Personal first
Every shared milestone starts as a personal moment first. You shape it privately, then decide whether it should stay yours or be shared.
How it works
Simple answers for creating private milestones, using rituals, backing up, sharing by invite, and keeping memories close.
Start here for the plain-language version of how Momentas works, what each feature does, and what happens when a milestone is backed up, restored, deleted, shared again, cancelled, or ended.
One-to-one sharing
One milestone can be shared with one other person. Sharing is designed to stay simple, personal, and private rather than social.
Clear endings
Leaving, deleting a shared milestone, deleting an account, and cancelling an invite do not all mean the same thing. The answers below explain the difference.
Rituals and backup
Rituals help a memory return at the right time. Optional Google Drive backup helps protect personal cards and related media when the user chooses to enable it.
Quick start
How to use the main parts of Momentas.
If you are new, start here. These are the actions people use most often.
On the Home screen, tap the Camera icon for a quick capture or the + button for the full editor. Add your title, date and time, unit, and any extras you want such as a photo, voice note, notes, location, Spotify track, notifications, ritual, or repeat settings. Tap the checkmark at the top to save.
Open the moment and tap Edit to change it. To delete it, open the moment menu and tap Delete. From the Home screen, you can also long-press a card or open its menu for quick actions like favorite, widget, or delete.
First create a personal moment. Then open it, tap Share, and send the invite link. One moment can be shared with one other person.
Open the invite link in Momentas, sign in if needed, review the invite, then tap Accept Invite.
Add a Momentas widget from your phone's widget picker. When setting it up, choose the moment you want. To change it later, open a moment and tap Use in Widget, then choose which existing widget should show it.
Daily Summary is a notification sent at your chosen time with the moments you selected. You can include up to 5 moments, and they can be personal or shared.
A ritual is a repeated reminder connected to a specific moment. Use it when a memory should come back gently over time, such as a habit, anniversary, weekly check-in, or meaningful routine. Open the moment, add or adjust the ritual details, then save.
Open Settings and use Google Drive Backup if you want a recovery copy. Backup is optional and user-controlled. Restore is used when you need to bring back supported personal cards and related details from the backup connected to your Google account.
At a glance
What you can add to a moment
- Title
- Date and time
- Unit
- Photo
- Voice note
- Notes
- Location
- Spotify track
- Ritual
- Notifications
- Repeat settings
Settings
What you can change in the app
- Theme
- Ring style
- Detail card shape
- Notifications
- Daily Summary time
- Google Drive Backup and Restore
- Biometric lock
- Screenshot behavior
- Photo display settings
- Camera location behavior
If you sign out, your selected theme stays visible. Signing out removes account access, but it does not reset the app look you already chose.
Common questions
What happens if...?
This is the part most people look for. These answers explain the main endings, changes, and edge cases in plain language.
Personal moments
It is removed from your personal list. If a widget was using it, the widget will stop showing that moment.
You lose account access until you sign back in, but your selected theme stays visible and your local personal moments remain on the device unless you explicitly remove them.
Your account is removed. You can choose whether personal moments stored on this device are also deleted.
Sharing and invites
If that moment already has a pending invite, Momentas will ask whether you want to share the same link again or cancel it first and create a new one.
That invite is no longer active. If you want to share again, create a new invite.
It will no longer work.
Nothing is accepted. No shared moment is created for your account.
Momentas does not allow that.
Shared memory endings
Your shared side ends. The creator keeps their own copy as a personal moment.
The shared memory is deleted for both people.
Your shared memory becomes a private personal memory on your side.
Shared memories they created are removed from other people's accounts.
Rituals, backup, and restore
The moment is removed from your list. Its ritual is no longer useful because the ritual belongs to that moment.
No. Backup is optional. Personal moments can stay on the device, and backup is there for users who want a practical recovery option.
No. Google Drive Backup is for recovery. It does not turn a personal moment into a shared moment and does not publish memories publicly.
Need an account for sharing?
Yes. Shared moments and invite acceptance require sign-in. Personal moments can still live on your device.
No internet?
Account and shared features may not fully load until you reconnect.
Widget looks locked after sign-in?
It should refresh automatically after Momentas confirms your account access.