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Apple manages the billing, so Apple owns the cancel switch.",[11,20,21,22,25],{},"Cancelling stops the next renewal; Plus stays available until the end of the period you've already paid for. Deleting Motiv does ",[15,23,24],{},"not"," cancel a subscription.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":29},"",2,[],"Cancel any time in your Apple Account subscription settings. Plus stays active until the period ends.","md",{},true,"4","\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Fcancel","billing",{"title":6,"description":30},"faq\u002Fbilling\u002Fcancel","MWQCrEzxQNwbMBMpU9SWvcCKSO4-_vwVbC3mzXRcDiQ",{"id":41,"title":42,"body":43,"description":68,"extension":31,"meta":69,"navigation":33,"order":70,"path":71,"section":36,"seo":72,"stem":73,"__hash__":74},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Ffree-and-plus.md","What's the difference between Free and Plus?",{"type":8,"value":44,"toc":66},[45,51,57],[11,46,47,50],{},[15,48,49],{},"Free"," gives you one block profile, three routines and reminders between them, five of today's tasks a day, schedule and instant blocks, the Focus Score, and the day view in Insights.",[11,52,53,56],{},[15,54,55],{},"Motiv Plus"," raises the block profiles to 20, makes routines and tasks unlimited, and unlocks location blocks, daily app limits, authenticator-code friction, Holiday Mode, custom schedules, Lock Screen timers and messages, custom Pomodoro lengths, and the weekly, monthly and full history in Insights.",[11,58,59,60,65],{},"The ",[61,62,64],"a",{"href":63},"\u002Fpricing","pricing page"," has the row-by-row comparison.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":67},[],"Free covers one block profile and three routines or reminders. Plus lifts the limits and unlocks every block type.",{},"1","\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Ffree-and-plus",{"title":42,"description":68},"faq\u002Fbilling\u002Ffree-and-plus","LS_92swhzvSWlvAfeoIVCT5I0x3g0U1R_YAb3BLmWUg",{"id":76,"title":77,"body":78,"description":95,"extension":31,"meta":96,"navigation":33,"order":97,"path":98,"section":36,"seo":99,"stem":100,"__hash__":101},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Fprice.md","How much is Motiv Plus?",{"type":8,"value":79,"toc":93},[80,90],[11,81,82,85,86,89],{},[15,83,84],{},"£4.99 a month",", or ",[15,87,88],{},"£49.99 a year"," — about £4.17 a month, which saves 16% against paying monthly.",[11,91,92],{},"Prices are shown in pounds here; the App Store shows the price in your own currency, which may differ with local taxes and Apple's regional pricing. The figure on Apple's purchase sheet is always the one that applies.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":94},[],"£4.99 a month or £49.99 a year — about £4.17 a month, saving 16%.",{},"2","\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Fprice",{"title":77,"description":95},"faq\u002Fbilling\u002Fprice","00kynwPfQrVBa2ni7AzBRw6fMHTQhjxjPK_abj3fIu0",{"id":103,"title":104,"body":105,"description":132,"extension":31,"meta":133,"navigation":33,"order":134,"path":135,"section":36,"seo":136,"stem":137,"__hash__":138},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Frefund.md","How do I get a refund?",{"type":8,"value":106,"toc":130},[107,117],[11,108,109,110,116],{},"Through Apple, at ",[61,111,115],{"href":112,"rel":113},"https:\u002F\u002Freportaproblem.apple.com\u002F",[114],"nofollow","reportaproblem.apple.com"," — Apple administers App Store billing and its own refund process.",[11,118,119,120,124,125,129],{},"That doesn't remove your rights against us. If Motiv is faulty or not as described and Apple's process hasn't sorted it, ",[61,121,123],{"href":122},"\u002Fsupport","get in touch",". UK consumers may also have statutory cancellation rights; the ",[61,126,128],{"href":127},"\u002Fterms","Terms"," set out the detail.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":131},[],"Refunds go through Apple's report-a-problem service, which handles App Store billing.",{},"6","\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Frefund",{"title":104,"description":132},"faq\u002Fbilling\u002Frefund","sGV2uQ3RddSlwf1roLWijwtzr24slJ0QrizH_1OdeWA",{"id":140,"title":141,"body":142,"description":165,"extension":31,"meta":166,"navigation":33,"order":167,"path":168,"section":36,"seo":169,"stem":170,"__hash__":171},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Frestore.md","I already subscribed — how do I get Plus on my other device?",{"type":8,"value":143,"toc":163},[144,155],[11,145,146,147,150,151,154],{},"Motiv Plus is tied to your ",[15,148,149],{},"Apple Account",", so it's already yours on any device signed in to the same account. Open Motiv on the other device and tap ",[15,152,153],{},"Restore purchases"," in Settings if it doesn't pick it up straight away.",[11,156,157,158,162],{},"Your blocks and routines won't come across, though — only the subscription does. See ",[61,159,161],{"href":160},"#faq-limits","why nothing syncs between devices",".",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":164},[],"Sign in with the same Apple Account and use Restore purchases in Settings.",{},"7","\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Frestore",{"title":141,"description":165},"faq\u002Fbilling\u002Frestore","DSmtv43EoZ7Vx3w3hLGldXkNvAxg5pHctpT-hkCXPYM",{"id":173,"title":174,"body":175,"description":204,"extension":31,"meta":205,"navigation":33,"order":206,"path":207,"section":36,"seo":208,"stem":209,"__hash__":210},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Fsubscription-ends.md","What happens to my data if my subscription ends?",{"type":8,"value":176,"toc":202},[177,184,187,199],[11,178,179,180,183],{},"Nothing is deleted. Anything beyond the free limits is ",[15,181,182],{},"paused",", not removed: it stops enforcing and stops nudging, and it's still there.",[11,185,186],{},"That covers a bit more than the counts. Location and daily-limit blocks stand down whatever else you have, reminders fall back to their earliest three times a day, custom repeats stop firing, Lock Screen timers switch off, and authenticator-code friction quietly becomes the type-a-phrase kind rather than locking you out of your own block.",[11,188,189,190,193,194,198],{},"One block keeps running on Free, and ",[15,191,192],{},"you"," choose which: Motiv shows you a ",[195,196,197],"em",{},"Manage on Free"," screen rather than picking for you. You can also keep a paid block running by switching off just its location and limit rules.",[11,200,201],{},"Resubscribe and it all comes back exactly as it was. We'd rather lose the leverage than hold your setup hostage.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":203},[],"Nothing is deleted. Anything past the free limits is paused, and resubscribing restores it.",{},"5","\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Fsubscription-ends",{"title":174,"description":204},"faq\u002Fbilling\u002Fsubscription-ends","WWgh1SZBJll2HabKChzg5GtuzCzUWHYvtripN_kSlrk",{"id":212,"title":213,"body":214,"description":228,"extension":31,"meta":229,"navigation":33,"order":230,"path":231,"section":36,"seo":232,"stem":233,"__hash__":234},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Ftrial.md","Is there a free trial?",{"type":8,"value":215,"toc":226},[216,223],[11,217,218,219,222],{},"Yes, on the ",[15,220,221],{},"annual"," plan: seven days free before the first charge. The monthly plan has no introductory offer.",[11,224,225],{},"Eligibility is decided by Apple, not by us, and an offer only applies if Apple shows it to you on the purchase sheet before you confirm. Cancel before the trial ends and you aren't charged.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":227},[],"Yes — a 7-day free trial on the annual plan, for subscribers Apple deems eligible.",{},"3","\u002Ffaq\u002Fbilling\u002Ftrial",{"title":213,"description":228},"faq\u002Fbilling\u002Ftrial","eI5FGdmyBrxTOBIMHXme9XrwXhQuv5K_l6-nVZD1tkc",{"id":236,"title":237,"body":238,"description":251,"extension":31,"meta":252,"navigation":33,"order":253,"path":254,"section":255,"seo":256,"stem":257,"__hash__":258},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fallow-only.md","Can I block something all day except at certain times?",{"type":8,"value":239,"toc":249},[240,243,246],[11,241,242],{},"Yes. A block can be written either way round: the hours it holds, or the hours it lets through.",[11,244,245],{},"Written as allowed time, a block protects the whole day and stands down only inside the windows you name — so \"social media, but only between six and seven\" is one block rather than a fence built out of several.",[11,247,248],{},"Motiv describes it back to you in plain words when you save it, so you can tell at a glance which way round you built it.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":250},[],"Yes. A block can be written as the hours you allow instead of the hours you block.",{},"10","\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fallow-only","blocks",{"title":237,"description":251},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fallow-only","b2c9iX8sXXYdOpHW8yvrQzXkQpniEZkw3EWj70G0vQM",{"id":260,"title":261,"body":262,"description":276,"extension":31,"meta":277,"navigation":33,"order":70,"path":278,"section":255,"seo":279,"stem":280,"__hash__":281},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fapp-closed.md","Do blocks still work when the app is closed?",{"type":8,"value":263,"toc":274},[264,271],[11,265,266,267,270],{},"Yes. Once a block is on, ",[15,268,269],{},"iOS"," is doing the shielding, not Motiv. You can close Motiv, swipe it away, or leave it untouched for a week — the block holds.",[11,272,273],{},"They also self-heal. After a restart, an iOS update, or a permission blip, Motiv re-registers its schedules and geofences with the system so protection comes back on its own rather than waiting for you to notice.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":275},[],"Yes. Apple's Screen Time enforces your blocks whether or not Motiv is running.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fapp-closed",{"title":261,"description":276},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fapp-closed","R-0fsS6UI-DBkvZKdjAXiNhDgGTifRS-fCqWDrvjRk4",{"id":283,"title":284,"body":285,"description":348,"extension":31,"meta":349,"navigation":33,"order":97,"path":350,"section":255,"seo":351,"stem":352,"__hash__":353},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fblock-types.md","What can I block, and how?",{"type":8,"value":286,"toc":346},[287,302,335],[11,288,289,290,293,294,297,298,301],{},"You can shield individual ",[15,291,292],{},"apps",", whole ",[15,295,296],{},"categories",", and ",[15,299,300],{},"websites",". There are four ways to decide when:",[303,304,305,312,321,329],"ul",{},[306,307,308,311],"li",{},[15,309,310],{},"Schedule"," — a recurring weekly window, like weekday mornings or every evening after nine.",[306,313,314,317,318],{},[15,315,316],{},"Location"," — on arriving at, or leaving, a saved place. ",[195,319,320],{},"(Plus)",[306,322,323,326,327],{},[15,324,325],{},"Usage limit"," — once you've passed a daily time cap you set for that app. ",[195,328,320],{},[306,330,331,334],{},[15,332,333],{},"Instant"," — right now, for as long as you choose.",[11,336,337,338,341,342,345],{},"You can combine them, either way round. A block can need a schedule ",[15,339,340],{},"and"," a place, so it only holds at the office on a weekday morning, or it can start on ",[15,343,344],{},"either"," one, whichever happens first.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":347},[],"Block apps, categories, and websites by schedule, place, daily usage limit, or one tap.