Help & Support

the desk is listening.

Something wrong? Something you'd like? Email nightcasesupport@matrix26.com. A real person reads every message, and we usually reply within two business days. You can also write from the app: settings → feedback.

How a night works

Each night there's one case on the desk. You have four moves:

• take it. — stamps it in progress. When it's done, come back and tap case closed.
• shrink it. — the same case, made small enough to do from the chair.
• skip. — another case lands on the desk.
• not today. — the office closes for the night. The case waits on the cold shelf.

A new case arrives the next day. Nothing is lost for skipping or resting.

Stakeouts

A stakeout is a short stretch of time to work on a case — or just make a start. There's no countdown; a light in the city brightens instead.

1. Turn it on: settings → stakeout. (it's already on if you chose "the works").
2. Take tonight's case, then tap stake it out.
3. Pick a length and what plays: the office's music, your own audio, or silence.

You can lock your phone — the stakeout shows on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, and nightcase lets you know when it's over. Stop any time with end it early.

Write your own cases

Tap the your cases icon along the top of the desk. Write a task, tap add to the deck., then choose how often yours are dealt: only yours, mostly yours, some of each, the odd one of yours, or just the office's cases.

Add a case with Siri

No setup needed. Say: "Hey Siri, add a case in nightcase." Siri asks "what's the case?" — say it, and Siri answers "filed. nickel's got it." It's waiting in your cases the next time you open the app. You'll also find it in the Shortcuts app.

Add nightcase to your Home Screen

Touch and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen, tap Edit → Add Widget, search for nightcase, and choose a size. The medium widget lets you take or close tonight's case without opening the app (open the app afterward and the close gets its full ceremony).

How much office?

settings → how much office sets how much goes on around the case: just the case., the usual., or the works. Nickel stays in every one — he lives here.

I don't want reminders

nightcase only sends a nightly nudge if you turn on settings → a nudge a day. Turn it off there any time, or in your iPhone's Settings → Notifications → nightcase.

Moving to a new iPhone

With settings → icloud sync. on, your desk comes back when you sign in to the same Apple Account on your new phone. To be extra safe, use settings → export the desk. to save a copy as a file, then import a desk. on the new phone. Importing merges — it never overwrites.

Sound, haptics, motion

All three can be turned off in settings. nightcase never interrupts your own music or podcasts.

nightcase is a focus and routine tool, not a medical device or treatment. If you're struggling, please talk to someone you trust or a professional. In an emergency, call 911.