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Daily limit reset at a weird time

Why your counter sometimes resets at an unexpected moment.

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Written by Andres canella
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Daily generation limits reset at midnight in your local time zone — not UTC.

What that means in practice

  • If your iPhone is set to Pacific time and you open the app at 12:01 AM PT, your daily count is fresh

  • If you travel to a different time zone, the reset follows your iPhone's current time zone

If it seems off

  • Your iPhone's time zone may be set to "Automatic" and didn't catch up after travel. Check iPhone Settings → General → Date & Time.

  • Right around midnight, there can be a small lag — the reset is synchronized within a minute or so, not to the millisecond.

Why local midnight, not a fixed UTC time?

So your daily rhythm makes sense wherever you are. "3 generations per day" means 3 per calendar day in your world — not 3 per arbitrary UTC window that shifts across time zones.

Seeing your remaining count

The current remaining count is visible in the app when you approach the limit (free tier gets a visible counter near the limit).

First 24 hours are different

New accounts get unlimited generations for their first 24 hours, regardless of midnight resets. After that window, the daily counter behaves as described.

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