# Snip – Personal reference — Save once. Find details fast.

> Personal reference app for capturing and organizing life's important details. (iPhone/iPad app by Koen Hanselman.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snip-personal-reference/id6791676227 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Koen Hanselman](https://appshunter.io/developer/6791676229)
- Category: Productivity, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-31
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snip-personal-reference/id6791676227/reviews.md

## What is Snip?

Some information is too useful to lose, but too occasional to keep in your head. Snip gives those details a place of their own: easy to capture, organized for quick retrieval, and ready when you need them.

From window dimensions when shopping for curtains to plant care instructions you want to keep handy, Snip helps you save the little things that make everyday life easier. Keep product details, measurements, instructions, dates, or anything else you want to find again.

Add photos and custom details to items, and scan text with your camera for easy capture. Snip automatically brings everything into a consistent structure, making your information easy to browse and search without having to spend time and effort on structuring and organizing all your content.

Over time, tall your captures become a personal reference library built around your life. And as it grows, everything stays organized and easy to find. No more trying to remember that little detail you need, only to realize it’s slipped your mind. Now you just open Snip.

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For free, Snip includes:
- Save up to 20 snips to capture your details
- Create up to 3 contexts. Your snips are organized into contexts so you can easily find them again
- Six different Snip types designed specifically for intuitively adding and recalling your most important bits and details – sizes, items, specifications, dates, how-tos, and scribbles (free text). Each type has a structured and simple input format that fits it perfectly, and its own display format that intuitively shows the nature of the information.
- Automatically surface the types and contexts you use most 
- Pin items to the app's home screen for easy access
- Add custom details to snip items if their default structure is too simple
- Set nudges (notifications) for date-type snips, either before the snip's date or a certain time after the date has occurred
- Search snips by type, context, name, or contents. Show related snips and smarter AI search results when Apple Intelligence is enabled.
- iCloud syncs items across your devices (iPhone, iPhone Duo, and iPad)

PREMIUM offers, in addition to the above:
- Unlimited snips
- Unlimited contexts
- Smart snip insights – computed and derived values and conversions (for Size and Date type snips)
- Attach up to 3 images to your snip items
- Roll forward Date type items automatically after a date passes
- Scan text using your camera
- Lock screen and Home screen widgets for adding and finding your details even more easily

Snip Premium is available as Monthly or Yearly subscriptions, or as a Lifetime purchase.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://www.koenhanselman.com/snip/#privacy

## Key features

- Save and organize personal details
- Capture with photos and text scanning
- Automatic information structuring
- Smart search and retrieval
- Customizable snip types
- Nudges and reminders for dates
- iCloud sync across devices

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Monthly | $1.99 | per month |
| Premium Yearly | $8.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Lifetime | $17.99 | one-time |


## Is Snip safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Snip.

## Is Snip legit?

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

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snip-personal-reference/id6791676227/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Best app

*2026-08-09*

I dont know how my life would be without it. Its the best app ive seen in a long time! I have adhd so it helps me quite a bit everyday

## Frequently asked questions about Snip

### What is Snip?

Snip is a personal reference app designed to help you capture, organize, and quickly retrieve important details from your everyday life. It allows you to save everything from measurements to instructions, creating a personal library of information.

### What are the limitations of the free version of Snip?

The free version of Snip allows you to save up to 20 snips and create up to 3 contexts for organization. It also includes six different Snip types and basic nudges for date-type snips.

### What features are included in Snip Premium?

Snip Premium offers unlimited snips and contexts, smart insights for derived values and conversions, the ability to attach up to 3 images per snip, automatic date rollovers, camera text scanning, and lock screen widgets.

### How does Snip handle data organization?

Snip automatically brings your captured information into a consistent structure, making it easy to browse and search. You can organize snips into contexts and utilize different Snip types for intuitive recall.

### Does Snip have ads?

No, Snip does not contain advertisements. The app is ad-free, with premium features available through subscription or a lifetime purchase.

