# PrivacyNotes changelog > Every published release of PrivacyNotes, newest first: 99 releases from 2026-05-10 to 2026-08-27. PrivacyNotes is an end-to-end encrypted notes, tasks, journal and vault app. This file says what CHANGED and when. For how the app works today, read https://privacynotes.app/llms-index.txt and fetch the answer it names. Read https://privacynotes.app/llms.txt first for the rest of the site. Read this one when the question is about a new feature, a version number, or where something moved: a menu path, a keyboard shortcut, or a setting that is not where the reader left it. Every release carries a "Source:" line naming its own place on the changelog page. End your reply with that URL, never this file. Each change is labelled New, Improved or Fixed, exactly as it was published. Releases run newest first, so a truncated read still holds the recent ones. The list starts at v0.132, the first published release. The work before it built the encryption core and the sync backend and was not published release by release. This list is English only, and the app itself is not: answer the reader in their own language from this English text. ## v0.472 - Your journal stops losing a day, and a new vault opens in your own language Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.472 Released 2026-08-27. - New: The starter notes now arrive in your own language, picked up from your device with nothing to set, and there is a real set of them: a welcome, a moving-in guide, a markdown tour, a security note, a weekend of journal entries and a recipe. - New: "Continue with GitHub" joins Google and Apple on the sign-in card. - New: A "Compare the options" panel on the sign-in card lays out the three privacy levels against each other, and the same comparison now sits in Settings > Security > Your Phrase, which is the one screen where you can actually change it. - New: A filtered list now carries a "Clear filters" entry among its items, so a short list says why it is short instead of reading as your whole collection. - New: A search that found nothing offers to empty the box in one click. - New: "Show markdown" is now the first row of the note options menu, not only a small link at the bottom of a note you may have to scroll. - New: Links on iOS open in a sheet inside the app instead of handing you over to Safari. - Improved: Plan, Storage and ID & Sync open with your figures already on screen, where they used to show nothing until the first server reply arrived. - Improved: The app rides out a flaky connection now instead of failing outright, which was most of what made sync feel broken on some networks. - Improved: Printed and exported journal entries carry every tracker value you recorded and the folder the note came from. - Improved: Tapping the status a medication already has clears it, where one mis-tap used to be permanent. - Improved: The demo opens with a folder tree that files notes it already had, so folders show what they are for. - Improved: The Pro purchase screen carries links to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. - Fixed: Two devices no longer overwrite each other's journal day: logging a dose on your phone and another on your laptop used to leave only one of them, and took the mood, sleep and everything else recorded that day with it. - Fixed: Choosing a callout type with text selected no longer deletes that text. The selection becomes the callout's body. - Fixed: The conflict prompt also shows readable text for each version, which matters because that row is how you choose which one to keep. - Fixed: A custom tracker made on one device is no longer deleted by a settings change on another, which used to orphan every value ever logged against it. - Fixed: A dosage you correct on one device now reaches your other devices. - Fixed: A dose you missed counts as missed, where the adherence figure could read 100% for someone taking half their doses. - Fixed: The dosage timeline has your history in it, and both timelines name the dose the medication started on rather than the one it is on now. - Fixed: Deleting a medication no longer erases its record from whichever day you happen to have open. - Fixed: The weekly reflection can be typed into and saves. - Fixed: A number typed into a tracker pill is kept when you click away, not only when you press Enter. - Fixed: Journal days are read in your own time zone throughout, so a logged value cannot land on the wrong day. - Fixed: A medication name can no longer run code inside the doctor report. - Fixed: A journal entry exported on its own carries its trackers. - Fixed: A backup restored into a fresh vault brings its folders back, where every filed note used to point at a folder that was not there. - Fixed: Front matter no longer shows up as a block of metadata at the top of your markdown files, and is kept byte for byte when you save. - Fixed: Saving a file to notes converts it the way an import does, with its real title, tags and trackers instead of raw text. - Fixed: Tracker pills no longer hide off the edge of a narrowed desktop window with no way to reach them. - Fixed: Image options appear on Android wherever the image sits in the note, not only when it is the last thing in it. - Fixed: Cutting or copying an image inside a note pastes it back. - Fixed: An image at the top of a note no longer opens already selected. - Fixed: A task with highlighted, underlined or subscript text reads as prose in the Tasks list, where it used to show raw markup and run out of room before the sentence began. - Fixed: A quoted heading no longer shows a stray hash in the notes list. - Fixed: The caffeine, water and step pills read "1 cup" rather than "1 cups", in every language. - Fixed: Editing a bookmark's address onto one you already saved is caught now, and the duplicate check looks at every bookmark you own rather than the ones the current filter shows. - Fixed: Signing up in a tab that held an old session no longer fails on the first try. - Fixed: The Passwords tab in the Import window can be reached on a phone. - Fixed: Your account ID shows in full on a narrow pane, where it used to shrink to four characters. ## v0.462 - Every list keeps its own settings, and Safari's export goes straight in Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.462 Released 2026-08-26. - New: Bookmarks, Files, Journal and Vault each keep their own sort order and list settings now, instead of sharing one set with every other list. - New: Those four panes start with settings that suit what they hold, so bookmarks arrive without a date and files without a preview. - New: Links you have written inside notes show up in Bookmarks from the start, ready to save properly with one click. - New: Safari's export archive can be dropped straight into the bookmark and password importers, with no unzipping first. - New: Every Linux and direct Android download on the website links its checksum, so you can prove the file is the one we published without trusting the page that offered it. - Improved: The Linux download panel works out which processor you have and shows only the builds that fit, with the rest one click away. - Improved: Each processor heading says in plain words which machines it covers, rather than leaving you to decode "x86_64". - Improved: The AppImage is marked as recommended, since it is the only Linux build that can update itself. - Improved: The Safari steps in both import guides match the menu Safari actually has today, with screenshots. - Improved: Import guides are named after the export they walk you through, so they turn up when you search how to get your notes out of the app you are leaving. - Improved: The attachment and links-from-notes switches live in one place under the search bar, instead of appearing twice. - Improved: "Show tags" now reads "Show folder & tags" in every language, which is what the switch has always controlled. - Fixed: The sort and view menu now changes the list you are looking at, where it could previously show one setting while the list obeyed another. ## v0.458 - Filters that combine, sessions that hold, and a new device that cannot wipe your folders Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.458 Released 2026-08-25. - New: Tags, folders and sections now filter together, so "tasks tagged #work" is something you can ask for. - New: Every filter you have on shows as a chip above the list, and each one clears on its own. - New: Trash gets its own note menu, carrying Restore and Delete forever. - New: Every download on the GitHub release site now has a checksum beside it, so you can prove the file you got is the file we published. - Improved: A list that a filter emptied now says so and offers to clear the filter, instead of reading as though your items are gone. - Improved: Bookmarks carry their edit and delete buttons in every list, not only inside the Bookmarks pane. - Improved: A saved bookmark wears a corner ribbon, so it is no longer indistinguishable from a vault login for the same site. - Improved: An X beside "2 of 15 selected" empties the selection, instead of making you select everything first. - Improved: The note menu is colour-coded, and Duplicate and Convert keep their place at every window width. - Improved: The tag rail matches the folder rail in size and behaviour, and clicking the tag you are on clears it. - Improved: Vault items and bookmarks sit in a column you can read, rather than stretching the full width of a wide window. - Improved: privacynotes.app now offers a one-click move to use.privacynotes.app, syncing everything first, instead of running the app on the old address. - Fixed: Signing in on a new device can no longer wipe the folders, favourite tags and settings on every device you own. - Fixed: Signing out on one device no longer signs you out of every other device, which is what kept "Session expired" coming back. - Fixed: "Session expired" now appears only when the session is really gone, not after a rate limit or a dropped connection. - Fixed: "Lock app on open" now actually locks for anyone who already had a PIN, where before it was a switch that did nothing for a while. - Fixed: A locked app opens on its lock screen instead of dropping you on the website with no way in. - Fixed: Pressing Escape on the device limit dialog no longer signs you out. - Fixed: Burn, pin, share and trash stay reachable in a narrow editor pane, where they could previously disappear from both the header and the menu. - Fixed: Turning a section off in the sidebar now works while you are standing in it, rather than needing a reload. - Fixed: Changing a bookmark's address updates its site icon straight away. - Fixed: Saving a bookmark, login, card or SSH key shows the new details at once