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Getting started
Are there hidden shortcuts on the Today tab?
Two. A double-tap on the Kinoku title turns Focus Mode on or off, and a long-press on the Today bar lets you pick and order its stats.
Can I customize the bottom navigation bar?
Yes, for free. Long-press any tab to open Customize bar or Hide bottom bar, or find both in Settings under Customize Kinoku.
Can I get a refund for Kinoku Pro?
Google Play decides refunds. Within 48 hours of buying you may be able to ask Google Play for one; after that, email support@kinoku.app for purchase help.
Can I put Kinoku on my home screen?
Yes. Kinoku has five free home screen widgets and a Quick Settings tile. Add them from Settings or by long-pressing your home screen.
How do I cancel or pause my Kinoku subscription?
Open Subscription from the side menu and tap Manage on Google Play. Google Play handles the cancel, and Pro stays on until the period you paid for ends.
How do I change the app theme?
Open Settings, then Customize Kinoku, then Theme. Kinoku has 26 themes, and 20 of them are free.
How do I get reminded before my subscription renews?
Open Subscription from the side menu and turn on Notify me before renewal, then pick 1, 3 or 7 days ahead. The reminder comes from your phone.
How do I log my first workout?
Tap Log Exercise on the main screen, pick an exercise, then add sets with a weight and reps. Tap the circle on a set to mark it complete.
I reinstalled Kinoku. How do I get my subscription back?
Sign in to the same Google account, open Subscription from the side menu and tap Restore purchases. Google Play returns your active plan or Lifetime purchase.
What are the subscription tiers?
Kinoku has two plans. Free is a complete training app with no ads, and Pro adds deeper analysis and the smart layer, from US $39.99 a year.
What are the suggestion cards on the Today screen?
Now and then Kinoku shows one small card that points at a feature or a near achievement. You see at most three a week, and the X hides one for good.
What happens to my data if I cancel Pro or downgrade?
Nothing is deleted. Your training data lives on your phone whatever plan you are on, and only the Pro screens lock again.
What is Discover Kinoku?
Discover Kinoku is a screen in the side menu that shows features that are easy to miss, each with a moving demo and a Try it button.
What is Rewards in Kinoku?
Rewards gives people on the free plan short stretches of Pro time for steady training. A 7-day workout streak earns 48 hours of Pro.
What is the Pulse Orb?
The Pulse Orb is the round button in a bottom corner of the Today screen. Its rings show how many of your Daily Pulse Metrics you have logged today.
Why does a Pro feature show me a preview?
Some locked Pro features open a short preview first, so you can see what they do. The Show Pro previews switch in Settings turns them all off.
Why does the Today tab look different on a new install?
New installs start on the Simple layout. After you finish more than ten workouts, Today moves to Detailed on its own, and you can pick either in Settings.
Workouts and tracking
Can I change how my set rows look?
Yes. In Settings, Workout Experience has a Set row style picker with three free choices: Clean Inline, Compact Pills and Tabular Grid.
Can I create custom exercises?
Yes. Open the Exercise Library from the side menu and tap the + Exercise button. Custom exercises are free, with no cap on how many you make.
Can I make my own class?
Yes. Open Log a class, tap New class, then give it a name and pick a class type. Custom classes are free.
How are exercises sorted?
The list starts with the moves you use most, then common gym staples. The Most used and A-Z switch above the list sorts by name instead.
How do I add sets and reps?
Pick an exercise, type the weight and reps into the set row, then tap the circle to complete the set. Voice logging is a Pro option.
How do I change what an exercise tracks, like its log type or count?
Open the exercise editor and pick a new Log Type under Tracking metrics. Cardio moves can also set a Count of reps, steps or floors.
How do I create a superset?
On Today, open an exercise's ⋮ menu and tap Link as Superset. Tap the exercises to pair with it, then tap Add to Superset.
How do I edit an exercise, like its equipment or muscles?
Open the exercise editor with the pencil on the exercise screen, or tap the move in the Exercise Library. It holds the type, equipment and muscles.
