Widgets and timer notifications
The Cozibud phone app puts the day on your home screen and lock screen, so you can start, switch, pause or end a timer without opening the app.
Add a widget
Android: touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen, choose Widgets, find Cozibud and drag a widget into place. You can also open Settings → Preferences → Add home screen widget in the app. When you add it, choose which activities it shows, separately for each baby and for Mother. The widget follows whoever is selected in the app.
iPhone: touch and hold the Home Screen, tap Edit → Add Widget, choose Cozibud and pick a size. To change its cards later, touch and hold the widget and choose Edit Widget.
Sizes
| Android | iPhone | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| 1×1 | Small | One activity. While a timer runs, its icon, name and controls, plus the baby's name when there's room. |
| 4×1 | Medium | Two activities side by side, with the baby's name. A running timer keeps two other cards beside it. |
| 4×2 and 4×3 | Large | Up to six cards as roomy rows with their buttons, plus the baby's name and today's day strip on one line. Each running timer gets its own row. |
On Android, resize the 4×3 widget down to 4×2 by dragging its edge.
Choose what each card shows
Each card can show Last (how long since it last happened, with its side or contents) or Count (how many today). Nappy and Potty start on Count. The other figure stays on a second line where there's room. Choose for each card in the widget's settings on Android, or in Edit Widget on iPhone. Turn on Running timers on top to keep any running timer first.
The header mentions syncing only when a save is waiting or the day is out of date.
Timer controls
A running timer appears on widgets and as a notification (on iPhone, also as a Live Activity and in the Dynamic Island).
- Nursing and sided pumping offer Switch side, Pause and End. When paused, choose Start left, Start right or End. Compact buttons show the side as L or R.
- Sleep and unsided pumping offer Pause and End, then Resume and End. The Android 1×1 shows Resume alone for a paused sleep.
- End saves in one tap. A pumping amount is optional; add it later in the app.
- To correct when a timer started, open it in the app; widgets and notifications don't change start times.
Notification settings
Open Settings → Preferences → Notification settings in the app. This page has the main Notifications switch, quiet hours and the kinds of reminder you want:
- Rich timer notifications show running timers with their controls. On Android 16 or later, turn on Android Live Update to use Android's standard card, which can show a small timer beside the clock. If your phone doesn't support it, Cozibud keeps the rich card.
- Only during my shift shows running timers only during your assigned shifts for the selected baby. Hiding a notification never pauses or saves the timer.
- Long-running timer reminders notify you once when a timer passes the number of minutes you choose (1 to 1,440), so a forgotten timer isn't left running. Paused time still counts.
- Routine times reminds you at each routine time unless someone has already logged it.
Turning notifications off hides these settings but keeps your choices. Your phone may delay background updates; open Cozibud to refresh.