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Short answers to what people ask most. Tap a question to open it.
A Circle is a group around anything - your family, your building, your town, a trip, a hobby. A Note is one piece of knowledge in it: a title, and if you like a description, a place, photos or a checklist.
Everyone starts with My Circle, a private Circle just for you - a good place to try things.
Open a Circle and tap the round button›New Note. Or tap New Note on Home and choose the Circle at the end. A title is enough.
Ben is a made-up person whose Circles show the ways Zircel can be used - his family, his building, his town, his trips. They are read-only examples; copy any "Template:" Note into your own Circle.
The members of the Circle the Note is in. In a public Circle, only members read all its Notes; others see a few on its join page.
To keep one Note to yourself, open its wheel›More›Edit Note settings›For my eyes only. To show one Note to one person, use the wheel›Give access...
Anyone can find a Public Circle and join it. An Invite-Only Circle can't be found - people join only when invited. You choose when creating the Circle and can change it with the pencil on the Circle's card.
Open the Circle, tap the round button›Members›Invite Members, and find them by name. Or the round button›Share invitation link, and send it on WhatsApp, email or any app. People without Zircel can sign up for free from the link.
Nothing, unless you choose. Invite Members›From a date sends a future invitation: if you stop opening Zircel, that person gets access to your Notes there, and the Circle. After 15 days without you opening Zircel you get a notification and an email; 5 days later it opens.
Back after all? A notification waits with Resume ownership: the Circle is yours again, as it was.
Open the Circle and tap the round button›Leave Circle. A Circle you own can be deleted from Edit Circle (the pencil on its card), or handed to a member: the round button›Members›Change owner...
Open a Note's wheel›Remind me... Choose a date and time, or "When I'm near it" for a Note with a place. Me›Reminders lists them all.
Turn on Me›Settings›Notifications when Zircel is closed, on each phone you use, and allow notifications when the phone asks.
On iPhone and iPad, add Zircel to the Home Screen first (Share›Add to Home Screen) and open it from there.
Location reminders with Zircel closed need the Android app, with location allowed "All the time". In a browser, they work only while Zircel is open.
Make sure location is switched on in the phone, and that Zircel (or your browser) is allowed to use it - in the phone's settings, under Apps or Privacy. Indoors, finding your position can take longer; try again by a window.
Yes, for reading: pages you have opened before (Home, your Circles, Notes) open again with no connection, with a thin bar saying it is a saved copy. Changes need a connection - except a Quick Note in the Android app or on the Home Screen, which is kept on the phone and saved when you are back online.
Tap the magnifier at the top: it searches every Circle you are in, in any order of words. "Search in" limits it to some Circles. Inside a Circle, its own search box looks only there.
Explore›Find Notes Near You shows the Notes around where you stand.
Me›More›Deleted Notes keeps it for 30 days. Open it there and tap Restore.
Me›Settings. Your username is what others see; your email is never shown to anyone.
Open the Privacy Policy (Me›Settings›Privacy Policy) and tap "Your data in Zircel": Download my data saves everything Zircel holds about you; Delete account removes it.
Me›Help & feedback›Contact us. Give it a title, say what went wrong, and tick "Something isn't working" - Zircel adds the version, your device and the last pages you opened, so we can find it. The same window takes ideas and questions.