📋 Dly — User Guide

Your daily planner for tasks, habits, and time analytics

Last updated: May 2026

🚀1. Getting Started

When you first open Dly, you will see a short onboarding screen. Enter your name and email — this is stored only on your device and never sent to any server.

After onboarding, you land on the home screen with five tabs at the bottom:

✅2. Tasks Tab

Navigating dates

The date strip at the top lets you swipe left/right to move between days. Tap any date to jump to it. Tap the calendar icon to pick a specific date. Tap Today to return to the current day.

Creating a task

Task fields explained

Priority levels

High — urgent, must do today   Medium — important but flexible   Low — nice to have

Completing a task

Tap the circle checkbox on the left of any task card. The title gets a strikethrough and the task is marked done. For recurring tasks, only that day's occurrence is marked complete.

Progress card

At the top of each day's list, a progress bar shows how many tasks you've completed out of the total for that day. The percentage updates in real time as you complete tasks.

Reordering tasks

Press and hold the grip icon (⠿) on the left of a task card, then drag it up or down to change the order. This only applies to tasks without a specific start time.

Recurring tasks

When creating a task, turn on Repeat and choose a recurrence pattern:

• Daily — appears every day
• Weekly — appears on the same weekday each week
• Monthly — appears on the same date each month
• Custom — pick specific days of the week (e.g. Mon, Wed, Fri)

Carry-forward

If you don't complete a task today, it can automatically appear on tomorrow's list with a Carried Forward badge. Enable this in Settings → Carry forward incomplete tasks.

Subtasks

Open any task → tap Add subtask to break a task into smaller steps. Each subtask has its own checkbox. The task card shows a 2/5 subtasks chip when subtasks exist.

Task detail screen

Tap anywhere on a task card (not the checkbox) to open the detail screen. From here you can:

• Edit any field
• Add or complete subtasks
• Delete the task
• See when the task was completed

🗂3. Pool (Backlog) Tab

The Pool is your idea backlog — a place to capture things you want to do someday without cluttering today's task list. When you're ready to work on something, plan it to a specific date.

Adding a pool item

Editing an item title

Tap directly on the item's title text — it switches to an inline text field. Edit the name and press Enter (or tap outside) to save.

Planning an item to a date

Tap the calendar icon (📅) on the right of any item. This opens the Add Task screen pre-filled with that item's title so you can schedule it for a specific day.

Marking an item done

Tap the circle icon on the left to check off an item. Checked-off items are shown with a strikethrough. You can uncheck them at any time.

Subitems (nested tasks)

Pool items support a full tree of subitems — useful for breaking down a big project:

• Tap the chevron (›) on an item to expand/collapse its subitems
• Tap + next to a subitem to add a child item under it
• Tap the subitem's title to rename it inline
• Tap × to delete a subitem
• Nesting works at any depth

Categories

Pool items are organised by category. Tap the + Add category button to create a new one. You can reorder categories by dragging the grip icon. Tap a category header to collapse or expand it.

Deleting an item

Tap the trash icon on the right of any item. You'll see a confirmation prompt before deletion.

🔥4. Habits Tab

Habits are recurring activities you want to build consistency around — like drinking water, exercising, or reading. Unlike tasks, habits track your streak and completion history.

Creating a habit

Completing a habit

On the habits screen, each habit shows a completion circle. Tap it to log one completion. For count-based habits (e.g. glasses of water), tap multiple times or use the +1 button in the notification to log each unit.

7-day strip

Each habit card shows the last 7 days as small circles — filled (✓) for days you completed it, empty for days you missed. This gives a quick visual of your recent consistency.

Streak

Your current streak (consecutive days completed) is shown on each habit card. Completing the habit today keeps your streak alive. Missing a scheduled day resets it to 0.

Show in Tasks

Enable "Show in Tasks" when creating or editing a habit. This makes the habit appear as a task in the Tasks tab on its scheduled days — so you can see and complete it from your task list without switching tabs.

Reminders

Add one or more reminder times to a habit. You'll get a notification at those times on the days the habit is scheduled. For count-based habits, the notification includes a +1 button so you can log a completion directly from the notification without opening the app.

Editing or deleting a habit

Tap on a habit card to open its detail/edit screen. Scroll down to find the Delete option.

📊5. Analytics Tab

Analytics shows how you're spending your time and how productive you've been. There are three views: Daily, Weekly, and Monthly.

Daily view

• Productivity Score — a 0–100 score based on tasks completed vs planned for the day
• Time breakdown — how many hours you spent on each category
• Task list — all tasks for the selected day with their completion status
• Stats row — total tasks, completed, total time logged

Weekly view

• Weekly summary — total tasks completed across the week
• Day-by-day breakdown — a bar chart showing tasks completed per day
• Category breakdown — which categories took the most time this week
• Best day — the day you were most productive

Monthly view

• Monthly summary — total tasks and hours logged for the month
• Activity heatmap — a calendar grid where darker colours = more productive days
• Category trends — how your time split across categories changed over the month
• Insights — auto-generated observations about your productivity patterns

⚙️6. Settings

General preferences

Categories

Go to Settings → Categories to manage your task categories. You can:

• Create new categories with a custom name and colour
• Set a default duration and default priority for each category
• Delete categories you no longer need

Notifications

Task and habit reminders are sent as notifications. Make sure Dly has notification permission on your device (Android Settings → Apps → Dly → Notifications → Allow).

Remove Ads

Dly is free and supported by ads. If you prefer an ad-free experience, tap Remove Ads in Settings to subscribe. Tap Restore if you've already subscribed and reinstalled the app.

Legal

View the Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions from Settings → Legal.

💾7. Backup & Restore

Dly stores all data locally on your device. To make sure you don't lose your tasks, habits, and categories if you switch phones or reinstall the app, use the built-in backup feature.

Creating a backup

Restoring from backup

💡8. Tips & Tricks

• Use the Pool as a brain dump — whenever you think of something to do, add it to the Pool instantly. Plan it to a date later when you have time.
• Assign durations to tasks — even rough estimates (30 min, 1 hr) make your weekly and monthly analytics much more useful.
• Categories drive analytics — create categories that match areas of your life (Work, Study, Health, Personal) so the time breakdown in Analytics is meaningful.
• Use recurrence for routines — set up recurring tasks for things you do every day or week so you don't have to recreate them manually.
• Habits + Tasks together — enable "Show in Tasks" on important habits so everything for the day appears in one list.
• Backup before switching phones — always export a backup before uninstalling or changing devices. Your data does not sync to any cloud automatically.
• Dark mode — switch to dark mode in Settings for a comfortable experience in low-light conditions.
• Carry-forward for accountability — turn on carry-forward so incomplete tasks follow you to the next day instead of silently disappearing.

Need help?

If you have a question or found a bug, reach out at dly.task.app@gmail.com. We'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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