Quick Notes - Capture
Brain dump in seconds
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Capture's intuitive interface and smart features turn your mobile device into a powerful thought organizer, letting you seize, sort, and execute your ideas with unprecedented ease.
• Quick Notes: Immediacy is key, and with Capture, the moment inspiration hits, you're ready. Our quick note-taking feature is designed for those who think fast and want to write faster. Notes, lists, and reminders are captured in real-time, ensuring no idea ever slips through the cracks. Brain dump on the go and stay one step ahead of your inspiration.
• Export to 20+ apps: Looking to migrate your captures to other platforms like Obsidian, Things 3, Todoist, iA Writer, Craft, Omnifocus 4, Fantastical, UpNote, NotePlan, Reminders or Apple Calendar? Capture's export functionality allows you to move your content with ease. It's all about getting your thoughts out there, wherever 'there' might be, from to-do to calendar apps. In addition, you can run any Siri Shortcut as an export option, enabling all kinds of workflows by using the capture as input.
• iCloud Sync: Keep your ideas and tasks in harmony across all your devices with Capture's iCloud Sync. Every note, list, and preference is automatically updated, ensuring you have access to your latest thoughts wherever you go.
• Intuitive reminders: With our badge system, subtle yet effective reminders keep you informed of your tasks. These intuitive nudges ensure that important notes don't get lost in the shuffle, keeping you alert and on track.
• Automatic date & URL recognition: Organization has never been so effortless. Capture's data recognition identifies your dates and URLs so you don't need to manually insert them. They are also pre-filled with your favorite export option.
• Widgets: Access your captures instantly with our widgets right from your home and lock screen. Capture prioritizes convenience, giving you a visual snapshot of your latest thoughts and to-dos without having to open the app.
• Share Extension: Add content to Capture with ease using the Share extension — available from any app.
• Siri & Shortcuts: Capture thoughts hands-free with Siri voice commands and enhance your workflow with Siri Shortcuts to create, open, and search captures effortlessly.
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more What's new:
• Safari extension: capture your current web tab with one click in Safari.
• Direct export: long-press Submit to send a capture to an export destination without saving it first.
• Display modes: choose list, compact, or grid layouts for your captures.
• Quick list selection: type # while writing to quickly choose a list. Enable in Preferences.
• Export destinations: send captures to Claude, Instapaper, and Messages.
• Things: choose when exported to-dos should appear.
• New Shortcuts: create, update, move, archive, and manage captures with new actions.
• On Apple Watch, start a capture with the Double Tap gesture.
• Capture now also detects phone numbers.
Bug fixes:
• Shortcuts no longer shows duplicate lists when choosing a capture list.
2.14.1 9 Jul
What's new:
• Safari extension: capture your current web tab with one click in Safari.
• Direct export: long-press Submit to send a capture to an export destination without saving it first.
• Display modes: choose list, compact, or grid layouts for your captures.
• Quick list selection: type # while writing to quickly choose a list. Enable in Preferences.
• Export destinations: send captures to Claude, Instapaper, and Messages.
• Things: choose when exported to-dos should appear.
• New Shortcuts: create, update, move, archive, and manage captures with new actions.
• On Apple Watch, start a capture with the Double Tap gesture.
• Capture now also detects phone numbers.
Bug fixes:
• Shortcuts no longer shows duplicate lists when choosing a capture list.
2.14 8 Jul
What's new:
• A new Single Capture widget to keep one important capture on your Home Screen.
• Split captures: break a capture that contains multiple content types into separate captures.
• Export all your data at once from Settings as a single zip file.
• Sort any list by name, creation date, or type.
• Drag and drop images and attachments straight into the editor.
• Faster link previews throughout the app.
Bug fixes:
• Times you write in a note are no longer removed when it's edited.
• Sharing several images at once now imports all of them, instead of only the first.
• Fixed “message:” and email links being turned into broken links.
2.13 29 Jun
What's new:
• 13 new export destinations: Linear, Gmail, Godspeed, GoodTask, Calendar 366, Remind Me Faster, Notebooks, Paper, Textastic, Opener, Noted, Octarine, and Everlog.
• Merge captures: select several captures and combine them into one.
• Document scanning: scan documents straight into a capture from the editor.
• New "Create List" Siri Shortcut.
• Captures now sort by when you last edited them.
• Widgets fit more captures by showing fewer lines each when space is tight.
• Lists now show their unarchived item count, which you can toggle in Capture preferences.
• Dragging and sharing captures into other apps now works for every content type.
Bug fixes:
• Fixed an issue where note edits could be lost.
• Improved reliability when editing and syncing captures across devices.
• A missing notification permission now shows an inline banner instead of a repeating alert.
• Fixed several crashes that could occur when deleting captures.
• More reliable link detection in the editor.
