Set up reminders and notifications

Every reminder has its own switch, so you can keep the ones that help and turn off the rest without silencing Protocol completely.

About 2 minutes iPhone

Step by step

Choose your reminders

  1. 1

    Open Notifications

    Tap More, then Settings under Your setup. Under Preferences, tap Notifications.

    Haven't allowed notifications yet? Tap Enable notifications at the top and choose Allow.

  2. 2

    Pick your push notifications

    Under Push Notifications, each one has its own switch. Turn on the ones you want and turn off any you don't. Changes save as you go.

    The midday check-ins are off until you turn them on, and they only come on days you're behind, so a good day stays quiet.

  3. 3

    Set your meal reminders

    Scroll to Meal Reminders. Switch on breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack, and tap a time to change it. A reminder is skipped if you've already logged that meal.

    Tapping opens picks where a reminder takes you: Camera, Voice, Saved meals, the Meal composer or your Meal log. You can also get here from Set meal reminders at the bottom of the Meals tab.

What you'll get

What each reminder does

Morning brief

At your daily brief time, with how yesterday went. The time is set under Daily Email Brief, and the notification comes even with the email off.

Midday check-in: Move

Early afternoon, only on days your steps or training are behind pace. Off until you turn it on.

Midday check-in: Fuel

Early afternoon, only if protein is behind and you’ve logged meals this week. Off until you turn it on.

Streak reminder

In the evening, when a streak is about to break.

Intention reminders

At the time you set for each intention.

Meal reminders

At the mealtimes you pick, and skipped if you’ve already logged that meal.

By email

Daily and weekly emails

Daily Email Brief

Your scorecard and your coach's read on the day, every morning. Switch it off with Enable daily brief, and set Delivery time. That time is when your morning brief notification arrives too.

Weekly Review Email

Your week in numbers, once a week. Turn on Enable weekly review, then pick the Delivery day and Delivery time.

Good to know

Tips

Not getting any notifications?

If it says Notifications are off for Protocol, tap Open notification settings and switch on Allow Notifications. Then come back and pick the ones you want.

Remind yourself of a plan

Intention reminders arrive at the time you set on each intention. Create an intention.

Log straight from a reminder

Set a meal reminder to open the camera and you're one photo from logged. Log a meal.

In the Train beta?

You'll also see Train Reminders here: a nudge to train on your days, and one in the evening while a daily reps goal isn't done.

Still stuck?

Send us a message, screenshots welcome. We reply to every one, usually within a business day.

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