How to use the NAP Journal

Two places entries can live

Every entry is stored in one of two places, and each entry shows which one it is in: "On this device" or "In your account".

Creating an account does not migrate your existing browser entries. Nothing moves between the two places unless you press the copy control described below.

What is not synchronised

• Signing in does not upload the entries already stored in your browser.
• Signing out does not download your account entries into the browser.
• Editing an account entry does not change any device entry, and the reverse is also true.
• There is no background sync of any kind. The journal does not quietly reconcile the two sets.

There is one deliberate exception, and it only runs when you ask for it. When you are signed in and device entries exist, the journal offers to copy those device entries into your account and tells you how many it found. It copies rather than moves, so afterwards the same nights exist in both places — which is why a separate "Clear device copies" control sits next to it. If you copy twice without clearing, you will have duplicates, and the journal will not merge them for you.

1. Sign in, then open the journal and scroll to the export and control section.
2. Read the count of device entries the journal found.
3. Press the copy control to copy them into your account. It reports how many were inserted.
4. Check the copied entries look right in your account list.
5. Only then use "Clear device copies" to remove the browser versions, if you want a single set.

Creating and editing an entry

An entry is short, and every field except the date and the type is optional. Approximate answers are entirely valid — this is a record of what you noticed, not a measurement.

1. Choose the entry type, and set the date if it is not today.
2. Fill in only the fields you actually know. Leaving the rest blank is normal.
3. Save the entry. It appears in the list below, labelled with where it is stored.
4. To change one, open it from the list, edit the fields and save again.
5. To remove one, use the delete control on that entry. It removes that single entry from wherever it is stored.

There are no streaks, targets, grades or quality verdicts anywhere in the journal. An unplanned nap is recorded, not marked against you.

Exporting your journal

The journal can produce two file formats, generated in your browser and downloaded straight to your device. Nothing is emailed and nothing passes through a third party.

• CSV — one row per entry, for a spreadsheet or for sharing a summary with a clinician you already see.
• JSON — the same entries in full structured form, useful if you want to keep an archive.
• The export covers the entries currently listed, so it reflects whichever set you are looking at.
• Separately, a signed-in account can download everything NAP holds for it — account journal entries included — as one JSON file from account privacy settings.

Deleting entries

• A single entry: use the delete control on that entry.
• All device entries: use "Clear device copies". This removes the browser-stored set only.
• All account entries: deleting your account removes the journal entries stored in it, through the two-stage deletion in account privacy settings.
• Clearing your browser's site data also removes the device-stored set, along with the planner and rescue-plan copies kept in the same browser.

Deleting your account does not reach into your browser. Device-stored entries survive account deletion, and you have to clear them yourself if you want them gone.

Current limitations

• Device entries and account entries are two separate sets, and NAP will not merge or de-duplicate them for you.
• Free filtering covers a date range, entry type and one tag, applied together, and it stays free — as do the tags you type yourself and your free-text context notes. Managed reusable tag and context sets, saved filter sets, and multi-tag and multi-context facets are built Premium capabilities that are open to everyone as complimentary previews during the limited beta; they need an account, because they are stored against it.
• The journal describes what you recorded. It does not interpret it, score it, or tell you what it means.
• It is not medical monitoring. It does not detect, diagnose, track or measure narcolepsy or any other condition, and it is not a substitute for a sleep study or clinical assessment.

What to do next

• Open the Sleep & Nap Journal

  Free, no account, no wearable needed.

• Open the Daily NAP Planner

  Shape today around how it actually is.

• Read your NAP Recap

  A described period built from what you recorded. Sign-in required. Sign-in required.

• Export or delete your account data

  One JSON file, and two-stage deletion. Sign-in required. Sign-in required.

Privacy and limitations

• Anonymous entries stay in the browser you wrote them in and are never sent to NAP.
• Signing in does not upload existing browser entries; copying them across is an explicit, counted action you take yourself.
• Copying device entries to an account copies rather than moves, so clear the device copies afterwards if you want one set.
• Account deletion removes account entries but cannot remove entries stored in your browser.
• On a shared device, clear device copies when you finish, or use a private window.
• The journal is a personal record, not medical monitoring, and nothing in it diagnoses or measures a condition.