How do I keep a note on an exercise during a workout?
On the exercise screen, open the ⋮ menu and tap Pin a note. The note then shows in a strip above your sets each time you train that move.
How do I log steps on a stair machine?
Set the exercise to Reps & Time and pick Steps in the Count picker. Each set then takes the steps and the time from the machine's screen.
How do I rename a workout, change its scene or update its routine?
Open the ⋮ menu at the top right of the workout card. It has Rename Session, Set Scene and notes, plus routine items for routine workouts.
How do I use Kinoku on my Wear OS watch?
Install the Kinoku watch app from Google Play. On the watch you can log workouts, count steps and track GPS runs that sync back to your phone.
How do share cards and photo overlays work?
After a workout or run, tap Share to make an image of it. Pick a card style, put your stats over your own photo, or make a sticker.
How do the workout timers work?
Kinoku has three free workout clocks for timed rounds. For Time counts up, EMOM starts a round each interval, and AMRAP counts down.
How does Circuit or HIIT mode work?
Circuit mode turns a routine into a timed workout with work, rest and round rest phases. Starting a circuit session needs Pro.
How does swim tracking work?
Pick the Pool scene, then log each swim set by stroke with its distance and time. Swim tracking is free and counts toward your Kinoku Score.
How does the plate calculator work?
It shows which plates to load on each side of the bar. The calculator and the hint under the weight box are free, and plate settings need Pro.
How does the warmup generator work?
It builds warmup sets at about 50, 60, 70 and 80 percent of your working weight, with 12, 8, 5 and 3 reps, and adds them in one tap.
How does voice logging work?
Voice logging is a Pro feature. Tap Speak on the exercise screen and say a set, such as 225 for 5 reps, then check the filled boxes and save.
What are Daily Pulse Metrics?
Daily Pulse Metrics are trackers you make for things like sleep, energy or water. Making and logging them is free, with no cap on how many.
What are form guides?
Each exercise can keep its own YouTube form videos. Copy a video's link and tap Save video, or share the video from the YouTube app to Kinoku.
What does Guided logging do?
With Guided logging on, Kinoku picks your next set each time you finish one. It is free, starts off, and sits in Settings under Workout Experience.
What does Skip in progress tracking do?
It takes one lifting exercise out of the checks that follow your strength over time, which suits warmups, stretches and rehab moves.
What does Weight is per hand do?
Turn it on for lifts where you hold two dumbbells or kettlebells and log the weight of one. Your volume then counts that weight twice.
What is a run print?
A run print turns a GPS run into a poster drawn like a woodblock print. Tap Print next to Share Run on a run's summary. It is free.
What is in an exercise's ⋮ menu, on Today and on the exercise screen?
On Today, the ⋮ menu links, swaps or removes an exercise. On the exercise screen, it opens the editor, the info sheet, notes, plates and settings.
What is RPE and should I use it?
RPE, or rate of perceived exertion, rates how hard a set felt from 1 to 10. It is optional in Kinoku, and you can turn it on for each set.
What is the Exercise Galaxy?
The Exercise Galaxy shows every move in the catalog as a star, with moves that work the same muscles close together. It is free.
What is the rest timer?
The rest timer counts down your break between sets. While it runs, a small bar above the bottom navigation keeps it in view on other screens.
Why does my watch go back to the watch face during a workout?
Your watch returns to the watch face to save battery. Two switches on the phone's Watch Companion screen keep it on or wake it when a rest ends.
Routines and scenes
Can I tie a routine to a YouTube video to follow along?
Yes. Paste a YouTube or Vimeo link into a routine's Guided routine section, and a play icon on the workout opens the video whenever you need it.
How do I change the maxes or days of a program like 5/3/1?
Open the program in Programs and tap the pencil. For a named program, Program settings changes its days, one-rep maxes, and its start date before it begins.
How do I pause, duplicate or delete a program?
Long-press a program card in Programs. The running program offers Pause Program and Delete, and every other program offers Duplicate and Delete.
