When you sit down to read, a live session keeps time for you. It counts the minutes, asks where you stopped, and keeps anything you save along the way with the book.
Start a session
- Open Sessions and tap Start Session.
- In Choose a Book, tap the book you’re about to read. The timer starts straight away.
You can also start from a book’s page: tap the eyeglasses button, choose Start Session, then Start. A book you’re reading has its own Start Session button on Home too.
While you read
Tap Pause when you step away and Resume when you’re back. To keep a line, tap Quote. To write down a thought, tap Reflection. When the book points you somewhere else, another book, a name, an idea, tap Seed. The timer pauses while you write and picks up again when you’re done. Everything you save stays with the book.
Moving on to another book in the same sitting? Tap Switch, enter the page you’re on in the current book, tap Next, then choose the next book. The timer waits while you switch, and the session carries on with the new book.
End the session
- Tap End.
- Enter the page you’re on, or your progress as a percentage.
- Tap End Session.
Kiveo shows a short recap of the sitting. If the session finished a book or completed one of your intentions, it marks the moment with a celebration.
Cancel a session
- Tap the ⋯ button at the top of the session screen.
- Choose Cancel session.
- Confirm with End session, or choose Keep reading to carry on.
Good to know
A cancelled session’s reading time isn’t saved, but the quotes, reflections and seeds you saved during it stay with the book. Kiveo also saves a running session as you go, so if the app closes partway through, it offers to pick the session back up the next time you open it.