instead of the previous ones. - Fixed: The Burn button dims on notes it cannot share, instead of failing when you press it. - Fixed: The markdown toolbar button is gone from bookmarks, vault items and locked notes, where there was no toolbar for it to switch. - Fixed: The sign-in screen fits a phone: the logo stops colliding with the controls beside it, and long phrase words stay inside their boxes. - Fixed: The sign-up help answers name the buttons the app actually has, and stop offering a GitHub login that never existed. ## v0.452 - Note-links follow a rename, links to bookmarks open them, and the website gets a real dark mode Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.452 Released 2026-08-25. - New: Renaming a note now repoints every note-link that named it, and tells you how many moved. - New: The website publishes the Android signing fingerprint, so anyone can prove a sideloaded APK is ours before installing it. - Improved: The website follows your light or dark setting instead of forcing light, with a toggle in the header, on a warmer cream-and-ink look. - Improved: The app asks for a rating at most twice, only after you have written 25 items of your own, and never in an account's first two weeks. - Improved: Adding the app to Obtainium on Android is one tap from the download panel or its help answer, with the manual steps still underneath. - Improved: A bookmark you never named now appears in the note-link menu under its web address, instead of being missing from the list. - Fixed: A note-link naming a bookmark opens the bookmark instead of landing on an empty Notes pane. - Fixed: Note-links imported from Obsidian, Evernote, Notesnook and UpNote resolve instead of arriving dead. - Fixed: A note-link written just after inline code no longer swallows the link behind it. - Fixed: Rating and milestone popups no longer replay from the start when you sign in on a second device. - Fixed: The homepage no longer stutters, flashes a wrong storage figure, or hides its App button on iPhone, and its header stops sitting on its own logo at phone width. ## v0.448 - Markdown folders import whole, help arrives where the question is, and signups survive a bad connection Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.448 Released 2026-08-24. - New: A zip of Markdown files now imports as real folders, with the pictures and files your notes link to coming along. - New: Obsidian imports carry your images and attachments instead of dropping them. - New: Four more apps in the importer list, iA Writer, Nextcloud Notes, Typora and Zettlr, each with its own guide in all seventeen languages. - New: Every pillar keeps offering its importer after the first item is saved, so your whole collection stays one click away instead of the door closing behind you. - New: Settings and About screens link the help answer for the question they raise, showing the real question rather than a category name. - New: Every list row and grid tile shows the folder an item lives in, beside its tags. - New: Right-clicking a folder in "Move to folder" offers New subfolder and Rename folder. - New: Android gets Obtainium as the recommended route, which keeps the app current on its own. - New: New help answers for saving browser bookmarks, restoring a backup, and setting up Obtainium. - Improved: Tags are on from the first run on a new account, so a tag you add shows up without hunting for a setting. - Improved: Importer rows carry a labelled Guide rail instead of a small "?" that was easy to miss. - Improved: Export and Restore rows show which file format each one produces. - Improved: The Markdown importer reads hashtags written in your prose as tags, and accepts .txt, .markdown, .mdown and .mkd. - Improved: Dropping a zip on the Files pillar imports it the same way the Import screen does, folders and attachments included. - Improved: The macOS About window links the help center and the roadmap, not just the website and the changelog. - Improved: The Android update answers describe the choice you actually have instead of a store that has not launched. - Improved: "New folder" reads as a button in the sidebar and in the folder picker rather than as one more folder in the tree. - Fixed: A dropped connection during signup or sign-in no longer dead-ends on an error screen, because the handshake retries. - Fixed: The About window's tabs no longer collapse to a sliver when a tall tab fills the pane. - Fixed: The armed "Delete?" button is no longer see-through over the title behind it. - Fixed: The demo no longer shows a sync time, a verified count and a green tick for work it never does. - Fixed: The import preview no longer claims it restored front matter a note never had. - Fixed: A link to a file whose name holds a space now resolves on import. - Fixed: The two buttons in the empty bookmarks list no longer squeeze together in a narrow pane. ## v0.440 - Bookmarks: a new pillar for saved links, your browser's passwords in the Vault, and sync you can pause Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.440 Released 2026-08-22. - New: Bookmarks is a new pillar: paste a link and it saves, encrypted like everything else, with the site's icon, tags, folders, favorites, trash and search all working from day one. - New: Import your bookmarks from any browser, folder tree and dates intact, with links you already saved skipped instead of duplicated. - New: Export your bookmarks back out as the standard file every browser reads, so they can go anywhere. - New: Import your saved passwords straight out of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Brave, Opera or Vivaldi, each row becoming a Vault login. - New: Choose which rows the sidebar shows and which kinds of item the All list holds, saved to your account rather than to one device. - New: Sync can be paused on purpose, on one device, and stays paused until you turn it back on. - New: On Android, image and attachment uploads can wait for wifi while your note text keeps syncing. - New: The sync panel keeps a list of recent sync passes, so you can see what moved and when. - New: Eighteen new help entries covering folders, tags, note-links, note history, printing, the Vault's authenticator codes, signing in on a second device and more. - New: The changelog is now published as plain text as well, so you can hand your whole release history to an AI assistant and ask what changed in your own words. - New: Two new import guides, one for browser bookmarks and one for browser passwords, in all seventeen languages. - Improved: The sync panel leads with one status word, how old that answer is and what it is costing you, instead of five rows of facts. - Improved: On iPhone and iPad, signing in with Google or Apple happens in a sheet inside the app instead of handing you off to Safari and hoping you come back. - Improved: Searching for a tag finds it on a bookmark, task, journal, file or Vault item, not only on a plain note. - Improved: Appearance settings split into Style and Lists, so neither tab needs scrolling. - Improved: Import & Export calls the passwords tab Passwords, gives Bitwarden its guide, and drops the greyed-out rows that promised a date nobody had set. - Improved: The dividers between the panes are half as wide and hand the space back to your notes, with a grip you can see without hovering. - Improved: Delete account and data moved to the Account tab, beside Sign out. - Fixed: The sync panel no longer says everything is synced while the footer says an update is required. - Fixed: The editor toolbar names the right shortcut for inserting a link. - Fixed: Turning on read-only no longer freezes the PIN checkbox, and Vault items and bookmarks now show the hint for turning it back off. - Fixed: The Files sort setting for showing attachments is respected instead of ignored. ## v0.425 - Checklists that nest, every shortcut on one page, and edits that no longer vanish Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.425 Released 2026-08-21. - New: Tab and Shift+Tab nest and un-nest any list item, checklists included, so a to-do can hold its own sub-steps. - New: Every keyboard shortcut on one printable page, linked from the Hotkeys panel and the site footer. - New: An Unfiled row in the folder sidebar shows every note that lives in no folder, and clicking it filters the list to those. - New: The heading menu offers all six heading levels. - New: A help entry on how quickly a feature request or a bug report turns into a release, and how the app gets built. - New: A help entry on how the translations are made, with a report form that now lists every language the app speaks. - Improved: Headings step down in a clear size order and follow your text size setting, where the smallest three used to match the paragraph under them or come out smaller. - Improved: Exported and printed notes use one typeface throughout, instead of a serif body under sans-serif headings. - Improved: Cmd+K focuses search everywhere now, including inside the editor, and inserting a link moved to Cmd+Shift+K. - Improved: Zen mode moved to Cmd+Shift+F, works while you are typing, and no longer triggers redo on the way in. - Improved: Pressing an alignment shortcut again returns the block to left, the one alignment key that was missing. - Improved: The Markdown syntax help page covers everything the editor can do, with eleven labelled examples instead of eight. - Fixed: Switching a note between Formatted and Markdown keeps everything you typed, instead of falling back to the last synced version and saving that over your note. - Fixed: Opening a note with the outline panel open no longer blanks the app in Firefox. - Fixed: Nested lists arrive as real nested lists in exported HTML, PDF, print and burn notes, instead of raw Markdown text. - Fixed: Help links across the app open in the language you are reading, instead of dropping you into English. - Fixed: On a phone, a long password or key in the Vault wraps inside its own column instead of drawing over its label. - Fixed: A note shows its tags when you open it on a phone, instead of starting scrolled past them. - Fixed: Cmd+, no longer opens Settings and turns your text into subscript at the same time. ## v0.421 - Authenticator codes in the Vault, and help you can hand to an AI Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.421 Released 2026-08-20. - New: A Vault login can hold an authenticator key beside its password, and Pro turns it into the live rotating code with a countdown. - New: Every help page ends with a box that hands the whole help center to your AI agent: copy the prompt, paste it into any chat, and ask in your own words. - New: The downloads section links to every release on GitHub. - Improved: Folders nest as deep as you