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Common questions
Where are my slips?
Tap the list button on the home screen. The bowl is first, then anything waiting on someone, then the Someday net. Caught slips have their own screen at the bottom.
The timer didn't ding
The card has a "Ding at the end / Quiet at the end" chip under the minutes. If notifications are off for Fish Bowl in Settings, the ding only plays while the app is open.
Why won't it let me add more?
The bowl holds about seven slips and two whale-sized projects on purpose. Catch one and a spot opens. Ideas that can wait go in the Someday net, which never fills up. You can change the bowl size in Settings.
How do I share an aquarium?
Make an aquarium with the + under the glass (Fish Bowl Plus), then tap the people button in the row with the list and the bell and choose Invite someone. Both phones need to be signed into iCloud. An invitation is for the person it was sent to; forwarded, it doesn't open for anyone else. Whoever accepts sees the aquarium beside their own bowl. The same people sheet shows who's in, who hasn't opened their invitation yet, and lets the maker rename or take someone out.
I bought Fish Bowl Plus and it's locked again
Settings (the gear) → Fish Bowl Plus → Restore a purchase. It comes back on any phone signed into the same Apple Account. One purchase covers your Family Sharing group, so if someone in your family bought it, you already have it; Restore a purchase picks it up.
Is anything stored online?
Only an aquarium you share, in iCloud. Everything else lives on your phone. See the privacy policy.