NAP product guide
Using “What tends to help?”
This is a private place to record your own observations. An entry reflects what you noticed; it does not prove that something caused an outcome or will help again.
The tool exists because useful things are easy to forget. Something helps on a Tuesday, and three weeks later you cannot remember what it was, whether it was worth it, or where you were when you tried it.
Last reviewed 2026-08-28
What it is for
It is a list you write, in your words, about things you tried and what you noticed afterwards. It is not a rating system, a protocol, a symptom tracker or a set of recommendations, and NAP never turns an entry into advice.
You need an account, because entries are stored in your account rather than in a browser. Only you can read them.
Adding an entry
- Open “What tends to help?” while signed in.
- Name it in a few words — one of the four values an entry needs.
- Choose a category from the fixed list.
- Write what you tried, in as much or as little detail as you want.
- Choose how you feel about it: “I might try this again”, “Maybe”, or “Not for me”.
- Open the optional details if you want to add a context, what you noticed, a date, or a longer note.
- Save. The form clears once the entry is confirmed saved, and the cursor returns to the name field so you can add another.
Four values are required: the name, the category, what you tried, and how you feel about it. A new entry starts with “Maybe” already chosen, so you only change it if another answer fits better. Everything else is optional, and a short entry is a perfectly good entry.
The fields that actually exist
| Field | Required | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| Name it in a few words | Yes | A short title of your own wording, up to 120 characters. |
| Category | Yes | One of: Rest, Planning, Environment, Communication, Daily routine, Movement, Food or hydration, Work or school, Travel, Appointments, Other. |
| What you tried | Yes | Free text, up to 1,000 characters. |
| How you feel about it | Yes | One of: “I might try this again”, “Maybe”, “Not for me”. Each is shown with a word and a symbol, never colour alone. |
| Context | No | Where or when it applied: Home, Work, School, Travel, Appointment, Social, Errands, General, Other. |
| What you noticed | No | Free text, up to 1,000 characters. |
| Date it happened | No | A single calendar date, if you want the entry anchored to a day. |
| Note | No | A longer free-text note, up to 2,000 characters. |
There is no rating out of ten, no effectiveness score, no streak and no reminder. Those are deliberately absent, not missing.
Editing and deleting
- Choose the edit control on an entry to open it in the form, change anything, and save it again.
- If you already have unsaved text in the form, NAP asks before replacing it with the entry you picked.
- Deleting asks you to confirm first, in a dialog with an unticked acknowledgement, so a single mis-tap cannot remove an entry.
- Deletion is permanent. There is no archive and no undo.
Finding an entry again
As the list grows you can search the text, filter by category, filter by context, filter by how you felt about it, and sort by most recent or alphabetically. Clearing the filters brings the whole list back.
Exporting your entries
You can download your entries as a CSV file for a spreadsheet, or as JSON if you want the raw structure. The download is created in your browser and saved to your device; NAP does not email it or store a copy.
Your entries are also part of your account information, so exporting or deleting your account data covers them in the ordinary way.
Its status, and what V1 does not do
What tends to help? V1 is labelled “Premium feature — complimentary during NAP preview”. It is open to everyone with an account while NAP is in limited beta. Nothing is for sale and there is no price.
- It does not analyse your entries or find patterns in them.
- It does not tell you whether something worked, or how well.
- It does not suggest strategies, and it never turns your notes into advice.
- It does not share entries with anyone, publicly or privately.
- There are no attachments, images or links inside an entry.
- NAP Recap can note that you added entries during a week, but it never quotes or interprets them; their titles are left out of a recap export unless you opt in.
One more thing worth saying plainly: an entry describes one occasion, for one person, in one set of circumstances. That is genuinely useful for remembering. It is not evidence, and something that helped once may not help again.
What to do next
- Open What tends to help?
Needs an account. Sign-in required.
- Open NAP Recap
Shows which days you added entries. Sign-in required.
- Open the Sleep & Nap Journal
For recording sleep, naps and rest instead.
- Your privacy and data controls
Export or delete your account information. Sign-in required.
- Share feedback
Tell NAP what is missing or confusing.
Privacy and limitations
- Entries are stored in your account and are readable only by you. They are not shared, published or reviewed.
- Please do not type anything you would not want stored, including medical records or medication details.
- Deletion is immediate and permanent; exports you already downloaded are files on your device and are unaffected.
- An observation is not proof of cause. Nothing here is medical guidance, and nothing here should replace a conversation with your own clinician.