want, and importing from another app rebuilds its full folder tree instead of flattening the deep parts into tags. - Improved: Vault items read as labelled fields wherever they leave the app: burn notes, Markdown exports, and printed or PDF copies, instead of a line of raw data. - Improved: The help center is published as plain text too, so an AI agent reading it answers from the real pages and links the exact one. - Improved: Files rows now mark a file that could not upload because you were out of space, instead of showing it as an ordinary file. - Fixed: On your other devices, a file that never finished uploading says so instead of reporting itself as missing. - Fixed: The Vault field table keeps its bottom line when you export to PDF. ## v0.413 - Exports that look like your notes, and settings that fit on one screen Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.413 Released 2026-08-19. - New: Highlighting text now comes in nine colours, from the same grid as text colours. - New: Formulas render outside the editor for the first time: exported HTML, PDF, print and burn notes show real math instead of raw LaTeX. - New: A new VERIFY.md in the public repo shows how to check the encryption claim yourself, starting with a one-minute check in your browser that needs no tools. - Improved: Exported HTML and PDF match what you see in the editor: line breaks, table alignment, folded callouts, styled checklists and syntax-highlighted code. - Improved: Settings reads as one design, with accented section headers, readable helper text, and important copy that no longer looks like fine print. - Improved: Appearance fits on one screen, one row per setting, with text size shown as sized letters instead of words. - Improved: Storage warnings before an import are accurate, including for Chinese, Japanese and Korean notes, which used to be undercounted by about three times. - Improved: A file too big for your remaining space is refused before it uploads instead of after. - Improved: Escape closes the popovers in the editor toolbar. - Improved: Korean reads in the app's normal register throughout. - Fixed: Two devices editing the same note at the same instant settle on the same copy instead of quietly keeping different ones. - Fixed: Editing an imported table no longer loses its column alignment. - Fixed: Highlights show up when you print a note. - Fixed: Tapping Verify sync on a phone no longer stacks two labels on top of each other. ## v0.409 - Import from UpNote, and storage numbers you can trust Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.409 Released 2026-08-19. - New: Import from UpNote: point the app at the free backup folder and everything comes across, notebooks, tags, pins, trash, note links, highlights, colours, callouts, math and attachments, with the original dates kept. - New: On a phone, where UpNote cannot write a backup, per-note HTML or Markdown exports import too, one file or a whole zip of them. - Improved: The Trash and Files storage bars were redesigned around one clear line, and a refresh button recounts your usage against the server on demand. - Improved: Deleted notes and files finish clearing from the server in about a day instead of three, and files left behind by a device you no longer have get cleaned up. - Improved: Notesnook imports keep highlights, formulas and aligned text instead of flattening them. - Improved: Underline has a toolbar button, so it is no longer hidden behind a shortcut. - Improved: The heading menu goes down to H5, and the button shows H6 when you are in one. - Improved: Device spell check now sits at the top of Language settings, where it used to fall off the bottom of the pane. - Improved: The Linux AppImage works with AppImageUpdate and similar tools, which download only the parts that changed. - Improved: Android APKs downloaded from the site save under the release version, so you can tell which file is which. - Fixed: A note open on two devices updates when the other device edits it, instead of showing an old copy until you switch notes. ## v0.405 - An out-of-date app stops writing to your notes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.405 Released 2026-08-16. - Improved: An app too old to sync safely now pauses uploads until you update instead of quietly writing notes your other devices have to clean up, and stays fully usable for reading, editing and exporting in the meantime. - Improved: Groundwork for the iPhone and Android apps: prices read live from the store, purchases can be restored on a new device, and the layout was fixed for iPad and for signing in on Android. - Improved: A .txt file carries its own icon, so it no longer looks identical to a Markdown file with the same name. - Improved: A Markdown folder opens on its first file, like every other part of the app. - Fixed: The Linux AppImage opens your notes again on machines that also have the .deb installed. - Fixed: Installing on Windows no longer makes the app your default Markdown editor without asking. - Fixed: In grid mode, an open Markdown file can be closed again. ## v0.400 - Open a folder of Markdown files and edit them in place Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.400 Released 2026-08-14. - New: A Markdown folder: point the app at a folder of .md files on your disk and read, search, tag and edit them in the same editor as your notes. Free, and none of it is encrypted, synced or uploaded. - New: Edits save straight back to the file, so the same folder stays open in Obsidian, in a git repo, or in front of an AI agent. - New: Double-click a .md file and it opens here. One button makes PrivacyNotes the default Markdown app on macOS and Linux. - New: Drag or paste an image into a local file and it becomes a real image file in an attachments folder beside it, linked by a plain relative path any other Markdown app can follow. - New: Save to my notes copies a local file into your encrypted notes, one file or a whole selection, and leaves the original where it is. - Improved: Big lists open instantly. A vault of a couple of thousand items used to pause for over half a second before drawing; it now starts on screen and fills in as you scroll. ## v0.309 - The app reads right-to-left, and speaks Arabic Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.309 Released 2026-08-12. - New: Arabic, the seventeenth language, complete across the app, the website and every help page. - New: The whole interface reads right-to-left in Arabic, and arrows point the way the text runs. - Improved: A note keeps its own direction whatever language the app is in, block by block, so an English note under an Arabic interface still reads left-to-right and a mixed note gets both right. - Improved: Searching in Arabic matches with or without diacritics, and a query typed in either set of digits finds the other. - Improved: Dates, counts and file sizes in the Arabic interface use the same digits as your notes. ## v0.308 - The app speaks Turkish and Swedish Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.308 Released 2026-08-12. - New: Turkish and Swedish, the fifteenth and sixteenth languages, complete across the app, the website and every help page. - Improved: Translations are now checked for missing numbers and broken formatting before they can ship, so a count or a highlighted word cannot go missing in your language. - Fixed: The demo banner is translated now, instead of staying in English whatever language you use. ## v0.307 - Install it with one command, and share it in your own language Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.307 Released 2026-08-12. - New: The downloads section lists package manager installs, starting with Homebrew on macOS. - New: Every release is published on GitHub as well, with a checksum file for each platform, so a download can be checked against a second source. - Improved: Sharing the homepage in your language now previews in that language, instead of always in English. - Improved: Commands on the site have a copy button, and copy the full one-line command even where it wraps on screen. ## v0.306 - A way in to every note, and downloads that say what they need Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.306 Released 2026-08-12. - New: Every note opens with a blank clickable line above its first block, so a note that starts with an image, a table or a quote can be typed in front of. - New: Every download states what it needs before you take it: macOS 13, Windows 10, iOS 15, Android 7. - Improved: The outline button sits in a row of its own, so it no longer pushes your first lines around or lands on top of a callout. - Improved: The magnifier beside Undo closes the find bar as well as opening it. - Improved: Pinned, protected and read-only icons sit beside the date instead of hugging the far edge of a widened list. - Fixed: The Mac app no longer installs on macOS 12 only to open to a grey screen. - Fixed: An Evernote .enex can be picked on Android again, along with backup files, and a single .enex no longer needs zipping first. ## v0.305 - Align anything, and exports that match what you see Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.305 Released 2026-08-11. - New: Images, checklists, bullets and numbered lists can all be aligned now, and the bullet, number or checkbox moves with the text. - New: Update notices on the direct Android download and the Linux .deb can be put off for 48 hours, and they show the download size up front so you can decide whether now is the moment. - New: While an update is waiting, the Downloads button in the sidebar carries a dot, so a notice you dismissed is not a notice you forgot. - Improved: Very large notes open in a fraction of the time, and a note you have opened before comes back instantly. - Improved: The app stays responsive in a large vault: background sync checks no longer redraw everything, starting up does less repeated work, formatting a whole document applies at once, and dragging the panel dividers is smooth. - Improved: Exported files and burn notes carry your formatting and nothing else, so a page opened straight from disk behaves the way the app does. - Fixed: Underline, highlight, superscript, subscript, font size and font family now come through properly in HTML exports, printed PDFs and burn notes. - Fixed: Imports from Apple Notes keep their original dates and folder tags, and an Obsidian tag written inside a comment no longer arrives on its own. ## v0.304 - Faster in a big vault, and clearer about your storage Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.304 Released 2026-08-10. - New: Website icons on links can be turned off, in Appearance settings. - Improved: Search stays instant however large your vault grows, and an open window does less