Open DayBloom
Launch the app from the iPhone home screen. The dashboard greets you with a Celebrate your people card and any saved celebrations.
User guide
DayBloom: Celebration
A friendly manual for adding a celebration, asking family for their dates by text, turning on reminders, and fixing the most common missing-notification problem.
Quick start
From install to your first reminder in under three minutes.
Tap Add date
The Add celebration sheet opens. Type the person’s name and pick a relationship (Family, Friend, Partner, Spouse, etc.).
Pick a celebration type
Choose Birthday, Wedding, Anniversary, or any other celebration type. Each type uses its own little icon on the dashboard.
Confirm the date (or skip)
Toggle Date is confirmed if you know the date and pick the day. If you don’t know it yet, leave the toggle off and DayBloom will mark the entry as “needs date.”
Add notes (optional)
Use the Notes field for gift ideas, traditions, or what worked last year. Tap Save to add the celebration to your list.
Get the local nudge
iOS schedules a local notification one week before each celebration with a confirmed date. The reminder lives on your phone — no servers involved.
Ask family by text
The friendly way to fill out missing dates.
If you don’t know someone’s birthday or anniversary, DayBloom can ask for you in a warm, pre-written message.
Tap Ask by text
From the dashboard, tap the Ask by text button on the Celebrate your people card. The Request dates screen opens.
Select contacts
Tap Select Contact and pick the family members you want to ask. iOS will prompt for contacts permission the first time — only the contacts you choose are shared with the app.
Review the message
DayBloom prepares a warm, pre-written message asking for birthdays and any other dates the person would like remembered. You can edit the wording before sending.
Tap Send Request
iOS opens the Messages compose sheet with all selected recipients. Hit send and the message goes out to everyone in one warm note.
Troubleshooting
If a reminder didn’t arrive.
- Check notifications: open iOS Settings › Notifications › DayBloom and confirm Allow Notifications is on, plus Lock Screen, Notification Center, and Banners.
- Check Focus modes: Do Not Disturb, Sleep, or Work Focus can silence DayBloom alerts. Allow DayBloom in any active Focus.
- Check the date: a reminder only fires if Date is confirmed is on and the date is more than a week away when you save it.
- Re-save the celebration: open the entry, change something small, and save again. iOS reschedules the reminder.
- Restart the device: if iOS notification scheduling has gotten stuck, a restart often clears it.
- Contact support: include the iOS version, the app version, and the celebration name (we don’t need the date itself).
Support
Still need help?
Send a message with iPhone model, iOS version, app version, what you tried, and what happened.