Year in Review
Review gifts given and received, dated hints and occasions by month, with a historical year picker, concise totals and links to source records.
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Version 1.6 · available now
A year of thoughtfulness, remembered.
Reflection & Recall is here: Person-centred Moments Remembered, Year in Review, automatic bundled backups and printing/PDF export.
Version 1.6 / Build 468 · available nowEarlier Version 1.4 and Version 1.5 sections remain below as release history.
Version 1.6 · Reflection & Recall · available now
Look back with the memories already in your journal.
This release builds on the existing local-first and private iCloud foundations. Reflection reads saved records without manufacturing stories or changing the originals.
Moments Remembered
A person-first year/month history, date filtering, and Given/Received directions relative to that Person.
Automatic backup archives
Keep bundled recovery copies in a user-chosen Files-accessible folder, separately from iCloud sync. Settings also includes a local Backup & Restore History.
Print and PDF
The annual review can be printed or exported through the supported iOS pathway, alongside the existing Mac output features.
Version 1.5 · Spanish + Portuguese (Portugal) · release history
More languages, without reopening the product.
Build 318 was submitted to App Review on 8 October 2026. Version 1.5 adds complete Spanish and Portuguese (Portugal) localisation while preserving the approved Version 1.4 feature set, privacy boundaries, sync behaviour and portable-data contracts.
Complete catalogue coverage
The full Version 1.5 catalogue is localised into Spanish, with automated placeholder, plural, coverage and variation checks plus targeted native-speaker review.
Reviewed for terminology and tone
European Portuguese follows the same localisation pipeline, with native-review wording corrections incorporated and locked before submission.
A clear route for language feedback
Spanish and Portuguese are presented as Beta languages with the established privacy-safe translation-correction route.
Version 1.4 stays the functional baseline
No substantive product feature was added for Version 1.5. Relationship Memory, Practical Details, private sync, backup and Portable Journal v2 carry forward intact.
Version 1.4 · Relationship Memory · release history
Remember more of the relationship — and preserve it properly.
Build 311 was the full Version 1.4 release. It completed Relationship Memory with current-value freshness and an intentional Practical Detail history timeline, while sync, backup and Portable Journal v2 preserved the expanded semantics. This became the functional baseline carried into Version 1.5 and later releases.
Two-way history, with roles kept clear
Record gifts an ordinary Person received, one or more givers, optional occasion/reason and historical date precision without confusing that history with gifts you gave them.
Current values with an intentional history
Add optional labelled Detail or Avoid values without a fixed questionnaire. Current values can show Updated month/year; Record a change preserves the old value in Previous values, while Correct information repairs an error without creating false history.
Private hiding-place memory
Remember where an outgoing gift is stored from Chosen onward. The value stays out of notifications, Spotlight/App Shortcuts, widgets, Watch and ordinary sharing.
Capture from a photo, even offline
On iPhone/iPad, Camera or a locally available Photo Library image can start an Idea or Hint with no URL required. Save remains explicit.
Generic by default, richer only by choice
Occasion and fulfilment wording avoids private journal detail by default. Richer Person/occasion wording is a device-local opt-in.
Schema 5 + Portable Journal v2
Private Cloud round-trip and documented portable export now represent Person Received Gifts, partial dates, Practical details and Stored at. Portable v1 remains frozen/readable.
Release-candidate completion and corrections
- Practical Detail timeline: multiple Previous values with optional dates, edit/remove history, duplicate-history protection and Person-level Save semantics.
- Relationship direction: People history distinguishes gifts they received, gifts they gave and gifts you received from them.
- Dates: Calendar & date language changes re-render structured dates without rewriting stored values.
- People: owner-centred My circle and Gift givers roles, with matching five-filter menus on iPhone and Mac.
- Languages: English and German stay in parity across the final 2,089 source strings; German remains Beta.
Introduced in Version 1.3 · German localisation
A second app language, and the foundation for more.
Version 1.3 introduced German localisation across the intended shipping catalogue and established the pipeline now reused for Version 1.5. German remains labelled Beta so translation feedback can be corrected quickly.
2,006 intended strings localised
The shared shipping catalog contains German entries for all 2,006 intended source keys, covering the current app rather than a small set of showcase screens.
Targeted native review + automated checks
High-value wording received targeted native review, backed by source, placeholder and plural validation and broad visual localisation checks.