background work between sync checks. - Improved: Your storage figure now reads the same on every device you use, and your note count updates the moment something moves to trash. - Improved: A file too large for your plan is caught before the upload starts, with a clear message instead of a silent retry, and it stays safe on your device with a label so you know it is waiting. - Improved: An upload reports Done only once the file has actually reached the server. - Improved: The selected option in every Appearance control is now bold, so what is active reads the same on every row. - Fixed: Attaching several files to a note no longer leaves a growing gap between them, and notes already saved that way tidy themselves when you open them. - Fixed: Restoring a backup keeps your notes exactly as they were, including notes that begin with indented code. - Fixed: A link to a site with no icon no longer leaves an empty white box in the middle of your sentence. ## v0.303 - Sign-in that stays signed in Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.303 Released 2026-08-09. - Improved: Reconnecting to your account is far more reliable. The app used to treat every reconnect as a brand new sign-in, which eventually ran into a rate limit and surfaced as "Session expired". - Fixed: "Session expired" no longer interrupts you while the app is refreshing in the background, and it clears itself the moment the refresh comes good. ## v0.302 - Apple Journal, imported whole Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.302 Released 2026-08-09. - New: Import from Apple Journal. Export from Journal on Mac or iPhone, drop the zip in, and every entry lands as a real journal entry on the day it was written, photos, videos and voice memos included. - New: Places recorded in an entry become map links, and Apple's State of Mind fills in your mood and emotion trackers. - Improved: Every import now warns you up front when a backup holds files larger than your plan allows, and a failed photo or attachment says what went wrong instead of closing on a success message. ## v0.301 - A calmer editor on mobile, and file selection that actually selects Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.301 Released 2026-08-09. - New: Undo and redo now reach the note title, so a paste that clobbered a title takes one press to put right. - New: Shift-click selects a range of files in the Files view, the gesture notes and tasks already had. - Improved: The sync indicator says "Uploading" with a count while files are still on their way, and only turns green once everything has left your device. - Improved: The Pinned row in the sidebar appears only when you actually have something pinned. - Fixed: The keyboard stays down on Android when you tick a checkbox, long press, or undo, and the note no longer jumps back to the top when it does. - Fixed: Selecting files in the Files view works. Clicking a file row used to leave nothing selected, so favorite, tag, move, export and trash had nothing to act on. - Fixed: Print / Save as PDF works in the Android app, where it used to close the menu and do nothing. - Fixed: Pasting no longer grows blank lines, including from the Android keyboard's clipboard panel and from pages that put images in their own block. - Fixed: The paragraph mark no longer sits on top of the "Start writing" placeholder in an empty note. - Fixed: Numbered lists past 99 show their whole number. 100 used to lose its first digit. - Fixed: Shift-clicking a range of rows no longer highlights the text underneath it. ## v0.300 - A serious writing surface: alignment, fonts, and math you can edit Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.300 Released 2026-08-08. - New: Align paragraphs and headings left, centered, right or justified, from the new alignment button in the toolbar. - New: Set the font and size of any passage. Three families to pick from, and sizes that scale with your own text size setting instead of overriding it. - New: Click any formula to edit it. Display equations now sit centered on their own line, and there is a separate insert option for them. - New: A pilcrow in the editor footer reveals every space, line break and paragraph mark while you proofread, and hides them again when you are done. - New: Find in note has a magnifier in the toolbar instead of being tucked away in the note menu. - New: The keyboard shortcuts panel now lists every editor shortcut, grouped under Formatting and Alignment. - Improved: If a payment takes a moment to confirm, the device limit screen now says so and blocks a second charge instead of leaving you waiting. - Improved: Spell check now lives in Language settings, next to the app language, since it is the language of your writing that decides whether you want it. - Improved: The line that shows where dragged content will land is now visible in every theme, so dragging text around a note is something you can aim rather than guess at. - Fixed: Pro unlocks immediately after you pay, on the device that paid and on every other one, including when you upgrade from the device limit screen. - Fixed: Images and file attachments can be dragged to a new position inside a note. They never could before, on any theme or platform. - Fixed: Print / Save as PDF opens the system print dialog in the Mac app, where it used to do nothing at all. - Fixed: Closing find in note leaves you at the match you were reading instead of jumping back to the top of the note. - Fixed: The close button on the find bar works again. - Fixed: Links and email addresses in imported markdown files are clickable straight away. - Fixed: Email links show the address itself rather than a mailto prefix in front of it. ## v0.299 - The demo drops every Pro limit, and journal stats count the right days Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.299 Released 2026-08-05. - New: The public demo unlocks every Pro feature: color themes, PIN protect, folders, read only notes, custom trackers, wellness insights, week in review, doctor report, medication timeline and the full attachment limit. - Improved: The Linux download panel now shows the single command that installs an update over an existing .deb, so there is no need to uninstall first. - Fixed: Journal statistics count an entry under the day it is for, not the day you typed it. Backfilled entries no longer skew streaks, mood charts or medication adherence. - Fixed: Two journal entries on the same day counted as two tracked days. They now count as one. - Fixed: Browser verification and Google/Apple sign-in now complete on Linux, where the hand-back from your browser used to vanish with no error. - Fixed: The sign-in screen no longer picks up the app's theme colors. ## v0.298 - Storage that reflects exactly what you use Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.298 Released 2026-08-05. - Improved: Your storage figure now matches what your notes actually hold. A daily check reclaims leftover files nothing refers to any more, and it runs several safety checks before it touches anything. - Improved: Deleting a note or file frees the space straight away, from any device. - Improved: Storage totals have been recalculated across every account, so anyone whose figure read high now sees the right number and has full use of their account. - Fixed: The Trash bar after "delete forever", and the storage figure after a multi file upload, both refresh immediately. ## v0.297 - Imports that bring everything across, exactly as it was Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.297 Released 2026-08-04. - Improved: Bulk actions on hundreds of notes are far faster. Trashing, restoring, starring, retagging or filing 500 notes now takes seconds. - Improved: Archived notes from Standard Notes and Google Keep import as ordinary notes tagged "archived", so they stay in your library. - Improved: Standard Notes checklists import as real tasks and land in Tasks. - Fixed: Notes imported into the trash now arrive with the full 30 day retention window, so an old backup keeps every one of them. This covers Standard Notes, Google Keep and Simplenote. - Fixed: Standard Notes imports carry the modified date the app itself showed, not its sync timestamp. - Fixed: An encrypted Standard Notes backup now tells you to re-export decrypted, up front, before anything is imported. ## v0.296 - A changelog you can search, and one navigation across the site Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.296 Released 2026-08-04. - New: The changelog page has live search, New/Improved/Fixed filters, a month index, and a shareable link per release. - New: An RSS feed for the changelog, at PrivacyNotes.app/changelog/feed.xml. - Improved: Every page of the site shares one header, so Help, Changelog, Roadmap and Brand are reachable from anywhere. - Improved: The roadmap shows its own progress, with fifteen new milestones and a marker for where things stand today. - Fixed: The section rail no longer sits on top of the text on narrow screens. ## v0.295 - Stronger safeguards around your files Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.295 Released 2026-08-04. - Improved: Attachments now have a safety net. An image or file leaves the server only after a clean sync and a 72 hour wait, and if any device still refers to it, it stays put. - Improved: An upload that cannot finish because storage is full now retries on its own once you free space or upgrade. The file stays safe on your device in the meantime, and sync status shows how many are still waiting. - Improved: Signing out now waits for settings and attachments to finish saving properly before it clears your keys. - Fixed: Resolving a sync conflict now sticks. Your choice appears in the open note straight away and stays there. - Fixed: Selecting the text of an unchecked task no longer draws a line through it. ## v0.294 - File a whole selection at once, and sync gets a sturdier clock Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.294 Released 2026-08-04. - New: Multi-select can now file notes into a folder in one step. A Folder button in the selection toolbar opens the picker for the whole selection. - New: Every search field has a clear button, so emptying a search on a phone no longer means holding backspace. - Improved: Sync now takes all of its timing from the server instead of each device's clock. Notes edited offline, and devices whose clocks run fast or slow, deliver their changes and deletions to your other devices just as reliably as everything else. - Improved: Signing out mid-sync is safer in every direction: unsaved changes are kept, nothing is uploaded half-finished, and a note with a pending conflict waits for your decision instead of being resolved on the way out. - Improved: The phone footer