PlainList - Smart Organizer
Notes, Budget, Lists & More
$1.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Everything you need to stay organized — in one simple app.
PlainList is your personal all-in-one organizer. No account needed, no cloud — your data stays on your device.
NOTES & FOLDERS
Create notes with images, PDFs and links. Organize in custom folders. Lock or pin important notes.
SHOPPING LISTS
Multiple store lists with checkboxes. Quick and easy to use while shopping.
BUDGET & PROJECTS
Track income, expenses and savings goals. Manage project budgets with receipts. Split expenses with friends.
CALENDAR & SCHEDULE
Weekly planner with day and week views. Monthly calendar with color-coded events. Reminders with alarms.
REMINDERS
Task list with deadlines, alarms and notifications. Overdue tasks highlighted in red.
VEHICLE TRACKING
Track EU inspections, oil changes and tire info. Set alarms for upcoming dates. All vehicle dates appear in your calendar.
INVENTORY
Catalog your belongings with photos and barcode scanner. Filter by location, type or condition.
RECEIPTS
Store and organize receipts with photos. Search by store, amount or date.
WIDGETS
Home screen widgets for shopping list, reminders, schedule and calendar.
• Fully bilingual: Norwegian & English
• Works offline — no account required
• Export to PDF
• Dark, elegant design
more • New: create subfolders inside folders (and nest further) — long-press a folder and choose "New subfolder."
• New: hide folders you don't use from the same menu — bring them back via "Edit folders" or "Hidden folders."
• New: hide dashboard cards you don't need (long-press the card).
• New: collapse the folder row at the top to save space.
• Improved: simpler on/off toggle for the dashboard button.
• Improved: bigger, clearer folder icons and a tidier folder-actions menu.
• Improved: switched to toggle switches instead of eye icons for showing/hiding folders.
• Fixed: a rare case where deleting a folder with subfolders could wipe out the entire folder list.
3.2 Sep 29
What's new in this version:
• Add multiple items to your shopping list in a row — pick store and link without reopening the form each time
• Select and share several PDFs, photos, and files at once — in Notes, Inventory, Vehicles, Receipts, and Budget
• PDF reports now list the names of all attachments and links, not just images
• Better dark mode contrast on cards and keyboard
• Faster, more reliable file and report sharing
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements
3.1 Sep 23
Interactive Widgets
You can now complete tasks and shopping items directly from your home screen widgets — no need to open the app.
Two-tap confirmation
A single tap marks an item with a red strikethrough for review. Tap again to confirm and remove it. Accidentally tapped? Use the ↩ undo button to cancel.
Works across all widgets
• Husk!! reminder widget (small & medium)
• Shopping list widget (small & medium)
• Overview large widget (Husk and Shopping sections)
3.0 Aug 20
• Larger, bolder text across all widgets
• "Reminders" widget now sorts by deadline, earliest first
• Overdue tasks shown with !! in red
• Large "Overview" widget: calendar shows events up to 1 month ahead, with date ranges for multi-day events
• Large "Overview" widget: week number in header, color-coded deadlines (red/orange/green), more content visible
• Widget now refreshes instantly when adding reminders, shopping items or calendar events
• Widget performance optimizations
2.9 Aug 15
• Keyboard: "Done" button available everywhere a keyboard appears
• Schedule/Calendar: folder renamed
2.8 Aug 2
• The calendar widget now shows events directly in the monthly view: multi-day events appear as colored bars, single-day events as dots
• Week numbers on every row in the calendar widget
• When a day has multiple events, the count is shown in parentheses, e.g. Today (+2)
• Widget now syncs events 60 days ahead (previously current month only)
• Rich text formatting in notes: toolbar for bold/italic/underline, lists, and colors
• "Save" on note cards now saves without closing — you can keep editing
• "Cancel" button replaced with "Close"
• Performance and stability improvements
2.7 Jul 27
Bug fixes:
• File upload to notes now works reliably on phone
• Shopping list "All": items now correctly turn green when moved to cart
• Vehicles/Tires: winter note no longer leaks into summer note
• Reminder and PDF watermark toggles are now visible in dark mode
2.5 Jun 18
New features:
• Reminders: New alarm types — once, every day, or pick specific weekdays
• Reminders: Choose weekdays (M T W T F S S) for the alarm to trigger
Dark mode improvements:
• Clearly visible toggle switches for deadline and alarm in Reminders
• Visible toggle switches in Vehicles (MOT reminder) and Notes (PDF watermark)
• Black text on date and time pickers
• Black text on segmented pickers (Reminders, Budget, etc.)
Bug fixes:
• Shopping list "All": items now turn green when moved to cart
• Vehicles/Tires: Winter note no longer leaks into Summer note
2.4 Jun 13
Fix bug:
1. Tire notes (summer/vinter) data leaking between tabs
2. Shopping list "All" view — items not turning green when marked as bought
2.3 Jun 11
New features:
• Rich text toolbar with 9 buttons: bold, italic, underline, heading, checklist, bullet list, numbered list, text color, highlight
• Scrollable toolbar available across all note fields in the app (Notes, Storage, Receipts, Budget, Vehicles)
• Interactive checklist with visual check-off (strikethrough + gray)
• Color and highlight menus with active selection indicator
• Active state display on all toolbar buttons
2.2 Jun 9
Navigate between notes and inventory items with arrows. Tab through fields in all forms with adapted keyboards. Collapse/expand for note cards. Adjacent dates in calendar view. Improved performance and stability.
