A friendly walkthrough of everything.

Setting up Onzy takes a couple of minutes. You make an account, answer a few light questions about what usually trips you up, and add one thing you want to get done. Then you're in. Everything lives behind a few simple tabs, along the bottom of the screen on a phone and down the side on a computer. Newer accounts start with just Coach and Home, and more tabs show up as you go. Want it all right away? In Settings, open Your experience and look under How much you see for How much do you want to see?

Why it helps: A short setup means you actually finish it. Onzy learns a little about your barriers up front so the coach can meet you where you are, instead of treating you like everyone else.

A task is just one thing you want to do. Type it into the Add a task… line on Home › Tasks, then tap the round + (or press Enter), and it lands under Today. The sliders icon beside the line opens the full New Task screen when you want to set more up front. Open any task and you can break it into smaller Steps yourself — or tap Ask coach to have them suggested. When you're done, you tap Mark done and get a little celebration, because finishing matters. You can also move fast with a flick: swipe a task right to finish it (cue the celebration), or swipe left to reveal Defer, Edit, and Remove. On a task's sheet, swipe down to close it — though if you've typed something unsaved in the editor, it politely stays open so nothing's lost.

Why it helps: Big tasks freeze you. A task cut into small, obvious steps gives your brain something it can actually start — and every step you finish is a real win, not a distant one.

A few simple steps

1. On Home, stay on the Tasks tab, type into the Add a task… line and tap the round + (or press Enter).
2. Tap a task to open it — add your own Steps, or tap Ask coach for smaller ones.
3. Set when it's due (Today, Tomorrow, Anytime, Later, or a date) and a session length under Focus if you'd like a timer.
4. Tap Focus on task when you begin, and Mark done when it's finished. Take the win.
5. In a hurry? Swipe a task right to mark it done — the same little win, without opening it.
6. Swipe left to reveal Defer, Edit, and Remove. Remove leaves an Undo for a moment, so a stray swipe never loses anything.

Some things you put off because you forgot. Others you avoid for months because they're confusing — you genuinely don't know where to begin. Untangle is built for those. You type the vague, scary thing exactly as it feels — "I need to file a business license and have no idea how" — Onzy asks a few gentle questions, then lays it out calmly: what you can do right now, what you need to find out, and one tiny first step to break the freeze. It's returnable, so you can come back to it anytime. In the app it's the Figure it out button on the Coach screen, Untangle it in the Tools menu, and an offer when you tell Onzy you're stuck on a task. Free accounts get a couple of these a day, and the allowance comes back tomorrow. Pro doesn't have that limit.

Why it helps: A normal to-do list assumes you already know the steps — but the things you dread most are the ones you don't understand yet. Turning a foggy, overwhelming task into a few plain, doable pieces is often all it takes to finally begin.

A few simple steps

1. Open the Coach tab and tap Figure it out — it's also Untangle it in the Tools menu (the Tools button), and offered when you tell Onzy you're stuck on a task.
2. Type the confusing thing just as it feels in your head — the vaguer and scarier, the better. There are no wrong answers.
3. Answer the few gentle questions Onzy asks — it's just getting its bearings.
4. Read it back to yourself: what you can do right now, what you still need to find out, and one tiny first step.
5. Take that first step — or don't. It's returnable, so you can pick the thread back up whenever you're ready.

On the Coach screen there's a quick Your energy row — Low, Steady, or High — near the bottom, above the quick buttons. On a phone it starts as one small line, so tap Edit to open it. Tap where you are, and the coach takes it in and adjusts what it suggests, instead of pushing the same plan at you every day.

Why it helps: Some days you can tackle the hard thing; some days you can't. Telling the coach your real energy means you stop fighting yourself — and you actually get going.

A few simple steps

1. Open the Coach tab — near the bottom, above the quick buttons, you'll see Your energy with Low, Steady, and High (on a phone, tap Edit first).
2. Tap the one that matches how you feel right now.
3. The coach takes it in and tailors its next suggestion to your energy.
4. Feeling different later? Tap again anytime.

On the Coach screen there's a Tools button, the first of the quick buttons. Tap it and a calm Tools menu opens with a few soft options in one place. It never nags, never shows a number, and you can always close it and nothing changes. The tools are grouped by what you need. Calm: take a breather (a slow breathing pause), a 30-second reset (a quick grounding exercise), check in, and ease things up (tell your coach about a heavy stretch). Start: brain dump, shrink one thing (turn a big task into a tiny two-minute first step), untangle it, just pick one thing (Onzy points you at a single easy start), and capture a thought. Focus: focus time, White Space, Power Hour, and Focus together. Reach out: coach chat, or Today is tough, which lets a Spotter know you could use some support. And Look back: your wins.