button now matches what is on screen: Zen while a note is open, Appearance while you are browsing your lists. - Fixed: The folder picker no longer offers "Unfiled" to a note that is already unfiled, and the bulk tag menu stays fully on screen on phones. ## v0.293 - Your notes stay in step across devices, and now you can check Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.293 Released 2026-08-04. - New: Verify sync, in Settings > ID & Sync. It compares this device against the server and tells you plainly what is missing here, what is older than the server’s copy, what was deleted elsewhere, and what has never been uploaded, with a one click re-download when something is off. It reads only identifiers and timestamps, never your note contents. - Improved: The "Synced" indicator is now a button. Clicking it runs that check, so the green tick is something you can confirm rather than take on faith. - Improved: The Zen, Appearance and Sign out buttons only show hover labels when the window is too narrow to show their names. - Fixed: A device that had quietly fallen behind the server now catches up on its own: every device does one full refresh on its next sync, and Verify sync can confirm the result. ## v0.292 - Desktop sign-in restored, and faster large imports Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.292 Released 2026-08-04. - Improved: Importing a large collection is far faster. A 500 note import that used to trickle in over several minutes now arrives in seconds. - Improved: Rows in the Files list use the full width, so previews and dates no longer cut off much earlier than they do in Notes. - Improved: Emptying the trash is now confirmed with the server before the app reports it done. - Fixed: Signing in with your recovery phrase works again in the macOS and Linux apps, where the sign-in security check could stall without an error. - Fixed: A brief connection problem could sign you out unexpectedly on some devices. Sessions now ride out network hiccups. - Fixed: File notes no longer show their size twice, and PIN-protected files use the same shield marker as every other view. ## v0.291 - Drag the panes to fit, and a roomier phone screen Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.291 Released 2026-08-03. - New: Every pane now sizes to your screen. Drag the edge of the sidebar or the notes list to widen it, with a live width readout as you go, so long folder names finally have somewhere to go. In grid view the open editor gets the same divider: drag it to trade space with the grid, or click it to give the editor the whole window. Widths are remembered per device, so a laptop and a large monitor each keep their own shape, and "Reset Pane Widths" in the right-click menu puts all three back. - New: A Device spell check switch in Settings > Appearance. If you write in a language your computer is not set to, the red underlines under every word can now be turned off, which matters most in the Windows app, where the dictionary follows the Windows display language and nothing else. It stays on the device you set it on, so turning it off on a Windows laptop leaves your phone and browser as they were. - New: Tasks now has the same sort control as your notes and files. Sort by date created, date modified, title or size, in either direction, and the aggregate list, the note rows, the hybrid strip and the grid all follow. - Improved: The phone gives you a row of screen back. The app name bar above every list is gone, folded into the list's own title row, which is now also how you switch between Notes, Tasks, Journals and Files: tap the title and pick. That is about a full note card of extra list on every phone screen. - Improved: Pinned task lists sit on top in Tasks, in every view, and the aggregate now shows a pin marker so the order makes sense at a glance. - Improved: Zen mode is properly bare. The word count and the markdown link no longer sit under your text, and the button that opens the formatting toolbar is now the same size and shape as Exit Zen beside it, so it reads as a button instead of a label. - Improved: The quick Appearance popover in the footer no longer scrolls. It carries Mode, Themes and Text size, and the rest is one click away in Settings > Appearance. - Fixed: Grid view remembers where you were. Scroll down, open a note, press back, and you land exactly where you left off instead of somewhere in the middle. - Fixed: The microphone button in the editor now works on Android. Voice notes record, encrypt and attach the way they always have everywhere else. - Fixed: Long-pressing belongs to the platform again on phones. Text in Settings can be selected and copied, and a long press on a note row starts multi-select without a menu appearing on top of it. - Fixed: The strips behind the Android status and navigation bars now take the color of your theme, instead of leaving black bands above and below Cream, Slate or Navy. - Fixed: On Android, Back walks back the way you came. From Trash, a pillar, a tag or a folder it returns you to All Items first, and only the press after that leaves the app. - Fixed: Selecting several tasks at once only ever touches rows you can actually see. A shift-range or Select all no longer reaches past a search, a folder or a hidden PIN-protected note. ## v0.286 - Sign out safely, and a window that remembers Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.286 Released 2026-08-03. - New: The desktop app now remembers your window size and position between launches, and a first launch opens roomier, with the full sidebar showing. - Improved: Signing out now waits for your notes. Anything not yet uploaded is sent first, anything still unsent is kept on the device instead of cleared, and the confirmation tells you how many are outstanding before you go. - Improved: The same care applies when the app signs you out for you, after a session expires or a device is removed: you get the confirmation, the chance to save your recovery phrase, and your notes. Signing in on a new device also no longer quietly removes the devices you already use. - Improved: The sign-up bot check now runs on every platform, including the desktop and mobile apps and QR sign-ins, recovers from network trouble on its own, offers a way back if a check stalls, and getting in is a round trip faster. - Improved: Every export now verifies the file it saved and reports a failed save immediately, and opening a backup in the wrong account explains that in plain words instead of a technical error. - Improved: The note screen on phones is roomier and simpler. The app name steps aside while you write and comes back with your list when you tap Back, the bottom bar is slimmer, and the sync status sits properly in the middle of it. - Fixed: Journal entries keep the title you give them, even before you write anything in the body, and a blank entry you leave behind goes to Trash where you can restore it. - Fixed: Adding a callout in the Android app is smooth again, whether you use the toolbar or type the shortcut. - Fixed: Every app icon in the Import list shows correctly in the web app. - Fixed: Choosing Automatic in the website language menu now lands on the site in your language every time. ## v0.282 - Evernote import, attachments and all Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.282 Released 2026-07-31. - New: Import from Evernote. Export a notebook as .enex and everything comes across: formatting, tables, checklists, code and formula blocks, tags, text colors, and every attached image, PDF and voice note. Each file becomes its own folder, so zipping several together rebuilds a whole account in one pass, and links between notes are rebuilt as note-links. - New: An Evernote import guide in the help center, in every language. It covers the part Evernote documents nowhere: why a large notebook export dies partway through, and why simply running it again gets further each time. - New: A brand kit at PrivacyNotes.app/brand. The logo, icon and wordmark in SVG and PNG for light and dark backgrounds, plus the palette, clearspace rules and a press fact sheet, for anyone writing about or listing the app. - Improved: Help center search is far better. The topic list stays put and tells you how many matches each topic holds instead of vanishing on a bad query, there is a clear button and a real "nothing found" message, and every answer page has a live typeahead that finds any question as you type. Search and navigation now also load for every visitor, whatever language their browser is set to. - Improved: The live demo contacts no server at all. Settings, imports, exports, file attachments and the danger zone all run entirely in your browser, and burn links, which genuinely need a server, say so plainly instead of appearing to work. - Improved: Opening the app address while signed out takes you straight to the sign-in card, in your chosen theme, instead of a second copy of the homepage. - Fixed: Text size options no longer wrap onto two lines in German, Spanish, Catalan and Italian. Each option now sizes to its own label. ## v0.275 - Tidier headers and footers across the site Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.275 Released 2026-07-31. - New: The footer now has a Download section: the open core on GitHub, and every platform's build one click away. - Improved: The help center, roadmap and changelog pages share one control rail at the top: Home, the language menu, the theme toggle, and a single button into the app. - Improved: Log in follows you down the website in the sticky header, and Help and Changelog joined the top navigation. - Improved: No more loading animation flashing when you switch language or browse the site while signed in. - Fixed: The logo on the help center, roadmap and changelog pages takes you to the homepage in your language, not into your account. ## v0.271 - You decide where your recovery phrase lives Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.271 Released 2026-07-30. - New: You can now change who keeps your recovery phrase, at any time. A new Key custody section in Security > Your Phrase offers the same two choices you made at signup, with your current one marked: let us hold an encrypted copy so a new device signs in with your account and nothing to type, or keep the only copy yourself. - New: Moving to self-custody deletes our copy for good. Confirming asks you to retype three of the twelve words by position first, because after that they are the only way in. - Improved: Only your own device can store a recovery phrase on your account. The request now carries a cryptographic signature from the keys on your device, so being signed in is not by itself enough. ## v0.270 - Now in Czech, and your fingerprint opens the app Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.270 Released 2026-07-30. - New: PrivacyNotes now speaks Czech. The app, the website and all 59 help center answers are translated, which makes fourteen languages, and Slovak readers should find it perfectly readable too. - New: Unlock the Mac app with Touch ID. Biometric Lock in Security now uses the operating system's own fingerprint prompt instead of asking the browser for one, which never worked inside a desktop app. Face ID on iPhone and Windows Hello are rolling out on the same foundation. - Improved: Menus and labels fit properly in every language. The New menu no longer wraps its longest entries, the Vault filter row stays on one line, and the language picker shows its full setting instead of trimming it, in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Italian, Polish and French alike. ## v0.267 - Follows your system, and fits how you write Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.267 Released 2026-07-29. - New: The app now follows your system theme. Set Auto in Appearance and it turns dark at sunset and light at sunrise with the rest of your device, live, no reload. Light and Dark are still there to pin, and the choice is per device, so your phone and your laptop can disagree. - New: Journal entry titles are yours to shape. A new Journals pane in Settings offers five date formats plus an optional suffix of your own, with today's date previewed in every option as you pick. New entries only, so anything you have already renamed stays as you wrote it. - New: Four text sizes for the editor, in Appearance. Paragraphs, headings, lists, code and tables scale together, and the setting stays on the device you set it on, so a phone at arm's length and a large monitor can each get the size that suits them. - Improved: Journal and task titles are written in your own language. A German or Japanese account no longer gets an English date on a new entry. - Fixed: Renaming a journal entry no longer disconnects it from the Week in Review card or its weekly reflection. Entries remember their own date now, so the title is free text you can change at will. - Fixed: Attaching files works again. Uploads and downloads on the web app had been failing since v0.264, and both are back to normal. ## v0.266 - A homepage that fits your phone, and a clearer storage picker Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.266 Released 2026-07-29. - New: A "See it live" section on the homepage: a real screenshot of the app with a play button straight into the live demo, and quick links to every import guide. - Improved: The website now works properly on phones and tablets. One compact header row with a menu button, a full-screen navigation overlay, and a slim header that follows you down the page so Downloads, Pricing, Roadmap and Help stay one tap away. - Improved: The storage add-on picker has been rebuilt: side-by-side plan cards where there is room, and stacked rows with a bar showing exactly how much storage you end up with where there is not. Prices, savings and the confirmation step are unchanged, and the description now matches the current tiered pricing. - Improved: Cream and Slate now theme every control surface, including the Light and Dark, View and Editor switches and the helper text throughout Settings. - Improved: The editor's insert menu reads clearer: plain names (Table, Divider), a table icon that actually looks like a table, and Table in the first slot. - Improved: The downloads link in the help center now takes you to the downloads section instead of opening the app when you are signed in. ## v0.264 - Much smaller apps Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.264 Released 2026-07-29. - Improved: Faster downloads and updates on desktop and mobile. The apps now carry only what they actually run, bringing them to about a fifth of their previous size: roughly 11 MB off each build, and around 22 MB off the universal macOS one. - Improved: The web app is lighter too, shipping only the font formats and icon weights it uses. - Improved: Help in the app now opens the full help center, with its topic sidebar, per-question pages, import guides and shareable links, instead of the smaller copy that used to live inside the About window. You will find it in Settings, under About. ## v0.263 - A new home for the app Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.263 Released 2026-07-28. - New: The app has moved to use.privacynotes.app. One click moves you: it syncs everything first and only hands you over once every note is safely on the server, then reminds you to update your bookmark. Nothing to re-enter, no device slot used, and your desktop and mobile apps carry on exactly as before. - New: The move puts the app on its own origin, which is a security boundary rather than just a new address. Browsers isolate storage and scripts per origin, so the public website now runs in a completely separate sandbox from your vault, and the app host serves nothing but the app: no marketing pages, no search engine indexing, a tighter content policy. - Improved: The app starts noticeably faster, fetching only the language you read in rather than all thirteen. About two thirds off the initial download. - Improved: The homepage paints straight away for first-time visitors, instead of showing a loading animation while the app loads behind it. - Improved: Switching accounts in the same browser is now airtight. A tab left open on a previous account can no longer act on data belonging to the new one, everything scoped to the old account is cleared on the way out, and app lock stays locked until you unlock it yourself. - Improved: Sign in problems are loud now. If something fails part way through, you get a clear message telling you that sign in did not finish and that your account and notes are safe, with a retry, instead of being dropped on the new account screen. - Improved: Payment update and billing reminder emails now open checkout directly instead of landing on the homepage. - Fixed: Signing in by QR code could bring back the welcome notes in an established account and overwrite edits you had made to them. Welcome notes are now only ever created for a genuinely new vault. ## v0.258 - Quick actions in the sidebar, and clearer downloads Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.258 Released 2026-07-28. - New: A Rate option in the sidebar footer with direct links to leave a review on AlternativeTo, Capterra, SaaSHub or PrivacyTools. - Improved: The sidebar footer now holds five quick actions (Help, Downloads, Import, Feedback and Rate) as a compact icon row that expands to full labels as you hover, and the collapsed rail links straight to the help center. - Improved: Each download tile on the homepage now shows the exact version available for that platform, so you know what you are getting before you click. - Improved: The roadmap is up to date: Windows, Linux and Android are marked as shipped, Google Play is listed as next, and the security audit entry now says plainly that we commission it the day we can fund it properly. - Fixed: Links to downloads, the changelog and the import guides now work from the demo instead of looping back into the sandbox. ## v0.256 - Clipboard honesty and a tidier New menu Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.256 Released 2026-07-24. - Improved: The New menu on the All and Pinned views now lists item types in the same order as the sidebar, and its dropdown sizes to fit each language. - Fixed: Removed the 30-second clipboard auto-clear. Browsers cannot clear the clipboard once you switch away, and a delayed wipe risked deleting something else you had copied, so we would rather not promise protection we cannot deliver. ## v0.255 - A bigger help center, searchable and in every language Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.255 Released 2026-07-24. - New: Two interactive help pages: a Markdown guide that renders formatting as you read it, and a keyboard-shortcuts page with a visual key grid. - Improved: The help center grew from 39 to 59 answers, covering trash and auto-delete, device limits, storage and backups, importing, closing your account, and your privacy rights, in all thirteen languages. - Improved: Every help page now has its own search box, so you can jump straight to an answer. ## v0.254 - The New button starts anything, plus Android and Linux fixes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.254 Released 2026-07-23. - New: The New button on the All and Pinned views now opens a menu to start any item type (note, task, journal, login, or file) without switching sections first. - Fixed: The Linux AppImage no longer crashes on launch on current Wayland-based distributions. - Fixed: The Android app no longer drains battery in the background while the screen is off. - Fixed: On short or empty notes, the word count and Show markdown link now sit at the bottom of the editor instead of floating in the middle. ## v0.253 - Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese and Catalan Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.253 Released 2026-07-21. - New: Four new languages: Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese and Catalan, bringing the app to thirteen. - Improved: Search and word count now understand Japanese and Chinese, which are written without spaces between words. - Improved: The language picker now lists every language alphabetically by its own name. - Fixed: Opening a new note and closing it without typing anything no longer leaves an empty note behind. - Fixed: The count of selected notes no longer includes notes you deleted or that otherwise left the list. - Fixed: The Tags and Folders switch now sizes to fit its labels, so longer translated words are no longer cut off. ## v0.252 - Code that colors itself, math, and a big engine refresh Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.252 Released 2026-07-16. - New: Code blocks now highlight your code: tag one with a language (like ```js) and it colors itself, in about 40 languages. - New: Write math anywhere: $ ... $ renders inline formulas as you type, $$ ... $$ centers an equation on its own line. - New: Highlight text with the new highlighter button, or type ==double equals== around it. Superscript and subscript joined too. - New: The toolbar got a labeled + menu for things you insert now and then (tables, code blocks, dividers, math), leaving the everyday buttons less crowded. - Improved: Task checkboxes are bigger and rounder, and the check mark draws itself in when you tick one. - Improved: Notes breathe better: headings, paragraphs and lists follow one consistent spacing rhythm, headings stay close to their content, numbered lists line up past 9., and