Support

Questions, problems or feedback? Email hello@stoajournal.app. A person reads every message.

When you report a problem, it helps to include your iPhone model, your iOS version and the Stoa version, which is shown at the bottom of Settings in the app.

Your journal and backups

Where is my journal stored?

On your iPhone only. Stoa has no account and no server, so we can't see or recover your entries. That makes backups important.

Where are my backups?

Stoa backs up your journal automatically as you write, to Files › On My iPhone › Stoa › Backups. It keeps a snapshot for each of the last 14 days. You can see when the last backup was made in Settings › Your journal.

These backups are removed if you delete the app. To keep a copy that survives that, go to Settings › Your journal › Also save backups to a folder, and choose a folder such as one in iCloud Drive.

How do I move my journal to a new iPhone?

• On your old iPhone, go to Settings › Your journal › Export backup and save the file somewhere your new iPhone can reach, such as iCloud Drive or AirDrop.
• On your new iPhone, install Stoa and go to Settings › Your journal › Restore from backup, then choose that file.

If you already save backups to an iCloud Drive folder, you can restore from the file in that folder instead.

Will restoring a backup erase what I've written?

No. Restoring adds the entries from the backup to your journal. If an entry is in both, the more recently edited version is kept. Stoa tells you how many entries were added, updated or skipped.

Does Stoa sync between my iPhone and other devices?

Not at the moment. Your journal lives on one iPhone, and you can move it with an exported backup.

Reminders

I'm not getting my daily reminder.

• Check that Daily reminder is on in Stoa's Settings, and that the time is right.
• If Stoa says notifications are turned off, tap Open Settings and allow notifications for Stoa.
• Check that a Focus mode isn't silencing Stoa at that time.
• Open Stoa every so often. Reminders are scheduled two weeks ahead and topped up each time you open the app, so they stop if the app goes unopened for longer than that.

Widgets

How do I add a widget?

On your Home Screen, touch and hold an empty area until the apps jiggle, tap Edit › Add Widget, then search for Stoa. The widget comes in small, medium and large sizes and shows today's quote.

For the Lock Screen, touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customize, choose the Lock Screen, then tap the area below the clock and add Stoa. It shows today's affirmation.

My widget is showing yesterday's quote.

A new quote arrives every midnight, and iOS decides exactly when widgets refresh. Opening Stoa usually brings the widget up to date.

The quotes

Where do the quotes come from?

Every passage is taken word for word from a public-domain translation and cites the book and section it comes from. You can see the full list in the app under Settings › Sources & translations.

I think a quote has a mistake.

Please email us with the quote and what looks wrong. Each passage is checked against its source, but we'd rather hear about a slip than leave it in.

Why isn't Stoa available in my country?

Some of the translations Stoa uses are in the public domain in the United States but not everywhere, so Stoa is currently available in the US only.

Privacy

Stoa collects no data: no analytics, no ads and no tracking. Read the full privacy policy.