- Added AI-powered writing tools to proofread, rewrite, change tone, or create content at the cursor using the current note as context.
- Added note chat with suggested prompts, persistent conversation history, response copying, retries, and new-chat controls.
- Added support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, Mistral, Perplexity, Together AI, and xAI models, with credentials stored securely on-device.
- Added a configurable startup destination for each workspace: the last viewed note, Inbox, Properties, Tags, or today’s daily note.
- Added tag sorting by name or usage count, in ascending or descending order.
- Embed links and youtube videos.
- Edit link design is now a dialog. Fixed issues with jumpy inputs
- Editor scroll is now smoother when keyboard comes up.
- Send Feedback from inside the app directly instead of going through Testflight.
- Consistent design for Create new folder, rename files/folder
- Link Edit sheet now has better icon grouping and inputs are consistent with new design
- Table cells have same font size as the rest of the editor
- Code block font size set to 90% of the editor font size (from 87%)
- Add a search to "Move Folder" sheet
- Editor auto scrolls on cursor placement at the bottom of the screen instead of waiting for a keypress
- Settings > Appearance > Hide Note Previews to not show previews in Library
iOS App Redesign
- Redesigned the iOS app for a more cohesive, focused experience with modern visual updates throughout.
- Introduced a new Library that combines the previous Notes and Pinned sections.
- Added pinned folders for faster access to important content.
- Added note previews in the Library, so you can see each note’s contents at a glance.
- Made folder navigation more fluid, with quick switching between folders.
- Added a persistent calendar across all tabs, replacing the dedicated Daily Desk tab.
- Redesigned the Inbox with smaller controls, uniform cards, and relocated filters.
- Updated Inbox list views to group items by date or priority, based on your selected sort order.
- Added swipe actions in the Inbox to mark items complete or snooze them for later.
- Redesigned Quick Capture with tighter controls and clearer grouping.
- Made search fields available on demand throughout the app for a cleaner interface.
- Added transition animations between page enter/exits and calendar navigation.
- Toasts are redesigned. GitSync startup toasts are not shown and run in background, unless they run into an error. A 2-min grace period is added so quick resumes of the app don’t go through the git fetch flow continously.
- Share notes from the iOS app.
- Added slash commands, optional touch navigation and selection controls, more mobile formatting options, and safer sync recovery after interrupted pulls.
- Settings > Editor > Bubble Menu now lets you rearrange or remove bubble menu items based on your preference
- Attached videos now play inline instead of opening in fullscreen by default
- Improved wikilink parsing for files with diacritical marks
- Reduced wikilink command flickering during search, and fixed video/image icon rendering
Build 50!
- GitSync settings exposes ignored files toggles between attachments, templates and files
- for diverged histories, toast guides to sync now button
- Fixed local commits messing up remote pulls
- Git pull is performed on app load first to get remote changes WITHOUT pushing anything
- New
Pull Changescommand - Keep Local/Remote changes option when conflicts arise
- Command bar search now no longer does fuzzy matching, leading to better results.
Git Sync Octarine can now use a Git repository to keep an on-device workspace in sync (just like the desktop app). Read the docs
Editor
- Added
Find in noteto the editor header.
Appearance
- Interface font size can now be adjusted from
Settings → Appearance, with sizes ranging from 13 to 24..
Fixes
- Workspace identity is now based on its folder and storage location instead of its editable display name — updates now don’t reset the settings for on-device workspaces.
- Migrate incomplete tasks from past days to Today in Daily Desk
urlis always extracted during share sheet (even with extract data on)- Inbox editor now shows properties (non default ones)
- Converting an inbox entry to a note, copies over the custom properties.
- Revert animations from Build 40
- Add a cache to reduce loading times between folder movements.
- Smoother, crispier animations/transitions across the board.
- Added undo support for note property edits.
- The properties panel now remembers whether it was expanded or collapsed.
- Inbox captures can now be appended directly to an existing note.
- Added the block picker while editing inbox captures.
- Note info now opens as a cleaner bottom sheet with stats, outline, and backlinks.
