Guides
Appearance
Accent colors, themes, and display options
Cakeday separates visual theme settings from display settings. Theme controls the look of the interface, while display settings control how date and time information is presented. Changes take effect immediately.
Accent Colors
Cakeday offers 8 accent color themes that apply to buttons, highlights, navigation elements, and other interactive controls:
- Pink
- Blue
- Purple
- Green
- Orange
- Red
- Teal
- Indigo
Appearance Mode
In Settings > Appearance, you can choose among three appearance modes:
- Light: Better suited to bright environments and high-contrast reading.
- Dark: Better suited to low-light environments.
- System: Follows the device-wide appearance setting and switches automatically.
Display Settings
In Settings > Display Settings, Cakeday provides these display preferences:
- Show Lunar in Calendar: Displays lunar month information in the calendar month view.
- 24-Hour Time: Chooses between 12-hour and 24-hour time presentation.
- Date Format: Choose from
System,Year / Month / Day,Month / Day / Year, orDay / Month / Year.
The selected date format is used across lists, detail views, calendar views, widgets, and Apple Watch.
Language
Cakeday follows the system language or the per-app language configured by iOS. In Settings > Display Settings > Language, the app provides a shortcut into the relevant system settings page.