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Add a New Routine
- Tap Add New List on the home screen, then select Routine
- Type in a name for your routine. The icon will change to something the app thinks is relevant (you can tap this later to change it!)
- Tap Done on the app keyboard.
- Type in some tasks you want to group together into a routine. You can tap Enter after each one to move to the next line.
(The Info icon pops up next to each task as you do this. It can be used to add additional details. We’ll get to that later!)
Once you’ve added tasks, the routine is ready to use – you can tap the stars to mark tasks as complete!
But let’s go ahead and add a schedule
Schedule a Routine
Tap Schedule this routine below your tasks (or choose it from the … menu at the top of the screen)
You’ll see all the scheduling options:
Schedule
Here you choose which days of the week the routine will appear in the top half of the home screen. The days are selected by default – tap unwanted days to switch them off.
You can also choose a bi-weekly option if that suits your schedule better.
If you want the routine to be a reference type list (eg, packing list or Crisis cleaning checklist), select “Unscheduled” (or deselect all the days) and it will chill out in the “Other Lists” section until you need it.
Clear Stars
Choose which days of the week the completed tasks’ stars can reset automatically, so you get a fresh start when you wake up. The days are deselected by default – choose the days you wish the stars to reset. You can leave this unscheduled if you wish to reset the stars manually.
(Stars will reset at 2am on the selected days, by default; if you wish to change this you can do so on the Settings screen under “Day ends at”)
There is also a Monthly reset option in case you want stars to reset on the 1st of each new month.
Only Useful Some Months of the Year
Switch this if you have a list that’s kind of seasonal and you want to keep it on hand for those celebratory seasons. Or you might like to create themed months (eg decluttering in March)
Remind me if I haven’t started
Select to receive a reminder notification. This will only be sent if you have not completed any of the tasks already. I reckon if you’re already working on the list it doesn’t need to give you yet another notification! You can choose from some sound effects to go with this.
Using your Routine
From the home screen, tap into a routine.
Complete a Task
Tap the empty star shape next to a task to complete the task.
The task will now appear as completed in your Accomplishments
Undo a Completed Task
You can tap a star again to undo it if you tapped it by mistake.
Close a Routine
When you’ve completed all the tasks in a routine, the coloured ring around the icon will be filled in, and a checkmark will appear next to it on the home screen.
Mark Routine as Complete
This appears at the bottom of all routines. You can tap this to tell the app you’re done with this Routine for the day, even if you didn’t complete all the tasks. We know schedules change, and your energy and capacity can vary from day to day.
If you tap Mark Routine as Complete, the remaining tasks will grey out, and the Routine will display as complete on the home screen.
You can still tap to complete the outstanding tasks if you want to fill them in.
Clear Stars
If you’ve completed all the tasks, you will see Clear Stars at the bottom of the list. You can use this to manually clear your completion stars.
The tasks will still “count” in today’s accomplishments.
Re-use a Routine
The stars will reset on your schedule so you can a routine again and again.
You can re-use a routine multiple times during a day by tapping Clear Stars and then marking tasks complete again. The app sub-heading will tell you how many times you’ve looped through it today.
One Thing mode
Tap the One Thing icon on the right of the toolbar to step through this routine one task at a time.
Edit a Routine
Tap Edit at the top of a Routine
From here you can:
- Tap the Routine icon to change the icon, and choose a new colour
- Delete tasks
- Drag tasks to rearrange
- Add extra information to individual tasks by tapping the (i) icon, as below.
Add information to a task
While you add each task, an info icon will appear.
If you tap it, you can add additional information to that task such as notes and task frequency.
Tasks in the routines list without extra information do not display the info icon. If you want to add extra information to a task later, enter Edit Mode as above.
(You can also go back to this later from the Routine Edit menu)
Read more about adding additional information.
More Options Menu
The More Options menu is available in the top corner of the screen. It offers a shortcut to the schedule, as well as some other useful things (eg adding subsections to lists).
Read more about this at Extra List Features.
Share Routine
With a premium subscription, you can share and collaborate on a Routine by tapping the Share icon.
Read more about List Sharing.