Frequently asked questions

Each morning you write 10 goals from memory, in the present tense, as if they were already achieved. Repeating them every day keeps your real priorities top of mind. The method was popularized by Brian Tracy, and Tenly is built around it.

Recalling your goals forces you to choose. Goals you keep forgetting quietly drop off, so over a few weeks the list settles on what you actually want. Copying yesterday's list skips that filter, which is why Tenly hides past entries for 30 days.

A goal written in the present tense, like "I run a half marathon in under 2 hours", reads as a commitment and gives you a concrete picture of the result. Tenly guides you to write each goal this way.

It is the one goal that would have the biggest positive impact on your life if it came true today. You pick it every morning, and your AI reports show how that choice shifts over time.

About five minutes in the morning to write up to 10 goals and pick your Magic Wand goal. In the evening, you can take another minute to re-read them in the Evening Review.

Past goal entries are hidden for 30 days, so you can't copy them. Writing from memory is the core of the method, and the goals that matter come back on their own.

Between 20:00 and 23:00, the Evening Review shows today's goals in a read-only view, so you can re-read them before sleep. A notification tells you when it opens.

Yes. Next to your goals you can write up to 20 things you are grateful for each day, with a gratitude streak of its own. With Pro, a weekly Gratitude Reflection unlocks your past week with an AI analysis of its themes.

Your streak counts the consecutive days you write an entry. Tenly celebrates milestones at 10, 30, 90 and 365 days, and the Wins tab logs your achievements by category.

Wins is a log of your achievements, sorted into 16 built-in categories or categories you create. A yearly summary lets you look back on everything you achieved.

Yes. Tenly has a morning reminder (7:00 by default), a notification when the Evening Review opens and a streak warning. You can change or turn them off in the app's settings.

Tenly runs on iPhone with iOS 18 or later. If iCloud is on for Tenly, your entries sync through your private iCloud account.

The app is available in about 50 languages. This website is in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

After 10 days of writing, Tenly shows early insights. Then a monthly report shows your most consistent goals, your top categories, how your priorities shift and other trends. Reports are free and run only after you give consent.

Ask AI is a Pro feature that answers questions about your own journal, such as which goals you repeat most, using your goals, gratitude entries and wins. You can ask up to 30 questions a month. Questions and answers are not saved after you close the screen.

Your journal is stored locally on your device and, if iCloud is enabled for Tenly, synced to your private iCloud account via Apple CloudKit; we cannot access your iCloud data and don't run our own database of your journal. AI features are optional: only with your consent is the relevant text sent over an encrypted connection to our AI proxy on Cloudflare Workers, and from there to Anthropic's Claude API. Our proxy does not store your entry text or the AI's answers, and under Anthropic's commercial terms, content sent through the API is not used to train its models. Your journal stays until you delete it.

Yes. Writing goals and gratitude, streaks, the Evening Review and Wins all work without AI. AI reports run only after you give consent.

Pro adds Ask AI (up to 30 questions a month), full report history, PDF export, weekly insights, the weekly Gratitude Reflection and a goals × gratitude analysis. The Gratitude Reflection unlocks your past week of gratitude once a week, on Sunday by default. The whole 10 goals method, including the monthly AI report, stays free, and Pro is billed monthly or yearly through your Apple Account.

Eligible new subscribers may get a free trial. The App Store shows the details before you subscribe.

On your iPhone, go to Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Tenly Pro and tap Cancel Subscription. Cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date so you are not charged for the next period.

Open the Tenly Pro screen in the app and tap Restore Purchases. Make sure you are signed in with the same Apple Account you used to subscribe.

Refunds are handled by Apple, not by Tenly. You can request one through Apple's Report a Problem page, signed in with the Apple Account you used for the purchase.

Yes, as long as iCloud is on for Tenly. Sign in on your new iPhone with the same Apple Account, install Tenly, and your entries sync automatically.

Email support@tenlygoals.app. If you are reporting a problem, include your iPhone model and iOS version.