TRAVEI in 1 minute
- Dump it. Write everything thatâs on your mind in the List. Each comma becomes a task.
- Pick one. The Today screen shows just one task. Write a very small first step.
- Start. Tap âI startedâ. Stuck? Tap âIâm stuckâ and swap it for a 2-minute step.
- Let your phone remind you. Turn on notifications and pick a time. Every day TRAVEI nudges you with the first step.
Create your account
- Open travei.com.br/app.
- Tap ⊠Create a free account.
- Enter your email and tap Send me the link. Got an invite? Use the invited email.
- Open the email you get (check spam and the Promotions tab too) and tap the link: youâre in.
- On the Just one more step screen, enter what we should call you, tick the box Iâm 18 or older and I accept⊠and tap Start for free.
- Thatâs it. No password needed: to sign in again, tap Sign in with an email link. If you prefer a password, create one in Settings.
The email didnât arrive?
Check spam and the Promotions tab, and make sure the email was typed correctly. If it still hasnât arrived, wait a minute and ask for another link. Already have an account and forgot the password? On the Sign in screen, tap I forgot my password.
Putting TRAVEI on your phone
TRAVEI isnât in the app stores: you install it straight from the browser and it gets an icon on your home screen, just like an app. It takes up almost no space.
When you open TRAVEI on your phone, youâll see Install TRAVEI at the top. Tap Install: on Android it installs right away; on iPhone it shows the steps below.
Android (Chrome)
- Open travei.com.br/app in Chrome.
- Tap the three dots âź in the top corner.
- Choose Install app or Add to Home screen.
- Confirm. The TRAVEI icon shows up with your other apps.
iPhone (Safari)
- Open travei.com.br/app in Safari (it doesnât work in other browsers).
- Tap the Share button ⏠in the bottom bar.
- Scroll and tap Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add. The icon appears on your home screen.
It works on a computer too: just bookmark travei.com.br/app.
Turning on phone notifications
With notifications on, TRAVEI nudges you at the time you choose, with the first step of your current task. Kids get a notification as soon as the family sends a reminder.
Android
- Install TRAVEI on your home screen (step 2) or open travei.com.br/app in Chrome.
- Sign in and go to Settings.
- On the Phone notifications card, tap Turn on notifications and then Allow.
- Tap Send a test. A notification arrives in a few seconds.
iPhone
- First install TRAVEI on the Home Screen from Safari (step 2). On iPhone, notifications only work this way, with iOS 16.4 or later.
- Open TRAVEI from the icon and go to Settings.
- Tap Turn on notifications and then Allow.
- Tap Send a test to check.
Daily reminder to start
After turning them on, switch on Daily reminder to start and pick a time. Every day at that time, you get a notification with the first step of your current task. If you tap Pause TRAVEI in Settings, the notifications stop.
Didnât get it?
- Android: phone Settings â Apps â Chrome (or TRAVEI) â Notifications â on. Also check that Do Not Disturb is off.
- iPhone: Settings â Notifications â TRAVEI â Allow Notifications. Also check Focus (the moon) in Control Center.
- New phone or cleared your browser? Turn it on again in Settings. Each device is set up separately.
Today: start without getting stuck
The Today screen shows just one task, your current mission. The idea is that you donât have to decide where to start.
- Write the taskâs first step, really small. Example: instead of âpay the billsâ, âopen the bank appâ.
- Tap I started when you start. Starting already counts, even if you stop later.
- Finished? Done â.
- Stuck? Tap Iâm stuck. Write a step of 2 minutes or less. Example: âjust open the fileâ.
- Today really isnât happening? Leave it for tomorrow. No guilt and nothing resets.
The dayâs other tasks sit below. The little arrow â makes any of them your current mission.
List: dump whatâs on your mind
In the List, write everything just as it comes. Each line or each comma becomes a task.
Example: call the dentist, send the report, buy dog food becomes three tasks.
đ€ Rather talk? Tap đ€ Speak, next to âWhatâs on your mind?â, and say one thing at a time, with a pause between them: each pause becomes a task. Tap âč Stop when youâre done, check the text and tap Organize. The first time, your phone asks for permission to use the microphone.
If it says the browser canât listen, use your keyboardâs microphone. On iPhone: Settings â General â Keyboard â turn on Dictation. On Android: use Chrome, or the đ€ on the Google keyboard.
