# Find your way around Noodle: the five tabs and Home

> What each of the five tabs at the bottom of Noodle does (Home, Search, Save, Library and Settings) and what every card and button on Home is for.

Noodle Assistant user guide · Getting started · Updated 2026-10-21 · https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/find-your-way-around

Noodle has five tabs along the bottom of the screen. Home is where you start each day; the **+** in the middle is where you save things.

| Tab | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Home | Your day at a glance: today's tasks, upcoming reminders, recent saves |
| Search | Find a save by describing it, in your own words |
| Save (the **+**) | Save a note, link, photo, video, PDF or voice note |
| Library | Everything you've saved, with filters |
| Settings | Categories, reminders, downloads, backup and more |

## What's on Home

![Home with a greeting, chips for To organize and categories, a Today card with three tasks, an Upcoming card and Recent saves](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/screenshots/home.webp)

From top to bottom:

- **The greeting and the date.** Next to it, the calendar button opens [Plan](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/plan).
- **Chips.** The first one, such as **3 to organize**, opens [To organize](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/to-organize): saves that haven't been given a category yet. The others are your categories with how many saves each has, such as **Uncategorized 3**. Tap one to open the Library filtered to it.
- **Today.** The first three open tasks from Plan and "1 of 5 done". Tap the card to open Plan.
- **Upcoming.** Your next reminders, shown only when you have some. **See all** opens [Reminders](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/reminders).
- **Unfinished.** If you left something half-saved on the **+** page, a card offers **Continue**.
- **Recent.** Your latest saves. **See all** opens the Library.
- **The sparkle button** in the bottom corner opens [Ask Noodle](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/ask-noodle).

Sometimes Home also shows a **Brain snack**: an older save Noodle dug up for you. Tap it to open it, or touch and hold it and tap **Show me another**.

## Move between screens

1. Tap a tab at the bottom to switch to it.
2. Tap a save anywhere (Home, Library, Search) to open [its own screen](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/the-item-screen).
3. Tap the back arrow in the top corner, or use your phone's back gesture, to return.

The tab bar hides on the **+** page. Tap the **×** in its top corner to leave.

## Noodle the mascot

The little green character is Noodle. It waves, listens while you record and celebrates when you file something. If you'd rather not see it, turn off **Show Noodle** in Settings. **Noodle sounds** controls its short chirps.

Next: [share something into Noodle](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/share-from-other-apps) from another app.

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Noodle Assistant is a free Android app that saves videos, posts, articles, photos, PDFs and voice notes, reads what is inside them, and finds them again when you describe them. Everything stays on the phone. Download: https://www.noodleassistant.com/download