How Ritualize works
Everything you can do with your retreat in your pocket.
๐ฟ What Ritualize is
- A cozy โCare Dayโ planner: part to-do list, part wellness journal. A retreat in your pocket.
- No pressure, no streak guilt. Everything is optional and gentle.
- Works without an account. Your plans, recipes and lists stay on your phone. You only sign in to sync with friends.
๐ก Home: ready-made days
- Pick one of eight ready-made Care Days: Sunday Reset, Deep Relaxation, Energizing Glow-Up, Post-Exam Chill, Sick Day, Sunday Scaries Shield, Tough Day Protocol and Low-Energy Sanctuary.
- Tapping a day loads its rituals and opens Zen Mode right away.
- โCreate your ownโ opens the planner with an empty day.
- The top bar shows Lisbon weather (tap for details) and a rotating cozy tip.
๐ Plan: build your day
- 1. Pick a mood. 2. Tap rituals to add them; a tile turns green and shows a number when it's in your day. 3. Adjust your day.
- Use โ and + to change each step's time by 5 minutes. Tap a step to add a photo, move it earlier or later, or remove it.
- The bottom bar shows the number of steps and total time, with a โStart my dayโ button.
- โMaya's Care Dayโ adds the seven rituals from the game, and you can send that day to friends on WhatsApp.
- Save any day as a template to reuse or share.
๐ง Zen Mode: follow along
- One step at a time, with a ring timer and gentle nudges.
- Silent by default. Pick Music, Rain, Soft Hum or Ocean under the timer if you'd like sound.
- Step photos show on their step.
- When you finish, you get a self-care receipt with your rituals, total rest time and your mood before and after, which you can share on WhatsApp.
โ๏ธ Today: your day at a glance
- A widget-style page: steps done ring, next ritual, a tip and the weather.
- Saved to your iPhone Home Screen, Ritualize opens full screen straight on Today.
๐ณ Recipes
- Cozy recipes filtered by Care Day, each with time and servings.
- Tick off ingredients and tap steps as you finish them. The next step is highlighted.
- Snap photos at each step and of the finished dish, then share it with friends.
- โAdd ingredients to Run Listโ saves the recipe to your Vault and puts its ingredients on your list.
๐๏ธ Vault
- Your saved recipes and products (face masks, lip oil and so on), each with an optional photo.
- Mark items as planned to send what they need to your shopping list.
๐งบ Run List
- A proper shopping list grouped by recipe or product, plus your own items.
- Add amounts, tick items off, filter by All / To get / Gathered and watch the progress bar.
- Remove gathered items, untick everything or share the list on WhatsApp.
๐ฌ Friends (Care Together)
- Share templates on WhatsApp. Friends open the link and build their own Care Day from it in one tap.
- Invite a friend to a Care Day with a date, time and note. They can say โI'm inโ, add it to their calendar or kindly decline.
- Post photo check-ins and send progress updates.
- Group recap: AI turns everyone's updates into a short, kind message that cheers the group on.
๐ฅ Sunday Reset Pact (live sync)
- Sign in with an email link (no password), then invite friends with a WhatsApp link to connect accounts.
- Create a pact from your planned day. Everyone follows the same plan, and anyone can update it for the whole group.
- See each other's progress live as steps are ticked off in Zen Mode.
- A weekly streak counts Sundays when everyone finished. Send a gentle in-app nudge to friends still going.
๐ Care Packages & nudges
- Wrap your current day as a gift with your name and a note and send it on WhatsApp. Your friend unwraps it and can start it right away.
- One-tap WhatsApp nudges like โunclench your jawโ or โdrink some waterโ.
๐ฎ Games
- Maya's Care Day: help Maya through seven rituals. Brush out her tangles and smooth on a face mask with your finger, and watch her glow.
- Matcha Barista: whisk, drop in ice and pour milk for a full iced matcha, then jump to the recipe.
๐ธ Photos
- Add photos to plan steps, recipes, vault items, check-ins and updates.
- Photos travel inside the links you share, so friends see them too. Each photo is shrunk and size-limited.
๐ฑ On your iPhone
- Open ritualize-yourself.com in Safari, tap Share โ Add to Home Screen. It appears as โRitualizeโ with the leaf icon and opens full screen.
- WhatsApp buttons jump straight into the WhatsApp app. When sharing photos, the message is copied first so you can paste it as the caption.
๐ Privacy
- Without signing in, your plans, lists and vault are stored only on your device.
- With an account, only friends you connect with can see your name, and only pact members see pact progress.