White Space is for printing your tasks. You pick the ones you want, and they go onto one calm page with a circle beside each. Print it, or save it as an image. Most print screens can also save it as a PDF. You'll find it in Tools, and lower down on Home under Tools & insights.

The breather can guide you with a calm voice and soft breathing sounds, and two little switches right there, Breathing sounds and Coach voice, let you mute either one on this device. Prefer quiet? Mute them, or turn off Sound effects in Settings. If you have reduced motion on, the breathing circle holds still.

Why it helps: When everything feels like too much, the brain freezes — and it won't go hunting for the right button. One calm door lowers the wall for you, with no numbers and no shame, so the next small step is easy to reach for.

A few simple steps

1. On the Coach screen, tap Tools — the Tools menu is there whenever you need it.
2. Pick whatever fits — the tools are grouped by what you need: Calm (a breather, a 30-second reset, a quick check-in), Start (brain dump, shrink one thing, pick one thing), Focus (focus time, White Space, Power Hour), Reach out (coach chat, or tell a Spotter you're having a hard time), or Look back (your wins).
3. Just need a person? Today is tough opens a warm, ready-to-edit message to a Spotter — never a task, never a gate. (No Spotters yet? It gently points you to add one first.)
4. In the breather, tap Breathing sounds or Coach voice to mute either one — your choice sticks on this device.
5. Follow the one small thing it offers — that's usually all it takes to get unstuck.
6. Not feeling it? Close it and carry on. It never pushes, and it's always there next time.

Some hard patches aren't one rough morning — they're a whole stretch: healing from surgery, an illness, a loss, a lot on your plate, or a big crunch. You can quietly tell your coach in two places: Ease things up in the Tools menu (the Tools button on the Coach screen), or Settings → Coach & AI, under "Something going on right now?". Either way it keeps it in mind, lowers the bar, and eases off the pushing — and you can change or end it anytime. On a genuinely heavy day, Onzy may gently offer this to you, too. It's private context, never medical or diagnostic.

Why it helps: A hard season isn't a productivity problem, and the last thing you need is an app treating it like one. Telling your coach once means it can go gentle for as long as you need — without having to explain yourself over and over.

A few simple steps

1. Open the Tools menu (Coach screen, Tools) and tap Ease things up — or open Settings → Coach & AI, find "Something going on right now?", and tap "Let your coach know".
2. Pick what fits — healing, feeling unwell, grieving a loss, a lot on your plate, or a big crunch. Add a word or two, and a date if you have an idea when it might ease up. Both are optional.
3. Tap Let my coach know. Then you can set how often your coach checks in: Freely, Sometimes, or Almost never — a hard stretch, met on your terms. You'll find it under Settings → Coach & AI.
4. Your coach quietly goes gentle — a small, calm note, not a banner. Change it or end it whenever you're ready. Coming back up when you can is the win.

The coach is a friendly thinking partner you can talk to whenever you're stuck. Tell it what you're working on or how you're feeling, and it helps you find one small next step. With your OK, it keeps a light note of what you've told it lately, and Pro remembers you across sessions. It's an AI helper — not a person, and not medical advice — just there for the moment you can't quite begin.

Why it helps: Sometimes the wall isn't the task — it's talking yourself into starting. A patient, judgment-free voice in your corner can be the nudge that gets you moving.

A few simple steps

1. Open the Coach tab and type what's going on — "I can't start this" is enough — or tap the mic to say it.
2. Not sure where to begin? Tap a quick button above the message box: Figure it out, I'm stuck, or Brain dump. Tools (the first button) opens the Tools menu, and More has My tasks, Power Hour, Plan day, and Quick Resets.
3. Follow the small next step it suggests. That's usually all it takes.
4. On more than one device? On Pro, turn on Cross-device coach chat under Settings and protect it with a PIN — your conversation then picks up where you left off, wherever you are.
5. Want to hear a reply out loud? Tap Hear it on any coach message — it reads the reply aloud and gently highlights each word as it goes, so you can follow along. This is for everyone, free included.
6. On Pro, set the coach's voice and tone under Settings → Coach & AI.

Spotters are real people you invite — a friend, a partner, a sibling, a teammate — to quietly root for you. They're not followers, and it's not a competition: there's no feed, no rankings, no leaderboard. Your Spotters live on the Spotters tab as a simple list, each with their full name, a small status dot (whether they're around right now), and when you two last connected. A "sees:" chip on each card shows — and lets you change — exactly what that Spotter sees of you. Each card also has a one-tap cheer and a Message button that opens every way to reach that person in one place.

