Account & backup

An AccuGo account is what makes your records survive a phone replacement, and what lets you use the same data on multiple devices. The account is free — there's no subscription, no in-app purchase, and no ads.

Creating an account

From More → Sign In, pick Create Account. You'll go through four short prompts: email (twice for confirmation) and password (twice for confirmation). On success, a welcome email is sent and you're immediately signed in.

Any data you'd already tracked while offline is automatically associated with your new account on the next sync.

Signing in to an existing account

From More → Sign In, pick Existing Account, then enter your email and password. After successful sign-in, the app refreshes the More tab to show you're signed in, switches to the data tab, and pulls your records from the server.

Forgot your password

If you enter a wrong password, the failure alert offers Retry or Reset. Tapping Reset emails a one-time link to the address on file:

Open the email and tap the reset link. It's valid for 1 hour.
The link opens a simple web form. Enter a new password (minimum 8 characters).
Tap Set new password. You'll see a confirmation page, and you can sign in from the app with the new password.

Reset links can only be used once — if you ask for a second link, the first becomes invalid.

Signing out

From More → Sign Out, confirm the prompt. Signing out clears your local data on this device — your records on the server are untouched. If you sign back in later, everything reappears.

AccuGo also re-prompts you to sign in immediately after signing out. If that's not what you want, choose Use Offline from the prompt; you can sign in again from the More tab whenever you like.

Deleting your account

More → Delete Account opens a confirmation page in your browser and signs you out of the app. Once you confirm in the browser, your server-side records (food list, daily entries, individual names, account email) are permanently removed. This is irreversible — if you might want your data back later, email it to yourself first using History → email icon, and Email Food Records.

Two-way street

Deletion removes records from the server, but a copy of your food list may live on a device that's been offline; until that device is signed out, it can re-upload. If you want a clean break, sign out of every device before requesting deletion.

How sync works

When you're signed in, AccuGo syncs in the background:

On launch and every time the app becomes active.
When you pull-to-refresh in the Today or History tab.
When the app goes to the background.
On a periodic background refresh task (PKU only — Apple doesn't always run this; treat it as opportunistic).

Each sync is incremental — only changes since the last successful sync are uploaded or downloaded. Conflict resolution is last-write-wins, with the timestamp coming from the device that made the change.

Privacy & security

Passwords are never stored on the server in plain text — they're hashed on your device before being sent. Reset tokens are random 64-character strings, valid for one hour, and single-use. See the privacy page for the full breakdown.