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Glossary

Glossary of terms in Intimate.

Every term as it appears on screen, with a short explanation and where to find it.

Calendar

Calendar: Shared by you both

One list of what’s coming up, with Upcoming and Add tabs. Kinds are Work, Travel, Training, Date, Social and Other.

Where: Calendar tab See it →

Capacity

My capacity: What you have to give

A five-step scale from Empty to Full for how much you have to give today.

Where: Home See it →

Chance of being in sync

Chance of being in sync

A likelihood for each of the next fourteen days, calibrated to how often you’ve really been in sync.

Where: Forecast See it →

Check-in

How are you feeling?

Your daily update: mood, energy, capacity, in the mood, what you’d love, and optional extras. Each tap saves at once and the day resets at midnight.

Where: Home See it →

Connection point

My connection points

One thing that makes you feel close to your person, such as Long hug or Phone-free time. You can keep up to ten and you each have your own list.

Where: Home, Connections See it →

Connection tracker

Connection tracker: What brings you close

The report that holds your threads, the month in dots and the findings.

Where: Reports See it →

Cycle phases

My cycle: Your phase

Five phases the app uses: Period, Building up, Peak (ovulation), Winding down, Pre-period. A personal switch, “Track my cycle”, off by default and offered to everyone.

Where: Home, Calendar See it →

Day bands

Great day” · “Good day” · “Okay day” · “Harder day” · “Tough day

A label for how a day went for both of you, worked out from energy, capacity and mood.

Where: Weekly recap, Month by month See it →

Days in sync

Days in sync

The number of days that week when the in-sync rule above was met.

Where: Weekly recap See it →

Energy

My energy: How your body feels

A five-step scale from Drained to Buzzing for how your body feels.

Where: Home See it →

Engagement

How engaged I felt today

A slider from 1 (Checked out) to 10 (In the flow) for how present and absorbed you felt in your day. It doesn’t measure how much you got done.

Where: Home See it →

Felt connected

Felt connected today

The daily tick for what helped you feel close to your person. You can log today or yesterday.

Where: Home See it →

Forecast

Forecast: What the next few days may bring

A guide to the days ahead built from your usual weekday patterns. The page says it’s a guide only and not medical advice.

Where: Reports See it →

From the experts

💡 From the experts

One idea a day about closeness, the same for both of you, credited to the researcher or author behind it.

Where: Home See it →

Fulfilment

Fulfilment

The average heart score shown as a percentage, so five hearts is 100%.

Where: Reports See it →

Habit pace

Habit pace this week

Where each habit is likely to land by Sunday at your usual rate.

Where: Forecast See it →

Habits

My habits today

Up to three habits, two words each, each with a weekly target. You tick them daily and your person sees how you’re going.

Where: Home, Profile See it →

Heads-up

A short card on Home when something’s worth knowing. For example, “Your energy is high, and Sam’s capacity is low today.” It never adds advice. “Heads-up” is our word for it.

Where: Home See it →

Heart row

Was your need met? Tap a heart to show how much it meant.

Five hearts the person who asked taps afterwards: A little, Nice, Really nice, A lot, Meant the world.

Where: Needs, Home See it →

How much it means

How much each one means to you

One to three hearts per connection point, set by you: Nice, Means a lot, Means the world. Your person can’t see the number. The thread looks bolder to them.

Where: Connections See it →

In sync

You’re in sync today

Both of you picked at least two of the same “Today I’d love…” options, and your mood, energy, capacity and in-the-mood levels are each within one step of each other.

Where: Home, Reports See it →

In the mood

In the mood: Open to intimacy?

A five-step scale: Not today, Maybe, Open to it, Keen, Yes please.

Where: Home See it →

Invite code

I have a code

Six characters you get when you start a space. Your person types them in to join. Once two people are in, the code stops working.

Where: Home waiting card, Profile See it →

It didn’t happen

It didn’t happen

A button that closes a yes without a score.

Where: Needs, Home See it →

Log

Log: Things to remember about [name]. Only you can see these.

Private notes about your person in nine categories, from “They loved” to “Important dates”. Only the person who wrote a note can read it.

