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FAQ & Help

Everything people ask. For the full command list, see the vocabulary — or just text help to tomo.

Getting started

How do I start using tomo?
Open tomo in your browser and type your number once — or message @tomomind_bot on Telegram. No app store, no password: your phone number is your account, and your first message creates it.
What happened to WhatsApp?
Meta disabled tomo's WhatsApp line in August 2026 without stating a reason. Rather than wait, tomo moved — to Telegram and its own app. Every account and reminder survived: sign in with your number at tomomind.com/app and pick up where you left off. If WhatsApp comes back, it comes back as a third door.
Which languages does it understand?
Any major language, including romanized ones like Hinglish — "kal 5 baje Rahul ko call karna yaad dilana" works. tomo always confirms back what it understood, in your local time, so a misread surfaces immediately and you can fix it by replying, e.g. actually 6pm.
How does tomo know my timezone?
It's inferred from your phone number's country code the first time you text, and stated in your first confirmation. If it guessed wrong (common for multi-timezone countries), send timezone <your city> — e.g. timezone Mumbai.

Reminders & timing

How precise is delivery?
Reminders are dispatched within about a minute of their scheduled time. Actual arrival also depends on your channel (Telegram or app notifications) and your connection — so treat tomo as very reliable, but not as a life-critical alarm (that's also in the terms).
Can I set repeating reminders?
Yes — "every Monday 8am", "1st of every month", "every 30 mins", and you can give quick cadences an active window: "every 30 mins from 9am to 6pm" or "during work hours" (no 3am water pings). Free accounts get up to 5 repeat pings a day for their first 30 days — a real month to let the habit form; Pro removes the cap. (Habits repeat daily for free — that's what they're for.)
What's a reminder "slot"?
Free accounts can have 3 reminders armed at once. A slot frees the moment a reminder fires or is completed or cancelled — so the tier keeps working forever. If everything's full, a new reminder waits and arms itself automatically when a slot opens. You can also earn bonus slots (e.g. a 7-day habit streak).
A ping arrived but I'm busy — what do I do?
Reply snooze 15 (or any number of minutes). Repeating schedules stay untouched; only that ping comes back later.

Habits & streaks

How do streaks work?
Create a habit ("habit: gym at 7am daily"), get a daily ping, reply done. Each consecutive day grows the 🔥 streak; missing a day resets it — computed on your local midnight, wherever you are. Streaks are never locked behind the paywall.
I have two habits — which one does a bare “done” count for?
The one that pinged you most recently. tomo's reply always names the habit it logged, so if it guessed wrong you'll see it instantly.

Plans & payment

What does Pro cost and what do I get?
Launch offer: $4.99 $1.99/month — or $59 once, forever: unlimited reminder slots, repeating reminders, unlimited habits, custom digest times, and Circles — reminders for up to 3 people you love. Text subscription to tomo for your personal checkout link. Payments are handled by Dodo Payments (cards; UPI options for India are coming).
How do I cancel or get a refund?
Text subscription → tap the manage link → cancel. You keep Pro until the end of the paid period, then drop to Free — nothing gets deleted. Lifetime purchases have a 14-day no-questions refund; see the terms for details.

Messages & privacy

Will tomo spam me?
No. tomo only sends what you asked for, plus one optional morning digest of your own commitments — never tips or promotions. If you stop replying, the digest automatically steps down to every 3 days, then weekly, then pauses. Text stop and everything halts immediately.
What data do you keep?
Your number, your items, your chat with tomo, your timezone, and your plan. Nothing else — no contacts, no other chats, no trackers. Full details in the privacy policy, and you can delete everything anytime.
How do I leave?
Text stop (or just block tomo). Outbound messages stop instantly. Your items are kept 90 days in case you come back, then purged — or request immediate deletion.
I didn't hear my reminder. Can tomo use a custom sound?
On Telegram — yes, in about 20 seconds: open the tomo chat, tap the name at the top, then Notifications, and pick a tone. In the tomo app, reminders arrive as normal phone notifications and use your phone's own sound settings.

Being straight with you about the limit: if notifications are switched off, or your phone is in Do Not Disturb or Focus, nothing tomo sends can override that — notification delivery is controlled entirely by your phone, not by us. Add Telegram (or your browser) to the allowed apps in Do Not Disturb / Focus and reminders get through, including at night.

Recipes — copy, paste, done

Real one-liners for common lives. Send any of these to tomo word-for-word (or in your own words — it copes).

Never miss a ping — give tomo its own sound sound tomo texts you the 20-second steps for iPhone or Android. A custom tone means you know it's a reminder without looking — and it still works when other chats are muted.
Water all day — but only during work drink water every 30 mins from 9am to 6pm Repeats inside the window, sleeps outside it. "during work hours" also works (9–6, weekdays).
Nothing pings you at night quiet hours 10pm to 8am Quick repeat pings hold till morning. Anything you set for an exact time — meds at 11pm — still fires.
Two weeks away, streaks intact pause until aug 15 Total silence while you're gone; due reminders wait and arrive on return; habit streaks freeze 🧊. resume ends it early.
A gym habit for a real timetable habit: gym every monday and thursday at 7am Streaks count your scheduled days — skipping Tuesday can't break a Mon/Thu habit.
Rent, on the 1st, forever remind me on the 1st of every month to pay rent Monthly, yearly ("every year on Nov 24"), weekly — all one sentence.
Cancel without counting cancel the water reminder Name it instead of numbering it. reminders lists everything if you'd rather pick by number.
Running late snooze 15 Just that ping comes back in 15 minutes — repeating schedules stay untouched.
Think in Hinglish? So does tomo kal 5 baje Rahul ko call karna yaad dilana Any major language, romanized included. It confirms back in your local time so misreads surface instantly.
It heard you slightly wrong actually 6pm Corrects the last thing you set, conversationally. "only between 9am and 6pm" adds working hours to it the same way.

Troubleshooting

tomo didn't reply to my message
Give it a few seconds — replies usually land in under five. If nothing arrives: check you messaged the right number, and try help. Still nothing? Contact us (below) with the approximate time you texted.
A reminder didn't arrive
Check reminders — is it still listed and armed? Most misses are timezone surprises (fix with timezone <city>) or a phone-side notification setting. If it was armed and genuinely never came, tell us — delivery logs let us trace exactly what happened.
Contact
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