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fblock-types",{"title":284,"description":348},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fblock-types","gjFD8Gi2YKja9Yr0JbJ1OoNr2s-Zo9_TvZZ3q3WBH6Q",{"id":355,"title":356,"body":357,"description":370,"extension":31,"meta":371,"navigation":33,"order":372,"path":373,"section":255,"seo":374,"stem":375,"__hash__":376},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fblocking-websites.md","Can Motiv block websites as well as apps?",{"type":8,"value":358,"toc":368},[359,362,365],[11,360,361],{},"Yes, and there are two halves to it. A block can switch on Apple's own adult-content filter, which works in every browser on the device and keeps its own list current, so there is nothing for you to maintain. It is free, and it sits alongside whichever apps that block already covers.",[11,363,364],{},"The second half is a list of websites you name yourself, which is part of Motiv Plus. You type an address, Motiv tidies it up, and that site is held for as long as the block is running. Both live in the same place as apps, on the \"What to block?\" step, so a block covers whatever mix of the two you want.",[11,366,367],{},"Websites follow the block, exactly as apps do. When the block stands down for the evening, or you pause it for the day, or you go on holiday, the websites come back with everything else.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":369},[],"Yes. A block can switch on Apple's adult-content filter, and hold a list of websites you name yourself.",{},"12","\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fblocking-websites",{"title":356,"description":370},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fblocking-websites","xJHchEOJLm_txr3d_Y_dg0Cq3ThUuJ_fY5VFRQwFjnA",{"id":378,"title":379,"body":380,"description":436,"extension":31,"meta":437,"navigation":33,"order":34,"path":438,"section":255,"seo":439,"stem":440,"__hash__":441},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fbypass.md","Can I get past my own block?",{"type":8,"value":381,"toc":434},[382,389,392,420,427],[11,383,384,385,388],{},"Yes, on purpose. A block you genuinely can't escape becomes a block you delete in frustration at the worst moment. Motiv makes escaping ",[195,386,387],{},"deliberate"," instead of impossible.",[11,390,391],{},"When you hit a shielded app you can bypass it after clearing the friction you set:",[303,393,394,400,406,412],{},[306,395,396,399],{},[15,397,398],{},"wait out a countdown",";",[306,401,402,405],{},[15,403,404],{},"write down why"," you need the app;",[306,407,408,411],{},[15,409,410],{},"type an exact phrase","; or",[306,413,414,417,418,162],{},[15,415,416],{},"enter a code from your authenticator app"," ",[195,419,320],{},[11,421,422,423,426],{},"Bypasses are capped ",[15,424,425],{},"per block, per day",": three on the free plan, and anywhere from one to twenty on Plus. Two blocks means two separate allowances, and an instant block you start yourself doesn't count against the cap at all.",[11,428,429,430,433],{},"Choosing ",[15,431,432],{},"never bypass"," means a shielded app stays shielded. It isn't a device lock, though, and Motiv doesn't pretend otherwise: you can still turn that block off or delete it from the Blocks tab, and it asks you to type out a phrase first so it stays a deliberate act rather than a reflex.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":435},[],"Yes, after clearing friction you chose. Bypasses are capped per block, per day.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fbypass",{"title":379,"description":436},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fbypass","pueuNnKLKXhoLCVMMAJKeZzjyyrQVvuw97t8r4QqJIA",{"id":443,"title":444,"body":445,"description":458,"extension":31,"meta":459,"navigation":33,"order":167,"path":460,"section":255,"seo":461,"stem":462,"__hash__":463},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fdaily-limit-shared.md","Is a daily app limit per app, or shared?",{"type":8,"value":446,"toc":456},[447,450,453],[11,448,449],{},"Shared. When you set a daily limit on a block, the time you allow is one allowance across everything that block covers, not a separate allowance for each app. Spend it all in one app and the whole block starts shielding.",[11,451,452],{},"If you want two apps to have their own budgets, give them their own blocks with their own limits.",[11,454,455],{},"Per-app limits may come later; today the allowance belongs to the block.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":457},[],"Shared. One daily limit covers everything in that block together, not each app separately.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fdaily-limit-shared",{"title":444,"description":458},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fdaily-limit-shared","dg4xvjH4xusf0iqqci4ctnd9nvf1M__sdInCbq8jJlE",{"id":465,"title":466,"body":467,"description":484,"extension":31,"meta":485,"navigation":33,"order":230,"path":486,"section":255,"seo":487,"stem":488,"__hash__":489},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fhow-many.md","How many blocks can I have?",{"type":8,"value":468,"toc":482},[469,479],[11,470,471,472,475,476,162],{},"The free plan includes ",[15,473,474],{},"one block profile",". Motiv Plus raises that to ",[15,477,478],{},"20",[11,480,481],{},"Twenty isn't a commercial limit we chose — it's the number of monitors iOS lets an app register at once. We won't promise more than the operating system can actually enforce. In practice, twenty profiles is a lot: most people settle on two or three that cover work, evenings, and weekends.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":483},[],"Free includes one block profile. Motiv Plus allows up to 20, which is iOS's own cap.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fhow-many",{"title":466,"description":484},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fhow-many","K1AV-eLzTFXoDRUjvAt43zMQYbO3oQVH6KKpRIVZtOQ",{"id":491,"title":492,"body":493,"description":506,"extension":31,"meta":507,"navigation":33,"order":508,"path":509,"section":255,"seo":510,"stem":511,"__hash__":512},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Finstant-blocks.md","How long does an instant block last?",{"type":8,"value":494,"toc":504},[495,501],[11,496,497,500],{},[15,498,499],{},"Thirty minutes"," unless you change it, and you can set anything from one minute up to twenty-four hours.",[11,502,503],{},"Instant blocks are the ad-hoc kind you start yourself when you need to concentrate now. They end on their own when the time is up, and they don't count against your daily bypass allowance.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":505},[],"Thirty minutes by default, and anything from a minute to a full day.",{},"11","\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Finstant-blocks",{"title":492,"description":506},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Finstant-blocks","salJ7zKwOlprXikn32pVn8OKgZmGyEklyJ-KCs4nDso",{"id":514,"title":515,"body":516,"description":526,"extension":31,"meta":527,"navigation":33,"order":206,"path":528,"section":255,"seo":529,"stem":530,"__hash__":531},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Frestart-update.md","What happens to my blocks after a restart or an iOS update?",{"type":8,"value":517,"toc":524},[518,521],[11,519,520],{},"They come back on their own.",[11,522,523],{},"Restarts, iOS updates, and permission resets can all clear the registrations an app holds with the system. Motiv checks its own state against what iOS actually has registered and repairs any gaps — so a block you set months ago is still a block, not a setting that quietly stopped meaning anything.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":525},[],"They come back on their own. Motiv re-registers its schedules and geofences with iOS.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Frestart-update",{"title":515,"description":526},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Frestart-update","lVeADkilgx1V2RWaqPyyDAf9Ls6cm5L7pmIT-DW4emE",{"id":533,"title":534,"body":535,"description":564,"extension":31,"meta":565,"navigation":33,"order":566,"path":567,"section":255,"seo":568,"stem":569,"__hash__":570},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fshield-screen.md","What happens when I open a blocked app?",{"type":8,"value":536,"toc":562},[537,548,555],[11,538,539,540,543,544,547],{},"iOS replaces the app with a screen from Motiv. It names what's blocked, says ",[195,541,542],{},"\"Stay with it — this can wait\"",", and offers ",[15,545,546],{},"Stay Focused"," as the main button.",[11,549,550,551,162],{},"The second button opens Motiv, so you can deal with the block properly rather than fighting it from behind glass. If you'd rather not have that door at all, you can hide it — see ",[61,552,554],{"href":553},"#faq-blocks","can I get past my own block",[11,556,557,558,561],{},"Turn on ",[15,559,560],{},"Take a break"," in Settings and the shield can also offer a short pause. Choosing one opens Motiv and runs that block's friction first; the shield never hands out free time on its own.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":563},[],"A Motiv screen replaces it, with a nudge to stay with it and a way back into the app.",{},"8","\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fshield-screen",{"title":534,"description":564},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fshield-screen","hxtfytHnJ_aA4OdvyFvmRrTjo6tWyryTP0b_cLVbG2Y",{"id":572,"title":573,"body":574,"description":615,"extension":31,"meta":616,"navigation":33,"order":134,"path":617,"section":255,"seo":618,"stem":619,"__hash__":620},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fstopped-working.md","My blocks have stopped working — what should I check?",{"type":8,"value":575,"toc":613},[576,579,606],[11,577,578],{},"Almost always a permission, and Motiv will normally have warned you already. Check in this order:",[580,581,582,588,600],"ol",{},[306,583,584,587],{},[15,585,586],{},"Screen Time access"," — iOS Settings → Screen Time. If it's off for Motiv, nothing can be shielded. Motiv shows this on the Protect tab too.",[306,589,590,592,593,596,597,162],{},[15,591,316],{}," — a location block needs ",[15,594,595],{},"\"Always\""," with precise accuracy to switch while Motiv is closed. See ",[61,598,599],{"href":160},"why iOS asks for this twice",[306,601,602,605],{},[15,603,604],{},"Notifications"," — if these are off, you won't have received the warning that something stopped enforcing.",[11,607,608,609,612],{},"If all three look right, ",[61,610,611],{"href":122},"email support"," and we'll dig in.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":614},[],"Usually a permission has been switched off. Check Screen Time access first, then location.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fstopped-working",{"title":573,"description":615},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fstopped-working","W6BRRnK3yxa9Uxh5ZtJgNm5IYu5Q6pdfXM7ITymXNZ0",{"id":622,"title":623,"body":624,"description":646,"extension":31,"meta":647,"navigation":33,"order":648,"path":649,"section":255,"seo":650,"stem":651,"__hash__":652},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fturning-a-block-off.md","Can I just turn a block off to get past it?",{"type":8,"value":625,"toc":644},[626,633,636],[11,627,628,629,632],{},"Not without going through the friction you chose. ",[15,630,631],{},"Disabling a block, deleting it, and editing the teeth out of it all run the same gate",", and the switch stays on until you clear it.",[11,634,635],{},"That's the part that makes the friction worth setting. A bypass you have to earn is no use if the block has an off switch beside it.",[11,637,638,639,641,642,162],{},"If you picked ",[15,640,432],{},", teardown asks you to type out a phrase instead, so a block can never become something you're locked out of. See ",[61,643,554],{"href":553},{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":645},[],"Not without clearing the same friction. Disabling, deleting or watering down a block all run the gate.",{},"9","\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fturning-a-block-off",{"title":623,"description":646},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fturning-a-block-off","aj75QES9kH0Zk7S9fBttrN5rJJwoE_XHAGOkdo300Cg",{"id":654,"title":655,"body":656,"description":669,"extension":31,"meta":670,"navigation":33,"order":671,"path":672,"section":255,"seo":673,"stem":674,"__hash__":675},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fwebsite-blocked-page.md","What happens when Motiv blocks a website?",{"type":8,"value":657,"toc":667},[658,661,664],[11,659,660],{},"The site shows Apple's own restricted page rather than Motiv's blocking screen. That is because websites are held by iOS itself, through the same filter Screen Time uses, and Motiv never gets to draw over it.",[11,662,663],{},"One thing follows from that, and it is worth knowing before you build the block: a block's unlock options cover apps. The countdown, the copy-out phrase, the authenticator code and your daily unblocks all reach the apps a block covers, and none of them reach its websites. There is no way past the page itself.",[11,665,666],{},"So a blocked website stays held until the block stands down on its own, or you stop the block from the Protect tab. For most people that makes websites the firmer half of a block, which is usually the point.