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NotePlan 3.2: Simplified Chinese support, new integrated HTML plugins, and more
- Platforms: iOS / iPadOS / macOS / Web
- Keywords: task boards, team collaboration
@ElijahLee: NotePlan, the all-in-one time management tool that combines tasks, notes, and calendars, has been updated to version 3.2. The update adds multilingual support, including Simplified Chinese, as well as a lock screen widget for quick capture, integrated HTML plugins, support for the Liquid Glass design style, and more.
First up is multilingual support. NotePlan 3.2 now fully supports Simplified Chinese. For an app that is both complex and highly professional, native language support makes it much easier for users to get started. The new version also adds localization for Japanese, Italian, Korean, and Russian, along with VoiceOver accessibility support.
On mobile, the update introduces a new lock screen widget focused on quick capture. You can add tasks, start voice transcription, or create a note directly from the lock screen.
This lock screen widget supports custom configuration. In the widget settings, you can choose where the note content is saved and under which heading. In terms of content, the editor supports rich text formatting such as tasks, bullet points, quotes, and more. Functionally, it supports multiple input methods including voice transcription, typing, handwriting, and drawing.
On macOS, NotePlan has introduced integrated HTML plugins and provides multiple plugin templates and tutorials to help users get started quickly. In “Settings – AI & Plugins,” you can manage all plugins, download updates, and use them.
The main integrated HTML plugins in this update are the Dashboard plugin and the Linear Calendar plugin. The Dashboard plugin is a dashboard-style plugin that displays statistics, summary views, task progress, and more in the sidebar, allowing you to quickly review your work status. The Linear Calendar (calendar view plugin) provides an enhanced calendar view that integrates both the macOS calendar and the NotePlan calendar.
HTML plugins run directly within the main NotePlan window. When you open an HTML plugin, it automatically appears in the sidebar, and you can switch to it at any time just like switching between notes, calendars, or tasks. This makes HTML-based plugins much more practical in daily workflows, without the need to open a separate window.
NotePlan officially mentioned that more plugins are in development, but users can also follow the tutorials to quickly create their own plugins using Claude Code or Cursor—even without prior coding experience.
In NotePlan 3.19, the app added support for the Liquid Glass design style. The sidebar becomes floating and shows the background color of notes through it, the command bar and menus are updated with a more transparent glass-like texture, and the overall icon set is more unified and modern.
You can download NotePlan for free from the App Store. With a paid subscription, you can unlock features such as cross-platform sync, Markdown export, and integrated HTML plugins. Pricing is USD 12 per month or USD 99.99 per year. Setapp users can get it for free.
Typeless: Making Voice Input Truly Practical
- Platforms: iOS / macOS / Windows
- Keywords: voice input, AI transcription
@Vanilla: Most voice input methods on the market (such as WeChat Input, Doubao Input, iFlytek Input, etc.) focus on reproducing human speech with 100% accuracy, but overlook the fact that people don’t speak perfectly—they make slips, pause, and stumble. Typeless changes this. Instead of merely aiming for “accurate transcription of sound,” it aims to “reconstruct the original expression in the mind.”
Before getting into its advanced features, I’d like to first introduce Typeless’s solid basic capabilities, because these are the foundation that keeps me using it.
First is mixed-language input. Typeless supports more than 100 languages, and its recognition of mixed Chinese and English—what I use most often—is excellent. There’s no need to switch keyboards or languages; it just works.
Next are the practical built-in keys. The Typeless input interface includes @, space, delete, and a Return key. The Return key is context-aware: in WeChat it means “send,” in documents it’s “new line,” and in search fields it becomes “search.”
Then there’s the personalized dictionary. Typeless lets you create custom entries manually or by voice, accurately matching rare words or proper nouns. This ensures accuracy in the output and saves you from tedious corrections.
