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The first screen you see each morning is built to answer one question — "what needs me today?" — and to quietly get on with everything that doesn't.

When you sign in you land on Home. It's not a wall of charts — it's a calm command centre that surfaces your day, the few things worth your attention, and an assistant you can just ask. Everything else runs in the background.

The Suddenly Sorted dashboard home: a 'Good morning' hero with the next appointment and today's list, a 'What to do today' card, and this week's numbers including bookings captured after hours.
Home greets you by name, shows your next appointment, and lines up what needs you.

Today at a glance

The hero at the top greets you by name and shows the shape of your day — your next appointment with a countdown, the rest of today's list, and whether anything's still waiting to be confirmed. If today's empty, it turns that into a nudge to share your booking link. One glance and you know where you stand.

What to do today

Below the hero is a short, ranked list of the things that genuinely need a human — never busywork. Each row tells you what it is, how many, and takes you straight to it:

When there's nothing outstanding, it simply says you're all caught up. The point is that you never have to go hunting — the work comes to you, in priority order.

Why it matters Most days you can run your whole front desk from this one screen: see what's on, clear the two or three things that need you, and let Sally handle the rest — the messages, the reminders, the after-hours enquiries.

Ask Sally anything

The assistant bubble in the corner is Sally — ask her plain-English questions about your own business and get an instant answer from your real data: "How many bookings this week?", "Who hasn't been in for a while?", "Any no-shows coming up?". She can also draft a message for you to copy — she never sends anything herself. Prefer it out of the way? Minimise her to the side and she'll pop back when she has something worth saying.

This week's numbers — including after hours

A compact set of this-week figures sits alongside, so you can see momentum at a glance. The one owners love most: bookings captured after hours — the appointments Sally booked while you were closed, asleep, or with a client. That's the quiet proof it's earning its keep.

Working from your phone

Home is built for the pocket too. On mobile the same hero, action list and assistant stack into a single scrollable column with a bottom tab bar, so you can clear your morning list between clients without opening a laptop.

Booking alerts on your phone

You can have Suddenly buzz your phone when something happens, so you're not refreshing the dashboard between clients.

When it's available you'll see a "Booking alerts on this device" banner with a Turn on button — we never ask for notification permission uninvited. You can also manage it any time under Settings ▸ Notifications.

What you'll be told about

All four are on to start with; switch off any you don't want. Alerts are per device — turn it on for your phone and your laptop separately, and you'll see both listed under Notifications with the option to remove one.

On an iPhone Apple only allows alerts once the app has been added to your Home Screen. Tap Share ▸ Add to Home Screen first, open Suddenly from that icon, and the option appears.

Screenshots use sample data — the names, accounts and bookings shown are fictional.