usecases · iPhone & Android

a few ways to make it yours.

footnotes is one place to keep what you write, photos, videos up to 8 seconds, voice memos, everyday sounds and songs. a notebook and personal timeline for iPhone and Android, for yourself or shared with close friends and family.

start with something you want to keep. these guides show how a few photographs, words or recordings can become a notebook you enjoy coming back to.

a little more about footnotes.

a notebook for your life.

you do not have to call it journaling. keep a photo from your walk, a passing thought, or something your child said. make a notebook for each part of your life, and come back to the little things whenever you want.

one place for everything you want to keep.

what you write. the photos you take. videos up to 8 seconds. voice memos, someone’s laugh, the sounds around you. and the music you’re listening to, for the mood of it all.

keep them together in a note, instead of scattered across different apps. add a song to remember the vibe of a walk, a person or a particular afternoon, alongside the words, pictures and sounds that made it yours.

offline first, for the moments without a signal.

on a flight, on the train, or somewhere with no connection: keep writing in a notebook already on your device and browse the notes and media available there. your pending changes stay on your device and sync when you reconnect.

signing in, loading notes or media that are not on your device, and online features such as song search still need a connection.

a little closer, even from far away.

share a notebook and its timeline with friends or family. keep the ordinary things together: a sunday lunch, a running joke, the photographs everyone took on the same afternoon.

a few ways to make it yours

what would you like to keep?

a finsta alternative, for yourself or your close friends.

if you use a private Instagram account as a photo diary, or keep a different account for every hobby, try a notebook for each instead. plants, outfits, cooking, a trip: each can have its own little timeline in footnotes.

keep a notebook to yourself or share it with close friends. a photo dump can include the words, videos and voice notes that go with it, without making a separate social account for every part of your life.

a personal timeline for your everyday life

low-effort journaling, even if you never journal.

if journaling feels like homework, start with something smaller. a sentence, a photo or a quick voice note is a whole entry. there is no need to explain your day or find something important to say.

call it micro journaling, a photo diary, a daily log, or just keeping things. write more when you want to, skip days when you want to, and pick up wherever you are.

a lighter way to keep a journal

a small place to notice your everyday life.

if you want to feel more present and connected to your everyday, start with one thing you noticed: the light in your room, the walk home, a conversation you want to keep. a photograph or a few words can be enough.

footnotes gives those observations somewhere to live. keep the moment, put your phone away, and carry on with the day. come back later if there is more you want to add.

keep the little things you notice

remember the days between the big occasions.

for nostalgic people, an ordinary afternoon can be worth keeping too. make a record of how you spend your days: who you saw, what you made, the places that became familiar.

scroll your personal timeline when you wonder what a month or a season felt like. keep the photographs beside your own words and original voices, and let a collection of everyday memories become part of your life story.

collect your memories and life story

a photo diary of your children growing up.

make a notebook for your child or for family life. keep baby photos, first words, little milestones and the ordinary afternoons in between, with captions, videos and voice notes together in a dated timeline.

share the notebook with family so grandparents and the people close to you can follow along and add their moments too. your family memories do not have to become posts on a public social feed.

keep a family history together

a simple timeline for an adhd brain.

if you have adhd and a complicated note system is hard to keep up with, try starting with one notebook. capture a thought, photo or voice note as it comes; dates and times give it a place in the timeline.

scroll back when you remember roughly when something happened, or search within the notebook for words you remember writing. make separate notebooks when they are useful to you. footnotes is an everyday capture tool, with no need to build a detailed filing system first.

browse and find your everyday notes

find answers to your questions, including privacy, sharing and getting started.

start with today

what did you notice today?

keep it in footnotes. a notebook for iPhone and Android, made by Doppler HQ, Inc.