Notifications: the bell, the inbox, and your settings
Where notifications land, where tapping one takes you, and how to control push, email, and in-app alerts per type.
Limbo keeps you posted when plans change, ballots open, flights move, and the chat lights up. This article covers the bell on Home, the inbox behind it, and the settings matrix that decides what reaches you on which channel.
Notifications are personal: every crew member controls their own. Nothing here is organizer-gated.
The bell and its badge
The bell sits in the top bar of the Home screen. A red badge shows your unread count and updates in real time as things happen on your trips. Tap the bell to open your inbox.
The inbox
Each notification shows an icon for its type, a title, a short description, how long ago it arrived, and a red dot if it's unread.
Tapping a notification marks it read and takes you straight to the right place:
| Notification | Where tapping takes you |
|---|---|
| Voting started, voting reminders, voting results | The trip's voting dashboard |
| Chat messages and mentions | The trip chat |
| Plan added, edited, or deleted · trip dates changed · flight updates · crew joined or left | The trip, opening the specific plan when there is one |
| A Pitch In task assigned to you | The trip, where its Pitch In list lives |
| Trip archived or deleted · you were removed from a trip | Nowhere: the trip is gone, so you stay in the inbox |
Keeping the inbox tidy:
- 1Tap a notification to mark it read and jump to its destination.
- 2Tap Mark all read in the header to clear every unread dot at once.
- 3Tap the trash icon on a row to delete that notification.
- 4Pull down to refresh, and keep scrolling to load older notifications (20 at a time).
When nothing's waiting, the inbox shows "You're all caught up."
Choose what you're notified about
Open Settings → Notification Settings.
At the top are two master switches: Push notifications and Email notifications. Turning one off silences that channel everywhere, no matter what the per-type toggles say. In-app notifications have no master switch; you control them per type.
Below the masters is the matrix: each notification type has a Push, Email, and In-app toggle, grouped into four sections:
| Section | Types |
|---|---|
| Plans | Plan created · plan edited · plan deleted |
| Voting | New proposal to vote on · Voting deadline approaching · Decision reached |
| Trip & Crew | Added as crew · crew left · crew removed · trip dates changed · trip archived or deleted |
| Flights & Tasks | Flight updates · Pitch In task assigned |
A toggle appears greyed out when its master switch is off, or when that channel isn't available for that type.
The two voting rows worth knowing
Two rows in the Voting section carry a ballot from start to finish:
- Voting deadline approaching: the last-call reminder. If a ballot is about to close and you still haven't voted, Limbo nudges you to weigh in. It's a do-something alert, so it only goes to push and in-app, never email, so it can't get buried in your inbox while the clock runs out.
- Decision reached: the result. When a ballot resolves and the reveal is ready, this one fires. It's the single voting row that emails you by default, so you catch the verdict even if the app is closed. Push and in-app are on too.
Tip
If you leave one thing on, leave Voting deadline approaching on push. A reminder you never see is a vote you never cast, and a ballot can resolve without you.
Allow push notifications
Limbo only asks your device for push permission once the Push notifications master switch is on, and simply visiting the settings screen never triggers the prompt. (The app intro no longer offers this, so switching it on here is how you turn reminders on.)
- 1Open Settings → Notification Settings.
- 2Turn on Push notifications.
- 3Tap Allow on the system prompt.
If you declined the prompt in the past, your device won't ask again, so you need to allow notifications in your device settings instead:
Open the Settings app, find Limbo, tap Notifications, and turn on Allow Notifications. Then return to Limbo and make sure the Push notifications master switch is on.
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