How to use qawqaw
qawqaw is a calendar for noting down what you took and when. Record things you do repeatedly, such as medicines, supplements or exercise, and look back on them with a calendar and stats. You can start right away without an account.
1. Create a habit
Create habits in Habits.
- Name — can be as long as you like.
- Short label — 1–4 characters shown on the calendar. Emoji work too.
- Colour and shape — tell habits apart at a glance. Colour and shape are used together, so habits stay distinct even if colours are hard to see.
- Tags — group habits however you like, such as “morning”, and filter by tag at the top of the screen.
- Schedule (optional) — daily, every N days, on certain weekdays, or monthly. Set times if you want reminders.
- Times a day — once, twice or three times. Once is the default.
You can save a habit without filling anything in. Start using it now and refine it later.
Not sure where to start? In Habits › Habit ideas, pick a set and add it to your habits. You can change anything afterwards. With an account connected you can also post the habits under one of your tags as a set for others (only names, short labels and schedules are posted — not notes or records).
To change a habit later, press and hold it on the Record screen. On a computer, right-click it or use the pencil that appears when you hover.
2. Record with one tap
In Record, tap a habit once to record it at that moment. There is no need to pick a date or time.
- A habit you do several times a day fills up one tap at a time, and the button shows how many you have done.
- Tap again once it is full and that day's records are turned off. If that was a mistake, tap Undo right away.
- If the time is wrong, fix it in Entries.
- Decided not to do it today? Tap Skip on the notification or on the note in the Alerts tab. A skip is not a record; stats show skipped days separately.
3. Look back with the calendar
Each day on the calendar shows markers for what you recorded, so missed days stand out at a glance.
- Tap the markers under a date to see everything you did that day at a glance.
- Pick a past date to record for that day; you can set the time too.
- You can't record on dates that haven't happened yet.
A day turns over at midnight. If your device's time zone differs from the one your records use, a line at the top of the screen tells you, and you can change it there.
4. Stats
Stats work like a tick sheet at the back of a notebook: flip through by week, month or all time. Every number is shown together with what it was calculated from.
- “M of N days” — of the days it was planned, the days you did all of it. A small calendar is shaded by how much you did, with a ✓ on days you completed.
- Habits without a schedule show days recorded only, with no percentage.
- Tap a row for details — your longest run, times per day (shown with “total times / days”), the last record, and the times you recorded.
5. To-do
Habits with a schedule appear in To-do as the list for that day. You can look ahead at future dates. Pick a past date to see what you missed that day, and jump straight to recording for it.
6. Reminders
Set times on a habit to be reminded at those times. For each habit you can choose N min before, On time and N min after, if not logged. The title of a reminder is the habit's name and the text says when, so you know what is due without opening it. To show a count instead of names, choose in Menu › Notification settings › What alerts show.
The top of Menu › Notification settings shows how many times reminders ring today and when the next one is. The Android app schedules up to 30 days ahead (fewer days if you have many alerts). If you don't open the app in that time, one “Alerts have stopped” notification arrives; open the app once and they ring again. On the web, reminders only go off while a qawqaw tab is open in your browser. See Help for details.
Reminders that went off are kept in the Alerts tab for 30 days. Anything not done yet sits at the top as a note where you can tap Done or Skip. Delete all in the Alerts tab clears them in one go.
7. Make it comfortable to read
- Text size — default, large, larger, largest
- Theme — follow device, light, dark
- Texture — crayon, scrapbook, paper, plain. Only the look changes; layout and text stay the same.
- Language — 한국어, English and 9 more (11 in all), or follow device
8. Connect an account
Without an account, your records are stored on this device only. Connect a Google account and your records are also stored on the server, so they survive a device change and appear on your other devices.
Important Without an account, records are lost if you clear your browser data or change devices. On iPhone only browser storage is available, so if you plan to use qawqaw for a long time, we recommend connecting an account.
Lost a device? Open Menu › My data and choose Sign out other devices. You keep using this device; other devices are signed out within an hour at most.
9. Together
With an account connected, the Together tab lets you pick shared tags to show your records to family or a carer, or to record the same habits together. People who can see your records can leave a stamp on a good day (today and the past 7 days). Sharing only happens when you turn it on, and tags you did not pick stay hidden.
With Create circle several people can join in. The organizer's shared-tag habits appear in every member's app; every member records them and sees each other's records. Only the organizer edits the habits, and there is no chat or ranking. Circle news arrives once a day at 8 PM as one summary, however many circles you are in (Menu › Notification settings › Daily group summary).
10. Use it offline
You can open the app and record without an internet connection. If an account is connected, records are sent automatically once you are back online.
11. Export, import and delete
All of these are in Menu › My data.
- Export everything (JSON) — habits, records and reminder settings in one file. Good for keeping a copy.
- Export records as a table (CSV) — opens in spreadsheet apps, handy to show at an appointment.
- Import a backup file — brings an “Export everything” file back. Only what is missing is added.
- Trash — deleted habits stay here for 30 days, and restoring one brings its records back. The delete confirmation tells you how many records go with it.
- Delete all records — deletes records on the server and the device. Your account and settings stay. This cannot be undone, so export first.
- Delete account — deletes your account and all of its data. Shown only when an account is connected.
If you have already removed the app, see Account and data deletion.
Coming later
- Android app — being prepared for release on Google Play. For now, qawqaw runs in your web browser.
Not medical advice
qawqaw is a record-keeping tool. It does not diagnose, prescribe or advise on medication. Talk to a doctor or pharmacist about whether, how much, and when to take or stop anything.