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":668},[],"The site shows Apple's own restricted page. A block's unlock options cover apps, so a website stays held until the block stands down.",{},"13","\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fwebsite-blocked-page",{"title":655,"description":669},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fwebsite-blocked-page","RDKI-HHC4i4PWCnKevBMFTs1ZBK8Cj5EYk8h8HSEHkY",{"id":677,"title":678,"body":679,"description":692,"extension":31,"meta":693,"navigation":33,"order":694,"path":695,"section":255,"seo":696,"stem":697,"__hash__":698},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fwebsite-limit.md","How many websites can one block hold?",{"type":8,"value":680,"toc":690},[681,684,687],[11,682,683],{},"iOS filters a limited number of websites at a time, and the limit is shared across every block you have running rather than being per block. Motiv holds the list below that ceiling so you never reach it by accident.",[11,685,686],{},"The reason for the caution is how iOS behaves at the limit: it gives no warning and shows no message. It simply stops filtering, all of it, including the sites that were working a moment ago. A limit that fails quietly is worse than one that says no, so Motiv says no first.",[11,688,689],{},"You will see how much room is left once you are close to it, and adding a site beyond the limit is turned down with a note rather than accepted and dropped. Apple's adult-content filter costs nothing against this, so you can leave that on however long your own list is.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":691},[],"iOS filters up to a few dozen at once across all your blocks, so Motiv caps the list and tells you when you are near it.",{},"14","\u002Ffaq\u002Fblocks\u002Fwebsite-limit",{"title":678,"description":692},"faq\u002Fblocks\u002Fwebsite-limit","FJdAAkjLSIjD0XXTz093LgaPweOEltA_efJO73FQDC4",{"id":700,"title":701,"body":702,"description":719,"extension":31,"meta":720,"navigation":33,"order":566,"path":721,"section":722,"seo":723,"stem":724,"__hash__":725},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Faccessibility.md","Does Motiv work with VoiceOver and larger text?",{"type":8,"value":703,"toc":717},[704,707,710],[11,705,706],{},"Yes, and it is treated as a requirement rather than a nice-to-have.",[11,708,709],{},"Every screen is built to hold together at the largest Dynamic Type sizes, controls carry VoiceOver labels, and Reduce Motion turns the animation off rather than merely shortening it. Tap targets have a floor that tests enforce.",[11,711,712,713,716],{},"If you find somewhere it falls down, ",[61,714,715],{"href":122},"tell us"," — that's a bug, not a limitation.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":718},[],"Yes. Dynamic Type up to the largest sizes, VoiceOver labels throughout, and Reduce Motion respected.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Faccessibility","general",{"title":701,"description":719},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Faccessibility","yE48i-IOJjjk3NWsFFOkUu_V8SlPdfLmCTsTGQBepEA",{"id":727,"title":728,"body":729,"description":744,"extension":31,"meta":745,"navigation":33,"order":230,"path":746,"section":722,"seo":747,"stem":748,"__hash__":749},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Faccount.md","Do I need to create an account?",{"type":8,"value":730,"toc":742},[731,734,737],[11,732,733],{},"No. There's no sign-up, no password, and no Motiv sync backend. You open the app and start.",[11,735,736],{},"That's a deliberate design choice rather than a missing feature: with no account, there's no database of your routines and blocks for anyone to leak, subpoena, or sell. The trade-off is that your setup doesn't follow you between devices.",[11,738,146,739,741],{},[15,740,149],{},", not a Motiv account, so a subscription restores on any device signed in to the same Apple Account.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":743},[],"No. Motiv has no sign-up, no password, and no Motiv sync backend.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Faccount",{"title":728,"description":744},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Faccount","vMtGvFa-07wtIl8c6JSqXaDf5IFOJV_9aVaT9QHPoZM",{"id":751,"title":752,"body":753,"description":763,"extension":31,"meta":764,"navigation":33,"order":167,"path":765,"section":722,"seo":766,"stem":767,"__hash__":768},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fdark-mode.md","Is there a dark mode?",{"type":8,"value":754,"toc":761},[755,758],[11,756,757],{},"Not yet. Motiv is light-only today, and English-only with it.",[11,759,760],{},"Neither is a statement of intent, just where the app currently is. The palette is drawn to be readable rather than bright, so it isn't a wall of white, but if you use your phone in the dark you will notice.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":762},[],"Not yet. Motiv is light-only, and English-only, for now.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fdark-mode",{"title":752,"description":763},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fdark-mode","piV36LU02S5qAk9jNut-LJc7Y3mVlpNGwjzxBBJjO00",{"id":770,"title":771,"body":772,"description":795,"extension":31,"meta":796,"navigation":33,"order":97,"path":797,"section":722,"seo":798,"stem":799,"__hash__":800},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fdevices.md","Which devices does Motiv support?",{"type":8,"value":773,"toc":793},[774,781,784,787],[11,775,776,777,780],{},"Motiv is built for ",[15,778,779],{},"iPhone",". There's no iPad, Android, Mac, or Apple Watch version.",[11,782,783],{},"Blocking is built on Apple's Screen Time frameworks, which only exist on Apple's mobile platforms — so an Android version wouldn't be a port, it would be a different product with different guarantees. We'd rather do one thing properly.",[11,785,786],{},"Of the four, iPad is the near miss. The frameworks are there, but the layout isn't: every screen in Motiv is drawn for a phone, and a stretched phone screen on a 13-inch display isn't something we're willing to ship. It's on the list rather than in progress, so there's no date to give you.",[11,788,789,790,162],{},"Nothing syncs between devices either — iPad or otherwise. If you replace your iPhone, your setup doesn't carry over: see ",[61,791,792],{"href":160},"what happens on a new device",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":794},[],"Motiv runs on iPhone. There's no iPad, Android, Mac, or Apple Watch version.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fdevices",{"title":771,"description":795},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fdevices","m-tAJcIDzLaR4KCUi_LF9X4RY7Z2_xXf5NCzNh6NoGw",{"id":802,"title":803,"body":804,"description":819,"extension":31,"meta":820,"navigation":33,"order":34,"path":821,"section":722,"seo":822,"stem":823,"__hash__":824},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Ffree.md","Is Motiv free?",{"type":8,"value":805,"toc":817},[806,809],[11,807,808],{},"Yes — the free plan is a real plan, not a countdown. It includes one block profile, three routines and reminders between them, schedule and instant blocks, the Focus Score, and the day view in Insights. You can stay on it indefinitely.",[11,810,811,813,814,162],{},[15,812,55],{}," lifts the limits and unlocks location blocks, daily app limits, Holiday Mode, and more. See the ",[61,815,816],{"href":63},"full comparison",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":818},[],"Motiv is free to use, with an optional Motiv Plus subscription that lifts the limits.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Ffree",{"title":803,"description":819},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Ffree","-6CO-i5R9cn2TbX3H9WzltdHJAqp-h3zKpXKY8L84Jg",{"id":826,"title":827,"body":828,"description":842,"extension":31,"meta":843,"navigation":33,"order":134,"path":844,"section":722,"seo":845,"stem":846,"__hash__":847},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fios-version.md","Which iPhone do I need?",{"type":8,"value":829,"toc":840},[830,837],[11,831,832,833,836],{},"Motiv needs ",[15,834,835],{},"iOS 26.5 or later",", on iPhone.",[11,838,839],{},"The requirement is high because the blocking is built on Apple's most recent Screen Time frameworks, and the older ones can't do what Motiv asks of them. If your phone can't update that far, Motiv won't install.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":841},[],"Motiv needs iOS 26.5 or later, on iPhone.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fios-version",{"title":827,"description":842},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fios-version","m7RU4r-WUxSdTpbwK-rz4AMgseSCyDlqpb97QbQ_zXc",{"id":849,"title":850,"body":851,"description":872,"extension":31,"meta":873,"navigation":33,"order":253,"path":874,"section":722,"seo":875,"stem":876,"__hash__":877},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Flock-screen.md","What shows on my Lock Screen while a block or routine is running?",{"type":8,"value":852,"toc":870},[853,860,863],[11,854,855,856,859],{},"A ",[15,857,858],{},"Live Activity"," — the panel that sits on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while something is running. Motiv can show one for a block or focus sprint counting down, and one for a routine you can tick straight from it.",[11,861,862],{},"It's a Motiv Plus feature, each surface has its own switch, and you can turn the lot off in Settings.",[11,864,865,866,869],{},"There are no Lock Screen ",[195,867,868],{},"widgets",", which is a different thing — what you see there is the Live Activity.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":871},[],"A Live Activity, if you turn it on. It is a Motiv Plus feature.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Flock-screen",{"title":850,"description":872},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Flock-screen","Cb80GFJIbXy3SSeItlAO49KzV9FwFM4J9gEM15j7nDA",{"id":879,"title":880,"body":881,"description":922,"extension":31,"meta":923,"navigation":33,"order":206,"path":924,"section":722,"seo":925,"stem":926,"__hash__":927},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fvs-screen-time.md","How is Motiv different from Screen Time on its own?",{"type":8,"value":882,"toc":920},[883,889,892],[11,884,885,886,162],{},"Motiv doesn't replace Screen Time — it drives it. iOS does the actual shielding; Motiv decides ",[195,887,888],{},"when",[11,890,891],{},"What you get on top of Apple's own controls:",[303,893,894,901,907,913],{},[306,895,896,897,900],{},"blocks that switch by ",[15,898,899],{},"schedule, place, or daily usage limit",", or with one tap;",[306,902,903,906],{},[15,904,905],{},"friction"," you choose when you try to bypass your own block, instead of a two-tap override;",[306,908,909,912],{},[15,910,911],{},"routines and reminders"," that give the protected time something to be for; and",[306,914,915,916,919],{},"a ",[15,917,918],{},"Focus Score"," that turns all of it into one number that only climbs.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":921},[],"Motiv uses Apple's Screen Time to enforce blocks, and adds scheduling, places, routines, and a score on top.