Where: Log tab See it →

Made on your device

Made on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

The card is drawn in your browser. It leaves your phone only if you share the image.

Where: Share See it →

Month by month

Month by month: Every day at a glance

Strips of squares for each measure across a month, plus a card for every day.

Where: Reports See it →

Mood

How are you feeling?

One of fifteen moods, from Content and Loving to Overwhelmed and Need space.

Where: Home See it →

Mood outlook

Mood outlook

A weather-style view for the week, from Sunny to Stormy, showing the chance of a good-mood day. (The marketing pages call it mood weather.)

Where: Forecast See it →

Most wished for

Most wished for

A word cloud from “Today I’d love…”. Bigger means picked on more days.

Where: Reports See it →

My period started today

My period started today

A button that restarts the cycle count from today and moves your stored cycle length toward the real gap.

Where: Home See it →

Need

Needs

Something you’d love from your person, in up to three words, with a day and a time. You can have one open at a time.

Where: Needs tab See it →

Needs in words

Needs in words

A word cloud of the needs you’ve asked for. Bigger means asked more and brighter means met more.

Where: Reports See it →

Needs met

Needs met

In Reports: a need counts as met once it’s been scored with hearts. “Not today” and “It didn’t happen” count as not met. Needs still waiting aren’t counted yet.

Where: Reports See it →

Not shared yet

Not shared yet

What your person’s card shows for anything they haven’t filled in today. It’s a normal state.

Where: Home See it →

Patterns

Patterns

Plain-English findings that show up once there’s enough data, usually after about two weeks.

Where: Forecast See it →

Quiet hours

Quiet hours: Nothing between 10pm and 7am

A notification setting, on by default. It uses the time in your own timezone.

Where: Profile See it →

Share cards

Share: Turn your stats into a story or post

Images you can make from your stats. Six cards (Our stats, Felt connected, Our threads, In sync, Mood, Highlights), in Story or Square, on Dusk, Cream, Clear or your own photo.

Where: Share See it →

Show details

Show details: Show what the need is on your lock screen

A notification setting, off by default. When off, a notification says something like “Sam shared a need 💫”.

Where: Profile See it →

Something to share

Something to share

One short note a day, up to thirty words, shown to your person. The first one of the day is kept.

Where: Home, Log See it →

Space

Start our space

The private place the two of you share. It holds exactly two people.

Where: Onboarding, Profile See it →

Thread

Your threads

Each tick is one strand, and strands braid into a thread, so a thread gets thicker the more often it happens. Your points arc above and your person’s arc below.

Where: Reports, Connections See it →

Today I’d love…

Today I’d love…

Pick from twelve gentle options for what would feel good today, such as Touch, Stillness or A good listen. Your person sees your picks first on your card.

Where: Home See it →

Unlocks after

Unlocks after 7 days · 3 so far

The progress shown on a report that isn’t open yet. Days count when either of you checked in. Weekly recap opens after 3, Month by month after 7, Forecast after 14.

Where: Reports See it →

Weekly recap

Weekly recap: Your week together, at a glance

Monday to Sunday: days in sync, needs met, best day, hardest day, a seven-day strip and a few moments. Home tells you when last week’s recap is ready.

Where: Reports See it →

What each connection does

What each connection does

A comparison of days with a connection against days without, over ninety days, once there are at least three days of each. The app labels these as patterns.

Where: Connections See it →

Yes, Later, Not today

Yes” · “Later” · “Not today

The three answers to a need. Each can carry a note of up to 140 characters.

Where: Home, Needs See it →

You said yes to

You said yes to 💞

A short list of the needs you’ve said yes to, with their day and time, so nothing is forgotten. It clears once your person rates the need or marks it as not happened.

Where: Needs, Home See it →

Your colour

Your colour

One of nine colours that marks your name and your data on both phones. Pairs that look too alike are greyed out.

Where: Profile See it →

Your person

Your person

The app’s word for your partner. It stands in for their name until they join.

Where: Everywhere See it →

Start with one feature.

Nothing in the app is required. A simple first step is to pick something in “Today I’d love…” tomorrow morning.

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