CalmDown User Guide

What's New in 1.4.6

Custom Calm Page

Version 1.4.6 adds a fully customizable Calm Page — personalize page content, background, message art styles, and component colors. Entry info is simpler; English wording, iPad layout, and haptic feedback are all optimized.

1. Page content: Independently toggle the memory album, custom healing messages, and the breathing ring. Closed areas auto-adjust layout. When the ring is hidden, a text timer takes its place.
2. Background: Built-in presets plus album photo import. Adjust aspect ratio, layout, and softness.
3. Message art styles: Font style, text color, effects, outline, texture, and gradient.
4. Component colors: Separately color the description bar, description text, bottom buttons, voice button, title, breathing ring and countdown, and the 4-7-8 hints.
5. Live preview & reset: All changes apply instantly. Independent "Reset to default" options for background, message styles, component colors, and the whole page.
6. English & iPad: Unified English labels. Wider setting cards, description area, and preview layout on iPad.
7. Haptics: Faster feedback for selection, button taps, and completion, while respecting the system haptic setting.
8. Custom message length: Free users: up to 30 characters per message. Pro with the breathing ring on: 60 characters. Pro with the ring off (text timer): 120 characters.
9. Custom message cards: Generate share cards from your custom healing messages and share via the system share sheet.

How to Use Custom Calm Page

1. Open Me → Custom Calm Page.
2. In "Page Content," toggle the memory album, healing messages, and breathing ring.
3. In "Background," choose a preset or your photo and adjust ratio, layout, and softness.
4. In "Message Art Styles," set font, color, and effect.
5. In "Component Colors," pick colors for description text, bar, buttons, voice, title, and breathing hints.
6. Watch the live preview; settings save automatically when you leave.
7. Use "Reset to default" in each area, or the page-level reset at the bottom.

What's New in 1.3.8

1. Freeze Box: Save angry words and pick 3, 10, or 30 minutes. Lock Screen shows only a neutral frozen state during the countdown. Afterward, melt, keep, or rewrite.
2. Cooling Ring: Two-finger sustained hold for 30 seconds as the tense core shifts from warm apricot through soft purple to ice blue. Lifting either finger only pauses.
3. Anger Fuse: Pick safe actions (stop now, pause the argument, cool down, leave, or get support) to cut the impulse within 60 seconds.
4. My Calm Recipe: Chain 12 real tools into a runnable cooldown flow.
5. Live Activity: Calm Down shows breathing phases; Freeze Box shows countdown. Tap to return.
6. Motion by default: Morphs, particles, gradients, and haptic rhythm. "Reduce Motion" disables animation.
7. Paired light/dark design: All four tools switch palettes with system appearance.

1 Install & First Use

1.1 System Requirements

1. iPhone or iPad: iOS/iPadOS 17.0 or later.
2. Apple Watch: watchOS 10.0 or later.
3. Network required for Pro purchase, restore, website, and feedback.
4. iCloud sync requires signing in to your Apple Account and enabling iCloud.

1.2 First Launch

On first launch, if the personalization guide appears:

1. Choose identity and gender: male, female, or prefer not to say.
2. Choose "My Calm Scene": Parenting, Pet, Partner, Work, or Personal.
3. Choose "My Release Target": Parenting, Pet, Partner, Work, or Personal.
4. Add memory photos as desired, or skip.
5. Record a custom healing voice, or tap "Set Up Later."
6. Enter Home.

These only adjust in-app copy and can be changed anytime from Me.

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Android installs via APK downloaded from the official website (requires "Install unknown apps"); updates via Me → Check for Updates using the same signing certificate.

1.3 Four Recommended First Steps

1. Me → My Appearance: Light, Dark, or Follow System.
2. Me → My Language: Chinese, English, or Follow System.
3. Add a few memory photos with short descriptions.
4. Record a healing voice for your most-used scene under Me → Custom Voice Messages.

2 Main Interface

The tab bar has four tabs:

2.1 Home

Daily self-care message, Calm Down main entry, 14 pause tools, and the "My Tools" reorder entry. Home has 14 tools; My Calm Recipe's combo area shows 12 of them.

