Account
How do I create an account?
Tap Get Started, enter your account details, verify your email address, and complete the onboarding process.
Why do I need to verify my email address?
Email verification helps protect your account and confirms that the email address you provided is valid.
Can I delete my account?
Yes. Go to Settings > Account > Delete Account. Your account will enter a 30-day grace period before it is permanently deleted.
Can I cancel an account deletion?
Yes. Sign back in during the 30-day grace period and select the option to cancel the deletion.
What happens after my account is permanently deleted?
Your account and its associated app data are removed from Sowakto’s active systems. Once the deletion is complete, the account cannot be recovered.
Subscription
What does Sowakto Premium include?
Sowakto Premium provides access to advanced tracking tools, deeper insights, premium features, and other subscription-only functionality within the app.
How do I subscribe?
Tap View Plans, Unlock Premium, or any premium-feature button. The App Store purchase screen will open so you can select a plan.
How do I manage or cancel my subscription?
Subscriptions are managed through your Apple Account settings. You can also tap Manage Subscription in the app to access the available subscription options.
Can I restore my purchases?
Yes. Tap Restore Purchases in the subscription section while signed in with the same Apple Account used to make the original purchase.
What happens when my subscription expires?
Your account returns to the free plan. Your saved data remains in your account, but premium-only features become unavailable.
Habits
How do I add a habit?
Open Habits, tap Add, enter the habit name, choose its date, time, or repeat settings, and tap Save.
Can I edit or delete a habit?
Yes. Press and hold the habit, then select Edit or Delete.
What is Habit Streak?
Habit Streak provides a visual, calendar-style overview of your habit completion over time.
What does Vacation Mode do?
Vacation Mode pauses your normal habit expectations while you are taking a break. Your habit card appears dimmed while Vacation Mode is active.
Do missed habits affect my insights?
Yes. Missing scheduled habits may affect your habit-consistency and streak insights.
To-Do
How do I add a task?
Open To-Do, tap Add, enter the task details, optionally assign a project, date, or time, and tap Save.
Can I organize tasks into projects?
Yes. You can organize tasks under projects and optionally use the project’s date for scheduling.
Can I edit or delete a task?
Yes. Press and hold the task, then select Edit or Delete.
Do completed tasks appear in my schedule?
No. Completed tasks no longer appear as active schedule items.
Diet
How do I log food?
Open Diet, search for a food, enter the number of grams or serving amount, and add it to the appropriate meal.
Can I search for food while offline?
Yes. Sowakto’s curated food search works locally while you are offline. Any required updates will sync when you reconnect to the internet.
Can I add a custom food?
Yes. When a food is not available in the list, select Add Custom Food and manually enter its calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat.
Is custom food added to the global food list?
No. Custom foods are saved only for your account and are not added to Sowakto’s main curated food database.
Can I edit meal entries?
Yes. Open the meal details and edit the individual meal items.
What happens to previous days’ food logs?
Previous food logs are stored in your meal history by date. The daily calorie meter only reflects meals logged for the current day.
Activity
How do I log an activity?
Open Activity, choose Workout, Cardio, or Sport, enter the activity details, and tap Save.
Can I save a cardio activity without entering distance, laps, or repetitions?
Yes. You can save a cardio activity even when the distance, laps, or repetitions fields are left blank.
What is Activity Load?
Activity Load estimates how physically demanding your day was based on the activity type, duration, and intensity.
What do the Activity Load labels mean?
The labels No Activity, Light Day, Moderate Day, Hard Day, and Very Hard Day provide a simple summary of your daily activity intensity.
Do rest days negatively affect my activity trend?
No. Rest days are excluded from activity-penalty calculations.
Does the activity timer play a sound?
Yes. When the timer finishes, it plays your selected sound once.
Wallet
How do I add income or an expense?
Open Wallet, select Income or Expense, enter the amount, category, and payment method, and tap Save.
What is the Budget section for?
The Budget section allows you to set spending targets by category and compare them with your actual spending.
Can I remove all budget categories?
Yes. When you clear every category for a particular month, that month remains empty and will not automatically inherit the previous month’s budget.
Does my budget carry forward?
Untouched months may inherit the most recent previous budget. However, when you intentionally clear a month’s budget, it remains cleared.
How are credit card purchases handled?
Credit card purchases can be recorded as spending. However, they are treated differently from cash transactions so that borrowed funds do not incorrectly affect your actual cash balance.
What is cash flow?
Cash flow is your income minus expenses that affect your cash balance.
What happens when my balance is negative?
A negative balance is displayed in red. A zero or positive balance uses the app’s standard text color.
Schedule
How do I add a schedule item?
Open Schedule, choose a date, enter the start and end times, select an event type, add a title and optional link, and tap Save.
Can my schedule sync with Apple Calendar?
Yes. When calendar permission is granted, Sowakto schedule items can sync with Apple Calendar.
Can I delete synced schedule items?
Yes. When calendar sync is available, deleting a schedule item in Sowakto also removes its synced Apple Calendar event.
What title appears in Apple Calendar?
Sowakto can format synced event titles as Event Type: Title, such as Appointment: Dentist.
Vision Board
Can I upload images to my vision board?
Yes. You can upload images and add them to your vision board.
Will my vision board images appear while I am offline?
Previously loaded images may appear offline when they have been cached locally on your device.
Can one account see another account’s cached images?
No. Cached vision board images are stored separately for each account.
Goals
How do goals work?
You can create monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals in the corresponding goal sections.
What happens to completed goals?
Completed goals are saved in your goal history.
What happens to incomplete goals?
Incomplete goals remain in your goal records and history for the selected period.
Insights
What does Consistency measure?
Consistency summarizes how regularly you complete habits and tasks, log meals, and record activities.
Which time filters are available in Insights?
Insights can be filtered by:
- MTD: Month to date
- QTD: Quarter to date
- YTD: Year to date
Why are some insights locked?
Some advanced insights are available only with Sowakto Premium.
Notifications
Can I turn notifications on or off?
Yes. You can manage your notification preferences in Settings.
Are premium notifications sent to free users?
No. Premium-only notifications are restricted to Premium subscribers and stop when a subscription expires.
Is the Bible Verse Banner enabled by default?
No. The Bible Verse Banner is turned off by default for new users.
Offline Use
What can I use while offline?
Some features can work offline, including curated food search, previously cached vision board images, and certain locally stored app data.
What happens when I reconnect to the internet?
Pending local changes sync with Sowakto’s cloud services when an internet connection becomes available.
Support
How do I contact support?
Email support@sowakto.com.
Does Sowakto provide medical or financial advice?
No. Sowakto is a productivity and personal-tracking tool. It does not provide medical, nutritional, fitness-training, legal, tax, or financial advice.
