Journal and statistics
After each exercise, Freequency asks how you are doing. Your answers go into your journal, where you can look back at your sessions and see whether certain days or habits relate to your tinnitus.
Tinnitus changes from day to day, and those very fluctuations are hard to remember. That is why every session closes with a check-in of half a minute: how much discomfort did you have, how did that feel, and what did your day look like? You pick a flower, tap a few words and you are done. Nothing more is asked of you.
Everything you enter goes into your journal. You can see when you practiced, the length of your streak, and how much discomfort you reported each session. Professor Tone highlights something from your week, so you do not have to rely on memory to recall how things went.
The five flowers
You indicate how much discomfort you had with a flower. Each flower stands for a step on a scale from 0 to 100 percent, and those percentages form the basis of all your charts.
No discomfort at all0%
Hardly any discomfort25%
Some discomfort50%
A lot of discomfort75%
Very much discomfort100%
The check-in
Only the first question is required. Answer as much as you like of the rest, or skip them. Your answers help you look back at what was happening on a particular day.
How much discomfort did you have today?
Professor Tone opens with a compliment and one question: to what extent did you experience tinnitus-related discomfort today? With the slider you pick one of the five flowers, from no discomfort at all to very much discomfort. The flower turns and changes color as you slide. This is the only question you always answer.
What describes this feeling best?
Eighteen words, from peaceful to angry, always in the same order so you find them quickly. Pick as many as you like. The calm words count as a positive reflection in the analysis.
How did you sleep last night?
Record how your night went. The app groups your answers under good or poor sleep and later compares them with your sessions. You can then see whether a pattern stands out for you.
How did you eat and drink today?
Record what you ate and drank that day, such as a heavy meal, caffeine, or alcohol. The journal later compares those answers with your tinnitus discomfort. It is a record of what you notice each day.
How did you spend your day?
Movement, relaxation and strain: a walk, a hobby, a busy workday or a loud environment. This is how the journal later sees whether active or quiet days go along with less discomfort.
- Each question only appears after you tap Next, so you never see one long list at once.
- Only the flower is required. Skip a question and that session simply does not count toward the matching analysis.
- Your answers are health data. They stay on your device and are never sent along with analytics.
Your streak
At the top of the Today screen you see your streak: the number of days in a row on which you practiced, with this week's flowers underneath. The rule is simple. Do a session every day.
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- Streak freeze
- No session yet
Missing one day is fine
Skip a single day and a streak freeze automatically pauses your streak. The frozen day does not count, but it does not break your run either. Miss two days in a row and you start again from zero.
Today still counts
If you have not practiced yet today, your streak is not gone. You see an exclamation mark next to the flame and a badge on the Practice tab, as a gentle reminder that the day is not over yet.
A nudge at eleven
If your streak is at risk, Professor Tone sends one more message at 11 pm: practice today to keep your streak going. After that it is up to you.
Tap a flower
Every flower in your week is a button. Tap it and you see that day again, with its duration, the targets found and everything you filled in at the check-in.
Statistics
Below your streak are your totals since your first session. They never go down, not even after a quiet week. The bar shows how far along you are toward one hundred practice days.
- 31/100Days
- 38Sessions
- 1587Targets
- 407Minutes
Days
The number of days with at least one session, set against the 100 days of the program. After day 100 the counter simply keeps going.
Sessions
Every completed session, even if you do two on one day. Only sessions you close with the check-in count.
Targets
All the birds you found and set free in Catch the Tone, added up since your very first session.
Minutes
All the minutes you have spent practicing, added together. Time from shorter sessions counts too.
The charts
Four charts show your last thirty days, each with a short explanation. They appear once you have completed enough sessions to provide data.
Tinnitus intensity
The intensity of your tinnitus over time.
Every session is a point on the line, colored after the flower you chose. The Personal goal line sits at 33 percent: below it, your tinnitus hardly bothers you anymore.
Per day of the week
The intensity of your tinnitus per weekday.