Why it helps: We follow through more when someone's in our corner. A Spotter isn't there to check up on you — they're there to notice the small wins with you, and that's exactly the fuel that makes the next start easier. Spotters aren't a competition.

A few simple steps

1. Open the Spotters tab to see everyone in your corner as a simple list — full names, a status dot, and when you last connected.
2. Send a quick cheer right from the card (a tap of 👏 or 🔥), or tap Message ▾ to open every way to reach them — a message, a commitment, or a focus-together session — in one clean place.
3. Need to take someone off your list? Every Remove Spotter gives you 10 seconds to Undo before the Spotter is really removed.
4. Prefer to see more people at once? Tap Sort & density, then switch the density from Balanced to Compact for a tighter view.
5. There's no score and nothing to keep perfect — it's people in your corner, not a scoreboard.

When a Spotter sends you a cheer or a message, Onzy makes sure you actually see it — gently. You'll notice a warm count on the Spotters tab (a soft cyan-to-purple number, never an alarm-red badge) from anywhere in the app, plus a small bell in the top corner. If you're in the app when it arrives, a soft banner shows for about ten seconds — something like "Deb sent you a nudge" or "Deb cheered you on" — then tucks itself away. Tap it to open that Spotter, or dismiss it. On the Spotters screen, that person's card floats to the top with a NEW marker and a one-line preview you can tap.

Reading & replying: tap the preview or the bell to open a light message thread — their notes and your replies in one place. Replying is completely optional: react with an emoji, send a quick line, or (on Pro) send a voice note. There's no "unread" guilt and nothing you're behind on.

Why it helps: A kind word only helps if it reaches you — but an inbox you feel "behind on" would do the opposite. So Onzy surfaces a Spotter's message warmly and then lets it go. You see it, you feel it, and you reply only if you feel like it.

A few simple steps

1. Spot the warm count on the Spotters tab, or the bell in the top corner — either one means someone reached out.
2. In the app when it lands? A soft banner shows for about ten seconds — tap it to jump straight to that Spotter, or dismiss it.
3. On the Spotters screen, the sender's card floats to the top with a NEW marker — tap its preview line to read the thread.
4. Reply if you feel like it — no pressure to. Tap an emoji reaction, type a quick line, or (on Pro) send a voice note.

Quiet by design — respects Do-Not-Disturb & Gentle mode

Spotters are in your corner, not in your business. On every Spotter's card there's a "sees:" chip you tap to choose exactly how much that person sees of you — set independently for each Spotter. Three levels: Everything (the default — your presence, your momentum and streaks, and the encouragement you two exchange), Momentum (only your wins and momentum — no presence, no struggles), or Minimal (just your name). Your private tasks and notes are never shown by these levels — a task reaches a Spotter only when you deliberately share it (open the task, find its Spotter row, and tap Add a Spotter), and that one share is always honoured, even at Minimal.

Why it helps: Accountability shouldn't cost you your privacy. You decide, per person, how much each Spotter sees — and you can dial any Spotter up or down anytime. The details stay yours unless you choose, one task at a time, to let a Spotter in.

A few simple steps

1. On any Spotter's card, tap the "sees:" chip to cycle what that Spotter sees — Everything → Momentum → Minimal — with a quick confirmation and an Undo.
2. Set it per person: one Spotter can see everything while another sees only your name.
3. Your tasks, notes, and personal details are never shared by these levels — only what you choose.
4. Want to share one task? Open it, tap its Spotter row, then Add a Spotter — only that task is shared, and you can unshare it just as easily with Manage on the same row.

A Circle is a small group of Spotters who keep momentum together — a few friends, a study group, siblings. Everyone in a Circle can cheer each other on, and you build shared momentum as a group instead of one-on-one. Circles live at the top of the Spotters screen, on the Circles chip. Tap it: with no Circles or invites yet, the New Circle screen opens straight away. Otherwise you'll see Your Circles, where you can open one, answer an invite, or tap + New Circle. When you start one, you pick people from a real list — a checkbox, avatar, and full name for each, with a running "2 selected · 3 of 8 in this circle" count (you're always the +1). They're already your Spotters, so no cold invite goes out — we just ask if they'd like to join, and they say yes. A Circle holds up to 8 (you + 7).

Why it helps: Some things are easier with a few people than with one. A Circle keeps the same no-shame, no-leaderboard feeling — just a little group warmth around the small wins.

