Email: [email protected]
Or, inside the app: Settings → Help & feedback. You can attach screenshots there, and your app version comes along automatically so we can reproduce what you're seeing.
No. Tonic is self-directed, built for adults managing their own phone. It uses Apple's individual Screen Time authorization, not the parent and child kind. There's no remote management and no rule you can't change or delete yourself.
Free to start: lock two apps and earn with one habit, for as long as you like. Tonic Unlimited covers your whole phone: $29.99 a year or $9.99 a month, with the first 7 days free.
While Tonic is in beta on TestFlight, everything is free.
An iPhone on iOS 17.4 or later. Steps and most Health tracking work from the iPhone alone. Sunlight needs an Apple Watch (it measures time in daylight on your wrist), and sleep needs a Watch or another sleep tracker that writes to Apple Health.
No account, no sign-in, no password. Tonic asks for a first name during setup so it can talk to you like a person; you can skip it.
Two kinds of things. Time spent in productive apps you choose, like Kindle or Duolingo. And activity read from Apple Health: workouts, meditation, steps, calories burned, sleep, and time in daylight.
You decide what each rule requires: a daily goal that unlocks everything, or banked minutes you spend later at a rate you choose.
Time only counts while the app is on screen. If your phone is locked or the app is in the background, iOS doesn't count it toward your goal. Keep the app open while you read and you're set.
If you meditate with the screen locked (most people do), screen time can't see it. That's why Tonic tracks meditation through Apple Health instead.
When you build a meditation ritual, pick the meditation option and make sure your app (Headspace, Calm, Waking Up, Insight Timer, and most others) has Health sharing turned on: in that app's settings, look for Apple Health and allow it to write Mindful Minutes.
Open the locked app and tap the question on the locked screen ("Have you worked out?"). Tonic checks Apple Health right then, and if your session is there, the lock lifts.
If your workout just ended, give it a minute: your Watch can take a moment to hand the session to Apple Health. Opening Tonic itself also re-checks everything.
Your Apple Watch measures direct sunlight on your wrist. Cloudy skies and shade count less, and sitting by a window won't fool it. Tonic reads the total from Apple Health.
That's iOS, and it's by design: while an app is held, iOS holds its notifications too. There's no setting that separates the two, in Tonic or any app like it. Your notifications flow again the moment you've earned the app. Many people come to like this part.
When an app gets locked while you're inside it, iOS shows its own system screen first. Tap OK. The next time you open the app from your home screen, you'll see Tonic's screen as usual.
That's your call to make when you set the rule: choose a pause you can tap through, or a strict wall. If a rule isn't working for your life, edit it or turn it off in Tonic. Changing your rules is never locked.
No. App selections happen through Apple's Screen Time system, which hands Tonic anonymous tokens instead of app names. That's also why Tonic asks you to name your apps: it genuinely doesn't know.
Apple handles all billing. Go to iOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Tonic. Canceling keeps Unlimited until the end of the period you've paid for.
In Tonic: Settings → Restore Purchases. As long as you're signed into the same Apple Account, your subscription comes right back.
Refunds go through Apple, not us: visit reportaproblem.apple.com and sign in with your Apple Account.
We can't see which apps you've picked, and your Apple Health data never leaves your phone. We do receive anonymous usage and diagnostic information that helps us fix bugs. The full picture, in plain English, is in our privacy policy.
Email [email protected] and we'll delete everything tied to your device. Deleting the app from your phone removes everything stored on it, too.
iOS protects apps that have active locks in place. Open Tonic, turn off or delete your rituals and limits so nothing is locked, then delete the app normally.
First try opening Tonic: it re-checks every rule when it opens. If something still looks wrong, send us a note from Settings → Help & feedback with a screenshot. That report includes your app version and device model so we can chase down exactly what happened.
Email [email protected]. We read everything, usually the same day.