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Yes. Open the menu and tap Show me around. It plays the six welcome slides again, then a short tour of about a minute where you try each control for real. To skip the tour, hold the button at the top middle for a moment.

Check the volume and that your headphones or speaker are connected. Tap the mood name at the top to make sure the music isn't paused, and open the sliders (the button at the lower right) to check that Music isn't turned all the way down. Music pauses when headphones are unplugged or a call comes in, and after a call it only comes back if it was playing before. If it still stays quiet, close Otonagi fully (swipe it away in the app switcher) and open it again.

Tap the name of the mood. Tap it again to carry on.

Tap the slider button at the lower right. Density goes from Sparse to Busy (how many notes play), Brightness from Warm to Clear (the tone of the sound) and Nature from Off to Loud. These three are kept for each mood, and Back to the middle resets them. Below them, Music and Tapping set the volume of the instruments and of the notes you make by touching the water, the same for every mood. With Music all the way down, only the nature sounds play. With Otonagi Plus, Save as my mood under the sliders keeps the sound you made under a name of your choice; you find it in the menu under Your moods, where you can rename or delete it.

Open the menu in Otonagi, then Otonagi Plus, and tap Restore purchases. It is also on the Otonagi Plus screen. Make sure you are signed in with the same Apple ID you used to buy it.

In Otonagi, open the menu, then Otonagi Plus › Manage subscription. Or open Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions on your iPhone, choose Otonagi and tap Cancel Subscription. Plus stays unlocked until the end of the month or year you paid for. To avoid being charged after the free trial, cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Deleting the app does not cancel it.

The monthly plan starts with 7 days free. If you allow notifications, Otonagi reminds you before the trial ends. If you don't cancel, it becomes $4.99 a month. Yearly ($24.99) and lifetime ($49.99) have no trial.

Only four things, and only if you turn them on: mindful minutes from Breathe, Tai Chi workouts from Ugoki in Kumo, Flexibility workouts from Hogushi in Nobi, and Yoga workouts from Himukae in Hinode. Each is off until you turn it on, with its own switch in its guide's sheet or in the Apple Health section of the menu, and only sessions of a minute or more are saved. Otonagi never reads your health data. You can turn it off in the Health app under Sharing › Apps › Otonagi.

After a session of 30 minutes or more, Otonagi can send one gentle "How do you feel now?" about 15 minutes after the music stops, if you allowed notifications. It never comes after the sleep timer, never between 22:00 and 08:00, and at most once a day. Turn it off in the menu under Check-ins. Your answers stay on your phone.

The word waits until you've done the day's check-in, or tap Just show me the word. It stays the same all day and changes at 04:00. There are 80 words; 27 are free and the rest come with Otonagi Plus.

Kumo (雲, cloud) is a Plus mood built around tai chi as it is practised in Japan: a still picture of a tai chi master in silhouette by the water, with a torii and a small hall on the far shore. In Kumo, the Breathe button becomes Ugoki (動き, movement). Tap it and three strikes of a small bowl invite you to move freely in the manner of tai chi, slow, soft and unbroken, with no set movements. A clock counts the time up while the music plays on, and Finish rings one bowl, and it can be saved to Apple Health as a Tai Chi workout if you turned that on. Move only within what is comfortable, and if you feel dizzy, stop and sit.

Nobi (伸, stretch) is a Plus mood: a man sitting in agura in a sunlit dojo, with handpan music in the Akebono scale. In Nobi, the Breathe button becomes Hogushi (ほぐし, loosening up), a gentle stretching guide with 30-second holds and a timer that counts up. When you finish, it can save a Flexibility workout to Apple Health if you turned that on, and closes with one bell. Stretch only as far as feels comfortable, never into pain.

Hinode (日の出, sunrise) is a Plus mood: a figure on a hillside deck at dawn, with a cherry tree in bloom, Fuji in the haze and a stone lantern, to koto, the shō and birdsong. In Hinode, the Breathe button becomes Himukae (日迎え, welcoming the sun), a sun salutation (Surya Namaskar) in twelve kata with Japanese names. Its sheet shows each kata with why and how to do it and how to breathe into it. Each kata is held for 30 seconds, with 7 seconds to move into the next. A round takes about 7 minutes, the sun rises as you go, and it can be saved to Apple Health as a Yoga workout. Move only within what is comfortable.

Breathe, Ugoki, Hogushi and Himukae all end the same way: one closing sound, then お疲れさま (otsukaresama, what people say to each other after practice in a dojo), or "Sleep well" between 20:00 and 04:00. After Breathe of a minute or more, or a movement guide of two minutes or more, "How do you feel now?" follows the first three times, and every second time after that. If the music is stopped by something else, such as a call or the sleep timer, the guide ends quietly.

Yes. Try "Play Otonagi", "Play Ame in Otonagi", "Sleep with Otonagi", "Breathe with Otonagi" (for as long as you last chose in the app) or "Pause Otonagi". With Otonagi Plus, "Move with Otonagi", "Stretch with Otonagi" and "Greet the sun with Otonagi" start Ugoki, Hogushi and Himukae. You can also add these to the Shortcuts app.

Refunds are handled by Apple. Request one at reportaproblem.apple.com.

Yes. All music and sounds are made on your iPhone, so no connection is needed.

Only on your iPhone. We never see it, and it is not shared with Apple Health. Deleting the app erases it, along with your name and settings. See the Privacy Policy for more.

Otonagi is made for iPhone with iOS 17 or later.