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fvs-screen-time",{"title":880,"description":922},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fvs-screen-time","ja8EHBZOLpT7ro5nxZvkASBLeS7-iFF0tVT_q4_2TGI",{"id":929,"title":930,"body":931,"description":943,"extension":31,"meta":944,"navigation":33,"order":70,"path":945,"section":722,"seo":946,"stem":947,"__hash__":948},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fwhat-is-motiv.md","What is Motiv?",{"type":8,"value":932,"toc":941},[933,938],[11,934,935,936,162],{},"Motiv is a focus app for iPhone. It does three things: shields distracting apps and websites, helps you run the routines that shape your day, and rolls both into a single daily ",[15,937,918],{},[11,939,940],{},"The score is the part that makes it stick. Only what you did counts — showing up adds to it, and a quiet day simply doesn't. There's no red state and nothing you skip is ever deducted, so a rough week never becomes a reason to give up.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":942},[],"Motiv is a focus app for iPhone that blocks distractions, runs your routines, and turns both into one daily Focus Score.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fwhat-is-motiv",{"title":930,"description":943},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fwhat-is-motiv","1Nuv3vCk2YmPhJ1NlWILM_5ZdVwD_TAHCO6m1XxNFIw",{"id":950,"title":951,"body":952,"description":965,"extension":31,"meta":966,"navigation":33,"order":648,"path":967,"section":722,"seo":968,"stem":969,"__hash__":970},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fwidgets.md","Are there widgets?",{"type":8,"value":953,"toc":963},[954,957,960],[11,955,956],{},"Yes, and they're all free.",[11,958,959],{},"There are widgets for your Focus Score, for what's currently protected, and for your routines, plus combined ones that carry two of those at once and a larger dashboard that carries the lot.",[11,961,962],{},"The routine widgets are interactive: you can tick a task straight from the Home Screen without opening the app.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":964},[],"Yes, seven of them, all free — and the routine ones can be ticked without opening Motiv.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fwidgets",{"title":951,"description":965},"faq\u002Fgeneral\u002Fwidgets","pUoV55ZZrNfXc7LHoQMvplNvNodVgAF8N63hkTRR-ck",{"id":972,"title":973,"body":974,"description":992,"extension":31,"meta":993,"navigation":33,"order":230,"path":994,"section":995,"seo":996,"stem":997,"__hash__":998},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fchoose-apps.md","How do I choose which apps to block?",{"type":8,"value":975,"toc":990},[976,987],[11,977,978,979,293,981,983,984,986],{},"Inside a block, tap to open Apple's app picker. You can select individual ",[15,980,292],{},[15,982,296],{}," (like Social or Games), and ",[15,985,300],{}," by domain.",[11,988,989],{},"The picker is provided by iOS, not by Motiv, so it's the same list Apple's own Screen Time uses. Whatever you select comes back to Motiv as an anonymous token rather than a name — which is why your block shows a count and icons rather than a list of app names.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":991},[],"You pick apps, categories, and websites through Apple's own picker inside Motiv.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fchoose-apps","getting-started",{"title":973,"description":992},"faq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fchoose-apps","Y7aDnPaTKFrurIECXHloGAgPCf3c4P1OQ_yRkuIRZ2Q",{"id":1000,"title":1001,"body":1002,"description":1026,"extension":31,"meta":1027,"navigation":33,"order":34,"path":1028,"section":995,"seo":1029,"stem":1030,"__hash__":1031},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fnotifications-optional.md","Do I have to allow notifications?",{"type":8,"value":1003,"toc":1024},[1004,1007,1021],[11,1005,1006],{},"No — Motiv works without them. But two useful things go quiet if you decline:",[303,1008,1009,1015],{},[306,1010,1011,1014],{},[15,1012,1013],{},"routine and reminder nudges",", which are how a scheduled routine reaches you; and",[306,1016,1017,1020],{},[15,1018,1019],{},"warnings when a block stops enforcing",", for example if Screen Time access gets turned off in iOS Settings.",[11,1022,1023],{},"Every notification type is individually switchable in Settings, so you can allow them and then keep only the ones you want.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1025},[],"No, but routine reminders and permission warnings depend on them.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fnotifications-optional",{"title":1001,"description":1026},"faq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fnotifications-optional","dyIAKOvNEHDYgYEiXtWtybMvcFKu3D9Xl3hdvlFHFQo",{"id":1033,"title":1034,"body":1035,"description":1062,"extension":31,"meta":1063,"navigation":33,"order":70,"path":1064,"section":995,"seo":1065,"stem":1066,"__hash__":1067},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fpermissions.md","What does Motiv ask permission for?",{"type":8,"value":1036,"toc":1060},[1037,1040,1057],[11,1038,1039],{},"Three things, and only one of them is required:",[303,1041,1042,1047,1052],{},[306,1043,1044,1046],{},[15,1045,586],{}," — required for blocking. Without it Motiv can't shield anything, because iOS is the only thing that can.",[306,1048,1049,1051],{},[15,1050,604],{}," — optional. Used for routine reminders, and to warn you if a block stops enforcing.",[306,1053,1054,1056],{},[15,1055,316],{}," — optional, and only asked for if you create a location block or a location-triggered routine.",[11,1058,1059],{},"Motiv asks for each one at the moment it's needed, and explains why first. You can decline any of them and still use the rest of the app.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1061},[],"Screen Time access is needed for blocking. Notifications and location are optional and only used for features you turn on.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fpermissions",{"title":1034,"description":1062},"faq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fpermissions","JAECN02LzmsESkS68ikPPA_LOJYTEYPaMUc5U5Sa0vQ",{"id":1069,"title":1070,"body":1071,"description":1094,"extension":31,"meta":1095,"navigation":33,"order":97,"path":1096,"section":995,"seo":1097,"stem":1098,"__hash__":1099},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fwhy-screen-time.md","Why does Motiv need Screen Time access?",{"type":8,"value":1072,"toc":1092},[1073,1080,1083],[11,1074,1075,1076,1079],{},"Because on iOS, an app can't block another app — only the operating system can. Apple exposes that ability through the ",[15,1077,1078],{},"Screen Time"," frameworks (Family Controls and Device Activity), and an app has to be granted access before it can use them.",[11,1081,1082],{},"This is also what makes blocking trustworthy. Motiv hands iOS a set of rules and iOS enforces them, which is why your blocks keep working while Motiv is closed.",[11,1084,1085,1086,1088,1089,162],{},"Granting access does ",[15,1087,24],{}," give Motiv your usage history or a list of your apps. iOS keeps that to itself — see ",[61,1090,1091],{"href":160},"why Motiv can't show app names",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1093},[],"Only Apple's Screen Time frameworks can shield another app, so blocking cannot work without it.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fwhy-screen-time",{"title":1070,"description":1094},"faq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fwhy-screen-time","w9bInrwfY2B_krTDZiEnx8r9LKPnrQZu3fqXYtArZ50",{"id":1101,"title":1102,"body":1103,"description":1113,"extension":31,"meta":1114,"navigation":33,"order":206,"path":1115,"section":995,"seo":1116,"stem":1117,"__hash__":1118},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fwithout-blocking.md","Can I use Motiv without blocking anything?",{"type":8,"value":1104,"toc":1111},[1105,1108],[11,1106,1107],{},"Yes. Routines, reminders, today's tasks, the Pomodoro timer, the Focus Score, and Insights all work on their own.",[11,1109,1110],{},"That's also true on a device where Screen Time isn't available at all — Motiv says so plainly and everything else carries on working. Plenty of people start with routines and add blocking later, or never add it.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1112},[],"Yes. Routines, reminders, the Focus Score, and Insights all work without Screen Time access.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fwithout-blocking",{"title":1102,"description":1113},"faq\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fwithout-blocking","JvKhGl8S6IGZLQ-hFuLGdH2bqBKYwnm-qt_VByDjb1E",{"id":1120,"title":1121,"body":1122,"description":1143,"extension":31,"meta":1144,"navigation":33,"order":97,"path":1145,"section":1146,"seo":1147,"stem":1148,"__hash__":1149},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fbad-day.md","Does a bad day hurt my Focus Score?",{"type":8,"value":1123,"toc":1141},[1124,1127,1134],[11,1125,1126],{},"Never. A quiet day simply doesn't add points — nothing is deducted, the day isn't marked as a failure, and there's no red \"failed\" state anywhere in the app.",[11,1128,1129,1130,1133],{},"A below-target day reads as ",[15,1131,1132],{},"\"Good.\""," That's the whole philosophy: an app that punishes you for a hard week is an app you delete during a hard week.",[11,1135,1136,1137,1140],{},"Your ",[15,1138,1139],{},"success streak"," is the one thing a quiet day does end, because a streak counts consecutive good days — the same rule Duolingo and Apple Fitness use. That's a separate number from your score, and it never costs you points. If you know you'll be away, Holiday Mode freezes the streak instead of breaking it.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1142},[],"Never. A quiet day adds nothing, but nothing is taken away and there is no red state.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fbad-day","insights",{"title":1121,"description":1143},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fbad-day","gtWtcasg8q9BpSsKT9dk4gP2ICY-8CclPjeoCALbbhw",{"id":1151,"title":1152,"body":1153,"description":1166,"extension":31,"meta":1167,"navigation":33,"order":167,"path":1168,"section":1146,"seo":1169,"stem":1170,"__hash__":1171},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fblank-score.md","Why is my Focus Score blank?",{"type":8,"value":1154,"toc":1164},[1155,1161],[11,1156,1157,1158,162],{},"Because a day you haven't acted on doesn't get a score at all. Motiv shows a dash rather than a nought, and calls the day ",[15,1159,1160],{},"Rest",[11,1162,1163],{},"That's deliberate. A zero would read as a mark against you for a day you may simply have spent away from your phone, which is the opposite of what the score is for. The number arrives when there's something to count.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1165},[],"Because the day has nothing in it yet. A day with no activity has no score rather than a zero.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fblank-score",{"title":1152,"description":1166},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fblank-score","EkD3FCr1sXSBYss0eF58tk8tW1svZxfq6adkyTnWDZI",{"id":1173,"title":1174,"body":1175,"description":1188,"extension":31,"meta":1189,"navigation":33,"order":566,"path":1190,"section":1146,"seo":1191,"stem":1192,"__hash__":1193},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fcarried-score.md","Why does my score show a number when I haven't done anything today?",{"type":8,"value":1176,"toc":1186},[1177,1180,1183],[11,1178,1179],{},"Because Home and the widgets carry your last real score forward rather than showing an empty circle while the day is still young.",[11,1181,1182],{},"The carried number eases down over a few idle days and never drops below a neutral middle, so it reads as \"here's where you were\" rather than as today's verdict. It stops carrying after several idle days.",[11,1184,1185],{},"Insights always shows the truth of each day, and a carried number is never stored as your score.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1187},[],"Home and the widgets carry yesterday forward, easing down, so the screen is never blank on a quiet morning.