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Getting started

Do I need to create an account?

No. Aeyo uses your iCloud identity quietly — no sign-up, no email, no password. Open the app and your list is there. If you’re signed out of iCloud, Aeyo still works; your list lives on the device instead of syncing across them.

Is Aeyo free?

Yes. The full calm experience is free. A premium tier is planned for collaboration at scale and deeper personalization — never the core. Founding Members keep premium for life.

How it works

How does Aeyo know an item's category or how often I buy it?

You give it a name; Aeyo fills in the rest. Some of it comes from how you actually shop, and some from a shared catalog — when one person sorts “milk” into dairy, everyone after them inherits it with a tap. You’re never asked to categorize or schedule anything.

Shopping

How do I start Shopping Mode?

If you’ve allowed location, Aeyo opens it automatically when you reach a saved store. You can also start it by hand from any store’s page. In Shopping Mode the list is sorted by aisle, check-off is one tap, and it’s built for one hand and a moving cart.

Permissions

What happens if I don't allow location?

The app still works. Location lets Aeyo open your list automatically when you arrive at a saved store, and auto-fill coordinates for stores you add. Without it, you start Shopping Mode by hand from any store, and enter store locations yourself. Nothing else changes. More on this in the permission principle.

What if I turn off notifications?

You lose only the lock-screen alert when you arrive at a store. Every reminder still appears inside the app, in the Insight Centre. Nothing is hidden behind the notification permission.

Privacy

Is my shopping data private?

Yes. Your lists, items, and history stay on your device and sync only through your own iCloud — Aeyo has no access to them. The only thing shared with the community catalog is anonymous, aggregated purchase signal, never tied to your identity.

Should I put personal details in item names?

Keep names generic. Item names can join Aeyo’s shared catalog so items match for everyone, so personal details — a person’s name, a private note — belong in an item’s Notes, not its name. Aeyo quietly flags a name that looks personal and keeps the clearly personal ones out of the shared catalog.