Tally support

Tally alpha for iPhone · iOS 17 or later

Install the alpha

Install Apple’s TestFlight app, then open the invitation supplied by your alpha organizer. An approved TestFlight invitation is required; a group code alone does not install Tally.

Set up attendance

  1. Starting with build 39, Continue with Apple to sign in. Hide My Email is supported.
  2. Choose whether to Help improve Tally. The button opts into shared class details and precise all-day background location; app activity has its own optional switch. Choose Not now to skip. See the privacy notice.
  3. Allow Always + Precise Location, keep Background App Refresh on, and avoid force-quitting Tally. Choose whether to enable class-start notifications.
  4. Choose a calendar, scan a timetable, or use Add a class. Select the class days, times, teaching dates and building. Check the scanned list for missing classes. The completion checkmark opens Home.

Tracking starts when you set up Tally. Earlier classes do not count against you. Build 34 and later show today’s upcoming schedule and wait until Friday and the week’s final class before showing the weekly attendance recap.

Attendance records mean detected nearby, not proof of attending an entire class. iOS may delay or interrupt background checks. A scheduled class is not an attendance result. Missing location evidence does not mean you missed class. Multi-day reliability and battery impact are still being tested.

Join your friends

  1. Open Friends. Older builds may ask you to continue with Apple here.
  2. Open a friend’s Tally invitation or paste their 12-character code under Join a group.
  3. Review the school, dates, metric, and entry before joining.

Credits are for play only, with no cash value. The same Apple account restores your groups; personal attendance stays on the phone where it was recorded.

Chat and send a Snap

In build 71 or later, open Chats and create your chat profile. Choose whether it appears in search and Quick Add. Find a friend by name or username, or use a shared-group suggestion, then send a request. Chatting begins after the request is accepted.

Open a conversation to type, reply, react or record a voice message. Use the camera to take a photo or hold to record a video; the photo picker lets you choose existing media. Review the preview and any suggested class label before Send. Remove the label if you do not want to share it. A label describes your tracked schedule, not verified attendance.

Save in Chat keeps a message beyond its ordinary expiry. Unsave removes your save only; the other person's save may remain. Use Save to Photos for your own separate copy. Recipients can make copies, and Tally does not detect screenshots. See the privacy notice for expiry and deletion limits.

Manage alert types in Chat notification settings or mute an individual conversation. Streak reminders need an opt-in for each active streak and use the last expiry synchronized to this iPhone. Use the conversation's friend controls to remove or block someone, or report a received message from its menu. For a failed send, check your connection and retry; the pending message stays on this iPhone until it is sent or cleared.

Updates and sharing

Update through TestFlight and open Tally once. Build 54 requires fresh acceptance of the all-day agreement before recording starts. Your replay is private to your account and authorized Tally administrators; Friends groups cannot see your locations.

Send feedback

Use Send Beta Feedback in TestFlight, or email hello@s3ailabs.com. Include the version shown in Settings → Privacy & support, what you expected, and what happened. Share screenshots or logs only if you are comfortable sharing their contents.

Delete your Tally account

Open Tally’s Account settings and choose Delete account. This removes your server account and records, including Chats and your uploaded chat media. If media deletion cannot finish, follow the prompt to retry. Unfinished rounds close and refund play credits. Personal attendance stays on your phone, and copies recipients saved outside Tally remain with them. See the privacy policy for details.