Somehow

Support

Write to somehow@olddognewflex.com and a person answers. There is no ticket system and no bot.


Common questions

I got a new phone. Where is my data?

On the old phone. Everything lives on the device and there is no cloud to restore from, so a new phone starts empty. Before you switch, go to Settings and export your data as JSON or CSV. Photos are the one thing an export does not carry — device loss is photo loss.

How do I delete everything?

Settings has Delete all data. Deleting the app does the same thing. Neither leaves a copy anywhere, because there was never a copy anywhere.

I tapped Done by mistake.

The next card carries the completed title and an Undo, and it waits. There is no countdown and nothing expires — the offer is there until your next move, however long that takes. There is no confirmation dialog before Done, either; undo in place is the trade.

Can I change the tasks in a room?

My House → the room → Edit list. You can rename tasks, reorder them, change how often they come round, add your own, and hide any you don't want. Changes apply from your next session; what you have already done stays done.

Why don't I get reminders?

They are off until you turn them on, and the app only asks after you have finished a session. Three a week is the most it can ever send, whatever happens; two is the default, and you can set it to one. Settings picks the tone — Gentle, Neutral or Direct — and takes effect on the next one.

Is it suitable for children?

It is rated 4+ and there is nothing in it a child could come to harm on — no ads, no browser, no chat, and nobody else to be contacted by. It is written for adults running a household rather than for children. The age rating page goes through every category one at a time.

Is there an Android version, or a web version?

Not yet. Somehow runs on iPhone for now. That's a platform decision rather than a missing feature, and there is no date to give you.

Something is broken, or I want to ask for a feature.

Same address: somehow@olddognewflex.com. For a bug, the room you were in and what you tapped last is usually enough — don't worry about version numbers. If something is hard to use with VoiceOver, or at a large text size, say so: those go ahead of new features, and the accessibility page lists what is already known.