Help & FAQ

QuietQuest is a mobile app designed to help you track and gamify your quiet time for better mental wellness. It encourages you to take regular breaks from the noise and distractions of daily life by making quiet time fun and rewarding.

With QuietQuest, you can:

• Track your quiet time sessions
• Earn points and unlock achievements
• Complete daily challenges
• Monitor your progress with insights
• Build healthy habits for mental wellbeing

Getting started is easy:

• 1. Download QuietQuest from the App Store or Google Play
• 2. Create your account with email
• 3. Set up your profile and preferences
• 4. Start your first quiet time session
• 5. Earn your first points and achievement!

The app will guide you through the onboarding process and explain all the features.

Quiet time is any period where you intentionally step away from noise, distractions, and stimulation to rest your mind. This can include:

• Silent reading
• Nature walks without music or podcasts
• Sitting quietly with your thoughts
• Breathing exercises
• Any activity done in silence for mental rest

The key is that it's intentional time dedicated to mental quietness, not just being in a quiet environment while working or scrolling on your phone.

QuietQuest uses your device's microphone to monitor ambient noise levels in your environment. Here's how it works:

• The app measures noise levels in your environment
• It provides real-time feedback if noise levels get too high
• Your sessions are rated based on how quiet your environment was
• You earn bonus points for maintaining a quiet environment

Privacy Note: QuietQuest only measures noise levels and never records audio for your privacy.

QuietQuest uses your device's microphone to measure ambient noise levels on a scale from 0 to 60:

• 0-10: Near perfect silence 🔇
• 10-20: Extremely quiet (whisper, rustling leaves)
• 20-30: Very quiet (quiet library, soft conversation)
• 30-40: Moderate (normal conversation, quiet office)
• 40-50: Noisy (busy restaurant, traffic)
• 50-60: Very loud (shouting, machinery)

Why this scale? We designed our noise scale to be intuitive - lower numbers mean quieter spaces, just like a golf score! This makes it easy to track your progress and find increasingly peaceful environments.

Pro tip: Aim for levels below 30 for optimal focus and relaxation. Many of our achievement badges reward finding spaces below specific noise thresholds!

Points are QuietQuest's way of rewarding your commitment to quiet time. You earn points by:

• Base Points: 1 point per 5 minutes (with a 30-second grace period)
• Participation: +1 point for any session lasting 2 minutes or more
• Session Types: +1 for Spot sessions, +2 for Planned sessions
• Daily Streaks: +5 points for consecutive days (min. 2 minutes)
• Challenges: Complete daily challenges for bonus points
• Achievements: Unlock badges for major milestones

Points help you track your progress and unlock new achievements as you build your quiet time practice. There's a weekly cap of 100 points to encourage consistent practice.

Yes! QuietQuest is designed to work offline. You can:

• Track sessions without an internet connection
• View your recent history and stats
• Complete most daily challenges
• Access your achievements and progress

When you reconnect to the internet, all your offline sessions will automatically sync to the cloud, ensuring your progress is never lost.

Daily Challenges are special tasks that refresh each day to keep your quiet time practice engaging and varied. They include:

• Session Challenges: Complete a certain number of sessions
• Duration Challenges: Achieve specific time goals
• Quiet Environment: Maintain low noise levels
• Time-based: Early bird or night owl sessions
• Special Challenges: Weekend Warrior, Weekday Tracker, and more

Completing challenges earns you bonus points and helps build consistent habits.

The Weekend Warrior challenge appears exclusively on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and encourages you to maintain your quiet time practice even on your days off.

This multi-day challenge typically requires:

• Completing multiple sessions over the weekend
• Achieving a total quiet time goal
• Progress carries over from Saturday to Sunday

It's designed to help you build consistency even when your routine changes on weekends.

To complete a daily challenge:

• 1. Check your daily challenge on the Dashboard
• 2. Tap "Start Challenge" to accept it
• 3. Complete quiet time sessions that meet the challenge requirements
• 4. Track your progress in real-time
• 5. Receive your reward when completed!

Challenges must be completed within the day they appear (or weekend for multi-day challenges).

To set up quiet time reminders:

• 1. Go to Settings in the app
• 2. Tap on "Reminders"
• 3. Toggle "Daily Reminders" on
• 4. Choose your preferred time
• 5. Select which days you want reminders

You'll receive gentle notifications to remind you to take your quiet time break.

Yes! QuietQuest offers customization options:

• Theme: Choose between Light and Dark modes
• Sound Effects: Toggle session sounds on/off
• Notifications: Customize what alerts you receive

Find all appearance settings in Settings > Appearance.

We're sorry to see you go! To delete your account:

• 1. Go to Settings > Account
• 2. Scroll to the bottom
• 3. Tap "Delete Account"
• 4. Confirm your decision

Warning: This action is permanent and will delete all your data, including sessions, achievements, and progress. Consider exporting your data first if you want to keep a record.

If your sessions aren't syncing, try these steps:

• 1. Check your internet connection
• 2. Pull down to refresh on the Sessions screen
• 3. Ensure you're logged into your account
• 4. Check for app updates in your app store
• 5. Try logging out and back in

If issues persist, contact support at support@quietquest.app with your device type and app version.

If noise monitoring isn't working correctly:

• 1. Check that QuietQuest has microphone permissions in your device settings
• 2. Ensure no other apps are using the microphone
• 3. Try restarting the app
• 4. Test in a different location to rule out environmental factors

Remember: QuietQuest only measures noise levels and never records audio for your privacy.

To fix notification issues:

• 1. Check device Settings > Notifications > QuietQuest is enabled
• 2. Ensure notifications are enabled in the app's Settings
• 3. Check that Do Not Disturb mode isn't blocking notifications
• 4. Verify reminder times are set correctly
• 5. Try toggling notifications off and on again

iOS users: Make sure you've granted notification permissions when first prompted.