How do I scan a written routine?
Open Settings, then Import & Export, then Import from CSV, and tap Scan a plan. Kinoku reads the photo on your phone and marks anything it is unsure of.
How do I share a routine or see its stats?
On the Routines screen, open a routine's ⋮ menu. Share Routine sends it as a link or a file, and Stats shows how its volume and strength have moved.
How do rotation groups work?
A rotation group is a set of routines you cycle through, such as Push, Pull and Legs. Smart Today suggests the next one, and groups are free on every plan.
How do routines work in Kinoku?
A routine is a saved workout plan. Start one and every exercise loads with the numbers from your last session, then Smart Sync offers to save what changed.
How does the program finder pick a program?
The program finder asks four questions about your experience, days, goal and gear, then ranks the built-in programs and shows the best fit plus two more.
What are scenes in Kinoku?
A scene is a starting point for a workout, such as Strength, Home, Run or Pool. It can set a rest timer, a time goal, your gear and an exercise filter.
What are training programs?
A training program plans your weeks in blocks, such as a strength phase and a deload, with routines set on each day. Building and running one is free.
What do Main, Accessory, Run and HIIT mean on my routine?
They are training roles. Kinoku uses them to count each routine in your weekly tracker and in Smart Today's picks, and you can override the tag.
What does Every N days scheduling do?
Every N days ties a routine to the last time you did it instead of the calendar week, so it comes due again after a gap you choose, from 2 to 30 days.
What does the tempo on an exercise mean?
Tempo is how many seconds each part of a rep takes: lowering, a pause at the bottom, lifting, then a pause at the top. You set it once per exercise.
What is Smart Routine Sync?
Smart Sync compares a finished workout with its routine and lets you choose which changes to save. It is the default way a routine updates after you train.
What is the Calendar tab?
The Calendar shows past and planned workouts on one screen. Planning is free with no limit, and Pro adds five shortcuts such as dragging a plan to a new day.
Progress and analytics
Can I change how much bodyweight an exercise uses?
Yes. In the exercise editor, turn on Bodyweight and edit Percent of body weight. New sets use your number, and logged sets keep theirs.
Can I fix a wrong step count?
Yes. On the Steps screen, tap Fix steps or pick a day and tap Correct, then type the count you want. What your devices counted stays saved.
Do classes move my journey?
Yes, while classes are on for your road. A class moves you about as far as you would walk or run in the same time at the same effort.
Do my runs count toward the Muscle Map?
Mostly no. A run adds no muscle volume and does not change Intensity or Recovery, but the Frequency view counts it as a session for your legs.
Does lifting move my journey?
Only if you switch it on. Then every 2,000 kg you lift moves you 1 km, counted from that day, on its own line apart from the distance you walk.
How accurate is Total Load?
Total Load uses published research on how much body weight each move lifts. The figures are averages, so your own load can differ a little.
How do achievements work in Kinoku?
Kinoku awards achievements on its own as you reach milestones in 13 categories. Most climb from Bronze to Gold, and secret ones stay hidden.
How do challenges work in Kinoku?
Tap New Challenge on the Challenges screen, then pick one of 41 templates or build a custom goal. Kinoku tracks progress from what you log.
How do classes count on the muscle map?
A logged class updates recovery, frequency and last trained for the muscles you tag. It adds no volume, because a class has no sets or weight.
How do I edit or delete a progress photo?
In the Progress Gallery, tap the ⋮ on a photo and pick Edit tags or Delete. A deleted photo goes to Trash, where you can restore it for 30 days.
How do I view my progress in Kinoku?
Open Stats from the bottom bar or the side menu. Its Overview, Exercises and Body Metrics tabs chart your training, and the Analysis tab is part of Pro.
How do Journeys work?
Pick a famous road like Hadrian's Wall, and the runs, walks, steps and classes you log from that day on move you along it, stop by stop.
How do metric overlays work on an exercise chart?
