Help & Support

How do I get started?

Tap Plan a Session before your next night out. Set when it starts, when you're leaving, make your promises, pick your check-in times, and record a short video of sober-you explaining the plan. That's it — Joe handles the rest of the night.

How is the "days since" counter worked out?

The morning you wake up ashamed counts as day zero — you don't earn a day just by regretting things. Your first full clean day after the incident is day 1. Any morning-after score of 1 or more resets the counter; a 0 ("behaved like a normal person") keeps your streak alive.

Where are my videos? Who can see them?

Only you. Videos are stored encrypted on your phone, excluded from iCloud and computer backups, and never uploaded anywhere. There is no share button on purpose. The app locks behind Face ID by default. See the privacy policy for the full picture.

I had a big night with no plan. Can I still record the morning after?

Yes — on the home screen tap "Rough morning, no plan? Confess". You pick which night it was and go straight to the debrief. It counts toward your streak and your pattern like any other session. Regret doesn't need a booking.

Reminders aren't showing up during my session

• Check iOS Settings → Notifications → Green Monkeys is allowed.
• Check-ins are scheduled when you save the plan — if you created the plan after a check-in time had already passed, that one is skipped.
• Focus modes can delay notifications; Green Monkeys marks check-ins as time-sensitive, so allow time-sensitive notifications in your Focus settings.

How do I change the word? Or what a "Session" is called?

Settings → Your word (we ship mild suggestions; your own worse ones are your business) and What do you call one? for Session / Night Out / Drink / Cheeky One, or your own.

How do I add the widget?

Long-press your home screen → Edit → Add Widget → Green Monkeys. There are Lock Screen versions too. The counter updates itself at midnight.

My Apple Watch isn't showing the streak

Open the app on your iPhone once with your Watch nearby and unlocked — the phone pushes the streak and tonight's plan across automatically. Session check-ins arrive on the Watch whenever your phone is locked.

How do I delete a session?

Open the session and scroll to the bottom. Fair warning: the app makes you confirm twice and it will be sarcastic about it. Deleting a session permanently removes its videos and verdict from your phone. Deleting the app removes everything.

Something else?

Email owen@strive4.uk and a human (not Joe) will reply.