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fcarried-score",{"title":1174,"description":1188},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fcarried-score","qKazsp_Ahag7Utqukiw2gi-z4xtzGvTsP-ZPSEvZRS0",{"id":1195,"title":1196,"body":1197,"description":1214,"extension":31,"meta":1215,"navigation":33,"order":134,"path":1216,"section":1146,"seo":1217,"stem":1218,"__hash__":1219},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Ffocus-timer-score.md","Does the focus timer count towards my Focus Score?",{"type":8,"value":1198,"toc":1212},[1199,1202,1209],[11,1200,1201],{},"No. Running a focus sprint earns no points and adds nothing to your Focus Score, on purpose.",[11,1203,1204,1205,1208],{},"If you switch on \"block apps during focus\", the protected time that creates ",[195,1206,1207],{},"does"," count, the same as any other block. Scoring the timer on top of that would count the same minutes twice and make a sprint worth more than the focus it protected.",[11,1210,1211],{},"So the timer is a tool, not a target. Use it because it helps, not because it moves a number.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1213},[],"No, and that's deliberate. The blocking it runs already counts, so scoring the timer too would count the same minutes twice.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Ffocus-timer-score",{"title":1196,"description":1214},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Ffocus-timer-score","LG9MCGhCt2W7S0Rw1Y_zyk4djVDEBxNGT2DHMCC6K6M",{"id":1221,"title":1222,"body":1223,"description":1240,"extension":31,"meta":1241,"navigation":33,"order":253,"path":1242,"section":1146,"seo":1243,"stem":1244,"__hash__":1245},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fgood-score.md","What counts as a good Focus Score?",{"type":8,"value":1224,"toc":1238},[1225,1232,1235],[11,1226,1227,1228,1231],{},"Around ",[15,1229,1230],{},"70"," is the mark of a day that went well.",[11,1233,1234],{},"Your ceiling isn't 100 on day one, though: it starts lower and climbs towards 100 as you build consistency. A perfect day is something you unlock rather than something handed to you at the start, which is also why the number keeps meaning something after a fortnight.",[11,1236,1237],{},"Real protected time puts a floor under the day, so an afternoon that held is never worth nothing.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1239},[],"Around 70 is a good day. Your ceiling starts lower and rises as you keep going.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fgood-score",{"title":1222,"description":1240},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fgood-score","5I2en0DEU40bn1VLNC3ZPA2sudZpI0Dg8BnbFTZYty0",{"id":1247,"title":1248,"body":1249,"description":1264,"extension":31,"meta":1265,"navigation":33,"order":206,"path":1266,"section":1146,"seo":1267,"stem":1268,"__hash__":1269},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fholiday-mode.md","What happens to my streak when I'm on holiday?",{"type":8,"value":1250,"toc":1262},[1251,1257],[11,1252,557,1253,1256],{},[15,1254,1255],{},"Holiday Mode"," and Motiv stops expecting anything of you. Your streak is held rather than broken, the day multiplier freezes, and routines stop nudging.",[11,1258,1259,1260],{},"It exists because \"don't lose your streak\" is exactly the kind of pressure Motiv is trying not to apply. A week off should feel like a week off. ",[195,1261,320],{},{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1263},[],"Holiday Mode pauses expectations without breaking your streak.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fholiday-mode",{"title":1248,"description":1264},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fholiday-mode","Rj3b758IF1RpHzhHXn2jKAlTQKg2WtrHy-xt4uP_PmI",{"id":1271,"title":1272,"body":1273,"description":1294,"extension":31,"meta":1295,"navigation":33,"order":648,"path":1296,"section":1146,"seo":1297,"stem":1298,"__hash__":1299},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fpoints-and-levels.md","What are points and levels?",{"type":8,"value":1274,"toc":1292},[1275,1278,1289],[11,1276,1277],{},"Points are the running total behind the daily score. You earn them for the same things the score counts, and unlike the score they only ever go up.",[11,1279,1280,1281,1284,1285,1288],{},"Enough of them moves you through seven levels, from ",[15,1282,1283],{},"Starter"," to ",[15,1286,1287],{},"Master",". There's a daily multiplier that grows as you keep showing up and freezes rather than resetting when you take a holiday.",[11,1290,1291],{},"Points are deliberately a slower, longer story than the score. The score is how today went; points are the fact that you kept turning up.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1293},[],"A separate, always-climbing tally from the daily score, running from Starter up to Master.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fpoints-and-levels",{"title":1272,"description":1294},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fpoints-and-levels","3z2axGWi4-6nvuIf_kwEa6QzRFpA23aUXlGASwW2x7Q",{"id":1301,"title":1302,"body":1303,"description":1313,"extension":31,"meta":1314,"navigation":33,"order":508,"path":1315,"section":1146,"seo":1316,"stem":1317,"__hash__":1318},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Friskiest-hour.md","What is the card that suggests a block for me?",{"type":8,"value":1304,"toc":1311},[1305,1308],[11,1306,1307],{},"Once there's enough of a pattern to be worth acting on, Insights names the hour you most often reach for something you've blocked, and offers to build a block for it. Tapping through opens the block editor with the times already filled in.",[11,1309,1310],{},"It's free, and it's the one thing in Motiv that makes a suggestion rather than reporting. It stays quiet until the pattern is clear enough to be more than noise.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1312},[],"Insights spots the hour you most often reach for a blocked app, and offers to build the block.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Friskiest-hour",{"title":1302,"description":1313},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Friskiest-hour","C1zhqwj2OOqKqM5gLh1C9UqKz2gWt3v51ptQJJodMjc",{"id":1320,"title":1321,"body":1322,"description":1335,"extension":31,"meta":1336,"navigation":33,"order":34,"path":1337,"section":1146,"seo":1338,"stem":1339,"__hash__":1340},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-are-insights.md","What can I see in Insights?",{"type":8,"value":1323,"toc":1333},[1324,1327,1330],[11,1325,1326],{},"Your streaks, your trends over time, a daily breakdown of what fed your score, and Apple's Screen Time report for your actual usage.",[11,1328,1329],{},"All of it is computed on your device from your own activity, and none of it is sent anywhere to be analysed.",[11,1331,1332],{},"On the free plan you get today and yesterday; the weekly and monthly views are Plus. Your patterns over the last 28 days and your all-time records stay free either way.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1334},[],"Streaks, trends, and an on-device Screen Time report, all computed on your device.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-are-insights",{"title":1321,"description":1335},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-are-insights","yGM_MI89cZJ-1IQYfpXliBObhQhZ9FeV7b1zCWE4-tg",{"id":1342,"title":1343,"body":1344,"description":1386,"extension":31,"meta":1387,"navigation":33,"order":230,"path":1388,"section":1146,"seo":1389,"stem":1390,"__hash__":1391},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-counts.md","What counts towards my Focus Score?",{"type":8,"value":1345,"toc":1384},[1346,1349,1381],[11,1347,1348],{},"Five things:",[303,1350,1351,1357,1363,1369,1375],{},[306,1352,1353,1356],{},[15,1354,1355],{},"protected time"," — blocks that actually held;",[306,1358,1359,1362],{},[15,1360,1361],{},"routine tasks"," you completed, with a bonus for finishing the whole routine;",[306,1364,1365,1368],{},[15,1366,1367],{},"reminder items"," you ticked, scored more quietly;",[306,1370,1371,1374],{},[15,1372,1373],{},"today's tasks"," you completed; and",[306,1376,1377,1380],{},[15,1378,1379],{},"shields you walked away from"," — closing one and staying out is worth a point each, up to five a day.",[11,1382,1383],{},"Routine-derived points are capped per day, so one enormous checklist can't dwarf everything else. Day and streak bonuses sit outside that cap.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1385},[],"Protected time, completed routine and reminder work, today's tasks, and shields you walked away from.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-counts",{"title":1343,"description":1386},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-counts","xyspzUa2PE-Vap2ec1SqXW9r6q8HidLzUowTfHHY6oM",{"id":1393,"title":1394,"body":1395,"description":1409,"extension":31,"meta":1410,"navigation":33,"order":70,"path":1411,"section":1146,"seo":1412,"stem":1413,"__hash__":1414},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-is-focus-score.md","What is the Focus Score?",{"type":8,"value":1396,"toc":1407},[1397,1400],[11,1398,1399],{},"One number, each day, for the focus you actually put in. Protected time from your blocks and completed routine and reminder work both feed it.",[11,1401,1402,1403,1406],{},"The rule that shapes everything else: ",[15,1404,1405],{},"only what you did counts."," Doing something adds to it; doing nothing simply doesn't add, and nothing you skip is ever deducted. Two deliberate acts do cost you — pausing a block, and ending one early — and both are capped. Consistency over time raises the ceiling.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1408},[],"One daily number for the focus you put in — and only what you did counts.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-is-focus-score",{"title":1394,"description":1409},"faq\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-is-focus-score","OI8-NG4o4Syhe1XbSUpKJRTnIQC51Ee9f8Tgdt5Dlm4",{"id":1416,"title":1417,"body":1418,"description":1446,"extension":31,"meta":1447,"navigation":33,"order":34,"path":1448,"section":1449,"seo":1450,"stem":1451,"__hash__":1452},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Falways-location.md","Why does Motiv need \"Always\" location, and why does iOS ask twice?",{"type":8,"value":1419,"toc":1444},[1420,1430,1441],[11,1421,1422,1423,1425,1426,1429],{},"A location block has to switch when you arrive somewhere — which is usually when your phone is in your pocket and Motiv is closed. iOS only wakes an app for a geofence crossing if it has ",[15,1424,595],{}," location with ",[15,1427,1428],{},"precise"," accuracy. With \"While Using\", the block only switches while Motiv is open on screen.",[11,1431,1432,1433,1436,1437,1440],{},"iOS also won't offer \"Always\" up front. The first prompt only offers ",[15,1434,1435],{},"\"While Using\"","; then, the next time you actually arrive at one of your places, iOS asks whether to upgrade to \"Always Allow\". Tap ",[15,1438,1439],{},"Change to Always Allow"," and the block starts switching in the background.",[11,1442,1443],{},"Motiv only asks once you've created something that needs it, and tells you which state you're in. Your coordinates stay on your device — they're never in an analytics event, a crash report, or a notification.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1445},[],"Background geofencing requires Always with precise accuracy, and iOS deliberately grants it in two steps.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Falways-location","limits",{"title":1417,"description":1446},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Falways-location","f9PpvqgpOQrtXdsZOaRqPwYNSfjFbX5AyZDuEiBMqZY",{"id":1454,"title":1455,"body":1456,"description":1473,"extension":31,"meta":1474,"navigation":33,"order":70,"path":1475,"section":1449,"seo":1476,"stem":1477,"__hash__":1478},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fapp-names.md","Why can't Motiv show the names of the apps I've blocked?",{"type":8,"value":1457,"toc":1471},[1458,1465,1468],[11,1459,1460,1461,1464],{},"Because iOS never tells us. When you pick apps in the Screen Time picker, the system hands Motiv an ",[15,1462,1463],{},"anonymous token"," — a sealed reference it can pass back to iOS to say \"shield this,\" but can't open to read a name.",[11,1466,1467],{},"So a block shows a count and Apple-rendered icons rather than a list. It looks like a gap, and it's the single strongest privacy guarantee in the app: Motiv genuinely cannot know which apps you struggle with, because iOS never says.",[11,1469,1470],{},"The same design means Motiv can't search your apps by name, or tell you which app a shield belongs to when it appears.