Fondfully

User manual

How can we help?

Everything Fondfully can do, step by step, and what to try when something isn’t working. The same manual is built into the app, under Settings, then Help.

  1. 01

    Getting started and your account

    Create your account, verify your email, sign in, and set up Fondfully in a few short steps.

  2. 02

    Finding your way around

    The five tabs, Home at a glance, Settings, sheets and the help button on each screen.

  3. 03

    People and profiles

    Add the people you shop for, with birthdays, sizes, loves, avoids, allergies and what the kids are into right now.

  4. 04

    Occasions and the calendar

    Birthdays, holidays and one-time occasions, how their dates are worked out, and how to plan who you're buying for.

  5. 05

    Ideas: tucking things away from any app

    Catch an idea the moment you hear it, from Fondfully or straight from the share sheet in any app.

  6. 06

    Gifts, statuses and hiding spots

    Move a gift from idea to given, and keep track of where it's hidden and when it arrives.

  7. 07

    Budgets

    Optional budgets for the year, an occasion or one person, with running totals and leftovers carried into next year.

  8. 08

    Receipts, returns and warranties

    With Plus, scan receipts on your phone, see every return window at a glance and get a nudge before one closes.

  9. 09

    Reminders and notifications

    When reminders arrive, what they say and how to change them, so you get one gentle nudge at the right moment.

  10. 10

    Sync and backup with iCloud and Google Drive

    How your vault is encrypted on your phone and kept safe in your own iCloud or Google Drive, and how to restore it on a new phone.

  11. 11

    Sharing a gift brief and household sharing

    With Plus, send family a simple, private page of sizes and ideas they can claim, with no account or app needed.

  12. 12

    Memories

    Add a line about how each given gift landed, and watch your memories build into a timeline, occasion by occasion.

  13. 13

    Themes, widgets and settings

    Light or dark, the Coming up widget, the quickest way to tuck away an idea, and a tour of Settings.

  14. 14

    Privacy, security and your data

    What Fondfully keeps and where, app lock, what we measure (and never do), and how to export or import your data.

  15. 15

    Membership, billing and restoring purchases

    What Free and Plus include, how to buy, restore or cancel Plus, redeeming a code, and the optional way to support Fondfully when you shop.

  16. 16

    Troubleshooting

    Quick fixes for sync, passphrases, notifications, receipts, sign-in and purchases, and how to report a problem.

  17. 17

    Account deletion, support and legal

    How to delete your account and what happens to your data, how to reach us, and where to find our legal documents.