2.2 Memories

Manage Parenting, Pet, Partner, Work, and Personal memory photos with descriptions, likes, and share cards.

2.3 Journal

Log moods and view recent entries, weekly changes, peak hours, 30-day calendar, intensity trends, breakdown, source comparison, and weekly summary.

2.4 Me

Identity & gender, calm scene, release target, badges, healing messages, voice messages, appearance, language, app icons, iCloud sync, haptics, Pro, privacy, and support.

3 Calm Down

Calm Down uses a 4-7-8 breathing rhythm, ideal when emotions run high.

3.1 Start a Session

1. Tap Calm Down on Home → tap Start → follow: inhale 4s → hold 7s → exhale 8s.
2. Watch the animation, phase text, and progress. Stop if uncomfortable.

The "Gentle Memories" carousel above shows photos from the current calm scene with descriptions. The healing message for the current style shows in the middle.

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Auto-adds a breathing record after the first 19-second cycle (without "after-practice intensity").

3.2 Play Calming Voice

1. Tap "Play Voice" at top right. If a voice is recorded for the current scene, it plays here; tap again to stop.
2. If none, the button guides you to the recording page.

3.3 Record or Replace Voice

Me → Custom Voice Messages: choose scene → tap the mic → speak → tap to stop (auto-saves) → tap "Preview." Free: 15s per scene. Pro: 60s.

3.4 Comfort Tips

1. Sit or stand stably, relax shoulders and jaw.
2. Stop and breathe normally if 7s hold feels too long. Stop if dizzy or short of breath.

3.5 Quick Launch

1. Home widget, Lock Screen widget, iOS 18 Control Center, Apple Watch app and complications.

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Home/Lock Screen widgets, iOS Control Center, and Apple Watch quick entries are not supported.

4 Let It Out

A safe outlet for anger — without harming yourself, others, animals, or property.

4.1 Start

1. Tap Let It Out on Home, choose scene (Parenting/Pet/Partner/Work/Personal).
2. Pick one of six tools, read the description and prompt, complete the screen taps in a safe space.

4.2 Switch Release Scene

Tap the scene row at top, or set the default under Me → My Release Target. Switching scenes resets progress.

4.3 Partner Scene Tools

4.4 Work & Personal Tools

Work: Monitor, Soundproof Door, Computer, Keyboard, Archive Box, Office Chair. Personal: Hanger, Slipper, Palm, Hammer, Metal Bucket, Mug.

These tools are for virtual on-screen interaction only. Do not imitate in real life. Do not direct movements toward yourself, your partner, other people, animals, devices, or furniture.

4.5 Limits

1. Free: 2/day. Pro: unlimited. Counts only on the first actual interaction.

5 Claw Machine

Organize emotion balls and place "Anger" into the exit. Move claw → Drop Claw → Grab → Lift → Move → Drop Here. Free: 2/day. Pro: unlimited.

6 Bubble Breath

Tap "Start Round 1" → exhale slowly → observe bubbles and progress ring → complete all rounds → tap Finish. Free: 2/day. Pro: unlimited.

7 Anger Cards

Tap draw → card flips with a pause suggestion → do just that one action. Free: 2/day. Pro: unlimited.

8 Pause Checklist

Tap Pause Checklist → read first action → complete and check off → continue. Unlimited in both Free and Pro.

9 Memory Album

9.1 Access & Switch

Memories tab, Home tool, iOS 18 Control Center, or long-press app icon. Five albums: Parenting, Pet, Partner, Work, Personal — separate capacity for each.

9.2 Add & View Photos

Open album → choose scene → tap "Add Photos" → select photos or Live Photos → wait for import. Tap thumbnails to view; Live Photos auto-play.

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Supports normal photos only (no Live Photo). Deleting removes only the in-app reference, not the original system photo.

9.3 Descriptions, Likes & Delete

Open a photo → tap "Add Description" or "Edit Description" → save. Free: 30 characters. Pro: 60. Tap "Like" to mark favorites. Delete via Manage mode; deletions sync via iCloud.

9.4 Share Cards

Open photo → tap share → choose color → preview → save or share. Landscape photos show in full.

