Customization & Settings
Afternoon has two places for preferences:
- Customize for how the app looks and what your day shows. Open the menu and tap Customize, or go to Settings and tap Customization.
- Settings for your account, integrations, data, help and app info. Open the menu and tap Settings.
Customize settings are saved on this device. They don't sync to your other devices.
Customize
Appearance
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Dark Mode | Switches between light and dark. Afternoon uses this setting instead of your iPhone's appearance. |
| Theme Color | Your accent color, used for checkmarks, progress, buttons and highlights. Choose from 24 colors in three rows: light, bright and deep. |
| Checkbox Style | Square or Circle checkboxes. Habits use solid checkboxes and tasks use dashed ones. |
View Style
Habit View Style sets how habits look in your day list:
| Style | What you see |
|---|---|
| List | Checkbox on the left, then the emoji, name and time. Tap to expand for progress controls. |
| Badge | Name and description with a seven-day strip of checkboxes (three days before and after the selected day). Tap any past day in the strip to check it off. |
| Focus | A compact card with the emoji in a circle, the name and time, and the checkbox on the right |
| Tracker | The Focus card plus a heatmap of every day in the year |
Tasks use the List layout in List and Badge, and the compact card in Focus and Tracker.
View Options
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Show Emojis | Shows emojis on habits and tasks, and the emoji picker in the editor |
| Hide Completed Items | Hides finished habits and tasks from your day list |
| Time-Based Grouping | Groups your day into Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Today. See Your Day. |
Reminders
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Show Reminders Section | Shows Manage Reminders in the menu and Habit Reminders in Manage Habits |
| Show Date Reminders | Shows date reminders and holidays in your day list |
See Reminders.
Schedule & Reminders
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Show Daily Bookends | Shows your wake-up and sleep rows at the top and bottom of your day |
| Wake Label | Wake up time, Rise & Shine, Dawn, Awake, Morning, Sunrise, Start or Begin Day |
| Wake-up time | The time shown on the wake-up row |
| Sleep Label | Sleep time, Bedtime, Dusk, Sleep, Night, Sunset, Finish or End Day |
| Sleep time | The time shown on the sleep row |
The labels and times only appear when Show Daily Bookends is on. The Planner also scrolls to your wake-up time when you open a day other than today.
In-App Notifications
These control the short banners at the top of the screen. They don't affect system notifications.
| Setting | Banners for |
|---|---|
| Show Task Notifications | Completing tasks and habits from your day list |
| Show Habit Notifications | Logging progress on a habit from the habit editor |
| Show Achievement Notifications | New achievements, streaks and period goals met |
System Notifications
System Permissions shows whether Afternoon can send notifications:
- Granted means notifications are on.
- Request Access asks iOS for permission.
- Open Settings opens the iOS Settings app if you turned notifications off there.
Notifications are used for habit reminders, task notifications, date reminders, holidays and mid-period check-ins.
Habit Display
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Show period subtitle | Shows "2 sessions left this week" or "Goal met this week" under weekly, monthly and yearly goal habits |
| Show goal period tag | Shows a Weekly, Monthly or Yearly tag next to the progress count |
| Show progress ring on checkbox | Draws a partial ring on the checkbox for period progress |
| Show period reset indicator | Shows an orange dot on the first day of a period if last period's goal wasn't met |
| Show period summary banner | Shows the Period Goals banner on the All and Habits tabs |
Calendar
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Week starts on Monday | Starts calendars and date pickers on Monday instead of Sunday |
| Use 24-hour time | Shows times like 14:30 instead of 2:30 PM |
Settings
| Section | Item | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| My Account | Profile | Opens your profile |
| My Account | Language | Changes the app's language. See Language. |
| Appearance | Customization | Opens Customize |
| Integrations | Apple Health | See Apple Health |
| Integrations | Calendar | See Calendar |
| Manage Data | Manage Habits, Manage Tasks, Manage Reminders, Manage Time Blocks | The same management screens as in the menu |
| Help | Documentation | Opens this site |
| Help | Email Support, Report an Issue, Request a Feature | Opens a new email to support@oddomens.com in your mail app |
| About Afternoon | Rate Afternoon | Opens Afternoon on the App Store |
| About Afternoon | Version | Shows the version number. Tap it to see the version history. |
| Privacy and Terms | Privacy Policy, Terms of Service | Opens them on oddomens.com |
Language
- Go to Settings and tap Language.
- Choose a language.
- Close Afternoon completely and open it again. The new language applies after a restart.
The app's text is translated into Spanish, French, German, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. Some screens may still show English.