A metric overlay adds a second line to an exercise chart in Stats, so two numbers share one view. It is a Pro feature, and the free plan shows a preview.
How do Skill Journeys work?
Pick a free skill, like a first pull-up. Kinoku builds editable routines, reads your sets and opens the next step when you earn it.
How does GPS run tracking work in Kinoku?
Tap Start a run in the side menu to record a run on a live map with pace, distance, elevation and splits. Run tracking and its voice cues are free.
How does the Progress Gallery work?
The Progress Gallery holds your progress photos with tags you can filter by. The Gallery tab is free, and the Timeline and Compare tabs are part of Pro.
What can I change on a challenge after I start it?
Open the challenge and use its ⋮ menu to edit the name, target and dates, duplicate it, abandon it or delete it. A finished one can be shared or reopened.
What does the Muscle Map show?
The Muscle Map colors a body figure by how often you trained each muscle, how much load it took, and, with Pro, how recovered it is.
What does Total Load mean?
Total Load is the weight you move on a bodyweight exercise: the share of your body weight the move lifts, plus any added weight, times reps.
What if I didn't track my bodyweight in the past?
Old sets stay as they were. To add your body weight to past sets, long-press a set on the exercise's History tab and type what you weighed.
What if Kinoku tracks my walk as a run?
Tap Reclassify after the session, or pick Reclassify… in the run's ⋮ menu, then choose Run, Walk or Mistracking. Kinoku keeps your choice.
What is Pro Analytics?
Pro Analytics is a Pro screen with up to six tabs of deeper stats: Strength, Intelligence, Patterns, Recovery, Running and Cycle, all worked out on your phone.
What is Run Studio?
Run Studio shows one GPS run on a big map with pace, heart rate and elevation charts you can drag along. The screen is free, and replay and compare are Pro.
What is the Form Band on the Coach screen?
The Form Band is the three shaded bands, Fresh, OK and Tired, behind the Form line on the Training form card of the Coach screen.
What is the Kinoku Score?
The Kinoku Score is a 0 to 100 reading of your recent training, built from four rings: Effort, Consistency, Recovery and Wellness. The score itself is free.
What is the Route Heatmap?
The Route Heatmap is a Pro map that lays all your GPS runs on top of each other, so the routes you run most glow brightest. You can filter it and share it.
What is the Run Analytics dashboard?
Run Analytics breaks down your running across six tabs. The Overview tab is free, and Zones, Fitness, Pace, Elevation and Predictions are part of Pro.
What is Training form?
Training form is one number on the Coach screen for how fresh you are today: the fitness you built over weeks minus the fatigue of recent days.
What is Your Story in Kinoku?
Your Story is a recap of your month or year, told in full-screen cards you tap through. The current period is free, and past periods are part of Pro.
What is Zone Training?
Zone Training, part of Pro, sorts each GPS run into six pace zones, scores it from 0.0 to 5.0, and shows how your week splits between easy and hard.
Where are my Wilks and DOTS scores?
They are on the Strength tab of Pro Analytics, which is part of Pro. They need your biological sex and body weight in Profile.
Where do I see my best times and my 500 m split?
Best times sits on an exercise's Graph tab and lists your fastest time at each effort you repeat. Rowing and ski erg charts also show your 500 m split.
Why did my muscle recovery times change?
The Muscle Map's Recovery view now scales each muscle's recovery time to how hard your last session hit it, compared with your own recent sessions.
Why do some muscles say Self-reported?
Muscles you tag after a guided, follow-along or cardio session show as Self-reported. They count toward recovery but never toward volume or records.
Why does my bodyweight exercise volume look different?
Kinoku counts the body weight you lift on pull-ups, push-ups and dips, so 10 pull-ups at 75 kg add 750 kg of volume instead of a flat 10.
AI features
Can ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini write a workout plan for Kinoku?
Yes. Tap Copy plan prompt on the Import screen and paste it into your assistant. It asks about your training, then writes a plan Kinoku can read.
Do Kinoku's AI features need the internet?