9.5 Capacity

1. Free: 15 per scene album. Pro: unlimited for all five.

10 Mood Journal

10.1 New Entry

1. Tap Mood Journal → choose source (Parenting/Pet/Partner/Work/Personal/Other) → choose trigger.
2. Pick emotion (Angry/Hurt/Anxious/Exhausted/Helpless/Calm) → set intensity 1–5 → choose "What did you use" → save.

10.2 History & Stats

Journal tab: recent 3 entries → "View All." Stats: total entries, active days (30), average change, weekly change, peak hours, 30-day calendar, intensity trend, emotion breakdown, source comparison, weekly summary.

10.3 Journal Badges

1. Emotion Witness: 10 entries. Consistent Listener: 7-day streak.

11 Messages to Myself

11.1 Daily Message & Style

The daily message shows on Home. The Home greeting (hourly rotation) and daily message are two separate things. Choose Message Style under Me → Message Style: Gentle Comfort / Firm Strength / Companion Empathy.

11.2 Custom Messages & Length

Me → Healing Messages → Add New → save. Length depends on version and timer: Free users 30 characters per message; Pro with the ring on 60 characters; Pro with the ring off (text timer) 120 characters.

11.3 Share Cards

Open a message → tap share → choose style → preview → save or share. Free: up to 20 messages. Pro: unlimited.

12 Calm Badges

12.1 Access & View

Home "Badges" card, Me → My Badges, or iOS 18 Control Center. 1.4.6 has 22 badges.

12.2 New Tool Badges

12.3 Collect & Share

Tap "Collect Badge" when goal is met. Collected badges can be shared.

13 Freeze Box

Save angry words and delay the decision. Drafts stay on-device — never shown on Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, or Live Activity.

13.1 Start a Freeze

1. Tap Freeze Box on Home → write the words → set anger intensity → pick 3, 10, or 30 minutes → tap "Freeze this line."
2. After cooldown, decide to melt, keep, or rewrite.

13.2 Live Activity & Privacy

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Uses an in-app countdown with drafts up to 500 characters. Live Activity / Dynamic Island is not supported.

1. Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show only a neutral frozen state with remaining time.
2. Free: 2/day. Pro: unlimited. Counts only when you tap "Freeze this line."

14 Cooling Ring

Two-finger sustained press to bring attention from impulse back to body.

14.1 Start Cooling

1. Open Cooling Ring → set intensity → press both touchpoints with two fingers → hold 30 seconds.
2. Lift either finger to pause; press both again to resume.

14.2 Limits & Feedback

1. One side alone does not start or count. Free: 2/day. Pro: unlimited.
2. Progress pairs color, flame morph, and haptics.

15 Anger Fuse

Breaks impulse into safe actions — stop now, pause the argument, cool the body, leave the scene, or get support.

15.1 Choose & Execute

1. Open Anger Fuse → pick a preset matching your situation.
2. Complete actions in order.

15.2 Safety & Limits

1. If danger is present, prioritize leaving and getting real-world help. Free: 2/day. Pro: unlimited.

16 My Calm Recipe

Not a ranking — it chains multiple real tools into one runnable flow.

16.1 Choose & Start

1. Open My Calm Recipe → browse 12 combo tools → pick a scene preset or custom combo → tap Start.
2. CalmDown opens each real tool in order.

16.2 Scene Presets

1. Quick Stop: Calm Down → Cooling Ring → Anger Fuse.
2. Don't Send That: Freeze Box → Pause Checklist → Message to Myself.
3. Safe Release: Let It Out → Bubble Breath → Claw Machine.
4. See the Emotion: Mood Journal → Anger Cards → Message to Myself.
5. Relationship Repair: Memory Album → Message to Myself → Freeze Box.
6. Wind Down: Bubble Breath → Mood Journal → Calm Down.
7. Stop Overthinking: Anger Cards → Mood Journal → Memory Album.

16.3 Limits & Feedback

1. Free: 2/day. Pro: unlimited. Counts only when you start a combo.

17 Reorder Tools

Home → "My Tools" → tap sort or long-press/drag → drag to position → exit. Custom order preserved across updates.

