Profile overview
Your profile in LifeWell is the central place to manage who you are inside the app — your identity, your preferences, your security choices, your reminders, what you share, and the unlocks (achievements, premium features) you've earned or activated. This page is the map of that area; each subsection below has its own dedicated page with full reference.
You can reach the profile from the avatar in the header or the sidebar entry on any device.
The nine sections
| Section | Purpose | Full reference |
|---|---|---|
| Profile overview | Identity (name, avatar, date of birth, sex, height, current weight) | This page |
| Preferences | Units, language, time zone, reminder defaults, glass size, daily targets | Preferences |
| Security | Sign-in methods, password change, sign-out everywhere, account deletion | Security |
| Data sharing | What you've shared with whom, share-links, revocation | Data sharing |
| Theme customizer | Appearance, accent, gray, radius, scaling, font, panel | Theme customizer |
| Achievements | Badges earned through consistent tracking | Achievements |
| Blood donor | Eligibility, last donation date, donor card export | Blood donor |
| Medical info | Allergies, conditions, emergency contacts, medication list summary | Medical info |
| Reminders | All your active and paused reminders in one place | Reminders |
| Premium & payments | Subscription state, payment history, plan changes | Premium and payments |
What lives in "Profile overview" specifically
The top of the profile area is a small identity card. It holds the fields you provided during first-time setup, all of which are optional and editable any time:
- Display name — shown when you appear in a family connection or chat. Defaults to the name from your Google / Apple account if you signed in that way.
- Avatar — uploaded via camera (mobile) or file picker (web). Stored on FilesHub, not Firestore.
- Date of birth — used by age, BMR, and TDEE calculators when you opt in to logging results.
- Sex / gender — used to decide which feature surfaces show up (e.g. period tracking visibility, breastfeeding visibility) and for BMR formulas that vary by sex.
- Height — used by BMI / BMR / TDEE calculators.
- Current weight — used by BMI / BMR / TDEE and shown alongside the vitals weight trend.
- Time zone — auto-detected from the device; can be overridden manually if you travel often.
Every field is private to your account. Nothing on this card is shown to other users unless you explicitly include yourself in a family connection.
What does NOT live here
- Tracking history — that lives under the Health module, organized by feature (vitals, water, medications, etc.). The profile area shows totals and summaries, not the raw entries.
- App-wide settings (theme, language, units) — those live under Preferences and Theme customizer, not under the identity card.
- Family tree — that's its own surface under Family.
- Memories, notes, chat history — separate top-level sections.
The profile area focuses on the small set of fields that are about you-the-account, not your-tracked-data.
How the profile syncs across devices
Profile fields write to two places (per theming system pattern):
- Capacitor Preferences (local) for instant offline reads.
- Firestore
lifewell_user_profilesdocument (debounced 500ms) for cross-device sync.
When you change your display name on Android, the web app picks it up on next refresh. There's no manual "sync" button — Firestore takes care of it.
How to delete your profile
Account deletion is documented in Security. The short version: tap Delete account under Security, re-authenticate, confirm. The deletion is reversible for 30 days; after that, your Firestore documents, FilesHub files, and Auth record are removed permanently.
Frequently asked
Can I have multiple profiles under one sign-in (e.g. for my kid)? Not in v1. Each sign-in maps to one profile. If you're tracking a child's data, the recommended pattern is either (a) create a separate account for the child and share specific data via Data sharing, or (b) use the Baby tracking module which is designed for tracking another person without requiring them to have their own account.
My avatar isn't showing. First check that the upload completed (the camera/file-picker prompt closed and the avatar tile updated). If the upload visibly succeeded but the avatar shows a placeholder, the FilesHub fetch failed — usually a network issue. Hard-refresh and try again, or email aoneahsan@gmail.com with your account email so I can check the storage.
Why is "Sex / gender" optional? Because the only places it affects behavior are BMR formulas (which differ by sex) and feature-surface visibility (which can also be toggled directly under Preferences). If you don't want to provide it, you can override the relevant feature toggles instead.
Where do I find my account email? Under Profile → Security → Connected sign-in methods. The email is whichever address Firebase Auth has on file for the provider you signed in with (Google, Apple, or email).
Can I export my profile data?
Yes. Email aoneahsan@gmail.com requesting an export; you'll receive a JSON dump of every document tagged with your userId, including this profile card. See Privacy & security.
Where to read next
- Preferences — units, language, defaults.
- Security — sign-in methods and deletion.
- Theme customizer — appearance.
- Reminders — manage everything you've scheduled.
Last updated: 2026-05-11 Author: Ahsan Mahmood