Each calendar day keeps its own log. To catch up or fix yesterday: set the date first, then edit symptoms or notes for that day only. Date-changing gestures are covered in a separate help article.
One log per calendar day
- Red Tent stores one daily log per calendar day—symptoms, life factors, and journal notes all attach to that date.
- The date header is the scope—verify it before you save so edits land on the intended day.
- Past days and today are editable; future days cannot receive new log values.
- Changing the date on Home, Daily Tracking, or journal updates the shared date context across those screens.
- The wall-clock time you tap Save does not create a separate log—the calendar day in the header does.
To change the date—weekly strip, Select Date sheet, cycle ring, or Go to Today—see Changing the date.
Home — pick a past day, then edit
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Change date
On Home first—use the weekly strip, date header, or cycle ring (see Changing the date for how each works).
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Daily check-ins
The Symptoms and Life Factors rows reload for the selected past day—filled cards show what you already logged; empty rows show Add.
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Add
When nothing is logged yet for a type, tap Add under that type to open Daily Tracking for the header date with the matching pill pre-selected.
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Add More
When at least one item is logged for a type, tap Add More in that row to open Daily Tracking the same way.
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Item card
Tap a filled card to open that item in Reports with six cycles of detail—Home does not inline-edit symptoms; use Add or Add More to change values.
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Edit in Daily Tracking
Toggle yes/no items or open the intensity sheet for scale items; each change saves immediately to the header date. Tap X in the date header to return to Home—the selected past date stays set.
For the Symptoms and Life Factors pills, yes/no and intensity cards, and intensity sheet Save and Cancel, see Tracking symptoms for a day.
Daily Tracking — change date, then edit
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+
Tap the center + on the tab bar, then Track Symptoms to open Daily Tracking on today's date by default.
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Change date
Before editing, scroll the weekly strip or tap the date header to open Select Date and pick the past day you want to update.
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Symptoms
Select the Symptoms pill to edit symptom items for the date shown in the header; switch to Life Factors on the same screen when needed.
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Immediate save
Each toggle or intensity save writes to that calendar day right away—Daily Tracking has no batch Done button on the editor body.
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X
Tap the X in the date header to close Daily Tracking; Home keeps the date you selected when you return.
Journal — notes for a past day
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Path A
Change the date on Home to the past day you want, then tap + and Add Notes—the journal opens for that day.
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Path B
Tap + and Add Notes first, then tap the date header, open Select Date, and pick the past calendar day.
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My Journal
The composer and Notes section reload for the selected date. The journal header shows the date row with Save and X but no weekly strip beneath it.
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New note
Type in the composer and tap Save—multiple notes per day are supported; saved rows appear in Notes newest first.
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Existing note
Swipe a saved note and tap Edit note to open the edit sheet, or Delete to confirm removal. Editing an existing note uses the sheet's Save and Cancel—not the composer Save.
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X
Tap X in the journal date header to discard unsaved composer text and dismiss; saved Notes rows are unaffected.
Composer Save vs edit-sheet Save, Reports read-back, and CSV export are covered in Writing daily notes (journal).
When you're done catching up
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Go to Today
On Home, tap Go to Today in the date header when you have browsed away from the current calendar day.
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Journal or Daily Tracking
Change the date back via the header Select Date sheet, or dismiss and use Go to Today on Home.
✦Always confirm the header date before saving—especially when catching up on several days in one session.
🔒Daily logs and journal entries sync with your Apple ID through iCloud when enabled—they are not stored on Red Tent servers. Optional research sharing is separate and revocable in Settings.