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Choose how often

How do I set the schedule?

Under How often set Repeats; under At what time keep a time, add another or turn on Any time of day; under Duration set when it starts and ends.

AvailabilityFree · Assumes at least one time, or Any time of day

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Where to start

The routine form › How often, At what time and Duration (+ › New routine, or + › Manage routines › the routine › Edit).

You’ll need
  • At least one time, or Any time of day.

Steps

  1. Under How often, set Repeats: Daily, Every other day, Every 3 days, Weekly on days, Times per week, or Every N days.
  2. Weekly on days shows a row of weekday discs — tap the days. With none selected the footer reads "No days selected — repeats weekly on the start date’s weekday."
  3. Times per week shows a stepper (1–7) and a footer "Spread evenly from your start date: …" naming the days Keel will use for your start date and count (for the example’s Monday start and 3, "Mon, Wed, Sat"). Every N days shows a stepper (1–90).
    The Edit Routine form’s How often section with Repeats set to Times per week, a stepper reading 3, the footer Spread evenly from your start date: Mon, Wed, Sat, and the At what time section with Time 1 8:00 AM below.
    Fictional routine: three times a week from a Monday start; the footer names the days Keel will use before you save.
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    2. Times per week stepper
    3. footer with the concrete days
    4. Time 1
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  4. Under At what time, keep Time 1 or change it, tap Add another time for more, or turn on Any time of day ("The dose is due on its scheduled day, any time before the day ends."). A timed routine reads "Every dose is scheduled at an exact time."
  5. Under Duration, set Starts and, if it ends, Ends on a date.

Three times a week from a Monday

Fictional exampleThe names and values below are made up to show how the parts relate; they are not a suggestion.

Times per week = 3 starting Monday 8 September 2025 lands on Mon 8, Wed 10, Sat 13, then Mon 15, Wed 17, Sat 20: Keel spreads the doses across each seven-day cycle counted from the start day (offsets 0, 2 and 5), so the pattern repeats weekly. Every other day and Every 3 days count from the start day too.

If it looks different

No doses appear for a timed routine?
It has no time; the engine schedules nothing rather than inventing one.
Add another time repeated a time?
It adds the next whole-hour time after the latest one, capped at 11:00 PM (8:45 → 9:00) — so once 11:00 PM exists, adding again repeats 11:00 PM; the duplicate is shown but fires once.
The footer’s days differ from the calendar?
The routine’s timezone differs from the device’s.
Looking for If I log late?
It is under More options, collapsed on a new routine — see the fixed-or-rolling guide.

The schedule is what you enter; Keel never suggests how often or when anything should be taken.