The same sessions, now placed side by side per weekday. This shows whether your Mondays go differently from your Sundays, and whether one day deserves extra attention.
Lifestyle
How your tinnitus intensity relates to your sleep, habits and daily activities.
For six factors, from slept well to a loud environment, a bar shows the average intensity of the sessions in which you tapped that factor. A factor only appears after three sessions, so the average means something.
Time practiced
The duration of your sessions over time.
How long each session lasted. Useful to see whether you hold on to your rhythm, also in weeks when you are busy.
The analysis
Above the charts is a short message from Professor Tone. It highlights something from your last seven days, such as how regularly you practiced or how you slept.
Your latest session was gentler than most this week. Momentum is on your side.
The analysis uses your sessions and your answers about sleep, food, and daily activities. A pattern only appears when there are enough sessions to compare. A difference between two groups needs to reach ten percentage points. The app is more likely to select an insight that stands out, and varies the wording. The message gives you something specific to reflect on when looking back at your week.
The trend of your week
From four sessions onward, the analysis compares the first half of your week with the second. If the difference is at least ten percentage points, the message may mention that change.
Looking at your past week, the discomfort you reported has been easing from session to session. That's real progress.
Your regularity
The analysis looks at how many days you practiced: all seven, four to six, or fewer. Even if you completed one session, the message can acknowledge it.
You practiced every single day this past week. That's the kind of consistency progress is made of.
Sleep and tinnitus
Sessions after a good night are compared with sessions after a bad one. Only when both groups hold at least two sessions and lie ten points apart does Professor Tone say something about it.
Your check-ins show a pattern this week: after nights of good sleep, your sessions felt noticeably calmer. Your rest is working for you.
Movement
The app compares days when you exercised, walked, or spent time outdoors with other days. If you had at least three active days in a week, the message may mention that count too.
On days you got moving, with a workout, a walk or fresh air, your sessions came out calmer this week. Your body is helping your ears.
Caffeine and alcohol
The app compares sessions on days with a lot of caffeine or alcohol with your other sessions. If a difference stands out, the message may suggest paying attention to it.
Your check-ins hint that days with caffeine or alcohol ran a little louder this week. It might be worth a small experiment.
Heavy weeks
Was your average intensity high, or did it increase? The message may focus on the sessions you still managed to complete.
This week asked a lot of you, and you still kept showing up. That commitment matters more than any single number.
A quiet moment
One session with no discomfort at all is enough to be highlighted. Especially on louder days it is good to know those moments exist.
One of your sessions this week ended with no discomfort at all. Hold on to that feeling. It shows what's possible.
Your check-ins themselves
After five completed check-ins in a week, the message may thank you for filling them in. Those answers give the app more data to compare your sessions.
You've been filling in your daily check-ins faithfully. The more you log, the more clearly your personal patterns surface here.
Always at hand
Want to check your streak? You can also see it on your watch or in a widget, without opening your journal.
The Today screen
Your streak, this week's flowers and your totals sit at the top every time you open the app. Finished a session? It slides in here right away.
The Journal tab
The month calendar, the message from Professor Tone and the four charts. Through View all sessions you browse your whole history month by month, and every session can be opened or deleted.
Apple Watch
Your streak with the last three days, this week's intensity and your session list, right on your wrist. Not practiced yet today? Then the streak screen turns red.
Widgets and Live Activity
Your streak on the lock screen. On the home screen you choose which numbers to show: days, sessions, minutes, streak or targets. During a session the timer runs along as a Live Activity.
Siri and quick actions
Say 'View my Freequency journal' or press and hold the app icon and you jump straight to your journal. Also available through the Shortcuts app.
Everything stays with you
Your sessions live on your own device and go nowhere else. Want to remove a session? You always can. The app does warn that it may affect your streak and progress.
Get started
Download the app, recreate your own tone, and try your first exercise. The first 3 days are free.
Freequency complements your existing care and does not replace it. Use it in consultation with your audiologist or healthcare professional.
