In settings you adjust InnerPulse to your rhythm. The sections are grouped by topic and follow the order they appear in the app: Design, General, Security and Data, Influence Factors, About. What is big and complex has its own chapter and is only briefly touched on here.
Design
In the design section you set the theme and chart styles.
Theme
Four themes are available:
- Still Water: calm teal, light.
- Paper & Ink: warm beige tones, light.
- Night Owl: indigo gradient, dark.
- Legacy: follows the system settings, light or dark automatically.
Every theme brings its own mood palette so that mood colors stay readable on a colored background. The change runs as a soft crossfade over about half a second, not a hard switch. The choice is saved locally in iOS user defaults. There is no cloud sync for theme preferences.
Chart styles
Choose the chart style for the journal and the Questionnaire tab:
- Journal: line, dots, area or bars.
- Questionnaire: severity ribbon or curved lines.
The selection takes effect immediately on all charts in the app. The live preview shows your actual history, not a generic example.
General
Here you'll find reminders and the factor overview.
Reminders
Reminders are split into two areas: journal and questionnaire.
Journal: master toggle plus time picker. Below it a weekday strip where you turn individual days on or off. So you get peace on weekends, if you want. The app only sends a reminder if no entry exists yet on that day. This behavior is called smart suppression and ensures the app doesn't remind you of things you've long since done.
Questionnaire: interval picker with default options (daily, 7, 14, 30, 90 days) and a custom option (1 to 365 days). The reminder is relative to the last test. If you let the test become overdue, the app nudges you daily until you do it or disable the reminder.
The first time you activate it, iOS asks for notification permission. Without that permission the app shows a hint. If reminders don't arrive, check the chapter Troubleshooting.
Security and data
This section contains app lock and the privacy center.
App lock
Under security you turn on the biometric lock. Set a timeout: Never, Immediately, 1 minute, 5 minutes or 15 minutes. After it elapses, the app asks for Face ID, Touch ID or the device passcode the next time you open it. The lock screen shows nothing of the app's content until authentication succeeds. More background in the chapter Privacy & Security.
Privacy center
Tap Privacy and Data to get to the privacy center. There you see counters for your entries and questionnaires, can export, import or delete everything. Which permissions the app uses and what happens during deletion is in the chapter Privacy & Security. The details on export and import are in the chapter Export your data.
Influence factors
The factor management is reachable as its own sub-page. It has areas for Detected patterns (weekday affinities that the app detects from your data), Factors and categories (hide system factors, create your own, rename) and Intelligent factors (Apple Health and weather).
Because factors are their own concept with their own logic, they have their own chapter: Factors. Apple Health and weather are detailed in the chapter Apple Health & Weather.
About
In the About area you'll find:
- the app version,
- a button Send feedback that opens the iOS Mail composer (with auto-footer for version, iOS version and device model, so support requests can be triaged),
- the link Rate the app on the App Store that opens the native review dialog,
- references to the privacy policy and this help page.
What to know
- You can hide system factors, but not delete them. That protects against accidental data loss if a hidden factor is referenced in old entries.
- Every setting stays local. There is no cloud sync of preferences, not even for theme or reminder times.
- If reminders don't arrive, check in iOS under Settings, Notifications, InnerPulse whether they are allowed and no focus mode is active. More tips in the chapter Troubleshooting.