- Refined inbox spacing and controls for a smoother triage experience.
- Pressing back in note that was visited via a search takes you back to the search
- iOS sharesheet extract data now shows the excerpt in the sheet itself, properties are extracted and saved when saving to inbox.
- Redesigned Properties to be an inline section.
- Properties now show previously used values and suggestions.
- Inbox has a settings sheet, sorting options and an accessible search.
- Sharesheet link saves with markdown syntax
- Removed the created/updated chart from home.
- ShareSheet now has a Inbox vs Daily append toggle
- Inbox sharesheet has a toggle to extract markdown from the url
- Tags can be applied from the sharesheet.
- Media attachments can be made from the sharesheet.
- Inbox view can be list/stack for each of the views.
- iOS sharesheet available to save links to Octarine’s Inbox
- Each inbox entry has a
numberattached to it.
- Quick capture saves drafts per workspace when you close the sheet, restores them next time, and lets you discard a draft from the capture UI.
- Converting inbox items to notes uses your inbox title or a date/time instead of guessing from the body.
- Clearer Create workspace screens
- Inbox's convert to note now also saves the tags/priority selected.
- Folder navigation has less flickering.
- Inbox captures allow for an optional title
- Inbox edit view now has a title input, later and done buttons
- Long doclinks now wrap correctly across multiple lines.
- Bubblemenu has a
linkbutton.
- Redesigned Inbox capture heirarchy. Added mic/camera support.
- Editor now can open camera and upload images directly.
- Inbox “done” is now a list.
- Command bar now accessible in Inbox view.
- Fixed screenshot clipboard paste for quick capture
- Fixed checking child task items showing parent’s striked.
- Preview cards show correct markdown formatting
- New
InboxandQuick Capturefeatures to get quick notes before placing them in dedicated notes. - License activation now sets device + version as name.
- Dropbox workspaces can now be created.
- Requires a one time dropbox file picker selection to let the app know where the folder is
- Create Workspace screen redesigned.
- Improved scanning workspaces algo.
- Added support for collapsible lists/tasks.
- 24 hour time setting
- Added Default folder setting and improved create note from Bottom nav.
- Redesigned editor header and quick rename
- Pinned views now has the same UX as templates
- Fix directory children count not appearing
- Search filters now have sorting.
- Workspace switcher sheet on home
- Edit workspace details from settings
- Home greeting replaced with 7-day activity sparkline
- Long-press bubble menu buttons to show tooltips
- Revamped folder and file tree browsing
- Loads last viewed route on restart.
- Haptics fixes across folder rows and file actions
- Redesigned home.
- Customizable bottom nav with reorder and hide/show
- Move-to-folder action in tree long-press menu
- Dictation settings open automatically when model isn't downloaded
- Fixed bubble menu actions not working
- Added spacing around headings in editor
- Task checkboxes no longer toggle in read-only editors
- Long-press a folder and choose "Change Icon" to pick a custom icon and color.
- Tighter list spacing.
- Editor header no longer scrolls away and the cursor stays visible above the keyboard.
- Fix coloredText not working
- Larger touch target icons
- Pinch-to-zoom images.
- Can create templates in app now
- Creating an iCloud workspace no longer shows an extra folder picker step.
- Create from template — Bottom nav new-note button now offers a “create from template” flow.
- Insert templates from the Bubble menu’s
+button - Bugfix — Checked tasks now visually distinguished even when strikethrough is disabled.
- Added support for
True DarkandBright Lightthemes - Theme selectors no longer show only dark themes for dark mode, you can select any (light/dark theme for either mode)
- Fixed checkbox toggling in notes
- Temporarily disabled Dropbox as a workspace location
- Hidden bottom nav bar on non-workspace pages
- Improved create/choose workspace UX with clearer messaging about Octarine folders
- Updated CTA buttons to consistent full-width style across onboarding screens
- Added workspace docs link to create screen
- Fixed "Open existing" button navigating to wrong page
- Fixed font consistency on workspace chooser page
