Getting started
How do I start?
Sign in with Google (or Apple on iPhone) and plant a garden. It comes with six lists (sports, food & drinks, movie night, game night, outdoors, culture), and each list has ideas you can add with one tap. Then invite your person and roll the dice.
How do I invite someone to my garden?
Open Settings & account (bottom of Home) and tap Invite someone, then send the link however you like. Each link lets one person in and works for two weeks, so make one per person.
My invite link doesn't work.
Each link works once and expires after two weeks. If it was already used or has expired, ask for a fresh one. On a phone with Garden of Dates installed, the link opens the app; otherwise it opens Garden of Dates on the web.
Can I be in more than one garden?
Yes: one for the two of you, one for family, one for friends. Switch between them from the garden name at the top of Home. Joining gardens is always free; planting more than one of your own takes Plus.
Dice and plans
How does the dice roll work?
The first die picks a list (each number is one of your lists), the second roll picks an idea from it. Tap a list under What each number means to leave it out. Roll together waits until everyone taps I'm in, then the die lands the same on every phone, and each person gets one veto.
How do I change or cancel a date?
Open the date from Plans. Tap Change to move it or change the place (if you made the calendar event, everyone invited gets the update), or Cancel date to remove it (the idea goes back to being just an idea).
The date isn't in my partner's calendar.
Whoever plans the date creates the event in their Google Calendar, and everyone else gets an email invitation from Google. Ask them to look for it (and in spam), and to accept it. The invitation works with Apple Calendar, Outlook and other calendar apps too.
Google shows a warning when I connect my calendar.
Google asks you to confirm before any app can add events to your calendar. Garden of Dates only touches the events it creates. If Google says the app isn't verified yet, that means its review is still in progress: you can continue with Advanced, or skip the calendar and save the date in Garden of Dates only.
Does Garden of Dates work offline?
Yes, mostly. Your lists and plans open without a connection and changes sync when you're back online. Rolling together, calendar invites and uploading photos need a connection.
Garden of Dates Plus
Is Plus a subscription?
No. You pay once and keep it, on every phone you sign in on and on the web. Nothing renews.
Does my partner need to buy Plus too?
No. If anyone in a garden has Plus, the whole garden has it.
I got a new phone. How do I get Plus back?
Sign in with the same account, open Plus from Settings and tap Restore purchase.
How do I get a refund?
Purchases are made from Apple or Google, so refunds go through them: for the App Store, use reportaproblem.apple.com; for Google Play, open your order history in the Play Store app.
Your account
How do I change my name or profile picture?
Settings & account → You: type your name and tap the check mark, or tap Add a picture (or Change picture). Everyone in your gardens sees them.
How do I leave or delete a garden?
Settings & account → under the garden's name: Leave garden, or Delete garden if you planted it or you're the last one in it. What you added stays when you leave; deleting removes it for everyone.
How do I take someone out of my garden?
If you planted the garden: Settings & account → under the garden's name → Remove someone. They lose access straight away, invite links they made stop working, and they can only come back if someone still in the garden invites them again. If someone else planted it and you don't want to be there with this person, Leave garden, and tell us if someone is misusing Garden of Dates.
I signed up with Apple. Can I use Garden of Dates on Android or the web?
Not with that account: Sign in with Apple is only available in the iPhone app. On Android and the web you sign in with Google, which is a separate account with its own gardens. Sign in with Google on your iPhone too if you'd like one account everywhere.
How do I delete my account?
Settings & account → You → Delete account. See what gets deleted.
Which devices does Garden of Dates work on?
iPhone (iOS 16.4 or later), Android phones (Android 7 or later), and any up-to-date web browser.
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