# Hirsla — Keep it. Ask for it later.

> Keep it. Ask for it later. (iPhone/iPad app by Niklaus Gerber.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hirsla/id6822626690 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Niklaus Gerber](https://appshunter.io/developer/685975353)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, European Portuguese and 6 more
- Released: 2026-10-23
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Hirsla?

Works on iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 or iPadOS 26. Best with Apple Intelligence, on iPhone 15 Pro and newer, or iPad with M1 or A17 Pro and newer.

Hirsla is a small place for the things in between: the door code, the parking level, the claim number, the restaurant someone recommended. Too small for a note, too useful to lose.

AI-FRIENDLY
Ask runs on your device with Apple Intelligence. Every answer shows its sources. On the Mac, Connections lets AI apps that speak Model Context Protocol (MCP) search and read your cards, and add a note or a link only if you allow it. Off until you say so. Nothing can change or delete a card. Connections is Mac only.

SHARE IT
Tap Share in any app and pick Hirsla. Links, text, places, photos, PDFs, voice memos, calendar files. Nothing to name, no folder to choose. Your iPhone writes the card: a title, a short summary and the details that matter, like codes, addresses and deadlines. Without Apple Intelligence the titles and summaries are simpler. Paste a photo or a file and it becomes a card too.

ASK FOR IT LATER
Type or speak: "What was the door code for the hotel?" You get the answer and the cards it came from. If it is not in your cards, Hirsla is built to say so.

WORKS IN FLIGHT MODE
The AI runs on your device with Apple's on-device model. Once Apple Intelligence is set up, your cards, search and Ask work without a connection. Saving a new link needs one, to load the page.

SOURCES FOR EVERY ANSWER
Each sentence of an answer carries a small number. Tap it to open the card it came from, with the passage it used marked.

ON THE MAC
Press ⌃⌘V to keep what is on your clipboard, from any app. Press ⌃⌘H for the Hirsla panel over any app: type to find a card, or ask. Cards open in their own windows and can stay on top. Drag anything to the edge of the screen to keep it. Connections (MCP) lives in Settings › Connections on the Mac. Room bought on iPhone or iPad is already on the Mac.

WRITE IN THE NOTE
Write straight into a note. Markdown formats itself as you type, with format keys on iPhone, a shortcut bar on iPad and a format bar on the Mac. Focus leaves just you and the words. / opens a block menu, tables can be edited in place, and ⌘U underlines.

ON IPAD AND IPHONE DUO
On iPad, the list and the open card sit side by side, with a sidebar for your card types. Drop anything onto Hirsla to save it, or drag a card out as its original. On iPhone Duo, Hirsla uses the system's own toolbar and tab bar.

DRAW
Add a drawing as a card, with Apple Pencil on iPad or a finger on iPhone. Your handwriting is read on the device and can be found like any other text.

TIDY UP AS YOU GO
Mark a card fleeting and, if it goes unused for 30, 60 or 90 days, it moves to Recently deleted, where you can still put it back. Rummage takes you through your cards one at a time: right keeps, left lets go, up marks fleeting.

MORE
- Record voice memos on iPhone or Apple Watch, transcribed on your device once the speech model is installed
- Scan documents and photos, with their text read
- Widgets, Lock Screen and Control Centre shortcuts
- A map of where you saved things, if you turn it on
- Your own notes in Markdown
- Cards in another language are also described in your phone's language, so a search in your own words finds them
- Clean Up and Regenerate Title for notes, both with Undo

YOURS
No account. No analytics. No server of mine. Export everything as Markdown with your originals, any time. Deleted cards stay recoverable for 30 days. Your cards sync between your devices through your own iCloud.

PRICE
Free to download, with room for 100 cards. If you need more, you can add room in packs from Settings, as often as you like. Packs are optional in-app purchases. No subscription, no ads.

