Spud Central

Note Jun 12, 2026

Put a potato on your Home Screen

The Potatoed widget puts your daily potato right on the Home Screen, so you can catch the vibe without opening anything. If you have never added a widget before, it takes about twenty seconds.

Press and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen until the apps start to wiggle. Tap Edit in the top corner, then Add Widget (on older iPhones it is a plus button instead). Search for Potatoed, tap Add Widget, then tap Done. That is the whole ceremony.

One small tip: open the app once after adding it so the spud gets its first read of the day. After that the widget keeps up on its own, and at midnight it rolls over to a fresh potato all by itself.

Release Jun 2, 2026 v1.0.0

A finer screen-time ladder

Screen time used to move the potato in big hops. Now the ladder is finer, so a slightly heavier afternoon nudges the read a notch instead of saving it all up for one big leap.

While we were down there we tidied the root cellar and composted an old behind-the-scenes part that had stopped pulling its weight. Smaller app, same potato.

Release May 28, 2026 v1.0.0

Screen time, the official way

Reading screen time on iOS is fussy by design, and for good reason. We moved Potatoed onto the official channel for it, so the numbers behind your daily potato are steadier and play nicely with the system.

You should not notice anything except a more reliable spud. That is the goal.

Story May 20, 2026

Why your potato gets fried

When stress signals stack up (long stretches of screen time, bursty days, a rhythm that has gone wobbly) the potato gets a little fried. Spirals for eyes, the whole bit.

The point is not to make you feel bad. It is to surface the pattern in a way you can actually glance at, then point you toward one small way to cool down. No spiral required.

Story May 12, 2026

Earning the shades

Most wellness apps reward you for doing more. Potatoed has a soft spot for doing well, which is not always the same thing.

A steady run of low-stress days is its own kind of win, so we made the potato celebrate it with a pair of well-earned shades. Chillax mode is the streak made visible.

Note May 5, 2026

Hello from the patch

This is where new spuds land first. Releases, the thinking behind them, and the odd note from the patch will all show up here, newest on top.

Cute face, honest vibe, pure spud energy.