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Keep a little of the night
On Wake, tap Record a dream, or choose Write instead. Add whatever you remember, then save. Titles and feelings are optional. Wait for the saved confirmation. If a save fails, your draft stays available so you can retry.
Find your way around
Journal holds your entries and search. Sky opens your chronological dream universe. Calendar groups saved dreams by date and opens Patterns & reflections. Settings holds account, appearance and support options. Every star in the sky opens one of your saved dreams. Dream Studio offers sky palettes and optional soundscapes. Patterns describe your journal activity; they do not diagnose or predict anything.
Accounts and sync
When available, open Settings → Account & sync. Sign in or create an account, and explicitly choose to add this device journal to it. Already use Diaroo? Use the same email and password. Halfwake keeps its own journal, profile, consent and app session.
A new account may require email confirmation before you can sign in. For existing accounts, “Sign in with an email code” provides a recovery route. Never send your password or code to support.
Signed-in written dreams, feelings and profile changes save locally first and sync when connected. Account & sync shows the latest result and offers Sync now. Conflicting edits are kept in separate copies; a deletion takes precedence over an old edit. Voice recordings, legacy audio and sketch files stay on their original device and are not uploaded by journal sync.
Wait for pending changes to sync before signing out. Sign-out removes this account’s journal from the device, while retaining its cloud copy. If sync fails, Halfwake keeps your local changes and asks you to retry. Export first if you need a separate backup. If an old device cannot reconnect after account deletion, Data & Privacy offers an explicit recovery option after clearing fails: export your journal, then type REMOVE to discard only that device copy.
Set up your watch
Apple Watch and Wear OS companions are in testing. Each has three main views: Log, View and Settings. Pair your devices first in Apple’s Watch app or your watch maker’s Android app, then install Halfwake on both. In the phone app, open Settings → Halfwake on your wrist → Connect watch. On the watch, open Settings → Connect phone. Keep Halfwake open on the phone for the first sync.
Log opens system dictation or the watch keyboard. Review the words and save; watch notes contain text, not audio. After the first connection, notes can be saved offline and sent later. Open Halfwake on the phone to import waiting notes. View shows recent excerpts from up to 20 dreams. Settings shows connection status, the most recent received sync and a manual retry.
Connecting shares dream text with the paired watch. Disconnect from either Halfwake app to stop sharing. Cached phone history clears when the watch receives that change; an offline watch can retain its last copy until then. Unsent notes from an earlier connection are held for explicit recovery into the journal currently open on the phone. Disconnecting Halfwake does not unpair the devices themselves.
Halfwake Plus
Writing, phone voice capture, watch text notes, search, basic patterns, dream cards, export and optional written-journal sync stay free. Plus adds three cosmic worlds — Aurora Sea, Velvet Nebula and Golden Eclipse, dream soundscapes, and 30- and 90-day patterns. If plans are available, the app displays your store’s price and billing period before purchase. Subscriptions renew until you cancel them in your store account.
Choose Restore purchases on the Plus screen after reinstalling or changing devices. Use the Apple or Google account that made the purchase. Manage subscription opens your store’s subscription settings. Deleting Halfwake does not cancel a subscription. See subscription terms, cancellation and refunds.
Share and export
Dream cards omit your private dream text by default. You can add and edit an excerpt before opening the native share sheet. Settings → Data & Privacy exports JSON or CSV. Keep those files somewhere you control; this version does not offer file import. Copies outside Halfwake must be managed separately.
Reading, language and reminders
Settings offers English or Simplified Chinese, text size and an optional local daily reminder. If reminders do not arrive, check notification permission, Focus/Do Not Disturb and device settings.
Contact Halfwake support
Email [email protected] with your device model, operating-system version, Halfwake version and a short description of the problem. Leave out dream content, passwords, codes and payment-card details. For a purchase issue, tell us the store and the error shown.
For privacy or deletion requests, contact [email protected]. See your data controls and our privacy policy.