Finally, there’s whisper recognition. Typeless allows input by speaking very softly. For introverts like me, it can accurately recognize quiet whispers into the microphone in public places, avoiding “social death.” Typeless also works while media is playing—for example, I can dictate while listening to music with AirPods. It doesn’t interrupt playback; the music just becomes background audio and doesn’t affect recognition accuracy.
If the basic features are the skeleton, then AI is the soul of Typeless, solving the pain points of traditional voice input:
Typeless supports automatic removal of filler words. It can identify and eliminate interjections like “um,” “uh,” “that is,” as well as repeated content caused by stuttering or hesitation, keeping only the meaningful information.
Typeless supports real-time speech editing, which is its killer feature compared to other voice input methods. When I say, “Tomorrow morning at 7… ah no, let’s make it 3 p.m.,” Typeless automatically corrects this to “Tomorrow at 3 p.m.” and outputs only the final result, rather than recording the whole correction process.
Typeless supports intelligent formatting. When it recognizes lists (such as shopping lists) or multi-point content, it automatically formats them into separate lines and lists, and adapts the layout to the writing context of the app.
Typeless supports scenario-based tone polishing. It adjusts tone based on the type of app. For example, in text messages it keeps casual phrases like “kinda wanna,” while in Gmail it automatically converts them into the more formal “kind of want to.”
Typeless isn’t a flashy demo from a big tech company—it genuinely solves the problem that “voice input isn’t practical enough.” On iPhone, it’s great for replying on WeChat and other instant messaging apps, saving you from typing while still producing messages that are easy for others to read. On desktop, Typeless is well suited for writing and capturing ideas. It supports seamless switching with a physical keyboard, making it suitable as your primary input method, with the keyboard used for quick fine-tuning.
Typeless can be downloaded for free from the App Store and its official website, with a free Pro trial for the first month. Subscription pricing is USD $12 per month (billed annually) or USD $30 per month, mainly to unlock the monthly limit of 4,000 words.
TypeLouder: A Keyboard Sound Effects App Recommended by Luo Yonghao
- Platform: macOS
- Keywords: keyboard sound effects
@化学心情下2: Last week I recommended a mechanical keyboard and mouse click sound simulator called Funkey. This week, I’m recommending another similar keystroke sound app. This time it’s TypeLouder, which focuses more specifically on simulating keyboard sounds. The app lets you set different keyboard sound profiles and adjust volume levels, so even when typing on a membrane keyboard, you can still experience the satisfying feel of a mechanical one.
In principle, TypeLouder works much the same way as Funkey: it converts key presses into simulated mechanical keyboard sounds. The difference is that TypeLouder first asks you to choose the type of mechanical switch—such as brown, red, blue, or black switches—then set the volume. You can also preview the sound that will be produced when typing, giving you a clear idea of both loudness and tone in advance.
This approach is much more intuitive than Funkey’s method of listing a large number of keyboard model names. After all, with many modern mechanical switches, the differences in sound are often subtle, while the bigger distinctions lie in key travel stages and tactile feedback.
More importantly, TypeLouder can automatically adjust its volume based on your surroundings, so you can enjoy the intense clicking sounds without getting awkward side-eyes from people nearby.
TypeLouder also offers some thoughtful settings. For example, you can choose the audio output device (so the sounds play only in your headphones, letting you enjoy them privately without bothering others). You can decide whether the space bar or return key should produce sounds, and you can switch between different switch sound profiles using keyboard shortcuts. Overall, it’s very convenient.
You can download TypeLouder from the Mac App Store for RMB 22.
PocketCheck: the “Did you forget?” helper
- Platform: Android
- Keywords: item checklists, task reminders
@Peggy_: You leave home and realize you forgot your keys. You get to your desk and notice you didn’t bring your water bottle. You return home only to find your charger is still at the office… little things like these happen all the time. I still remember a college classmate whose behavior was legendary—almost every time he was halfway to somewhere, he’d suddenly realize he’d left something in the dorm and turn back.