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1472},[],"iOS hands apps an anonymous token instead of a name, so Motiv never learns what you selected.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fapp-names",{"title":1455,"description":1473},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fapp-names","pgFieRwiY7ozg5fdnznIt3Bi2GLRMj3GVKwA2FBFpPc",{"id":1480,"title":1481,"body":1482,"description":1495,"extension":31,"meta":1496,"navigation":33,"order":648,"path":1497,"section":1449,"seo":1498,"stem":1499,"__hash__":1500},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fdeleting-motiv.md","Can Motiv stop me deleting the app to escape a block?",{"type":8,"value":1483,"toc":1493},[1484,1487,1490],[11,1485,1486],{},"No. Any app can be deleted from an iPhone, and deleting Motiv removes its blocks with it. No focus app can prevent that, whatever it implies.",[11,1488,1489],{},"We'd rather be straight about it, because it changes what Motiv is for. This is a tool for someone who wants to spend less time on their phone — not a lock to be imposed on someone who doesn't. If you want restrictions that survive a determined moment, Apple's own Screen Time passcode is the right tool, and Motiv works alongside it.",[11,1491,1492],{},"In practice the friction is the point: choosing your bypass rules while calm is what makes the distracted version of you pause.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1494},[],"No, and it doesn't pretend otherwise. Deleting Motiv removes its blocks along with it.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fdeleting-motiv",{"title":1481,"description":1495},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fdeleting-motiv","oBDf-GlZj7a_GoGQmAUB0MXsAaVKmfjZNhNFj9nryA0",{"id":1502,"title":1503,"body":1504,"description":1521,"extension":31,"meta":1522,"navigation":33,"order":253,"path":1523,"section":1449,"seo":1524,"stem":1525,"__hash__":1526},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fgeofence-limit.md","Why has my location block stopped switching?",{"type":8,"value":1505,"toc":1519},[1506,1513,1516],[11,1507,1508,1509,1512],{},"iOS lets an app watch only ",[15,1510,1511],{},"twenty"," places at a time, and that budget is shared between every location block and every location-triggered routine you have.",[11,1514,1515],{},"Past twenty, something has to give, and it won't necessarily be the one you'd have chosen. If a location block has gone quiet, the usual cause is that you've added places elsewhere since you made it.",[11,1517,1518],{},"Removing places you no longer use frees the budget straight away.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1520},[],"iOS watches only twenty places at once for an app, shared between your blocks and routines.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fgeofence-limit",{"title":1503,"description":1521},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fgeofence-limit","6JtEVcplU96ucMFE7yo1eqlZ89en6XrmySEosMzB_x4",{"id":1528,"title":1529,"body":1530,"description":1543,"extension":31,"meta":1544,"navigation":33,"order":372,"path":1545,"section":1449,"seo":1546,"stem":1547,"__hash__":1548},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fno-siri-watch-mac.md","Is there a Siri shortcut, an Apple Watch app, or a Mac version?",{"type":8,"value":1531,"toc":1541},[1532,1535,1538],[11,1533,1534],{},"No. There's no Siri shortcut, no Apple Watch app, no Mac or CarPlay version, and no Control Centre control.",[11,1536,1537],{},"The widgets are the one place Motiv reaches outside itself, and they're on the Home Screen. Everything else happens in the app.",[11,1539,1540],{},"That's a scope decision rather than a technical wall, so it may change — but nothing is in progress today, and we'd rather say so than leave you looking for it.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1542},[],"No to all three, and no Control Centre control either. iPhone only.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fno-siri-watch-mac",{"title":1529,"description":1543},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fno-siri-watch-mac","sBomZV36wQ8t7BV5AS9QR4yjVgXK5fRvafUIDoAw9tg",{"id":1550,"title":1551,"body":1552,"description":1575,"extension":31,"meta":1576,"navigation":33,"order":97,"path":1577,"section":1449,"seo":1578,"stem":1579,"__hash__":1580},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fno-sync.md","Does anything transfer to a new iPhone?",{"type":8,"value":1553,"toc":1573},[1554,1557,1564],[11,1555,1556],{},"No — each device stands alone. Motiv has no account and no sync service, so what you built on your old phone doesn't appear on the new one.",[11,1558,1559,1560,1563],{},"For blocks there's a second, harder reason: those anonymous app tokens are ",[15,1561,1562],{},"issued per device",". Even a sync feature couldn't carry them across, because a token minted on your old phone is meaningless on the new one. App selections would have to be made again regardless.",[11,1565,1566,1567,1569,1570,1572],{},"What ",[195,1568,1207],{}," follow you is ",[15,1571,55],{}," — it's tied to your Apple Account, so it unlocks on the new phone.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1574},[],"No. A new phone is set up from scratch, and app selections can't be transferred at all.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fno-sync",{"title":1551,"description":1575},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fno-sync","A124lJzqkUNarbJI9gB4BQrKxu-aOrbVwUIdTgG4Oa8",{"id":1582,"title":1583,"body":1584,"description":1608,"extension":31,"meta":1609,"navigation":33,"order":206,"path":1610,"section":1449,"seo":1611,"stem":1612,"__hash__":1613},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fnotification-cap.md","Why didn't I get a notification?",{"type":8,"value":1585,"toc":1606},[1586,1593,1600,1603],[11,1587,1588,1589,1592],{},"iOS lets an app have only ",[15,1590,1591],{},"64 notifications scheduled at a time",", across everything. A handful of daily routines with several reminder times each can reach that ceiling faster than you'd expect.",[11,1594,1595,1596,1599],{},"Motiv budgets the slots rather than letting iOS drop whichever happened to be last. It schedules at most ",[15,1597,1598],{},"56"," at a time and holds the remaining eight back for things that have to go out there and then — a warning that a block has stopped enforcing is posted immediately and never waits in the queue.",[11,1601,1602],{},"Within the 56, routine starts keep their place and repeat nudges are what gets trimmed first.",[11,1604,1605],{},"Settings shows how many are currently scheduled and how close you are to the limit. If you're near it, reducing the extra nudges on a few reminders frees the most slots.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1607},[],"iOS allows an app only 64 scheduled notifications at once, so Motiv prioritises the important ones.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fnotification-cap",{"title":1583,"description":1608},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fnotification-cap","YZ323qtdc0Apy1j7TWMSocWrdbVArI891RZ98f5hVRE",{"id":1615,"title":1616,"body":1617,"description":1634,"extension":31,"meta":1635,"navigation":33,"order":134,"path":1636,"section":1449,"seo":1637,"stem":1638,"__hash__":1639},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-off.md","What happens if Screen Time access gets turned off?",{"type":8,"value":1618,"toc":1632},[1619,1622,1629],[11,1620,1621],{},"Blocking stops — instantly and completely. Screen Time access is what lets iOS shield apps on Motiv's behalf, so without it there is nothing to enforce your rules.",[11,1623,1624,1625,1628],{},"Motiv notices, shows the state on the Protect tab, and sends a notification so you're not left believing you're protected when you aren't. Turn it back on in ",[15,1626,1627],{},"iOS Settings → Screen Time"," and your blocks resume.",[11,1630,1631],{},"Your routines, tasks, score, and history are untouched — none of that depends on Screen Time.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1633},[],"Blocking stops immediately. Motiv detects it, tells you, and keeps everything else running.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-off",{"title":1616,"description":1634},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-off","zz4iuyAsGcdBn5kVJNnJojY3PziFN4XNHIyZdItq9cA",{"id":1641,"title":1642,"body":1643,"description":1660,"extension":31,"meta":1661,"navigation":33,"order":566,"path":1662,"section":1449,"seo":1663,"stem":1664,"__hash__":1665},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-report.md","Why can't I export or share my Screen Time report?",{"type":8,"value":1644,"toc":1658},[1645,1652,1655],[11,1646,1647,1648,1651],{},"Because Motiv never sees the numbers. Your usage report is drawn by ",[15,1649,1650],{},"Apple",", inside a sealed view that Motiv places on screen but cannot read, copy, screenshot programmatically, or export.",[11,1653,1654],{},"That's Apple's design, and a good one: it means an app can show you your own usage without ever being able to send it anywhere. The trade-off is a few seconds of loading while that separate view starts up, and no way for Motiv to fold those numbers into anything else.",[11,1656,1657],{},"Your Focus Score is calculated separately, from your own blocks and routines — not from this report.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1659},[],"Apple draws that report in a sealed view. Motiv can display it but never receives the numbers.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-report",{"title":1642,"description":1660},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-report","VKBltI_iabq8Yqe8-817e0yW9W9X1pWAW45mgvc4oI4",{"id":1667,"title":1668,"body":1669,"description":1682,"extension":31,"meta":1683,"navigation":33,"order":167,"path":1684,"section":1449,"seo":1685,"stem":1686,"__hash__":1687},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-unavailable.md","It says Screen Time isn't available on this device. Why?",{"type":8,"value":1670,"toc":1680},[1671,1674,1677],[11,1672,1673],{},"Some configurations can't grant it at all — a device managed by an employer or school, certain child accounts under Family Sharing, or a device where Screen Time has been restricted.",[11,1675,1676],{},"Motiv says so plainly instead of failing quietly, and everything else keeps working: routines, reminders, today's tasks, the Pomodoro timer, the Focus Score, and Insights.",[11,1678,1679],{},"If the device is managed, the restriction is set by whoever manages it — it isn't something Motiv can request around.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1681},[],"Some devices and managed accounts can't grant Screen Time access. Everything except blocking still works.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-unavailable",{"title":1668,"description":1682},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fscreen-time-unavailable","UQETBG4rdSey4MOuoShZFzGfQj6RT35qUIJ05EiGeuA",{"id":1689,"title":1690,"body":1691,"description":1701,"extension":31,"meta":1702,"navigation":33,"order":230,"path":1703,"section":1449,"seo":1704,"stem":1705,"__hash__":1706},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Ftwenty-blocks.md","Why is there a limit of 20 blocks?",{"type":8,"value":1692,"toc":1699},[1693,1696],[11,1694,1695],{},"That number comes from iOS, not from us. An app may only register so many Device Activity monitors at once, and 20 is the ceiling.",[11,1697,1698],{},"We show it honestly rather than advertising \"unlimited\" and letting the twenty-first block silently fail to arm. A block that doesn't enforce is worse than no block, because you plan around it.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1700},[],"iOS caps how many activity monitors one app may register at a time, and 20 is that cap.