Before saving, choose For today, For tomorrow, Choose a day⊠(opens a calendar) or No day. Then just move between the Today, Tomorrow, Later and Done tabs.
â° Phone reminder: in the No reminder field, choose at the time, 15 min / 30 min / 1 hour / 1 day / 1 week before, or every so often (every 30 min, 1 hour, 3 hours or every day, until you do it). In Custom⊠you pick the number and the unit (minutes, hours, days or weeks). For âbeforeâ, also pick the taskâs time. The reminder arrives on your phone and, when you tap it, TRAVEI opens right on the task, ready to help. Notifications need to be turned on in Settings.
đ Repeating tasks: in the Doesnât repeat field, choose Every day, Every week (and tap the days), Every 15 days or Every month. When you mark it âDoneâ, the next one shows up on its own. If a day doesnât work out, it moves to the next date, without piling up overdue tasks. To change it or stop repeating, tap edit on the task.
Patterns and Journey
Patterns
Shows, over 7, 30 or 90 days, how many things you started, what gets you stuck the most and what time of day you usually start. Itâs for getting to know yourself, not for judging yourself. Have kids set up in Family? At the top of Patterns thereâs a button with each childâs name: tap it to see what time they start most, what got them stuck and which family requests they did. Only you can see this.
Journey
At the top is Your real progress: how many things you started and finished this week compared with last week, a chart of the last 4 weeks, how long it takes you between writing something down and starting it, your best streak of days and how many times you got unstuck. Always you compared with you. Below that is the character. Every start earns points: starting +20, finishing +30, asking for a smaller step when youâre stuck +5. You grow by starting, not by being perfect. There are bonuses too: coming back after 2 or more days away +15, and a streak from the 3rd day in a row +5 a day. And you can lose a little: a day with a planned task and nothing started â10; from the 3rd day in a row without starting anything, â15 a day (at most 5 days). A phase youâve reached stays with you, and while paused (Settings â Pause TRAVEI) you lose nothing. Not into the character? You can turn it off in Settings.
âż Language style and accessibility
In Settings â Language style and accessibility you change how TRAVEI writes and speaks. It takes effect right away. We donât ask for a diagnosis: choose whatever works best for you.
đŁ Direct and literal
No metaphors, no double meanings, no irony and no game words. It says what happened and what to do next. Example: instead of âMission accomplished! đâ, you see âYou finished the task. You earned 30 points.â Suited, for example, to autism and social (pragmatic) communication disorder.
đ§© Simple
Short sentences, one idea per sentence, everyday words, also with no metaphors. Example: âDone! You got 30 points.â Suited to reading difficulties or to anyone who prefers short sentences.
đ Read aloud
Shows the đ button at the top (reads the screen) and on each task and reminder. It can read notices automatically and speak more slowly. It uses your phoneâs own voice. To write by talking, use đ€ Speak in the List.
đ Easier reading
Large or larger text, high contrast and more space between letters and lines (helps people with dyslexia or who lose their place in the lines).
For your kids: in Family, open your childâs profile and tap âż Language style and accessibility. You choose the language style, and you also choose the app language (PortuguĂȘs or English) for your child. Your child can also adjust the voice and text size on their own device.
Low vision and blindness: TRAVEI works with your phoneâs built-in screen reader (VoiceOver on iPhone, TalkBack on Android), and the đ button helps people with low vision. Weâre still reviewing every screen with a screen reader; if something isnât read properly, let us know through Suggest an improvement.
Family
For moms, dads and guardians of kids and teens aged 8 to 17.
- In Family, add your son or daughter (name, birth year and character) and accept the responsibility terms.
- Tap Create code. The code works for 10 minutes. A link shows up with it: tap đ€ Send instructions to send, by WhatsApp or text message, a picture with the steps, the code and a QR code. You can also đŒ Download image and send the đ App guide (PDF), made for kids and teens. If your child uses the app in English, everything goes in English: the picture guide, with screenshots of the app and the button for each step marked in red, and a short video with captions. The screenshots come in dark mode and in light mode (easier for some kids with low vision or visual sensitivity). In Family â childâs profile â âż, pick the Theme: your childâs app opens in that theme and the picture guide goes in the same version.
