Skirting board — common questions
Where are my records stored?
Everything lives on your device, inside the app's own storage. There is no account and no server, which is why the app works with no signal in the shed. It also means nobody else — including us — can see or recover your flock records.
See the privacy policy for the full breakdown by data class.
I changed phone — how do I bring the season with me?
Use your device's own transfer or backup restore (iCloud Backup, Android Auto Backup, or the manufacturer's phone-to-phone transfer) while the old device is still working. Restoring a backup onto the new device brings the app's local database with it.
If the old device is gone and no backup exists, the records cannot be recovered. Before each season, it is worth checking that device backup is switched on.
A fleece weight went in wrong. Can I fix it?
Yes. Open the shearing day, find the ewe in the weigh room list and edit the weight, or use the small weight adjustment control to correct a measurement without retyping it. Bundle totals and the Season Chart recalculate from the corrected figures.
Why doesn't the bundle weight match my scales?
A bundle total is the sum of the cuts you added to it, plus or minus any adjustments you applied. Check for:
- a cut added to the wrong bundle at the sorting table;
- an adjustment left on from an earlier weighing;
- a unit mismatch between the app and your scale head.
Open the bundle to see each contributing weight listed individually.
How do I pick the right class?
Open the class table and read the fibre fineness and staple length shown beside each class — those references are there so you can see exactly what you are grading against and why. Faults logged at the table stay linked to the ewe, so you can see how a health issue and a drop in class line up over a season.
Can I add a shearer who isn't in the list?
Yes — shearer names are free text you enter yourself when setting up a shearing day, and they stay available for later days in the season. Only enter what you actually need for your own records.
Can I delete a ewe or a whole shearing day?
You can delete individual ewes, days and bundles inside the app. To remove everything at once, clear the app's data in your device settings or uninstall the app — both remove the local database permanently, with no copy left anywhere.
Reporting a bug — what should I include?
The more of this you can give, the faster it gets fixed: device model, OS version, app version, which screen (flock register, shearing day, weigh room, sorting table, class table, Season Book, Season Chart), what you did, what you expected and what happened instead. Please do not send screenshots containing details you would rather keep private.