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Quick troubleshooting for common questions. If you don't find your answer here, email support@oopsimlate.com — we reply within two business days.

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Frequently asked questions

The Tracking tab shows "Waiting for GPS…" and never resolves.

iOS may not have an immediate GPS fix indoors. Walk near a window or step outside — a fix usually arrives within 10–30 seconds. If it still doesn't resolve:

  1. Open Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services and confirm Location Services is ON.
  2. Find Oops I'm Late! in that list and set it to "While Using" or "Always".
  3. Force-quit and reopen the app.
I tapped Start Trip but no notification was sent.

The app only sends a "running late" message when the engine predicts you'll arrive after the appointment start time, accounting for your settings buffer. If you're on time the app stays quiet — that's intentional.

If you expected a notification and didn't get one:

  • Open Settings → Tracking in the app and check the late buffer (default: 5 minutes).
  • Confirm the appointment has attendees with phone numbers or email addresses.
  • If you're using SMS: confirm Contacts permission is granted.
Recipients didn't get the SMS — what happened?

iOS opens the native Messages compose sheet for SMS sends. Some carriers and number formats can fail silently. Steps to fix:

  1. Open the contact in iOS Contacts and verify the phone number is correct and formatted (e.g. +1 555-555-5555).
  2. If the contact has multiple numbers, set one as the primary in Contacts.
  3. For international numbers, include the country code with a leading +.
The app says "Calendar refresh failed" or "Calendar refresh timed out."

Most often this means the app's Calendar permission was revoked or never granted.

  1. Open Settings → Privacy & Security → Calendars.
  2. Find Oops I'm Late! and set to Full Access.
  3. Pull-to-refresh on the Tracking tab.

If you have an unusually large calendar, the 5-second refresh timeout may also trip; in that case Apple's CalendarKit indexing eventually catches up — try again in a minute.

How do I switch from Free to Basic or Pro?

Open the app → Settings → Subscription → choose Basic or Pro. The first time you subscribe you'll get a 3–7 day free trial. Manage or cancel from iOS Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions.

I want to delete all my data.

Open the app → Settings → Data & Privacy → Delete all data. This removes saved locations, attendee preferences, recent notifications, and any cached calendar snapshots. It does not delete your iCloud Calendar entries.

To fully remove the app: long-press the icon → Remove App → Delete App.

I'm a Pro user but traffic-aware ETA isn't appearing.

Traffic ETA requires:

  • An active Pro subscription (check Settings → Subscription).
  • Network connectivity at the moment of refresh.
  • Under 400 traffic requests this calendar month (Pro tier quota cap).

If you hit the quota cap, the app falls back to on-device ETA until the next month.

The app keeps draining my battery.

Active trips run continuous GPS, which is power-hungry. Two mitigations:

  • Open Settings → Battery saver mode in the app — reduces fix frequency at a small ETA-precision cost.
  • Only start trips during the actual travel window, not hours ahead.

Outside of active trips, the app uses near-zero power; iOS only wakes it on calendar changes.

Still stuck?

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