code blocks scroll sideways instead of wrapping. - Improved: The list header now says All, matching the sidebar. - Improved: Under the hood, nearly every tool the app is built on moved to its newest generation this release, including security patches. We tested every corner, but a change this size can leave small rough edges: if anything looks or behaves off, please tell us via Feedback then Report a bug in the sidebar (it pre-fills your version for you). - Fixed: Notes mixing plain bullets and task lists no longer grow a phantom empty checkbox. - Fixed: Signing in with Google or Apple no longer fails on the first try with an account-link error, and the sign-in no longer flashes the homepage while it finishes. - Fixed: The outline button no longer covers the stop button while recording audio. ## v0.251 - Imported notes now reach all your devices Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.251 Released 2026-07-15. - Fixed: Notes you import from another app now appear on all your devices, not just the one you imported them on. - Fixed: Imported notes that never arrived on one of your devices reappear there on their own once that device updates. ## v0.250 - Deeper folders, a slimmer sidebar, and translated labels that fit Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.250 Released 2026-07-15. - New: Folders now nest up to six levels deep, up from three. - New: The folder you are filtering by shows as a chip above the list, so a filtered list explains itself and one click clears it. - Improved: The sidebar folder tree is more compact, so more folders fit without scrolling. - Improved: Importing from Obsidian or Notesnook now keeps up to six levels of your folder structure. - Improved: Long folder and note names show in full on hover when they are cut off. - Improved: The desktop footer and the sidebar's Feedback and Import row are slimmer, returning about a note row of space to your list. - Improved: Tooltips are now one consistent style app-wide, appearing faster and reading clearly on both themes. - Fixed: Labels no longer truncate in translated languages: the Tags and Folders switch, the Feedback and Import buttons, and the Import & Export and ID & Sync settings rows. - Fixed: The SSH key form showed English labels in translated languages, and is now translated. - Fixed: Help center steps referenced settings rows by names that did not match what the app showed. - Fixed: Footer tooltips no longer get cut off at the edge of the window. - Fixed: In grid view, the small type icons no longer overlap the first letters of note titles on Macs, iPhones and iPads. - Fixed: The Android app now also checks for updates when you come back to it, so update prompts appear even if the app is never fully closed. ## v0.248 - Dutch, Polish and European Portuguese Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.248 Released 2026-07-15. - New: Three new languages: Dutch, Polish and European Portuguese, taking the app to nine. - New: Portuguese is now two separate choices, European and Brazilian, each with its own page and wording. - Improved: Around 330 wording fixes across all eight translated languages: number words, plural grammar, literal translations that read oddly, and inconsistent terminology. - Fixed: Portuguese speakers outside Brazil and Portugal were served English, and now land on European Portuguese. - Fixed: Polish counts now use the right word ending, so "5 notatek" instead of "5 notatki". - Fixed: Settings subtitles, the desktop About window, storage and Pro descriptions, and store purchase errors were still English in every translated language. - Fixed: The FAQ's threat-model answer quoted English button names that do not exist in your language, and now quotes the buttons you actually see. - Fixed: The language menu listed "Português" twice with nothing to tell the rows apart. ## v0.247 - Chrome that adapts to your window Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.247 Released 2026-07-15. - Improved: The sidebar now follows your window width: full width on large screens, a compact icon rail when space gets tight, so your notes list and editor keep their room. - Improved: On short windows the footer stays a slim row with Settings, sync, stats and Zen, instead of taking a tall bite out of the app. - Improved: The compact footer now shows your note and word counts on tablets. - Fixed: The collapsed icon rail no longer paints over the footer on short windows. - Fixed: Tablets and narrow desktop windows no longer get iPhone-style notch padding at the bottom. ## v0.246 - Bring your notes over from Notesnook Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.246 Released 2026-07-14. - New: Import from Notesnook: export your notes as HTML, drop the zip in, and your notebooks arrive as real folders, with tags, original dates, attachments, checklists, and the links between your notes intact. - New: Pinned and favorited Notesnook notes arrive already pinned. - New: The import preview tells you what your export left behind, so if you picked one of Notesnook's Markdown formats instead of HTML you find out before you commit, not after. - New: A step-by-step Notesnook guide in the Help center, with a screenshot of exactly which export option to pick, in every supported language. ## v0.245 - Write in plain markdown when you want to Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.245 Released 2026-07-14. - New: Markdown mode: write and edit any note as plain markdown source instead of the formatted editor. Pick your default in Settings > Appearance and it follows you to every device. - New: A "Show markdown" link under any note flips just that note to source view for the session, handy when one note's formatting misbehaves. ## v0.244 - Obsidian imports keep your folders, and callouts you can remove Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.244 Released 2026-07-14. - Improved: Importing an Obsidian vault now recreates your folder structure as real folders and files each note into place, instead of flattening every folder into tags. - Improved: Re-importing the same Obsidian vault reuses the folders you already have instead of duplicating them, and any folders deeper than three levels keep their extra path as tags so nothing is lost. - Fixed: Callouts can now be removed: a Remove option appears in the callout menu, and pressing Backspace at the start of a callout turns it back into plain text without losing what you wrote. - Fixed: Callout boxes now wrap around the outline panel instead of sliding underneath it, so their collapse button always stays visible and reachable. - Fixed: Jumping to a heading or callout from the outline now lands it neatly below the toolbar instead of hidden behind it. - Fixed: The cursor above a callout, image, or table at the very top of a note is now clearly visible: it used to hide behind the toolbar and blend into dark themes. - Fixed: On the desktop app, import guide links now open in your browser instead of doing nothing. - Fixed: The Obsidian import preview now shows the correct number of tags it will add when you choose to tag notes by folder. ## v0.243 - A searchable Help center and easier importing Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.243 Released 2026-07-13. - New: A searchable Help center where every question has its own answer page you can link to directly. - New: Step-by-step import guides for eight apps, from Apple Notes and Google Keep to Obsidian and Standard Notes, in every supported language. - New: A clear answer on whether your 12-word recovery phrase can be guessed, and why PrivacyNotes uses it instead of 2FA. - Improved: The import screen now shows each app's icon with a direct link to its guide, and lists every source alphabetically. - Improved: In-app help is now searchable, renamed Help & FAQ, and answers far more questions than before. ## v0.241 - Smoother mobile navigation Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.241 Released 2026-07-12. - New: Swipe right anywhere on the note list to open the sidebar, no more stretching for the menu button in the corner. - Improved: The sidebar drawer now slides in smoothly and closes with a swipe left, a tap on the background, or the back button. - Fixed: The Android back button now steps back inside the app, closing menus, the sidebar, or the open note, and only minimizes the app when there is nothing left to close, instead of quitting from any screen. ## v0.240 - Jump straight to your files Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.240 Released 2026-07-12. - New: Clicking a file in the Files view now opens its note scrolled to that exact attachment, briefly highlighted so you spot it instantly, instead of at the top of the note. - Improved: Find in note (Cmd/Ctrl+F) now also matches the filenames of attached files, and searching a filename from any list opens the note right at that file. - Improved: Grid and list views got a polish: status icons now sit neatly beside the date, dates line up across rows, and grids add columns on wide screens instead of stretching tiles. - Improved: SSH keys now have their own terminal-style look, with clearer icons for logins and keys throughout. - Improved: On short windows the app now hides less-essential elements gracefully instead of letting them overlap. - Fixed: Toolbar dropdowns and right-click menus now always stay fully on screen instead of clipping at the edges, especially on phones. ## v0.239 - PrivacyNotes comes to Android Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.239 Released 2026-07-10. - New: PrivacyNotes is now on Android: grab the APK from the Downloads section on the homepage. Google Play is coming soon. - New: The Android app is Google-free: no Google account and no Google billing needed, with Pro unlocked through the regular web checkout. - New: The app alerts you when a new Android version is ready and takes you straight to the download; two taps and you are up to date. - Improved: Creating an account is dramatically faster: new vaults open instantly with their starter notes instead of waiting on the first sync. - Improved: Signing in is quicker too: the slowest steps now warm up in the background while you read your recovery phrase. - Fixed: New accounts could show sync errors right after signup; signup now recovers cleanly on its own. ## v0.238 - Folders: organize your notes into projects Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.238 Released 2026-07-09. - New: Folders: organize notes, tasks, journals, and vault items into a nested folder tree, up to three levels deep. - New: The sidebar now switches between Tags and Folders, and a folder combines with any view, so you can browse just the tasks or files inside one project. - New: File anything via