Default order: Calm Down → Freeze Box → Cooling Ring → Anger Fuse → My Calm Recipe → Let It Out → Badges → Claw Machine → Memory Album → Mood Journal → Anger Cards → Pause Checklist → Message to Myself → Bubble Breath.

18 Identity, Scene, Appearance, Language & Haptics

18.1 Identity & Gender

Me → Identity & Gender → Male/Female/Prefer not to say.

18.2 My Calm Scene

Me → My Calm Scene → Parenting/Pet/Partner/Work/Personal.

18.3 My Release Target

Me → My Release Target → choose scene.

18.4 Appearance

Me → My Appearance → Light/Dark/Follow System.

18.5 Language

Me → My Language → Follow System / 简体中文 / English.

18.6 Haptics

Me → Haptic Feedback → on/off. Global setting.

19 App Icons

Pro users can choose from 22 exclusive icons. Me → My App Icons → browse → tap → confirm.

20 iCloud Sync

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Provides no iCloud or cross-device sync; data stays on-device, encrypted with Android Keystore, with system auto-backup disabled.

1.4.6 intelligently merges across devices signed into the same iCloud account: five-scene photos & Live Photos, descriptions, likes, custom messages, five-scene voices, journal entries, tool progress, badges, personalization settings — including add/replace/delete states.

20.1 Enable & Manual Check

Me → iCloud Sync → toggle on → wait for "iCloud Connected" or "All data safely synced." Tap "Sync Now" and wait. Photos and voices are larger — first sync takes longer.

20.2 Multi-Device Tips

1. Same Apple Account + iCloud Drive, similar versions, stable network. Keep source device in foreground for large batches.
2. Journal entries merge intelligently; five scene albums use latest complete edit state.

20.3 Privacy & Delete

Data stored in your personal iCloud private database. Delete All iCloud Data only removes cloud data — local content stays. Irreversible.

21 Pro Purchase & Management

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Pro is redeemed via a 19-digit activation code (up to 2 devices, offline after activation with periodic verification). App Store in-app purchase and restore purchase are not supported. The two platforms' entitlements are not shared.

21.1 Pro Benefits

1. Unlimited: Let It Out, Claw Machine, Bubble Breath, Anger Cards, Freeze Box, Cooling Ring, Anger Fuse, My Calm Recipe.
2. Unlimited five-scene album capacity. Descriptions up to 60 characters. Voices up to 60 seconds. Custom messages up to 120 characters. Unlimited healing messages. 22 exclusive app icons.

In Free, Calm Down and Pause Checklist are unlimited; other limited tools are 2/day, counting only on the first effective action.

21.2 Purchase, Restore & Redeem

Me → Pro card → wait for App Store → tap Buy → confirm. One-time, no auto-renewal. Restore via same Apple Account. Redeem code from Pro page.

Pro is tied to the Apple Account used at purchase, not a single device.

22 Home & Lock Screen Widgets

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Home and Lock Screen widgets are not supported.

22.1 Home Screen

Long-press → + → search "CalmDown" → choose size. Small: pause reminder + Calm Down. Medium: + Let It Out. Large: full message + 4 entries.

22.2 Lock Screen

Long-press → Customize → tap widget area → search "CalmDown". 1.4.6: "Calm Down" shows "Start Breathing"; "Memory Album" opens directly.

22.3 Widget Not Updating

Open app → verify language → remove and re-add → restart if needed.

23 iOS 18 Control Center

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): iOS 18 Control Center entries are not supported.

Requires iOS 18+. Swipe down → long-press → Add Control → search "CalmDown" → choose → drag. 8 controls: Calm Down, Let It Out, Memory Album, Badges, Claw Machine, Pause Checklist, Anger Cards, Mood Journal.

24 Apple Watch

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Apple Watch (watch app, complications, and heart-rate reminders) is not supported.

24.1 Install

Paired Apple Watch, watchOS 10+. iPhone Watch app → My Watch → Available Apps → CalmDown → Install.

