Tarry is a fasting companion for Christians — Scripture, prayer, and a private journal for the days you have set apart. If something is not working, or you want to ask about how it is meant to be used, write to us. A person reads every message.
Email: ezrawademusic@gmail.com
We aim to answer within two business days. Telling us your iPhone model and iOS version helps.
No. Tarry supports a media fast, a partial fast, a Daniel fast, sunrise to sunset, and anything you name yourself. If you choose a fast that does not involve food, the app stops using the language of eating entirely — the passages, prayers and prompts you are given are written for what you have actually set aside.
Yes, and not merely as a promise. What you write stays in the app's local database on your phone. It is never uploaded, and an automated check fails the build if any part of the networking code so much as mentions a journal entry. The one nuance worth knowing is iCloud Backup — see the privacy policy.
Only if you invite them, and only in outline. Nobody can find you by name or email; the only way to connect is an invite code you give someone. Someone you have connected with can see that you are fasting, what type, and for how long. They cannot see anything you have written.
No, and the app will not treat you as though you did. Tarry has no streaks, no badges, no points and no goals. Ending a fast — whenever and however you end it — opens a closing prayer, not a verdict.
Fasting affects the body. Tarry raises a warning before a fast from both food and water beyond twenty-four hours, and before any fast longer than a week, because those carry real medical risk. The app is not a doctor and cannot tell whether a fast is safe for you. If you are pregnant or nursing, diabetic, taking medication, underweight, or have any history of disordered eating, speak to a doctor before beginning. Nothing in the app should be read as medical advice.
Scripture is fetched from Crossway's ESV service, so the first time you open a passage you need a connection. Once fetched it is kept on the device for offline reading. Our licence caps how much ESV text may be stored locally, so on a very long fast the earliest passages may need fetching again.
In the app, under Settings. It removes your account and every fast record from our server immediately. Deleting the app removes the local database, journals included.
Check iOS Settings → Notifications → Tarry and confirm they are allowed. Tarry uses local notifications scheduled by your phone, so they work without a connection — but a Focus mode or Scheduled Summary can hold them back.
If something is broken, tell us what you were doing when it happened, what you expected, and what happened instead. Screenshots help. If it involves a specific fast, the type and the day you were on is usually enough for us to reproduce it.
Tarry runs on iPhone with iOS 17 or later. There is no iPad layout at present.