### What platforms is Snip available on?

Snip is available on iPhone and iPad, with iCloud syncing to keep your information consistent across your devices.

### How often is Snip updated?

Snip was last updated on October 30, 2026, indicating a commitment to ongoing development and improvements.

### What are the subscription options for Snip Premium?

Snip Premium is available through monthly ($1.99/month) or yearly ($8.99/year) subscriptions, as well as a lifetime purchase option.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.1 — 2026-10-30

What's new: 
- On devices with Apple Intelligence enabled, the search results have now become smarter. Results now show additional items that might be related to your search term. On the snip detail screen, other related snips are now shown at the bottom, if any related snips were identified.
- Snips now have an option to link to them from other apps on your device (e.g. notes). To use this, go to a snip's detail view, tap the ... options button in the top right, and tap "Copy link".

Fixes:
- Small visual refinements
- The dark mode of the app now has a darker background, to make the UI elements pop more.

### 1.3 — 2026-10-23

We’re excited to share a big update to Snip! In this version, the entire app has received a visual refinement, with more polished components, smoother interactions, and thoughtful improvements throughout that result in an even nicer user experience. Alongside these refinements, this version also introduces a range of new features. Thank you for using Snip, and enjoy!

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Device support
* Snip is now ready for iPhone Duo

New features
* Customize your Home screen with more content options, including your most-used contexts and snip types for easier navigation, and separate sections for recently added and recently opened snips.
* Roll forward Date-type snips automatically with a set interval after they have passed
* Tap on links to open them directly from your snips, including How-to, Scribble, and custom details.

Refinements & improvements
* Enjoy a complete visual refinement throughout the app, with more polished screens, consistent styling, and smoother interactions.
* Snip cards now show previews of attached photos.
* Create and edit snips more easily with redesigned add and edit screens that make the process simpler and clearer.
* The Contexts has been completely redesigned, to make organizing and browsing your snips even easier.
* The Search screen has been completely redesigned. Results are now organized by context, and show attached photos if there are any.
* When adding photos to your snips, you can now select multiple photos at once.
* Reorder pinned snips on your Home screen with drag and drop.
* Sorting options have been improved across the app.
* The onboarding experience has been redesigned, with clearer explanations and improved guidance.
* Find settings more easily with a reorganized settings screen.
* Snip has a new app loading screen.

Fixes
* Improved widget layouts and readability on smaller screens
* Improved feedback afteradding a snip, with clearer visual confirmation and more responsive haptics
* Refined first-use tips to make features easier to discover and use
* Text scaling has been improved.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-17

What’s new
- Snip is fully ready for iOS 27
- You can now use your camera to scan the text you want to add to your How-to and Scribble type snips. This is especially useful for e.g. product labels or recipes. To use it, tap the scanner icon inside the context text field for How to and Scribble type snips when adding them.
- When a context has only Date type snips, you can now sort that context by snip date.

### 1.2 — 2026-09-05

What’s new:
- This version introduces Snip for iPad! Through iCloud sync, all your items will sync between your devices.
- You can now set nudges (notifications) for Date type snips, either before or after a snip’s date – for something that’s coming up, or something that you want to be reminded of a certain time afterwards. Upcoming nudges that you've set are also displayed on Snip’s home screen. Just like all other content, nudges sync between your devices.
- Pinned snips on the home screen now show more lines of content to make more use of their larger card space.

Fixes:
- Several smaller visual refinements
- Improvements to iCloud sync of snips and contexts. Previously, in some cases the sync mechanism created duplicate entries. That should no longer occur. 
- Context names are now required to be unique – in previous app versions, multiple contexts with the same name could exist. The uniqueness of context makes the user experience more logical and simple, and enables a cleaner and more reliable iCloud sync mechanism.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-11

This version introduces some exciting new features to improve Snip's experience:
- New homescreen widgets for contexts, types, snips, and smart lists
- Additional format options for How To and for Scribble type snips
- Improved the structure of the Settings menu
- Various user interface refinements across the app
- Technical improvements

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