24.2 Features

1. Calm Down: 3 rounds of 4-7-8 with animation and haptics.
2. Let It Out: Five-scene 12 interactions.
3. Pause Checklist: 90s timer + 5 steps.
4. Freeze Box: Enter text, freeze for 3 minutes — countdown continues even when the screen sleeps.
5. Calm Reminder: Reads heart rate and resting heart rate trends to suggest a timely pause — no fabricated "stress score."

24.3 Complications & Troubleshooting

Long-press watch face → Edit → complications → choose CalmDown. Troubleshooting: wait for first sync, keep devices close, force-quit and reopen, restart Watch, reinstall, confirm matching versions.

25 iPad Tips

🤖 Android (1.4.6.5 and later): Android tablets switch to a left nav on wide screens (phones use a four-tab bottom nav); "Let It Out" uses a split layout in landscape; split-screen falls back to a single column.

Home tools in two columns, badges multi-column, journal stats side-by-side, album 1/2/3 columns. Calm Down shows larger memory carousel and description area. My Calm Recipe shows 12 combo tools in a 4 × 3 grid. Narrow Split View may switch to single column.

26 FAQ

26.1 Button Not Responding

Tap full button area, wait for animation, avoid rapid taps.

26.2 No Haptic Feedback

Check Me → Haptics, system haptic settings, low-power mode off.

26.3 Pro Paid but Not Unlocked

Don't repurchase. Same Apple Account. Restore Purchase.

26.4 Pro Not Showing

Check network and App Store sign-in, wait, restart app.

26.5 Badge Progress Stuck

Ensure session completed, revisit badge page, wait for iCloud sync.

26.6 Collected Badge Won't Share

Status must be "Collected" — collect first if target met.

26.7 iCloud Not Syncing

Check iCloud sign-in, iCloud Drive enabled, storage, network. Confirm all devices are 1.4.6+.

26.8 Photos Sync But Deletions Don't

Confirm both devices 1.4.6+ and same Apple Account. Wait for "All data safely synced," tap "Sync Now" on the other device.

26.9 Photo Add Failed

Complete system picker, wait for import, check storage and album limits.

26.10 Live Photo Became Still or Black Screen

Verify Live playback in system Photos. Wait for iCloud download.

26.11 Card Photo Not Filling Area

Landscape photos show fully to avoid cropping — normal by design.

26.12 Widget Shows Old Language

Open app, verify language, remove and re-add widget, restart if needed.

26.13 Control Center Entry Wrong Page

Update app, open app once, delete and re-add control, restart iPhone.

26.14 Watch "Unable to Install"

Check pairing, system versions, proximity, watch storage. Restart both.

26.15 "Play Voice" Has No Sound

Confirm a voice is recorded for the current scene. Try Preview. Check device volume. Wait for iCloud sync if another device just recorded.

26.16 Can't Start Recording

Allow mic permission. Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone → enable. Close other apps using the mic.

26.17 Photo Description Not Showing Fully

Free: 30 characters. Pro: 60. Share cards adjust by line count.

26.18 Page Shows Limit Used Just by Opening

Opening a page, browsing, or switching scenes does not count. Only the first actual use counts.

26.19 Live Activity / Dynamic Island Not Showing

Confirm Live Activities permission. Confirm breathing or freeze countdown actually started.

26.20 Watch Countdown Seems Stopped When Screen Sleeps

Countdowns are based on the target end time.

26.21 No Heart-Rate Calm Reminder

Confirm heart-rate permission. Tap "Update Heart Rate." Reminders only appear when heart rate stays elevated.

27 Safety & Privacy

27.1 Safe Use

1. Do not use interactive tools while driving, cycling, crossing streets, or operating machinery.
2. Stop immediately if breathing feels uncomfortable. Prioritize leaving if conflict escalates. Not a substitute for medical, psychological, or emergency services.

27.2 Before Sharing Photos

Check for: children's names or school info, home address, ID documents, location tags, others' privacy, faces or settings you don't want public.

27.3 Data Notes

1. Data is stored locally first. No app-specific account registration. iCloud sync is user-controlled.
2. 1.4.6 syncs five-scene photos, Live Photos, descriptions, likes, voices, messages, journal entries, tool progress, badges, and settings.
3. Deleting all cloud data is irreversible but does not delete local content.

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