The top bar

The top bar gives you quick access to the main tools for the current section.

Each button opens a different way to understand, navigate, or act from the screen you are using.

The Info button

The Info button opens the help page for the current screen.

It explains what each area does and how to use the main features available in that section.

The View button

The View button lets you switch between different ways of seeing the same information.

In My day, this includes views such as the Daily Timeline and the Daily List.

Both views show the same day, but they help you understand it from a different perspective.

The Life Balance button

The Life Balance button opens one of the core views in CROSSNote: a visual way to understand where your time is going.

This is not just a statistics page.

It helps you see how your days are being invested across the different areas of your life, so you can notice whether your real time matches what matters to you.

Over time, this view can help you recognize patterns, imbalances, neglected areas, and places where your calendar may be telling a different story than your intentions.

The Add button

The main + button up on the right corner gives you quick access to capture, focus, self-regulation, and self-care actions from My day.

You can use it to create quick notes, record your voice, take a photo, start Pomodoro or Focus, add a meditation session, or take HRV measurements with PPG or Polar.

Some actions create bookmarked notes that automatically appear in My ideas and to-dos, while every record is always saved in My library.

Learn more about the Add button and quick actions.

What is the Daily Timeline?

The Daily Timeline shows your day as it unfolds.

It brings together the calendar items from your selected calendars and displays them in a clear time-based view, so you can see what is planned, what has already happened, and how your day is taking shape.

These calendar items may include meetings, tasks, appointments, routines, workouts, HRV readings, and other CROSSNote records.

More than a Calendar

CROSSNote stays synchronized with your calendars.

When you move or resize a calendar item in CROSSNote, the change is updated in the original calendar too. And when something changes in your external calendar, CROSSNote reflects that change in your timeline.

On top of your calendar data, CROSSNote adds its own layer of information. This is where notes, reflections, health records, context, and other personal details can live without being limited by what a normal calendar can store.

All-day and Timed Items

The timeline separates your day into two areas.

All-day items appear at the top. These are things that belong to the whole day rather than to a specific time.

Timed items appear in the hourly timeline below. This is where meetings, tasks, workouts, HRV readings, and other time-based records are shown at the moment they happen.

In the future, CROSSNote may also use the all-day area to show daily summaries, such as recovery, activity, or health patterns.

Keeping your Daily Intention Visible

If you define a daily goal or intention in the Personal section, it appears above the timeline.

This helps keep something important in view while you move through the practical details of the day.

Your calendar shows what is happening.

Your daily intention reminds you what matters.

Week or Month View

At the top of the screen, you can switch the date selector between week and month view.

The week view keeps the interface compact and focused on the current days.

The month view gives you a broader sense of where you are in the month and makes it easier to jump to another day.

Interacting with Calendar Items

Tap a calendar item to open it.

Depending on the type of item, CROSSNote may show calendar details, notes, health information, workout data, or other related information.

Long press a calendar item to move it or resize it directly in the timeline.

This lets you adjust your day visually, without leaving the screen.