Setting your notification preferences

MigraineMe can send you a small reminder once a day, in the evening, so you do not forget to log how your day went. It can also let you know about a few other things, each one has its own setting, and you are in full control. You can switch any of them off, or back on, in a few taps.

There are no surprise notifications. The app does not nag, and it never sends marketing, ads or news alerts.

Opening the notification card

1. Open MigraineMe.
2. Tap the gear icon in the top-left of the screen. A drawer slides in from the left.
3. Tap Data and Notifications.
4. Near the top, below the search box, you will see a card called Notifications.

Step 1: Allow notifications on your phone

At the top of the card is a Notification permission row. This is the master switch at the phone level. Without it, nothing below can reach you. (On older Android phones, before Android 13, this row is not shown because notifications are allowed by default.)

On iPhone

1. If the row offers an Allow button, tap it. Your iPhone will ask "MigraineMe Would Like to Send You Notifications". Tap Allow on that pop-up too.
2. If it sends you to Settings instead, that means you turned notifications off at the iPhone level earlier. In the iPhone Settings screen turn Allow Notifications back on, then come back to MigraineMe.
3. To turn all notifications off later, open the iPhone Settings app, scroll down to MigraineMe, tap Notifications, and turn off Allow Notifications.

On Android

1. If the row offers an Allow button, tap it. Android will ask "Allow MigraineMe to send you notifications?". Tap Allow.
2. If it sends you to Settings instead, turn notifications for MigraineMe back on there, then come back.
3. To turn all notifications off later, open the Android Settings app, tap Notifications, find MigraineMe, and switch them off.

Step 2: Choose which notifications you want

Below the permission row, the card lists each kind of notification with its own control:

1. Evening check-in. The daily reminder at 8pm to log your day. This is the one most people keep on.
2. Daily risk alerts. A note when your risk reaches the level you pick: Off, Low, Mild (the default) or High. Tap the level to change it.
3. Ongoing migraine reminder. A gentle nudge when a migraine you logged is still open, so you remember to close it. Pick how often: every 1, 2, 3 (the default), 5 or 7 days, or Off.
4. Trigger alerts. Fires when an item you follow becomes a trigger for the day. These are off unless you turn on the small bell for a trigger in Manage Items.
5. Recommendation alerts. A note in the morning when new recommendations are ready.
6. Device check-ins. Asks how a neuromodulation device session went, a couple of hours after you log it.
7. AI companion. A note when an AI companion you follow adds something to your feed.

Turn any of them off and that kind of notification simply stops. Everything else keeps working.

If notifications stop appearing

1. Open Data and Notifications and check the Notifications card. The permission row should show notifications are allowed, and the switches you care about should be on.
2. Open your phone's main Settings app and confirm that MigraineMe is still allowed to send notifications.
3. Make sure your phone is not in Do Not Disturb or Focus mode in the evening.
4. Close MigraineMe fully and open it again. Notifications usually return within an hour.

If you change your mind

You can turn notifications on and off as often as you like. Nothing in your data changes. The only thing that changes is whether the app is allowed to tap you on the shoulder.