- On your childâs phone: on Android, just tap the link and TRAVEI signs in. On iPhone, first add TRAVEI to the Home Screen (Safari â Share â Add to Home Screen), open it from there, tap I have a family code and type the code. On iPhone the installed app keeps its data separate from Safari, so the code has to be typed inside the app.
- Thatâs it. From your app you can send reminders (with a ready-made picture or a photo; your childâs phone gets a notification if they turn notifications on), tasks, and set up the weekly reward: choose whether it takes all the requests or at least some (for example, 5 of 7), and also the delivery day (which shows up in your childâs treasure chest). And you can follow what got done.
On your childâs phone, the Requests tab keeps, week by week, the reminders and tasks the family sent, with the pictures.
đĄ Tip: how to choose the reward goal
- Start with a goal your child can reach most weeks (about 3 out of 4). Winning a few times at the start is what makes a child believe itâs worth trying.
- âAt least 5 of 7â usually works better than âall of themâ. With all or nothing, one bad day is enough for a child to feel theyâve already lost and give up on the rest of the week.
- Watch out for a goal thatâs too easy, like 2 of 10: the prize is guaranteed and stops motivating effort.
- Raise it little by little. Reached the goal easily for 2 or 3 weeks? Add 1 request. Missed it two weeks in a row? Go back a step. That isnât punishment, itâs adjustment.
- Go for small rewards, agreed on in advance and given on the set day. For kids with ADHD, the closer the reward comes to the effort, the better it works. Thatâs why itâs worth choosing the delivery day.
- Praise the effort along the way, not just the result: âI saw you started your homework on your own todayâ means a lot.
đ My day: your calendar and TRAVEI together
In My day you see, on a timeline, the events from your Google calendar, your TRAVEI tasks and the time of your daily reminder. Tap the days at the top to see tomorrow or the week. On your phone, open it from the My day card on the Today screen.
- On a computer, open calendar.google.com â â Settings.
- Under Settings for my calendars, click your calendar and scroll to Integrate calendar.
- Copy the Secret address in iCal format.
- In TRAVEI, open My day, paste the address and tap Connect calendar.
- The secret address gives access to your calendar: only paste it into TRAVEI and donât send it to anyone.
- Events are read on the spot; tap â» to refresh.
- Work calendars (Google Workspace) sometimes donât show the secret address: thatâs blocked by the company.
- To disconnect: at the bottom of the My day screen, tap Disconnect Google Calendar.
đ See it in Google Calendar
Your tasks with a set day can show up in Google Calendar, alongside your other events.
- In TRAVEI, go to Settings â See it in Google Calendar â Create calendar link and tap Copy link.
- Open calendar.google.com in a browser, preferably on a computer. The Google Calendar phone app doesnât accept links.
- Under Other calendars, tap + â From URL, paste the link and tap Add calendar.
On iPhone: tap Subscribe on iPhone and confirm. The TRAVEI calendar shows up in the Calendar app.
- Itâs one-way: what you change in TRAVEI shows up in the calendar, but changing the calendar doesnât change TRAVEI.
- Google updates at its own pace: a new task can take a few hours (sometimes up to a day) to show up.
- The link is personal: anyone who has it can see your tasks. If you shared it by mistake, tap Change link.
Settings
- What should we call you: the name shown at the top.
- Language: PortuguĂȘs or English. It changes the app on this device.
- Discreet mode: removes the character and the animations. Points stay.
- Theme: dark or light.
- Phone notifications: turn on, test and pick the time for the daily reminder.
- See it in Google Calendar: create, change or turn off your calendar link.
- Quiet hours: no notifications during this time. The daily reminder follows the time you chose.
- Pause TRAVEI: stops all notifications without deleting anything. Good for vacations or days when you need quiet.
Suggest an improvement
Found something confusing, something that didnât work, or had an idea? On a computer, tap đĄ Suggest an improvement in the side menu. On your phone, itâs in Settings, on the đĄ Suggest an improvement to TRAVEI button.
Pick the type, write it your way and send it. The answer shows up right there, under your suggestion, and sometimes by email too. When thereâs a new answer, a pink dot appears in the menu. You can write in English or Portuguese.
Questions and feedback
TRAVEI grows with the people who use it, and your feedback really changes the app. What got you stuck, what was confusing, what you wish existed: tell us everything.
The easiest way is Suggest an improvement, inside the app. If you prefer, write to contato@travei.com.br.