# Recall-It  Notes — Personal information manager

> Plain text note-taking app with advanced search and iCloud sync. (iPhone/iPad app by Robert N Lucas.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recall-it-notes/id1148801635 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Robert N Lucas](https://appshunter.io/developer/399867004)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 8 App Store ratings · 4 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 60 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2017-10-14
- Data updated: 2026-07-07
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recall-it-notes/id1148801635/reviews.md

## What is Recall?

Recall-It Notes enables you to store thousands of snippets of information and quickly find what you need.

For example, you can store recipes, gift lists, notes made while watching how-to videos or reading articles, keep annotated lists of web links, track major purchases, maintain checklists for activities like upgrading to a new phone, save frequently used keyboard shortcuts for your favorite apps, and much more.

Recall-It is based on plain text, the most portable medium for your information. You can export your notes exactly as you entered or imported them so there is no lock-in as there can be with proprietary formats. Despite being plain text, your notes can include and display linked PDFs and images, e.g. photos or screenshots. 

Recall-It includes comprehensive back-up: by default, your entire database is backed up daily to your iCloud account, and you can manually archive everything, or any subset of your notes, any time. You can completely rebuild your database from any of the full back-ups.

On iPad, drag and drop support lets you do things like create new notes by dragging text files from iCloud drive, drag images or selections from web pages, Apple Notes, email, iBooks, etc. and drop them to create new notes or append to existing ones. You can drag terms from the note you are looking at to the search field to find other possibly related notes. You can drag within the app to augment or copy notes, or drag a group of notes to iCloud drive to export them as text files.


MAJOR FEATURES

- Syncs via iCloud to all of your devices
- Notes can be tagged to enable browsing or enhance search
- You can apply multiple hierarchical tags to any note
- Existing tags can be renamed or deleted for all associated notes
- You can search based on AND, OR, NOT, and BEGINS-WITH
- Searching for “word” automatically finds “words”, “worded”, “wording”, “wordy”, etc. (English only, and optional)
- Search results are ordered showing best matches first
- Search results can be filtered to include/not include notes with attachments
- Search terms are highlighted within notes which auto-scroll to first occurrence
- Repeat previous searches with a few taps
- Launch the app and search via Siri command (Siri Shortcut support in iOS 12.)
- One tap access to “favorite” or recently viewed notes
- Easy formatting: bold headings, subheadings are automatically styled, or for greater flexibility, use Markdown heading syntax.
- Handy in-note search function for continuing search within long notes
- Auto-completion for easy entry of search terms/tags
- Action Sheet support in Safari and other apps lets you save selections as new notes or append to any “favorite” note
- Support for Slide Over, Split View, and 3D Touch on appropriate devices.
- Automation via x-callback-url support; control Recall-It with the Workflow app
- Easily insert images, checkboxes, bullets, current date and time into your notes.
- Powerful batch editing for deleting, exporting, backing up, adding or removing tags from groups of notes
- Comprehensive back-up and restore, including auto-backup (see above)
- Extensive drag and drop support (see above)

You may optionally choose to support development by purchasing a yearly, auto-renewing subscription ($4.99/year USD). Payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and renewals will be charged at the same price within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription if you have not turned off auto-renewal. You may turn off auto-renewal by going to your settings in the iTunes store, or directly from the app Settings pane where you purchased the subscription. For privacy policy and service terms see:

http://www.microspell.com/recall-it/PrivacyPolicy.html

## Key features

- Store thousands of information snippets
- Plain text format with PDF and image support
- Comprehensive iCloud backups
- Drag and drop support on iPad
- Hierarchical tagging for organization
- Advanced search with AND, OR, NOT operators
- Siri Shortcut support

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Subscription | $4.99 | per year |


## Recent user reviews (4 of 4)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recall-it-notes/id1148801635/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great

*2021-06-03*

Amazing! I was looking for a sort of ‘personal wikipedia’ which I found was called a personal database, and this is exactly what I was looking for! Keep up the great work, and I want to request adding text markup to the notes (bold, italic, underline, highlight, text color, etc.), and being able to resize images freely (drag the corners in edit mode or something). Thank you.

### 5/5 — Gets the Job Done

*2020-05-24*

I was looking for an app for research notes. I looked at Notion, which is well-implemented but too rich for my purposes. Recall-It was right on point for me straightforward but with robust search capabilities.

### 2/5 — Lack right-to-left (RTL) support

*2019-07-27*

RTL (right to left) writing is not supported well in the app and the text is not aligned properly after writing in Hebrew.

**Developer response:** Sorry to disappoint you, but the app is really optimized for English, my native language.

### 5/5 — Strong search capabilities

*2018-04-01*

This app is similar to Bear notes. However, the search capabilities are much better as you can search the text and tags separately and also perform and/or searches. The app allows for adding attachments to notes as well (currently image files).

**Developer response:** Thank you for the review. Version 3.7 adds PDF attachments in addition to images and email links (drag and drop any email on a note to save a link).

## Frequently asked questions about Recall

### What makes Recall-It Notes different from other note-taking apps?

Recall-It Notes focuses on plain text, ensuring maximum portability and preventing vendor lock-in. It also offers advanced search capabilities and robust iCloud backup features, allowing for easy data recovery.

### How does Recall-It Notes handle data security and backups?

Your entire database is backed up daily to your iCloud account by default. You can also manually archive any subset of your notes at any time, and completely rebuild your database from these backups.

### Can I use Recall-It Notes on multiple devices?

Yes, Recall-It Notes syncs via iCloud to all of your Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, and iPod. This ensures your notes are accessible and up-to-date wherever you are.

### What kind of content can I store in Recall-It Notes?

You can store various types of information, including recipes, gift lists, web links, annotated lists, purchase trackers, checklists, keyboard shortcuts, and even linked PDFs and images.

### How does the search function in Recall-It Notes work?

Recall-It Notes provides advanced search with AND, OR, NOT operators, and fuzzy matching for words. Search results are ordered by relevance, and search terms are highlighted within the notes.

### Is Recall-It Notes suitable for collaboration?

While Recall-It Notes is primarily designed for personal information management, its plain text export feature allows for easy sharing of notes with others if needed.

### What is the update frequency for Recall-It Notes?

The app was last updated on May 21, 2023, with version 3.13. This indicates a consistent effort to maintain and improve the application.

### What are the subscription options for Recall-It Notes?

Recall-It Notes offers a subscription plan at $4.99 per year. This subscription likely unlocks premium features or removes limitations present in the free version.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.13 — 2023-05-21

Bug fixes.

### 3.12 — 2023-05-03

This app is no longer being developed. Please see http://www.microspell.com/recall-it/faqs.html for more info.

### 3.11.0 — 2019-06-18

Photos attached to a note can now have a map overlay applied when viewed in the Recall-It image viewer. This can be useful to track your location on a map (image) that is more detailed than the standard Maps app.

Bug fixes, in particular, a bug that caused a crash when using the camera to add a photo to a note.

### 3.10.2 — 2019-05-14

Checkboxes within a note can now be toggled in Edit mode as well as when the note is being viewed.

The image viewer now hides/shows the navigation bar when the image is tapped.

The attributes view can now be toggled using the “info” (i) button to give additional space to the note view.

Fixed a bug which caused redundant auto-backups to be created, and another bug which sometimes prevented text at the end of a note from being edited unless the device was rotated to reset the keyboard inset.

### 3.91 — 2018-09-15

This version adds support for Siri Shortcuts in iOS 12. Also includes bug fixes and improvements.

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