TapDiary v2.1.0 Update: Record on Apple Watch

TapDiary v2.1.0 Update: Record on Apple Watch

TapDiary has reached v2.1.0, and the star of this version is Apple Watch. No need to reach for your iPhone: one tap on your wrist and it's recorded.

Tracking usually breaks down over timing, not willpower. Pull the phone from your pocket, unlock it, hunt for the app, and somewhere in there you forget what you meant to log. Your wrist is the shortest path from doing the thing to recording it.

Record straight from the watch face

You don't even have to open the app. Put the buttons you use most on your watch face, and one tap on the clock screen records. It also shows how many times you've recorded today, right there.

Circular, rectangular and inline shapes are supported, so it fits any face that has complication slots. On faces with several slots, like Infograph or Modular, you can keep a few buttons up at once.

Here's how to add one:

1. Touch and hold the watch face, then tap “Edit”
2. Tap a complication slot
3. Find TapDiary in the list and pick the button to record

To switch to a different button later, tap the complication again in edit mode.

The watch app: tap to record

Open the watch app and your buttons are there in the same order as on your iPhone. Each one shows today's count alongside it. Tap a button and it's recorded right away.

Mistapped? Delete it right there

A watch can catch a stray tap from nothing more than raising your wrist. That's what the Today screen is for. It shows today's records newest first, and you can swipe left to delete one. No waiting until you get your iPhone out.

If the list looks out of date, the refresh button at the top right fetches it again.

Records travel to your iPhone through iCloud

Anything you record on the watch makes its way to your iPhone automatically through iCloud. Your iPhone doesn't have to be nearby: the watch connects to iCloud on its own, so a workout you left the phone at home for is still recorded.

Records may not show up instantly, though. Give it a moment, or tap the refresh button on the Today screen.

What stays on the iPhone stays on the iPhone

The watch is built to record and show today. Creating and editing buttons, memos, statistics and past dates all stay on the iPhone.

Before you start

Two things need to be on for the watch to record.

• Premium: you can record on the watch while Premium is purchased or your trial is running.
• iCloud sync: the watch exchanges records with your iPhone through iCloud. With sync off, neither buttons nor records reach the watch.

The watch app installs together with the iPhone app. It's usually already on your watch, and if you don't see it there, open the “Watch” app on your iPhone, find TapDiary under “Available Apps” and install it. It isn't listed separately in the watch's App Store. (Requires watchOS 10 or later.)

For a step-by-step walkthrough with pictures, see Settings > Apple Watch Guide in the app.

Good to know

• Numbers on the watch always count today. If a button in the app resets weekly, monthly or yearly, the number on your watch will differ.
• If your face is tinted, the complication follows the face color instead of the event color. That's Apple Watch keeping every face visually consistent.
• The watch follows its own system language, which may differ from the language you picked in the app.

TapDiary's original promise of recording with a single tap now reaches your wrist. Update to the latest version on the App Store.