German ships as Beta
An in-app translation-correction route makes it easy to report wording that can be improved while the German experience continues to mature.
Built for future languages
The Version 1.3 localisation workflow becomes the reusable foundation for later language expansion, with priorities remaining demand-led.
Introduced in Version 1.2 · carried into Version 1.5
More thoughtful when you need help. Quiet when you don’t.
Version 1.5 carries forward the full Version 1.2–1.4 feature set. The language expansion stays within the same private, people-first journal rather than becoming a separate experience.
01Thoughtfulness layer
Help me think
Turn the clues already in a person’s journal into calm, explainable directions when you are stuck.
See the layer → 02New themeMidnight Cobalt & Platinum Chrome
A fourth visual theme pairs deep cobalt surfaces with Platinum Chrome accents.
See the colour direction → 03System integrationSpotlight Search & Apple Shortcuts
Open the right person or saved item from Spotlight, and reach deliberate journal actions faster with Apple Shortcuts.
See the system integration → 04iPhone DuoMore adaptive by design
Wider scenes, split workflows and changing widths keep the journal route and context intact.
See the Duo enhancement →01 · Thoughtfulness layer
Start with what you already remember.
The new Help me think experience is designed for the moment when you know the person well but still need a direction. It draws from the relationship memory already in the journal — clues, current context, themes and history — and keeps the reasoning visible.
- Journal-first: the starting point is your own saved memory, not a generic product feed.
- Explainable: suggestions show the clue or context that led to the direction.
- Deliberate: exploring a direction does not silently add or change journal records.
Version 1.2 keeps this experience local and explainable, with Protected content excluded from thoughtful synthesis.
02 · New theme
Midnight Cobalt & Platinum Chrome.
Midnight Cobalt & Platinum Chrome joins Champagne & Smoked Quartz, Velvet Plum & Rose Quartz, and Alabaster & Pale Mineral as the fourth theme. It keeps the same hierarchy, selection and status language while giving the journal a deeper, cooler visual character.
- Deep cobalt surfaces for a calm, low-glare journal feel.
- Platinum Chrome accents for controls, selection and structure.
- Same semantics: theme changes the presentation, not what colours or controls mean.
Midnight Cobalt & Platinum Chrome
Thoughtful by night.
A darker journal surface with cool platinum structure and quiet blue depth.
Thinking about SarahFrom this journal only
Illustrative website swatch; in-app screens remain the source of truth for the final theme.
03 · System integration
Your journal, closer to the system.
Version 1.2 adds an optional, privacy-first layer for Spotlight Search and Apple Shortcuts on iPhone and iPad. The goal is faster access to the journal without turning private journal detail into system-wide search data.
- Spotlight Search: open approved People and saved-item destinations directly from system search.
- Apple Shortcuts: reach Quick Capture, Open Wishlist, Open Person and Help me think as deliberate actions.
- Privacy-first: the integration is optional; protected content and private journal detail are not indexed, and shortcut actions keep the normal review, privacy and Save boundaries.
System-wide Spotlight ranking remains controlled by Apple; the app controls only its own eligible indexed destinations and shortcut actions.
SpotlightSarah
The Gift JournalSarahOpen person
Apple Shortcuts
Quick CaptureOpen WishlistOpen PersonHelp me think
Illustrative website preview · system presentation may vary by OS version and device.
04 · iPhone Duo enhancement
The journal adapts without losing your place.
Version 1.2 extends the adaptive iPhone work for Duo-capable layouts. The interface responds to the scene width and safe areas instead of treating the device as a separate app, so the same journal can move naturally between compact and wide presentations.
- Route-preserving: resizing or changing presentation keeps the same person, record or review context.
- Wide-scene friendly: the journal can use more of the canvas when extra width is available.
- Capture across apps: split workflows can bring a Safari product link into Quick Capture for review before saving.
Adaptive presentation is driven by the available scene width, safe areas and system bars rather than a separate device-specific app target.
Release status
1.4 is live; 1.5 is in review.
Version 1.6 / Build 468 is the featured release. Version 1.5 / Build 318 was the earlier Spanish and Portuguese (Portugal) localisation expansion; Version 1.4 / Build 311 introduced Relationship Memory.
Version 1.6 available now
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