2.0 Jun 3
What's New in Version 1.9:
Calendar Improvements
• Weekend days (Sat/Sun) now highlighted with subtle tint
• Separator lines between week rows in fullscreen mode
• Multi-day event bands with rounded corners at week boundaries
• "+N" badge when events overflow a cell
• Week number indicator with alarm dot
• Selected day shown with outline instead of filled background
• "Add event" button moved to header bar
Date Format
• All dates now displayed as dd.mm.yyyy throughout the app and PDFs
Shopping List
• Add website links to individual items — tap the globe icon to open
Notes & PDF
• Watermark now works correctly when sharing multiple notes as PDF
• "Full day" label no longer wraps to two lines
General
• Improved text cursor visibility
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements
1.9 May 31
Kalender
• Heldags-hendelser ("Heldags") — ny toggle som er på som standard
• Gjenta-intervaller utvidet til månedlig, hver 2./3./6. måned, og årlig
• Gjenta-knappen har fått ny stil med sort ring for bedre synlighet
• Kalenderdatoer har nå konsistent farge (hvit/svart) uavhengig av hendelser
• Dagens dato har bold tekst og markering rundt tallet
• Kommende-seksjonen viser nå dag/måned i riktig rekkefølge
PDF-forbedringer
• Bilder vises i 4-kolonners rutenett
• Hovedbilde vises ved siden av seksjonsinfo (kjøretøy, lager, notater)
• Riktig sideskift — ingen tekst kuttes over sider
• Vannmerke vises per notat under tittelen i totaloversikt-PDF
Vannmerke
• "Vis på PDF"-toggle lagres nå permanent mellom besøk
• Vannmerke vises korrekt på både enkeltnotat og totaloversikt
Kjøretøy
• Neste EU-kontroll-dato fylles ikke lenger ut automatisk
• Påminnelse auto-fylles til 2 måneder før neste EU-kontroll
Varsler
• Varseltekster er nå lokalisert (norsk/engelsk)
• Kameratekster er lokalisert
Annet
• Widget: fjernet force unwraps som kunne krasje
• Mer synlig tekstmarkør (svart)
• Compiler-optimaliseringer for raskere bygging
1.8 May 30
Calendar templates — save and reuse event setups, including multi-day events. New color options for calendar events with improved readability. Tap any event to see details, edit, move, or delete. Combined widget showing reminders, shopping list, and calendar at a glance. Bug fixes and stability improvements.
1.7 May 29
New in version 1.6:
- Images are now stored more efficiently
- Export and import backup of all your data
- Improved navigation bar
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements
1.6 May 27
What's New:
• Dark/light theme toggle
• Recurring events in schedule – add to multiple days at once
• Duplicate events to other days
• Share shopping lists via messages, email or AirDrop
• Editable project titles in budget
• Locked events shown with red border in weekly view
• Delete events directly from the edit sheet
• Year navigation and swipe gestures in calendar
• Improved stability and crash fixes
1.5 May 26
• Barcode scanner in Inventory — scan items to auto-fill product details
• New calendar in Schedule — full month view with color-coded events
• Create events with time, notes, color and reminders
• Reminder tasks with deadlines appear automatically in the calendar
• Vehicle EU inspection and oil change dates shown in the calendar
• Tap any event to navigate directly to the relevant section
• New calendar widget for the home screen
• Tap the date header for quick access to the calendar
• Performance improvements
1.4 May 25
• Notes: Tap any URL in your text to open it directly. Add web links with custom display names.
• Inventory: Organize items into folders. Compact sort menu.
• Shopping list: Multiple stores with flow layout and total view.
• Vehicles: EU inspection auto-fills next date and reminder alarm.
• PDF watermark now supports longer text across two lines.
1.3 May 20
Shopping list now supports multiple stores — create lists for each store and view all items in one overview. EU vehicle inspection auto-fills the next due date (1 year) and sets a reminder at 10 months. Date pickers now display in your selected language. Enhanced data protection ensures no saved data is lost during updates.
1.2 May 19
"Bug fix: Resolved an issue where saved data could be lost when updating from version 1.0."
1.1.1 May 18
• Budget: Projects with unique numbers, discount linked to specific expenses, savings goals with images and deposit notes
• Notes: Link budget projects to notes, watermark/contact info on PDF exports
• Inventory: Sorting by date, name, type, location and condition, created/edited dates on cards
• PDF export improved across all modules with cleaner layout
• New folder button moved to top menu bar
• Budget Home: Edit existing entries, sorted by type
• Various improvements and bug fixes
1.1 May 17
• New: create subfolders inside folders (and nest further) — long-press a folder and choose "New subfolder."
• New: hide folders you don't use from the same menu — bring them back via "Edit folders" or "Hidden folders."
• New: hide dashboard cards you don't need (long-press the card).
• New: collapse the folder row at the top to save space.
• Improved: simpler on/off toggle for the dashboard button.
• Improved: bigger, clearer folder icons and a tidier folder-actions menu.
• Improved: switched to toggle switches instead of eye icons for showing/hiding folders.
• Fixed: a rare case where deleting a folder with subfolders could wipe out the entire folder list.
more Version 3.2 Sep 29
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