A few simple steps

1. On the Spotters tab, tap the Circles chip. (Already have Circles? Tap + New Circle in Your Circles.)
2. Give your Circle a name.
3. Pick people from your Spotters — check the ones you want; the counter shows "N selected · M of 8 in this circle." They're already your Spotters, so they just get a gentle ask to join.
4. Create it, and cheer each other on. Nobody's ranked — it's shared momentum, not a scoreboard.

Circles are a Pro feature

Focus together (some people call it body-doubling) is a quiet focus session you share with a Spotter — you both work on your own things at the same time, just knowing someone's there. When a Spotter is online, Onzy floats a gentle green "online — focus together, live?" to the top of their card; you can also start one from a Spotter's Message ▾ sheet, or the Focus together chip at the top of the Spotters screen. It's presence, not pressure: cameras off, no talking required, just company for the hard part — starting.

Why it helps: For a lot of people the hardest part is starting alone. Having someone quietly present — even doing their own thing — is a well-known way to get going: you borrow a little accountability without any performance.

A few simple steps

1. When a Spotter's online, tap the green Focus together at the top of their card.
2. Or open a Spotter's Message ▾ sheet and choose Focus together — or tap the Focus together chip at the top of the Spotters screen.
3. Work on your own thing — the point is company, not conversation.
4. Leave whenever you're done. Nothing's logged, nothing's scored.

Hosting a Focus together room is a Pro feature; joining one is free

To add someone, tap + Add Spotter — a small menu gives you two ways: Add someone on Onzy (by their Spotter ID) or Invite via link (share a private link with someone you trust, and they join by opening it). An invite you've sent but that hasn't been accepted yet is pending, and pending invites don't count against your limit: you'll see something like "5 active · 2 pending (not counted)", with pending ones clearly set apart. Free accounts can have a handful of Spotters; Pro raises the number (and unlocks Circles and voice replies).

Why it helps: The people who help most are the ones you actually trust, so inviting is deliberate and private — a link you choose to share, not a public profile. And a pending invite never eats your slots, so reaching out costs you nothing.

A few simple steps

1. On the Spotters tab, tap + Add Spotter, then choose Add someone on Onzy or Invite via link.
2. Until they accept, the invite shows as pending — and pending invites don't count toward your limit.
3. Watch the count: "5 active · 2 pending (not counted)" tells you who's in and who's still deciding.
4. Near your limit? Pro adds more Spotters, plus Circles and voice replies.

Free to start · Pro adds more Spotters, Circles & voice replies

Onzy keeps a gentle momentum line — no number to chase — at the top of Settings, next to how many tasks you've finished today. It reads "Momentum going" when you've got some, and "No momentum yet" when you're just starting. Miss a day and nothing shatters: no red badge, no guilt, no "you ruined it." Tomorrow is simply a fresh start.

Why it helps: Most streak apps punish the miss, and shame makes it harder to come back. Onzy keeps the good feeling of momentum without the trap — so one off day never turns into giving up.

A few simple steps

1. Finish tasks and your momentum builds — the line moves from "No momentum yet" to "Momentum going".
2. Open Settings (the gear icon in the top corner, or the side menu on a computer) to see your momentum line and today's done count.
3. Miss a day? No penalty and nothing to "protect" — a Spotter may just quietly check in.
4. Come back tomorrow. Starting again is the win.

Onzy keeps the things you've finished in view, so a win doesn't vanish the moment you check it off. Near the top of Home there's a quiet line, like "1 of 6 done · 1 win". Tap it for Today at a glance, a calm summary with a gentle line like "You've knocked out 1 — nice." Your finished tasks also gather under Done today at the bottom of your list. There's no streak, no quota, and no score to keep — just the pieces you got done. To look back over everything you've finished, open Your wins in the Tools menu.

Why it helps: Finishing something and watching it disappear off the list can make the effort feel like it never happened. Keeping your wins in view turns each small finish into fuel for the next start — which is exactly how momentum builds.

A few simple steps

1. Finish any task and the quiet line near the top of Home counts it, and the task moves down to Done today.
2. Tap that line whenever you need proof you're moving. Today at a glance opens with a Start next button if you want a next step, and Not now if you don't.
3. To look back over everything you've finished, open the Tools menu (Coach screen, Tools) and tap Your wins. In the Tune menu on Home, Done today and Completed show your finished tasks too. Nothing to protect, nothing to keep perfect.

Both of these live on Home, next to your list. The Calendar tab lays your month out as a grid, with a small marker on any day that has something on it. Tap a day to see just that day's tasks below — so instead of one scary wall of everything, you only ever look at today. When something's too big for one task, break it into a few smaller tasks and spread them across the days you'll actually do them. The Projects tab is the third one along: when a goal takes several days, break it into steps and Onzy tracks your progress as you finish each one — the next step is always waiting for you. It's all the same set of tasks — the tabs just change how you're looking at them.