2.12.1 20 Jun
What's new:
• 13 new export destinations: Linear, Gmail, Godspeed, GoodTask, Calendar 366, Remind Me Faster, Notebooks, Paper, Textastic, Opener, Noted, Octarine, and Everlog.
• Merge captures: select several captures and combine them into one.
• Document scanning: scan documents straight into a capture from the editor.
• New "Create List" Siri Shortcut.
• Captures now sort by when you last edited them.
• Widgets fit more captures by showing fewer lines each when space is tight.
• Lists now show their unarchived item count, which you can toggle in Capture preferences.
• Dragging and sharing captures into other apps now works for every content type.
Bug fixes:
• Fixed an issue where note edits could be lost.
• Improved reliability when editing and syncing captures across devices.
• A missing notification permission now shows an inline banner instead of a repeating alert.
• Fixed several crashes that could occur when deleting captures.
• More reliable link detection in the editor.
2.12.0 18 Jun
• Add new watchOS & Lock Screen widget with Capture glyph instead of number to open the app.
• Improved notification badge updates in background.
• Resolved issue where Capture Share extension would sometimes crash when loading the preview of an image on low memory.
• Resolved issue where the app would sometimes crash when deleting specific captures or lists.
• Resolved issue where the “All” tab wouldn’t always show.
• Resolved issue where empty captures could not be edited.
2.11.1 10 Jun
• Add new watchOS & Lock Screen widget with Capture glyph instead of number to open the app.
• Improved notification badge updates in background.
• Resolved issue where Capture Share extension would sometimes crash when loading the preview of an image on low memory.
• Resolved issue where the app would sometimes crash when deleting specific captures or lists.
• Resolved issue where the “All” tab wouldn’t always show.
• Resolved issue where empty captures could not be edited.
2.11 10 Jun
• Added capture list sorting controls.
• Widgets now show detected dates when a capture has no other content.
• Improved app badge updates when captures sync in the background.
• Improved URL preview preference when ‘Hide URL Preview’ is enabled.
• Other small UI improvements and fixes.
2.10 20 May
• Increased button sizes in share extension.
• Resolved watchOS widget complications issue where tint color caused full color unreadable widget.
• Resolved issue where the Voice Capture feature appeared on unsupported devices.
• Resolved crash that could happen on startup for very long captures.
• Resolved issue where some captures could be saved twice when saved from the share extension.
• Other small UI improvements and fixes.
2.9 9 Apr
Introducing Capture for watchOS. Tap to speak and instantly transcribe your thoughts into notes from your wrist, with seamless sync across all your devices.
2.8 8 Mar
New
• Added support for exporting to the new version of MindNode
• Added a new Siri Shortcut to get all files from a capture
Improvements & Fixes
• Improved the waveform for Voice Captures
• Fixed an issue where exported captures did not show a notification in the Reminders app
• Fixed an issue where deleting would sometimes fail
• Fixed an issue where not all export destinations would appear in the share sheet accessed from the list view
• Fixed an issue where an alert would show when auto selecting a voice model that is not available for Voice Captures
2.7.1 21 Jan
New
• Added support for exporting to the new version of MindNode
• Added a new Siri Shortcut to get all files from a capture
Improvements & Fixes
• Improved the waveform for Voice Captures
• Fixed an issue where exported captures did not show a notification in the Reminders app
2.7 6 Jan
This update is all about improvements and small bug fixes:
• You can now export captures to your export destinations directly from the list view.
• New Siri Shortcut for looking up Capture Lists.
• New Siri Shortcut for appending content to an existing capture.
• In Siri Shortcuts, you can now also filter captures based on list name and archived status.
• Added date recognition in the share extension.
• Small improvements for the input text field.
• Addressed an issue where exporting to Reminders didn’t work the very first time.
• Addressed animation glitch for certain types of list rows.
• Addressed an issue where list names would show multiple types when selecting a default list.
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New in the previous version: Introducing Voice Captures: save thoughts quickly whenever inspiration strikes and let Apple Intelligence turn them into clear, structured notes. All processed locally on your device, so your private thoughts stay private.
2.6 26/12/2025
Introducing Voice Captures: save thoughts quickly whenever inspiration strikes and let Apple Intelligence turn them into clear, structured notes. All processed locally on your device, so your private thoughts stay private.