Hirsla is made in Switzerland by one person and is small on purpose. It replaces nothing. Apple Intelligence and Apple Watch are trademarks of Apple Inc.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| +100 cards | $2.99 | one-time |
| +200 cards | $4.99 | one-time |
| +500 cards | $9.99 | one-time |
| +1,000 cards | $14.99 | one-time |
| +2,500 cards | $29.99 | one-time |
| +5,000 cards | $49.99 | one-time |


## Is Hirsla safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Hirsla.

## Is Hirsla legit?

Hirsla has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hirsla is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.2 — 2026-11-09

A big thank you to Max, whose idea to open Hirsla to AI apps through MCP shaped this release. On the Mac that idea is now Connections. On every device, the work underneath made the app quieter and more reliable.

- Paste a photo or a file from Photos or Files and Hirsla keeps it as its own card
- Recording looks right again: the waveform fills the box, and a quick double tap on Stop makes one card
- Exporting your library can finish in the background, with progress on the Lock Screen
- Scanning opens full screen; a file copied in Files pastes as the file, not its name
- iPad: windows keep their own keyboard bar, deleted cards leave every pane, and the / menu sits above the keys

On the Mac, turn on Connections in Settings to let AI apps that speak MCP search and read your cards (and add a note or a link only if you allow it). Off until you say so. Nothing can change or delete a card.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-11-09

Tidy up as you go.

- Rummage: go through your cards one at a time. Swipe right to keep, left to let go, up to mark fleeting.
- Fleeting cards: mark a card you won't need for long. If it goes unused for 30, 60 or 90 days, it moves to Recently deleted, where you can still put it back.
- Kept from: cards kept on the Mac show the app they came from.
- Ask finds more of your cards, also when your question uses other words.
- Your settings follow you across iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Fixes: no more "Library damaged" by mistake on a first launch, clearer sync status, and many smaller fixes.

### 1.2 — 2026-11-07

Hirsla now runs on the Mac, and notes have a new editor on every device.

- Mac: your cards on your Mac too, through your own iCloud. Drag anything to the edge of the screen to keep it. Room bought on iPhone or iPad is already on the Mac.
- Write straight into the note. Markdown formats itself as you type, and / opens a menu of formats.
- Edit tables right in the note.
- ⌘U underlines.
- New format keys: the Aa keys on iPhone, a shortcut bar on iPad, a format bar on the Mac.
- Focus: just you and the words, on every device. Focus keeps your line in place.
- A new note opens where a card opens, so on iPad you keep writing beside your list.
- VoiceOver reads a note line by line.
- Fixes: Focus saves the note before it closes, keys are readable in dark mode, and the map keeps its place.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-10-31

Sharing is fixed: a link from apps such as Amazon or Google is now saved once, as one card named after the page.

- Short links (Amazon, Google, bit.ly and others) are followed to the real page, also when you paste or drop them. A short link shared offline is followed the next time you open Hirsla.
- Share the same Amazon product again and it lands on the same card.

New in 1.1, in case you missed it:
- Hirsla runs on iPad and iPhone Duo.
- Answers number their sources, sentence by sentence.
- Drawing, a new card type. Handwriting is read on the device.
- Apple Watch: the watch face shows recordings waiting for the iPhone, and a card offers itself in the Smart Stack.
- Draw straight from the widgets, the Lock Screen and a Control.

### 1.1 — 2026-10-31

Hirsla now runs on iPad and iPhone Duo.

- iPad: list and card side by side, a sidebar for your card types, drag and drop in and out, and keyboard shortcuts such as ⌘K and ⌘N.
- iPhone Duo: the system's own toolbar and tab bar.
- Answers number their sources, sentence by sentence. Tap a number to open the card, with the passage marked.
- Drawing, a new card type: Apple Pencil on iPad, a finger on iPhone. Handwriting is read on the device.
- Apple Watch: the watch face shows how many recordings are waiting for the iPhone, and a card offers itself in the Smart Stack.
- Draw straight from the widgets, the Lock Screen and a new Control.
- A note drags out as a Markdown file, so Files takes it.
- A card in another language is also found in your phone's language.
- Notes: Clean Up and Regenerate Title, both with Undo.
- Redeem a code in Settings, under More room.
- Voice memos are transcribed in the language they are spoken in.
- Many smaller fixes.

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