1. Getting started
Sign in with Apple, and add your child's first name. That is the only setup. OriKone keeps things minimal on purpose, so nothing stands between you and writing something down.
You can add more children later, and you never have to fill in a profile, birthday, or milestone checklist to begin.
2. Write a moment
A moment is anything your child did that you want to remember. A new word, a funny reason they gave you, a hard bedtime, a small breakthrough. Tap the plus button and write a line or two. That is enough.
- Tags. Mark a moment as speech, behavior, or social so you can see growth in each area over time. Tags are optional, but they are what make the insights work.
- Photo or video. Add a photo or a short video when words are not quite enough. Text still comes first, and a moment with no photo is completely fine.
- Big moment. Flag the ones that matter most. These get pulled out later as highlights.
3. The daily check-in
Once a day, OriKone asks how the day went. Three taps: mood, speech, and meltdowns. It takes about ten seconds, and it is the quiet engine behind everything else.
You do not have to write a moment and check in on the same day. Do one, do both, or skip a day. The check-in is what lets OriKone tell you whether things are trending up or down across the weeks.
4. Your timeline
The home screen is your timeline: every moment, grouped by month, newest first. As it fills in, it becomes the running story of a stretch of your child's life.
- Filter by tag to see only speech moments, or only social ones.
- Jump to a month to revisit a specific stretch of time.
- Tap any moment to read it in full, edit it, or add a photo you did not have at the time.
5. Insights and On This Day
This is where the daily habit pays off. OriKone reads your check-ins and moments and surfaces small, honest observations at the top of your timeline.
- Growth insights. Patterns like speech picking up, fewer meltdowns, or a steady stretch. Nothing clinical, just what your own notes are showing.
- On This Day. A moment from months or a year ago, resurfaced when you open the app. It is often the reason parents keep coming back.
- Biggest win. A recent highlight, pulled forward so the good stuff does not get buried.
6. Children and co-parents
Add another child and each one gets their own timeline, with a switcher in the header to move between them.
You can also invite a co-parent. A partner or a grandparent can follow along and add their own moments, so the timeline reflects more than one set of eyes on the same child.
7. Reminders
Turn on a daily reminder at a time that fits your routine. Many parents pick the evening, after the day has settled. If you already wrote something that day, OriKone quietly skips the nudge so it never nags.
8. Export your journal
Whenever you want your words saved somewhere other than your phone, export the whole journal as a PDF from your account screen. It is yours to keep, print, or back up however you like.
Get the most out of it
The parents who love OriKone treat it like a diary, not a photo album. A few habits that make it stick:
- Write one line a day. Consistency beats length. A single sentence most days builds a richer record than a long entry once a month.
- Pick a time and anchor it. The evening, after bedtime, works well. Let the daily reminder carry the habit.
- Lead with words. A photo is a nice extra, but the sentence you write is what you will actually treasure later.
- Use the tags. They cost one tap and they are what turn a pile of notes into a picture of how your child is growing.
- Do the check-in even on quiet days. The trends only work if the days are there.