PocketCheck is designed to solve exactly these easy-to-forget little things, or to constantly remind people who are especially forgetful. Through scheduled prompts and persistent notifications for important items, PocketCheck provides reminders right when you need them. First, you can set up a checklist of things to carry based on your needs when going out. If your forgetfulness is really serious, you can even take photos of the items or note where they are stored. Then, you can set time-based reminders according to your usual departure times, so that before you head out, you’ll be soul-questioned: “What’s in your pockets?”
Besides serving as an item checklist, you can also get creative and use PocketCheck as a “put-things-back” list, to avoid forgetting to return items to their original places after using them. For work tasks with relatively fixed workflows, PocketCheck can also act as a supervisor for task completion. It allows you to set an “active” status for items in a list; when you open the relevant task, the app shows a persistent notification and indicates how many activities are currently active.
In terms of notifications, PocketCheck lets you enable alerts for individual lists and freely choose which days of the week to be reminded. It also supports periodic reminders, prompting you to occasionally open the app to confirm that you’ve packed your items properly or completed your tasks. Of course, you can also set quiet periods during which no reminders are received, such as while sleeping at night.
Overall, PocketCheck’s features are clearly aimed at people who are prone to forgetting things. By combining persistent notifications, interval reminders, and task activation states, it tries to help us forget less—or even not forget at all—when it comes to important matters. You can download PocketCheck from F-Droid to try it out; the app is completely free.
Danji: Schedule & Sponsored-Content Management for Creators
- Platform: iOS
- Keywords: media schedules, business management
@Snow: Danji is a schedule and business-collaboration management tool designed specifically for media professionals, content creators, and freelancers. With its AI engine and built-in analytics, you can quickly create schedules and sponsored-content projects from screenshots or short text, and clearly track income, payments received, and other financial details—addressing common pain points like chaotic schedules and difficult bookkeeping.
Danji’s centralized management focuses on two areas: schedules and sponsored projects. For schedule management, in addition to filling in project info, contact details, costs, publishing progress, and reimbursement status, it also distinguishes between online and offline events. For offline events, it intelligently calculates departure times based on travel methods such as flights, high-speed rail, or driving, automatically syncs with the system calendar, and provides targeted reminders. You can also place schedule widgets on your home screen for more intuitive alerts.
For sponsored-content management, the app supports full-cycle tracking from “to be executed,” to “in progress,” to “published,” making it easy to adjust plans and monitor progress. Each project can include the contract amount, payment status, commission status, and commission amount. The app then automatically calculates net income in its statistics based on payments received, giving you a clear picture of each project’s financial performance.
Danji’s most thoughtful feature is its use of AI to parse chat screenshots, itineraries, or text and automatically generate schedules or sponsored projects. Contacts, transport details, project amounts, commissions, and more can all be recognized accurately and imported quickly, saving the time required to create entries manually. The app also offers Shortcuts support, allowing you to build screenshot workflows for even higher efficiency.
At the moment, however, Danji can only recognize a single screenshot at a time. To improve accuracy, it’s recommended to import long screenshots that include full conversations with project overviews. If you only import an itinerary, Danji may mistakenly treat departure points or destinations as the project name and location—ironically reducing efficiency instead of improving it.
As a business-management tool, rich analytics are essential. Danji’s charts clearly show monthly and yearly income and expenses, as well as the proportion of online vs. offline work. They also dig deeper into payment performance by industry, brand, and agency, generating payment-rate rankings to help identify reliable partners and potential risks—enabling more refined and professional business management.
You can download Danji for free from the App Store.
App Brief
- The long-standing outlining and information-organizing app OmniOutliner has been updated to a major 6.0 version, adding support for the Liquid Glass design style and introducing features such as Omni Links. Source
- Instagram reportedly experienced a sensitive user data leak. The company later stated that the issue causing the system to send emails asking users to reset their passwords has been fixed, that user data was not affected, and that such emails can be safely ignored. Source