2.5 18/12/2025
New:
• DEVONthink export destination
• Day One export destination
• Ulysses export destination
• WhatsApp export destination
• Telegram export destination
Improvements & Fixes
• Allow editing text in detail view when the capture type is only an url
• Improved preview of non-remote URLs (like mail://) in the detail view
• Update app icons of export destinations to the new Liquid Glass icons
• Fixed issue where tour would immediately dismiss for new users
• Fixed issue where URLs were not correctly exported to Obsidian
• Fixed an issue where the “Add text” button for URL-only captures failed to retain the URL
2.4.3 05/12/2025
New:
• DEVONthink export destination
• Day One export destination
• Ulysses export destination
• WhatsApp export destination
• Telegram export destination
Improvements & Fixes
• Allow editing text in detail view when the capture type is only an url
• Improved preview of non-remote URLs (like mail://) in the detail view
• Update app icons of export destinations to the new Liquid Glass icons
• Fixed issue where tour would immediately dismiss for new users
• Fixed issue where URLs were not correctly exported to Obsidian
• Fixed an issue where the “Add text” button for URL-only captures failed to retain the URL
2.4.2 21/11/2025
New:
• DEVONthink export destination
• Day One export destination
• Ulysses export destination
• WhatsApp export destination
• Telegram export destination
Improvements & Fixes
• Allow editing text in detail view when the capture type is only an url
• Improved preview of non-remote URLs (like mail://) in the detail view
• Update app icons of export destinations to the new Liquid Glass icons
• Fixed issue where tour would immediately dismiss for new users
2.4.1 17/11/2025
New:
• DEVONthink export destination
• Day One export destination
• Ulysses export destination
• WhatsApp export destination
• Telegram export destination
Improvements & Fixes
• Allow editing text in detail view when the capture type is only an url
• Improved preview of non-remote URLs (like mail://) in the detail view
• Update app icons of export destinations to the new Liquid Glass icons
• Fixed issue where tour would immediately dismiss for new users
2.4 15/11/2025
General improvements and bug fixes
2.3 13/10/2025
New:
• Added Korean localization.
• Increase attachment limit to 12.
Improvements & Fixes
• Use bold text preference across the whole app.
• Added the option to add text content the attachment only captures in the edit menu.
• Resolved issue where sometimes the wrong captures where moved between lists when using drag & drop.
• Some minor visual improvements to the UI.
2.2 01/10/2025
New:
• Added a roadmap to the app, allowing you to see and vote on the upcoming features.
Improvements & Fixes
• Improved automatic date detection handling.
• Improved editing captures in the detail view, with a new edit menu in the navigation bar.
• Resolved issue where date couldn’t be cleared.
• Resolved issue where progress bar sometimes appeared in the center of the view in the share sheet.
2.1 24/09/2025
Welcome to Capture for iOS 26. Faster, smarter, and refreshed with a modern look.
What’s new:
• A smoother, lighter feel with our updated Liquid Glass design that brings polish to every screen.
• A fully redesigned capture detail view that makes key info clearer and puts the right actions right where you need them.
• A fresh app icon that feels new without losing what makes Capture recognizable.
• Smart list suggestions powered by the on-device Foundation Models, so your data stays private.
• Native iPad support with a responsive layout that makes the most of the bigger canvas.
2.0.1 15/09/2025
Welcome to Capture for iOS 26. Faster, smarter, and refreshed with a modern look.
What’s new:
• A smoother, lighter feel with our updated Liquid Glass design that brings polish to every screen.
• A fully redesigned capture detail view that makes key info clearer and puts the right actions right where you need them.
• A fresh app icon that feels new without losing what makes Capture recognizable.
• Smart list suggestions powered by the on-device Foundation Models, so your data stays private.
• Native iPad support with a responsive layout that makes the most of the bigger canvas.
2.0 10/09/2025
Improvements & Fixes
• Resolved issue where captures sometimes didn't archive/restore.
• Resolved issue where detail view tabs didn't switch when there were multiple images taken from camera.
• Added an extra delete alert in some places to prevent accidental deletes.
• Added animation to the detail view copy button to show when copy succeeds.
• Improved error alerting to make it clearer when something fails.
1.21.1 18/08/2025
Improvements & Fixes
• Resolved issue where captures sometimes didn't archive/restore.
• Resolved issue where detail view tabs didn't switch when there were multiple images taken from camera.
• Added an extra delete alert in some places to prevent accidental deletes.
• Added animation to the detail view copy button to show when copy succeeds.
• Improved error alerting to make it clearer when something fails.
1.21.0 18/08/2025
What's new:
• Safari extension: capture your current web tab with one click in Safari.
• Direct export: long-press Submit to send a capture to an export destination without saving it first.
• Display modes: choose list, compact, or grid layouts for your captures.
• Quick list selection: type # while writing to quickly choose a list. Enable in Preferences.
• Export destinations: send captures to Claude, Instapaper, and Messages.
• Things: choose when exported to-dos should appear.
• New Shortcuts: create, update, move, archive, and manage captures with new actions.
• On Apple Watch, start a capture with the Double Tap gesture.
• Capture now also detects phone numbers.
Bug fixes:
• Shortcuts no longer shows duplicate lists when choosing a capture list.
more Version 2.14.1 9 Jul
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