Tended Help & Guide
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English help · Reference release 1.0.33
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Getting started
Getting started
Create your first entry and choose what matters to you.
Getting started
Using the journal
Create, find and edit entries in list or day-by-day view.
Getting started
Rating and insight displays
Choose how ratings and insights look.
Getting started
App language
Choose the language Tended uses.
Getting started
How Tended groups ratings
Understand lower day ratings and the flame symbol.
Getting started
Describe your day
Turn your description into details you can review before saving.
Getting started
Carry forward
Choose what is copied into a new entry.
Getting started
Tracking pace
Pause tracking or adjust reminders to suit you.
Getting started
Custom labels
Use your own wording for ratings and severity.
Daily tracking
Symptoms
Record symptoms and their severity at a particular time.
Getting started
Demo mode
Explore fictional records without changing your own journal.
Daily tracking
Energy level
Record your energy separately from your day rating.
Daily tracking
Sleep quality
Record how you slept and review changes over time.
Daily tracking
Bowel movements
Record bowel movements and their details.
Daily tracking
Body map
Mark where you feel symptoms and describe each location.
Daily tracking
Triggers
Record possible triggers without assuming they caused a symptom.
Daily tracking
Food & drink
Record food and drink alongside your other observations.
Daily tracking
Medications and reminders
Log doses and manage reminders, schedules and supply.
Daily tracking
Photos
Attach up to five photos to a journal entry.
Daily tracking
Activities
Record what you did and review your activity history.
Daily tracking
Relief methods
Record what you tried for comfort or symptom relief.
Daily tracking
Periods (menstrual)
Record period days only if this tracking is useful to you.
Daily tracking
Crash / PEM tracking
Record PEM crashes and review the context around them.
Daily tracking
Allergies and reactions
Keep allergy information and record reactions.
Daily tracking
Custom fields
Create fields for details you want to track.
Daily tracking
Weather
Choose whether to include weather with your entries.
Daily tracking
Apple Health
Choose which Apple Health data Tended can read.
Daily tracking
Mood
Add mood labels that describe how you feel.
Daily tracking
Major Events
Record an important event without filling in a full entry.
Patterns & insights
Understanding your Insights
Find summaries, your recorded connections and calculated patterns.
Patterns & insights
How correlations work
Understand associations in your records and their limits.
Patterns & insights
Reading correlations in detail
Read the evidence and comparison behind a correlation.
Patterns & insights
Flow diagrams and Health Map
Explore how logged factors appear together.
Patterns & insights
How patterns work
Review rating sequences and symptom trends.
Patterns & insights
Day ratings explained
Understand optional whole-date ratings and comparison groups.
Daily tracking
Connections
Record how particular logged items relate to each other.
Daily tracking
Episodes
Group symptom updates to follow changes over time.
Patterns & insights
Day Intelligence
Review a summary of a past rated day.
Patterns & insights
Your menstrual cycle
Review menstrual-cycle context and estimated phases.
Patterns & insights
Energy pacing and Body Budget
Review recorded energy, activity and recovery context.
Patterns & insights
Visual and Detailed insight modes
Choose a quick visual overview or more detailed evidence.
Patterns & insights
Trigger experiments
Track a change you chose and review its recorded context.
Patterns & insights
Tracking breakdown
See what you have recorded in the selected period.
Patterns & insights
Your week
Review a summary of your recent records.
Appointments & reports
Appointments
Prepare notes and records for an appointment.
Appointments & reports
Things to discuss
Keep questions and observations for your next conversation.
Appointments & reports
Reports and visual outputs
Choose what to include in a report before sharing it.
Appointments & reports
Doctor Mode
Review relevant records together during an appointment.
Appointments & reports
Scheduled reports
Set up optional report preparation and review delivery limits.
Sharing / Self-care
My Flare Plan
Keep your own plan ready for difficult days.
Sharing / Self-care
What Helps
Review what appeared more often in better-day records.
Sharing / Self-care
Emergency Info
Prepare a reference card with key health and contact details.
Sharing / Self-care
Sharing with someone you trust
Choose what to share, with whom and for how long.
Sharing / Self-care
Share with Carer
Review daily summaries and separately selected records for each recipient.
Sharing / Self-care
Tell my carer (Quick Needs)
Send a brief request to a connected carer.
Sharing / Self-care
Condition Translator
Prepare a plain-language explanation to review and share.
Sharing / Self-care
How I’m Doing
Show how you are doing with a simple capacity card.
Your devices
Reminders and alerts
Keep only the reminders and alerts you want.
Your devices
Apple Watch app
Check in and review supported actions from your Watch.
Your devices
iPhone widgets
Add useful journal and medication shortcuts to your Home Screen.
Your devices
Apple Watch widgets
Choose useful Tended complications for your watch face.
Your devices
Siri Shortcuts
Use voice commands and shortcuts for supported actions.
Data & privacy
Connected apps
Control optional summary sharing with compatible apps.
Data & privacy
Backup & restore
Save a backup file and review restoration before proceeding.
Data & privacy
iCloud Sync
Understand personal-device sync and its status.
Data & privacy
Importing from other apps
Preview imported data before changing your journal.
Data & privacy
Exporting your data
Choose records to export and protect the resulting file.
Data & privacy
Deleting your data
Review what will be removed before deleting it.
Data & privacy
Where is my data?
Understand storage, app lock and optional sharing.
Getting started
What’s included in Tended+?
See which features require Tended+.
Patterns & insights
Sources & references
Find the sources and limitations behind Tended’s information.