Current-beta guide.

Follow the steps below to use Timeline, Journal, Search and your profile. Use Search in Today or Journal to explore supported, indexed entries in the current beta. Use the instructions below.

A little more clarity.
For your whole day.

Review your recorded visits, routes and geolocated journal media in Timeline.

Review your timeline

  1. Open Timeline. Tap Timeline to open your recorded timeline.
  2. Choose a period. Tap Day, Week, Month or Year to choose the period you want to review.
  3. Explore your day. Review the saved visits, routes and geolocated journal media shown for that period.

Search your day.

Search your journal with a question or a voice clip. Results depend on supported, enabled indexing in the current beta.

Find a place or a moment

  1. Choose a starting point. Open Today or Journal from the bottom bar.
  2. Open Search. Tap the magnifying glass at the top. On Today, it is beside your greeting; on Journal, it is beside the + button.
  3. Ask a question. Type a question or use the microphone.

The moments.
And the memories.

Add photos or videos to a journal entry. Photo-search indexing needs supported, enabled access and locally available photos.

Choose what to include

  1. Start an entry. Open Journal, then tap the circular + in the top right to start a new entry.
  2. Open Photos. Tap the + at the bottom left of the editor, then choose Photos.
  3. Choose your media. Choose the photo or video you want to add to your entry.
  4. Save your entry. Tap the checkmark in the top right to save the entry on your device.

Your day stays your business.

Your timeline and journal are stored on your device in this beta. Sign-in and maps use online services.

Know where your data goes

  1. Open the policy. Tap the privacy-policy link on this page to open the policy.
  2. Review local storage. Read Information on your device to see what is stored locally.
  3. Review online services. Read Accounts and online services to see which features use online services.

Set your schedule.

Keep your wake-up time, bedtime, daily steps goal and work hours in your profile.

Set your schedule

  1. Open Profile. Tap the rightmost Profile tab, marked with the person icon, in the bottom bar.
  2. Open Your Schedule. Tap Your Schedule to open your schedule settings.
  3. Set your day. Set the Wake Up and Bedtime values you want to use.
  4. Set your goals. Set your Daily Steps Goal and Work Hours.

Let your day build.

With your permission, Dayline records places and routes. Recording depends on the updates delivered by iOS.

Choose your recording interval

  1. Open Profile. Tap the rightmost Profile tab, marked with the person icon, in the bottom bar.
  2. Open Check Location. Tap Check Location to open the location interval options.
  3. Choose an interval. Choose 1 Minute, 5 Minutes or 10 Minutes for your saved route-point interval.

Keep a note.
Or say it out loud.

Create a journal entry with a title, a note and optional media. Audio recording is still being tested in this beta; transcription depends on a supported on-device recognizer.

Write a journal entry

  1. Open Journal. Open the Journal tab in the bottom bar.
  2. Start a new entry. Tap the circular + in the top right, next to Search, to open New entry.
  3. Add your words. Enter a title in the Title field, then write your note in the field marked Write anything...
  4. Add optional media. To add media, tap the + at the bottom left of the editor, then choose Camera, Photos or Audio.
  5. Save your entry. Tap the checkmark in the top right to save the entry on your device and return to Journal.

Tap an existing entry to open and edit it. An empty entry cannot be saved. To leave without saving, tap the x in the top left and confirm Discard this entry? when prompted.

A few useful tips.

Change device permissions in iOS Settings. Photos, Camera, Microphone and Speech Recognition appear only after the app requests them. Profile > Check Location changes the recording interval, not device permissions.

Set it up your way

  1. Open iOS Settings. Open iOS Settings, then tap Privacy & Security.
  2. Choose a permission. Tap Location Services to review location access, or choose the relevant category for another permission.
  3. Update Dayline access. Tap Dayline, then choose the access you want to allow.

What stays on your phone?

Your timeline and journal stay local in this beta. This is permanent local removal. It does not delete your server account or every copy of your data.

Remove local data

  1. Open Profile. Tap the rightmost Profile tab, marked with the person icon, in the bottom bar.
  2. Open Your data. Tap Your data to open the local data controls.
  3. Choose local removal. Tap Delete Local Account Data when signed in, or Delete Data on This iPhone.
  4. Confirm deletion. Tap Delete in the confirmation to permanently remove the local data.