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Ftwenty-blocks",{"title":1690,"description":1701},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Ftwenty-blocks","7fi9qrIMIcGgGTKlmsxRGvMR-Jcs-UN-qjA1Ms9o35I",{"id":1708,"title":1709,"body":1710,"description":1722,"extension":31,"meta":1723,"navigation":33,"order":508,"path":1724,"section":1449,"seo":1725,"stem":1726,"__hash__":1727},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fwidget-icons.md","Why do my widgets show a placeholder instead of the app's icon?",{"type":8,"value":1711,"toc":1720},[1712,1715],[11,1713,1714],{},"The same reason a block shows a count rather than a list. iOS hands Motiv a sealed reference to the apps you picked and renders the real icons itself — and it won't do that rendering inside a widget.",[11,1716,1717,1718,162],{},"So a widget shows the block's name and how much it covers, and a placeholder where the icons would be. It isn't Motiv choosing not to show them; there's nothing there to show. See ",[61,1719,1091],{"href":160},{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1721},[],"iOS renders protected app icons itself, and will not do it inside a widget.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Flimits\u002Fwidget-icons",{"title":1709,"description":1722},"faq\u002Flimits\u002Fwidget-icons","4ZNe990y9ybTlimU8jW9jNt7z1zRmcc9-HxrKYMdWwI",{"id":1729,"title":1730,"body":1731,"description":1749,"extension":31,"meta":1750,"navigation":33,"order":230,"path":1751,"section":1752,"seo":1753,"stem":1754,"__hash__":1755},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fanalytics-off.md","Can I turn analytics and crash reporting off?",{"type":8,"value":1732,"toc":1747},[1733,1740],[11,1734,1735,1736,1739],{},"They start off, and stay off unless you choose otherwise — during onboarding or later in ",[15,1737,1738],{},"Settings → Privacy",". Each is a separate choice.",[11,1741,1742,1743,1746],{},"Turning one off stops the provider immediately and deletes what it had stored. While they're off nothing accumulates either: the events simply aren't recorded, rather than being kept on your device in case you change your mind. Motiv also keeps a local record of the choices you've made, viewable under ",[15,1744,1745],{},"Settings → Your consent record",", so you can see exactly what you agreed to and when.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1748},[],"They start off. You can switch either on or off at any time in Settings.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fanalytics-off","privacy",{"title":1730,"description":1749},"faq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fanalytics-off","6wHFuhyobZC6wSduaBZlsD-cjse8fFVVp35XUkUh8qE",{"id":1757,"title":1758,"body":1759,"description":1776,"extension":31,"meta":1777,"navigation":33,"order":206,"path":1778,"section":1752,"seo":1779,"stem":1780,"__hash__":1781},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fbackup.md","Is my Motiv data backed up?",{"type":8,"value":1760,"toc":1774},[1761,1764,1771],[11,1762,1763],{},"Motiv doesn't have its own backup or restore, and no cloud copy of your data exists anywhere. That's the direct consequence of having no account. Its database is deliberately kept out of your device backup too, so there really is nothing to breach.",[11,1765,1766,1767,1770],{},"You can still take a copy: ",[15,1768,1769],{},"Settings → Export my data"," writes everything Motiv holds on this device to a file. It's a record rather than a restore — there's no import to read it back — but a setup you're happy with doesn't have to exist in only one place.",[11,1772,1773],{},"So if you delete the app or move to a new phone, treat your setup as something to rebuild. It's the honest trade for a product with nothing to breach — and it's worth knowing before you delete the app to test something.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1775},[],"There's no backup or restore, but you can export a copy of everything to a file.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fbackup",{"title":1758,"description":1776},"faq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fbackup","_wJsbIbbJVTDwBC6ft0UWQtQ7vwUMWht0jvq7uSi85g",{"id":1783,"title":1784,"body":1785,"description":1798,"extension":31,"meta":1799,"navigation":33,"order":134,"path":1800,"section":1752,"seo":1801,"stem":1802,"__hash__":1803},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fconsent-record.md","Can I see what I agreed to, and when?",{"type":8,"value":1786,"toc":1796},[1787,1793],[11,1788,1789,1790,1792],{},"Yes. ",[15,1791,1745],{}," lists every privacy choice you've made, when you made it, and which version of the wording you were shown.",[11,1794,1795],{},"It's kept on your device, it's append-only, and it records withdrawals as well as grants — so turning something off leaves a trace of the fact, not a gap where a choice used to be.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1797},[],"Yes. Settings keeps a local record of every privacy choice you have made.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fconsent-record",{"title":1784,"description":1798},"faq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fconsent-record","DvzwL73_jZXcwlKCSdEAXF8onKGbPx5qDAxjFF93a6c",{"id":1805,"title":1806,"body":1807,"description":1828,"extension":31,"meta":1829,"navigation":33,"order":70,"path":1830,"section":1752,"seo":1831,"stem":1832,"__hash__":1833},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fdata-private.md","Is my data private?",{"type":8,"value":1808,"toc":1826},[1809,1812,1819],[11,1810,1811],{},"Yes, and structurally rather than as a promise. There's no account and no Motiv backend, so there is nowhere for your routines, tasks, blocks, saved places, or Focus Score to be sent. They live on your device.",[11,1813,1814,1815,1818],{},"Apple processes some things on its own terms — App Store purchases, and map searches if you use place search. Optional analytics and crash reporting are ",[15,1816,1817],{},"off"," unless you deliberately turn them on.",[11,1820,59,1821,1825],{},[61,1822,1824],{"href":1823},"\u002Fprivacy","Privacy Policy"," sets out every category in detail.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1827},[],"Yes. Motiv is local-first, with no account and no Motiv backend receiving your content.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fdata-private",{"title":1806,"description":1828},"faq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fdata-private","-DFP0Fxsa1wLlrACvVjHx3ezQVpTjEFho-9MHitXOXc",{"id":1835,"title":1836,"body":1837,"description":1865,"extension":31,"meta":1866,"navigation":33,"order":34,"path":1867,"section":1752,"seo":1868,"stem":1869,"__hash__":1870},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fdelete-data.md","How do I delete my data?",{"type":8,"value":1838,"toc":1863},[1839,1842,1856],[11,1840,1841],{},"Two ways:",[303,1843,1844,1850],{},[306,1845,1846,1849],{},[15,1847,1848],{},"Reset Motiv",", in Settings, clears everything you've created — routines, blocks, saved places, score history, settings, and consent records — and stops any active analytics or crash reporting.",[306,1851,1852,1855],{},[15,1853,1854],{},"Deleting the app"," removes its data from that device.",[11,1857,1858,1859,1862],{},"Neither cancels a subscription; that's handled separately in your Apple Account. If you'd previously enabled analytics or crash reporting, ",[61,1860,1861],{"href":122},"email us"," and we'll help with anything a provider may still hold.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1864},[],"Reset Motiv clears everything you created. Deleting the app removes its data from the device.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fdelete-data",{"title":1836,"description":1865},"faq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fdelete-data","5l6xicEwL_8YdOc_sHuRVFDj6QrvP_wKa64wnKXp-0A",{"id":1872,"title":1873,"body":1874,"description":1884,"extension":31,"meta":1885,"navigation":33,"order":167,"path":1886,"section":1752,"seo":1887,"stem":1888,"__hash__":1889},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Flock-screen-privacy.md","Can I keep my score and block names off the Lock Screen?",{"type":8,"value":1875,"toc":1882},[1876,1879],[11,1877,1878],{},"Yes, and some of it already is. The numeric Focus Score is kept off the Lock Screen unless you ask for it, and StandBy starts at the most private setting.",[11,1880,1881],{},"You can also keep block names out of notifications, so a block starting doesn't announce which apps it covers to anyone glancing at your phone. Reminders default to a generic title for the same reason.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1883},[],"Yes, and the numeric score is off there by default.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Flock-screen-privacy",{"title":1873,"description":1884},"faq\u002Fprivacy\u002Flock-screen-privacy","JmBbidJWtCALrOyj4J2i9I3gsynxI_9pDWCTkhes7EM",{"id":1891,"title":1892,"body":1893,"description":1917,"extension":31,"meta":1918,"navigation":33,"order":97,"path":1919,"section":1752,"seo":1920,"stem":1921,"__hash__":1922},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fwhat-leaves-device.md","What actually leaves my device?",{"type":8,"value":1894,"toc":1915},[1895,1898,1909],[11,1896,1897],{},"By default, nothing that belongs to Motiv. The exceptions are Apple's own services: an App Store purchase, and Apple Maps if you search for a place to use in a location rule.",[11,1899,1900,1901,1904,1905,1908],{},"If you opt in to ",[15,1902,1903],{},"analytics"," or ",[15,1906,1907],{},"crash reports",", what's sent is deliberately narrow — event types, counts, durations, app version and device model. Never task titles, notes, place names, coordinates, or which apps you've blocked.",[11,1910,1911,1912,1914],{},"Both are off until you actively switch them on, and either can be withdrawn in ",[15,1913,1738],{}," at any time.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1916},[],"Nothing by default beyond Apple's own services. Analytics and crash reports are opt-in and never carry your content.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fwhat-leaves-device",{"title":1892,"description":1917},"faq\u002Fprivacy\u002Fwhat-leaves-device","c-eYaNx2Q3b3Hbti7-mo3u1QdIlzOCoAMOJV0sfH1Ow",{"id":1924,"title":1925,"body":1926,"description":1959,"extension":31,"meta":1960,"navigation":33,"order":134,"path":1961,"section":1962,"seo":1963,"stem":1964,"__hash__":1965},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fauto-start.md","Will a routine start on its own at its scheduled time?",{"type":8,"value":1927,"toc":1957},[1928,1931,1947,1954],[11,1929,1930],{},"It depends on the trigger, and the reason is an iOS one.",[303,1932,1933,1941],{},[306,1934,1935,1938,1939],{},[15,1936,1937],{},"Arriving at a place"," genuinely starts a routine by itself. iOS wakes Motiv for a geofence crossing, so the run begins without you. ",[195,1940,320],{},[306,1942,1943,1946],{},[15,1944,1945],{},"A time of day"," doesn't. iOS won't let an app launch itself at a set time, so a scheduled routine sends you a notification and begins when you tap it or open Motiv.",[11,1948,1949,1950,1953],{},"A routine's optional timer is anchored to the ",[15,1951,1952],{},"scheduled"," time, not to the moment you tapped, so starting late eats into it and starting very late may find it already run out.",[11,1955,1956],{},"Missing it costs you that bonus and nothing else. No points are taken away for a late start.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":1958},[],"A location-triggered routine starts by itself. A time-triggered one waits for you to tap its reminder or open Motiv.