Tomorrow's story use monthly credits: 10 free, 200 with DearMy+.

REPORT · DEARMY+

Reports and DearMy+

Look back on your month and year in numbers, and go deeper with DearMy+ when you need it.

  1. View My Report

    1. Choose the Month or Year tab.
    2. See days journaled, task completion and routine and goal rates.

  2. Tomorrow's storyDearMy+

    1. Based on today's entry, it writes the future entry you might write tomorrow night.
    2. You can open it for only one hour.

  3. Start DearMy+

    1. Choose monthly or annual. Prices are shown on the store's purchase screen.
    2. If it's your first time, the annual plan starts with a 14-day free trial and then renews automatically.

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