No. Smart Suggestions, Training Insights, weight tips and Smart Import all run on your phone and work offline. Two optional extras touch the network.
How do I hide or pause AI Coach tips?
Tap a tip card on the AI Coach screen to hide it for one exercise or everywhere, or to snooze it. Settings under Tips & coaching has the rest.
What are Smart Suggestions in Kinoku?
Smart Suggestions is a Pro card on the Today screen that suggests exercises for muscles that look rested, ranked from your own history. You decide.
What are Training Insights?
Training Insights are the patterns the AI Coach finds in your own training history on your phone, such as a jump in volume or a lift that has stalled.
What is Smart Fatigue Swap?
Smart Fatigue Swap is a Pro card on Today. When tomorrow's routine works muscles that are still recovering, it suggests a fresher routine you can take or skip.
What is Smart Import?
Smart Import turns pasted workout text into Kinoku routines. It finds the exercises, sets and reps, matches them to the library, and lets you check first.
What is the AI Coach in Kinoku?
The AI Coach is a screen that ranks the biggest changes in your training history and shows them as signals. It runs on your phone, and part of it is free.
Cycle and wellness
How accurate are the ovulation and fertile-window predictions?
It depends on what you log. Dates alone give a rough guess, and adding temperature, cervical mucus or ovulation test results makes the estimate firmer.
How does cycle tracking work?
Turn on Cycle Tracking in your Profile, log your last period and usual cycle length, and Kinoku shows phase estimates and a daily symptom log.
How does pregnancy mode work?
When you log a positive pregnancy test and your period is more than a week late, Kinoku asks once whether to switch to pregnancy mode, which shows a due date.
Is my cycle and fertility data private?
Cycle records stay on your phone in their own database, which Android's automatic cloud backup leaves out. Kinoku does not send them to its servers.
What does trying-to-conceive (TTC) mode do?
Trying to conceive mode puts fertility first, with a Best days to conceive card on the Cycle Tracking screen and the fertility inputs open on each day.
What is BBT and how do I log it?
Basal body temperature (BBT) is your resting temperature when you wake. Log it in the Fertility section of a day on the Cycle Tracking calendar.
Data and privacy
Can I export my workout data to another fitness app?
Yes. Export to CSV, under Settings and then Import & Export, saves a ZIP of plain CSV files that a spreadsheet can open and other apps may import.
Can I hide where my runs start and finish on images I share?
Yes. Hide route start and finish, in Settings under Import & Export, leaves out the part of a shared route within 200 m, 500 m or 1 km of each end.
Can I import my history from Strava?
Yes. Request your archive from Strava, then pick the ZIP under Settings, Import & Export, Import from CSV. Each activity becomes a cardio workout.
Can I permanently delete a workout right away without waiting 30 days?
Yes. In Trash, tap Delete forever on a row, or Empty trash to clear everything. Once you confirm, the data is gone at once and cannot be restored.
Does Kinoku require an account?
No. Kinoku has no sign-up or login, and no Kinoku server holds your training history. Android's own backup may still copy app data to your Google account.
Does my photo leave the phone when I scan a plan?
No. Kinoku reads the photo on your phone and deletes the picture it took once the plan is read. Nothing goes to a server, and the AI help runs locally too.
How do I back up my data?
Open Settings, then Import & Export, then Backup & Restore, and tap Create Backup. You get one ZIP file that restores on this phone or a new one.
How long does Trash keep deleted workouts?
At least 30 days. Each item shows a countdown, and a daily background job removes it for good once 30 days pass and you have opened the app since.
I deleted a workout by mistake. Can I get it back?
Yes. Tap Undo on the bar that appears right after you delete, or find the workout in Trash within 30 days and tap Restore.
Is my data stored in the cloud?
No Kinoku server stores your training history, and core features run on your phone. Android's own backup may copy eligible app data to your Google account.
What is the Health Connect integration?
Health Connect lets health apps on your phone share data. Kinoku can read your sleep, steps, heart rate and weight, bring in runs, and share your workouts.