Tattoo care · for people in the first 30 days after a new tattoo
Ink30 is a tattoo aftercare guide for the first 30 days after a new tattoo. You enter one thing, the date of the session, and the app lays out each day in order: the care that matters today, what people commonly see on the skin at this point, and which activities are still off limits. Flip today's card and a stamp lands on it, THIS IS NORMAL FOR TODAY, so the flaking on day six stops looking like a problem at midnight. Eleven everyday activities, from the pool to the gym to shaving, each show the exact day they open up, counted from your own date.
Today's card has two sides. The front holds the day's care steps and what is typical for the skin at this stage. Flip it and the day's stamp is pressed onto the back with the day number and the line that the current state is normal. One stamp a day; after a month there are thirty of them.
The Today screen shows which day you are on out of 30, the healing stage, a status card for what is commonly seen right now, the next activity that becomes fine, and the care steps left to tick. Come to it on day nine and it opens on day nine; anything you missed is written up as something to pick up from now on.
The Can I yet? tab files eleven things under Water, Exercise, Sun, and Everyday: swimming, sauna, gym, shaving, booking the touch-up, and more. Each one reads Still early, Fine with care, or Usually fine by now, with the day it changes. Not two to four weeks, but in 2 days, from Day 14.
The Timeline tab shows all 30 days at once, grouped into the wrapped stage, the flaking stage, and the settling stage. Each day carries a line on why this step, now. Underneath sits a board of 30 squares that fills as stamps land, so the run so far is visible at a glance. The board counts your stamp streak because that is part of the record, but nothing prods you to protect it.
There is no photo upload and no symptom form in Ink30. Every line follows from one thing only, how many days it has been, and every screen repeats that your artist's instructions come first. The timings were compiled against dermatology sources, public health bodies, and aftercare product instructions; where sources disagree, the app says so as a range, such as usually around two to three weeks.
Signs worth a second look are listed plainly: redness that spreads, heat that keeps building, and other widely cited warning signs, with no verdict attached and a nudge to check with your artist or a doctor.
Ink30 is not medical advice. If something about the tattoo worries you, ask the artist who did it or a doctor.
Switch on the daily reminder and one notification a day walks you back to the card. Its lock screen text is plain by default, down to leaving the word tattoo out, so a phone face-up on a desk says nothing about you. When day 30 passes, the notifications finish on their own. The Home Screen widget shows which day you are on, whether today's stamp is in, how many steps are left, and what opens up next.
A date, a run of stamps, and the care steps you ticked off. All three live in the app's own storage on the phone. There is no account, no server, and no analytics, which is why the app asks you to register for nothing and keeps no copy of you elsewhere. Settings clears everything when you want it gone, and uninstalling takes it along. Started the app late? Put in yesterday's session or one from ten days ago and you begin from today's card.
Yes. Enter the real session date and the app opens on the day you are actually on. Missed days are noted as things to pick up from now.
No. It lists widely cited warning signs without a verdict and points you to your artist or a doctor. There is no photo or symptom check.
From dermatology sources, public health guidance, and aftercare product instructions. Where they disagree, the app shows a range rather than a single day.
No. The lock screen text is plain by default and leaves the word tattoo out. Notifications stop by themselves after day 30.
No. The date, stamps, and ticked steps stay in the app's storage. There is no account and no upload.
Yes. No ads, no purchases, no subscription.
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