Why it helps: Big goals feel impossible all at once. Spreading them across days means you only ever face today's small step — and seeing just one day at a time keeps it from overwhelming you.

A few simple steps

1. On Home, tap the Calendar tab to see the whole month; days with tasks show a little marker.
2. Tap any day to open its list below — or add something straight to it with Add a task for this day.
3. Switch between Month and Agenda up top, and narrow things down with Filters.
4. Break a bigger goal into smaller tasks and place each on the day you'll tackle it.

Labels are an optional, color-coded way to tag what a task is about — Work, Home, Errands, Health, Family, or Money. A labeled task shows a colored stripe and a small name chip in the Calendar tab's day list, and its label shows on the task itself, in the Color row. When you add a task on the full New Task screen, Onzy may quietly suggest a fitting label; tap the chip to accept, or just ignore it. Labels are always yours to set, change, or skip.

Why it helps: When everything sits in one list, your eyes have to read every word. A dab of color lets you see at a glance what's work and what's home.

A few simple steps

1. To label a task you already have, open it, tap its Color row, and tap Set color (it's in a task's ⋯ menu too), then pick one — Work, Home, Errands, Health, Family, or Money.
2. Adding a new task on the full New Task screen? If Onzy spots a fit, a small "Tap to tag" chip appears — tap it to accept the suggestion, or carry on without it.
3. On the Calendar tab, a labeled task carries its colored stripe and name chip in the day list.

Color labels are a Pro feature

Turn this on for a task and Onzy keeps it in front of you instead of letting it slide down the list. You can pick up to 3 tasks like this at once — enough to matter, never enough to become noise. Try for a 4th and Onzy will calmly ask if you'd like to swap one out. Each one gets a gentle heads-up beforehand, a nudge right around when it's due, and one follow-up afterward if you haven't started — then it steps back for the day. It's pinned near the top with a small "you asked me not to let you forget this" tag, and "Not today" always works, no explanation needed.

These reminders respect your Quiet hours, with one narrow exception you choose per task: letting just the exact-time nudge for a timed task through by push, nothing else. And even that one can't out-rank your phone's own Do Not Disturb — if your phone is set to block notifications, nothing gets through, as it should. If you've turned on Also email me (under Settings → Notifications), you'll get the heads-up and the follow-up by email too (the moment-it's-due one is too time-sensitive for email) — every one of those includes a link to stop emails about that task (tap it, then confirm). And after you've finished a repeating one on time a few times, Onzy will ask if you'd like it to ease off the reminders — say yes and it turns off for that task, say no and nothing changes.

Why it helps: A thing that matters can slip out of mind through no fault of yours — the goal here isn't more noise, it's the right nudge at the right moment, and never more than 3 at once so it stays help, not pressure.

You decide how much Onzy speaks up, how it sounds, and how it looks. Set one gentle daily nudge if reminders help you — or none at all — and turn on Don't let me forget on any task you want extra reminders for. Choose the sound that plays when you finish a task under Settings → Your experience → Sound & motion → Onzy sound: Fanfare, Signature, Zen, or Silent, each with a preview. And pick a look under Settings → Themes (on a computer, you can also tap Theme in the side menu): there are eleven: Dark, Warm Hug, Cosmos, Terminal, Sticker book, Cozy, Paper, Daylight, Garden, Bounce, and Riso. Each one is a tiny live preview of the real look, so you can see it before you tap.

Why it helps: The right reminder at the right time can be the difference between starting and forgetting — and comfort matters, so the app should feel good to open, day or night.

A few simple steps

1. Open Settings (the gear in the top corner) and tap Themes — or tap Theme in the side menu on a computer — and choose a look from the eleven — Dark, Warm Hug, Cosmos, Terminal, Sticker book, Cozy, Paper, Daylight, Garden, Bounce, or Riso. Each option is a little live preview of that theme.
2. For your finish sound, open Settings → Your experience → Sound & motion, find Onzy sound, and pick Fanfare, Signature, Zen, or Silent — tap the little play button to hear each one first.
3. For reminders, open Settings (the gear icon) and tap Notifications.
4. Under Nudge Time, pick a time for one daily reminder and tap Save.
5. Prefer no nudges? Just leave the time unset — Onzy stays quiet.
6. Set Quiet hours here too, and reminders for any task — including Don't let me forget tasks — stay off in that window, with one narrow exception you turn on per task.
7. Don't want the What's new popup after an update? Turn off Show "What's new" after updates under Notifications — big feature and security notes still come through.