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fauto-start","routines",{"title":1925,"description":1959},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Fauto-start","E5WmgaLVyLit9MSLeRKPO4w-CWwIuqBN4xqpoEWAcBs",{"id":1967,"title":1968,"body":1969,"description":2002,"extension":31,"meta":2003,"navigation":33,"order":167,"path":2004,"section":1962,"seo":2005,"stem":2006,"__hash__":2007},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fchange-just-one-day.md","Can I change just one day without changing my whole week?",{"type":8,"value":1970,"toc":2000},[1971,1974,1977,1987,1994],[11,1972,1973],{},"Yes, and it's free. Plan Ahead shows the next fourteen days, starting tomorrow, and anything you change there applies to that day alone.",[11,1975,1976],{},"On any of those days you can skip or move a routine, move or skip a single reminder time, add a one-off routine or reminder, add and rearrange that day's tasks, pull something back from the last thirty days, or reset the day to normal.",[11,1978,1979,1980,85,1983,1986],{},"You can also ",[15,1981,1982],{},"pause a block for that day only",[15,1984,1985],{},"add one for that day only",", either an existing block or a fresh one with its own apps and hours. Your normal week is untouched either way.",[11,1988,1989,1990,1993],{},"Two things to know. Plan Ahead is for days ahead of today, so pausing a block for ",[195,1991,1992],{},"today"," is done on the block itself. And it doesn't read your calendar or notice you're travelling. You tell Motiv what's changing, it doesn't guess.",[11,1995,1996,1997,1999],{},"Going away for longer? ",[15,1998,1255],{}," (Plus) sets a date range where your streak freezes and each block, routine and reminder can either stand down or keep going.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2001},[],"Yes. Plan Ahead covers the next fortnight, so you can skip or move a routine, move one reminder time, pause a block for a single day, or add one.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fchange-just-one-day",{"title":1968,"description":2002},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Fchange-just-one-day","_YQRxDaacaKHPheS4s4WQ23jk2N53JJLpbAxgVkCrfg",{"id":2009,"title":2010,"body":2011,"description":2031,"extension":31,"meta":2032,"navigation":33,"order":206,"path":2033,"section":1962,"seo":2034,"stem":2035,"__hash__":2036},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Ffree-limit.md","How many routines are included for free?",{"type":8,"value":2012,"toc":2029},[2013,2019,2022],[11,2014,2015,2018],{},[15,2016,2017],{},"Three, counting routines and reminders together."," They share one limit, so three reminders leaves no room for a routine until you remove one.",[11,2020,2021],{},"Today's tasks are separate: up to five a day. Motiv Plus makes both unlimited and adds custom schedules and location triggers.",[11,2023,2024,2025,162],{},"If you subscribe and later lapse, nothing you built is deleted — the extras are simply paused until you resubscribe. See ",[61,2026,2028],{"href":2027},"#faq-billing","what happens when a subscription ends",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2030},[],"Three, counting routines and reminders together, plus five of today's tasks a day.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Ffree-limit",{"title":2010,"description":2031},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Ffree-limit","xYvZuRx9XMoYWyMYDL_kgCInNG0CFYW2j8aGu2T3Q0A",{"id":2038,"title":2039,"body":2040,"description":2058,"extension":31,"meta":2059,"navigation":33,"order":508,"path":2060,"section":1962,"seo":2061,"stem":2062,"__hash__":2063},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Flock-screen-actions.md","Can I tick a reminder off from the notification?",{"type":8,"value":2041,"toc":2056},[2042,2053],[11,2043,2044,2045,2048,2049,2052],{},"Yes. A reminder's notification carries ",[15,2046,2047],{},"Mark done"," and ",[15,2050,2051],{},"Snooze",", and both work from the Lock Screen without unlocking or opening Motiv.",[11,2054,2055],{},"Marking it done ticks the item and cancels any nudges still queued for it. Snoozing pushes it back by an amount you can change, per reminder or for all of them.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2057},[],"Yes. Mark it done or snooze it straight from the Lock Screen, without unlocking.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Flock-screen-actions",{"title":2039,"description":2058},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Flock-screen-actions","vvG2O9fNl7Wu8fQSW5-KCEgc9TsK2Tk7ID_l2TeTbUY",{"id":2065,"title":2066,"body":2067,"description":2077,"extension":31,"meta":2078,"navigation":33,"order":34,"path":2079,"section":1962,"seo":2080,"stem":2081,"__hash__":2082},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fone-off-reminders.md","Can I set a one-off reminder?",{"type":8,"value":2068,"toc":2075},[2069,2072],[11,2070,2071],{},"Yes. Set a reminder for a single time and date, and leave the \"remind until done\" nudge on so it doesn't quietly disappear at the bottom of a list. If it's a multi-step errand, give the reminder several times rather than subtasks — subtasks belong to routines.",[11,2073,2074],{},"Reminders can also repeat — daily, weekly, or on the days you pick — with several times a day if you need them. The free plan allows up to three times a day on one reminder; Plus removes that cap.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2076},[],"Yes. Reminders handle one-offs with a time, several times a day if you need them, and a nudge until they're done.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fone-off-reminders",{"title":2066,"description":2077},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Fone-off-reminders","5uUSVkv-V040-wXMGBJMOrFo52g4x4WnP8b5uZfn-Bs",{"id":2084,"title":2085,"body":2086,"description":2099,"extension":31,"meta":2100,"navigation":33,"order":372,"path":2101,"section":1962,"seo":2102,"stem":2103,"__hash__":2104},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fremind-until-done.md","What does “remind until done” actually do?",{"type":8,"value":2087,"toc":2097},[2088,2091,2094],[11,2089,2090],{},"It nudges you again after the first alert, at a spacing you choose, and stops the moment the item is ticked.",[11,2092,2093],{},"It's deliberately small: a couple of extra nudges, not a stream of them. The point is to catch the reminder you swiped away while your hands were full, not to nag you into resenting the app.",[11,2095,2096],{},"It's off unless you turn it on, per reminder.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2098},[],"It repeats a reminder a couple of times after its first alert, and stops the moment you tick it.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fremind-until-done",{"title":2085,"description":2099},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Fremind-until-done","WIqqMsZaJ0BDxiF40G6x-p3ks99fzEMf0F0FoGDaCBw",{"id":2106,"title":2107,"body":2108,"description":2129,"extension":31,"meta":2130,"navigation":33,"order":230,"path":2131,"section":1962,"seo":2132,"stem":2133,"__hash__":2134},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Freminders-and-score.md","Do reminders affect my Focus Score?",{"type":8,"value":2109,"toc":2127},[2110,2113,2120],[11,2111,2112],{},"Yes, but gently. Ticking off a reminder item adds points and nudges your score up, the same way a routine task does.",[11,2114,2115,2116,2119],{},"What reminders ",[195,2117,2118],{},"don't"," get is the routine-completion bonus, the streak, or the celebration. The idea is that remembering to book a dentist appointment is worth something, without turning every errand into a performance you can fail.",[11,2121,2122,2123,162],{},"And as always: not doing one costs you nothing. See ",[61,2124,2126],{"href":2125},"#faq-insights","how the Focus Score works",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2128},[],"Yes, gently. Ticking a reminder item adds points, but reminders don't earn the routine-completion bonus.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Freminders-and-score",{"title":2107,"description":2129},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Freminders-and-score","AfQQ-_3Mw_4QxFQk1epIRSwmfg7fvJmaHO2kYWFg0r4",{"id":2136,"title":2137,"body":2138,"description":2155,"extension":31,"meta":2156,"navigation":33,"order":253,"path":2157,"section":1962,"seo":2158,"stem":2159,"__hash__":2160},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Froutine-timer.md","What's the timer on a routine for?",{"type":8,"value":2139,"toc":2153},[2140,2143,2146],[11,2141,2142],{},"It's an optional target for the whole routine, not for any one step. Set one and finishing inside it earns a small bonus on top of the points the steps already carry.",[11,2144,2145],{},"Missing it takes nothing away. It is a bonus you didn't get, not a penalty you were given.",[11,2147,2148,2149,162],{},"The clock is anchored to the routine's scheduled time rather than to the moment you started, so a late start eats into it — see ",[61,2150,2152],{"href":2151},"#faq-routines","will a routine start on its own",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2154},[],"An optional target for finishing the whole routine, worth a small bonus. 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If it turns out to be a habit you want Motiv to cheer you on for, build it as a routine and delete the reminder.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2173},[],"No. The kind is set when you create it, so pick again rather than convert. It is a small decision either way.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Froutine-to-reminder",{"title":2163,"description":2174},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Froutine-to-reminder","CW1aVckHIcWUEMUE5RIg2vFxKYwuSCAP3g3QJXJCvYo",{"id":2181,"title":2182,"body":2183,"description":2202,"extension":31,"meta":2203,"navigation":33,"order":97,"path":2204,"section":1962,"seo":2205,"stem":2206,"__hash__":2207},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Froutine-vs-reminder.md","What's the difference between a routine and a reminder?",{"type":8,"value":2184,"toc":2200},[2185,2191,2197],[11,2186,2187,2190],{},[15,2188,2189],{},"Routines"," are for the parts of your day you want to build a rhythm around. They're the gamified side: streaks, a completion bonus, a celebration when you finish.",[11,2192,2193,2196],{},[15,2194,2195],{},"Reminders"," are calmer. They're for the practical things — renew the passport, call the dentist — with a time, several times a day if you need them, and a gentle \"remind until done\" nudge. Subtasks are a routine thing; a reminder splits into times instead.",[11,2198,2199],{},"Both feed your Focus Score, but a reminder does it quietly: ticking an item adds points, and that's it. No streak to protect, no completion bonus, no fanfare.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2201},[],"A routine is a gamified checklist for a repeating part of your day. 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Ticking the last sub-step doesn't force the parent closed, so you stay in charge of when the step is really done.",[11,2220,2221],{},"Points are counted on the smallest pieces, so a step with two sub-steps is worth the same either way you tick it.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2223},[],"Yes, one level deep. 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Moving a task there is how you get it off today without pretending you've done it.",[11,2248,2249],{},"An unfinished task isn't lost either: you can pull one back from the last thirty days rather than retyping it.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2251},[],"A short ad-hoc list for today, plus an uncapped place to park anything without a date.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Ftodays-tasks",{"title":2232,"description":2252},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Ftodays-tasks","qoP2HqnR8J8HBWh-fIsytXd1YaIg0G9htXf16YSHCI4",{"id":2259,"title":2260,"body":2261,"description":2271,"extension":31,"meta":2272,"navigation":33,"order":70,"path":2273,"section":1962,"seo":2274,"stem":2275,"__hash__":2276},"faq\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fwhat-is-a-routine.md","What can I build with a routine?",{"type":8,"value":2262,"toc":2269},[2263,2266],[11,2264,2265],{},"A routine is a short, ordered checklist for a part of your day that you want to go the same way each time — a morning start, a wind-down, a gym trip, a Sunday reset.",[11,2267,2268],{},"Each one can have subtasks, an optional timer per routine, and nudges that keep going until it's done. Finishing tasks earns points, and those points feed your Focus Score.",{"title":27,"searchDepth":28,"depth":28,"links":2270},[],"Routines shape the mornings and evenings that matter, with subtasks, timers, and gentle nudges.",{},"\u002Ffaq\u002Froutines\u002Fwhat-is-a-routine",{"title":2260,"description":2271},"faq\u002Froutines\u002Fwhat-is-a-routine","VWmYVHlBCQStrr-cWvTKRRbEeW3irSKwwOURLKaE2jE",1787603526460]