⚠️ FIRST, THE ONE RULE: do these steps on the device she will use every day, and only that one. ARIA keeps everything on the device itself (that is what keeps it private), so it does not sync between devices. One student, one device, forever. If you are reading this on a different device, stop and reopen this page on hers.
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Open her personal link
April texted you a link made just for her. Tap it on this device. Her app opens with her name on it, no watermark. That is the real one.
2
Let her do the hello
The app greets her and asks a few gentle questions: her sky, her mood, one true thing. Let her answer by herself. This is her place from the first minute.
3
Put it on the Home Screen
In Safari, tap the Share button (the square with the arrow, bottom of the screen), scroll a little, tap Add to Home Screen, then Add. Her icon appears like a real app. From now on she opens it from that icon, always.
4
Make it hers
Tap the Me tab: her name, her color world, her sidekick, her wake-up and bedtime. Everything can change any time; nothing is locked but her diary, and that lock is hers.
5
One backup, together
On the Me tab, tap Back up my app once, together, so you both know where the button lives. It saves a small file to her device. That file is the way back if anything is ever erased. A gentle reminder inside the app will nudge her to do it again now and then.
🗺️ What each tab does
🚀 Launchpad · her day: the pasture (every task is a horse that needs to get back to the stall before bedtime), her priorities, her list, tomorrow's outfit, the backpack check.
📅 Planner · everything with a date. Day, week, and month views.
🎯 Focus · sprints: pick a mode (Homework, Chores, Relax, or invent one), pick minutes, go. A break follows every sprint. This is the engine of the whole app.
📓 My Story · her journal, her diary (the only room with a key), lists, milestones, skills, habits, and her medal wall of wins.
✨ Me · settings, reminders, the backup button, and the parent update she writes and chooses to share.
💛 For parents: nothing she writes leaves the device. What you receive comes from her, through the parent update, when she chooses. Questions any time:
theariaapp.com/ask