the folder chip in the editor, the note menus, or by creating it while a folder is open, all through one searchable folder picker. - New: Folders sync end-to-end encrypted across your devices, and deleting a folder never deletes notes: its contents move up a level. - New: Sort folders by name or note count, and everything you file stays reachable from All Items, tags, and search. - New: Browsing folders is open to every account; creating and managing folders is part of Pro. - Improved: The tag bar in the editor scrolls sideways instead of wrapping, so long tag lists never squeeze the note. - Improved: Tasks now show the tag bar like every other note type. - Improved: Right-clicking a tag now opens its actions menu, and the app menu gained New File for quick uploads. - Improved: Encrypted backups now carry your folder structure, and Import moved to a permanent button beside Feedback. - Fixed: Older app versions can no longer erase settings created by newer versions when they sync. ## v0.237 - Bigger uploads, any file type, and polished Linux apps Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.237 Released 2026-07-07. - New: Your file vault now accepts any file type, with per-file size the only limit. - New: Storage subscribers can now attach files up to 100 MB each, up from 50 MB on Pro and 5 MB on free. - New: Linux now installs as a native one-click .deb package, alongside the existing portable AppImage. - New: The Linux app now runs on ARM devices like Raspberry Pi and ARM laptops, not just Intel and AMD. - New: You can now upload a photo of your sign-in QR code when reusing a recovery phrase, no camera needed. - Improved: File sizes and storage now use the same decimal units as your operating system, so the app's numbers match what Finder or your file manager reports. - Improved: Grid view keeps two columns when the editor is docked beside your notes instead of collapsing into one. - Improved: Settings screens now share one consistent design, with a short description under each category. - Improved: File tiles now look and read the same across the All Items and Files views. - Fixed: Website icons (favicons) now appear on your links and vault logins in the desktop and mobile apps. - Fixed: On Android, the on-screen keyboard no longer pushes the app header off the top of the screen. - Fixed: The Linux app no longer launches to a blank window on some graphics setups. - Fixed: You can now add text above a callout that sits at the very top of a note. - Fixed: The upload progress window now has a close button, and its upgrade link no longer hides the upgrade screen. ## v0.232 - Callouts: colorful, foldable boxes for your notes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.232 Released 2026-07-05. - New: Callouts: colored, foldable boxes that structure your notes, with styles like info, tip, success, warning, and danger, each with its own title and body. - New: Three callout styles are free, and the full set of twelve is included with Pro. - New: Callouts use Obsidian's syntax, so notes carry over cleanly between the two apps, and they appear in your note outline and in HTML and PDF exports. - New: A Share and Burn After Reading button now sits in the note toolbar for quick one-time share links. - New: Pro members can view and add extra storage straight from the Files panel. ## v0.230 - Zen mode controls and interface polish Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.230 Released 2026-07-04. - Improved: Zen mode now lets you show or hide the formatting toolbar without leaving it, with a cleaner header. - Improved: When the note outline is open, your text wraps neatly beside it and reclaims the full width below. - Improved: The desktop footer is tidier, grouping Zen and the light and dark toggle into one control. - Improved: Signing out now shows an immediate confirmation instead of a brief pause. - Improved: Demo visitors can try Zen mode before signing up. - Fixed: Tooltips no longer get clipped at the screen edges, and the note title no longer shrinks unexpectedly on small windows. ## v0.229 - Native app polish, with mobile in the works Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.229 Released 2026-07-04. - New: We've started work on Android and iOS apps to join the Mac, Windows, and Linux apps. - New: The Mac app has a redesigned About window with quick links to the site and what's new. - Improved: The Mac app icon now renders crisply in light, dark, and tinted modes. - Fixed: The audio recorder and QR photo sign-in now work in the Mac app. - Fixed: Signing in is smoother: a failed login no longer hangs on the loading screen, and the loading animation no longer plays twice. - Fixed: Reopening the app no longer sometimes asks for your recovery phrase again. - Fixed: First-time visitors no longer see a "Welcome back" greeting on the sign-in screen. ## v0.227 - A cleaner zen mode and mobile polish Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.227 Released 2026-07-03. - Improved: Zen mode is now a clean writing surface: your title and text stay put while the toolbar, tags, trackers, and footer step aside, and an open note fills and centers the screen. - Improved: New accounts now open with the note list beside the editor, so your first note is right there instead of hidden behind a full-width grid. - Improved: On phones, the grid view now fits two notes per row instead of collapsing into a single column. - Improved: The note outline tucks into the top-right corner when collapsed, letting your writing use the full width of the page. - Improved: Dates now drop the year for anything from this year, so recent notes read cleaner while older ones keep the year for context. - Improved: The mobile footer is tidier, with the light and dark theme toggle moved into Settings. - Fixed: Zen mode no longer blanks the screen when no note is open, and the Exit Zen button is always within reach. - Fixed: The menu button no longer vanishes when you shrink a desktop window. - Fixed: On Android, the footer and header no longer overlap the gesture bar or status bar. ## v0.226 - A grid view for your notes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.226 Released 2026-07-02. - New: A new grid view lays your notes out as full-width tiles instead of a narrow list, and it works across every section: notes, tasks, journals, vault, files, and trash. - New: A new Auto layout picks grid on wide screens and list on narrow ones for you, or you can pin List or Grid yourself from the sidebar or Settings > Appearance. - New: Image files now show a thumbnail preview in grid view instead of a generic file icon, decrypted on your device as you scroll. - Improved: Opening a note in grid view docks the editor beside your tiles so you can keep browsing while you write, and Escape or the close button returns you to the grid. - Improved: Note rows in list view were redesigned so the full date fits on one line and the layout uses the reclaimed width. ## v0.224 - Desktop app fixes and a live character count Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.224 Released 2026-07-01. - New: The editor now shows a live character count beside the word count, handy when you're writing to a length limit. - Fixed: Saving and downloads now work throughout the Mac, Windows, and Linux apps: note exports, attachment and image downloads, and recovery-phrase backups now open a Save dialog instead of doing nothing. - Fixed: Cross-device QR sign-in and Burn After Reading share links now generate correctly in the Mac, Windows, and Linux apps. - Fixed: On phones and tablets, ticking a checkbox no longer pops the on-screen keyboard open. ## v0.218 - PrivacyNotes now speaks six languages Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.218 Released 2026-07-01. - New: PrivacyNotes is now available in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese, in addition to English. - New: Choose your language from a new Language section in settings, or let the app follow your system setting; the homepage has a switcher too. - Improved: Checkout now opens faster by skipping an extra redirect. - Improved: The homepage download tiles got a cleaner, more colorful redesign. ## v0.214 - Windows and Linux apps arrive (beta) Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.214 Released 2026-06-29. - New: Windows and Linux desktop apps are now available to download from the homepage, joining the Mac app. - New: These new Windows and Linux apps are in beta, so the web app stays the most stable and polished way to use PrivacyNotes for now. - New: A public roadmap at /roadmap (and a Roadmap tab in the app) showing what's shipped and what's coming. - Fixed: Upgrading to Pro and buying storage now work in the Mac app. ## v0.212 - Top security grade and a smoother large vault Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.212 Released 2026-06-28. - Improved: Strengthened how the app is delivered to your browser to the strictest standards, now earning a top A+ grade with all 10 of Mozilla's independent HTTP Observatory tests passed. - Improved: The note list stays fast no matter how large your vault grows. - Improved: The editor now flags a very large table and suggests splitting the note, since big tables can make editing slow. - Fixed: Word counts are accurate again in notes that contain tables. - Fixed: You can now place the cursor and type above a table, image, or file that sits at the very top of a note. ## v0.211 - A document outline for your notes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.211 Released 2026-06-25. - New: A new outline panel lists every heading in your note so you can jump to any section with a click and see which one you're in as you scroll; open it from the top-right of a note or with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+O. ## v0.210 - Find text inside a note Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.210 Released 2026-06-25. - New: Search within a note: press Cmd/Ctrl+F (or use the note's options menu) to highlight every match as you type and step through them with Enter. - Improved: Long-note warnings are calmer and clearer, easing you in with a gentle heads-up as a note grows instead of one alarming message. - Fixed: A single very large note no longer triggers a false "Storage full" warning when your storage is nearly empty. ## v0.209 - Accurate storage usage Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.209 Released 2026-06-22. - Fixed: Your storage meter now reflects what you're actually using, and frees up correctly when you delete files and empty the trash. ## v0.208 - Sturdier storage and faster Mac updates Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.208 Released 2026-06-18. - Improved: Your notes are now protected from being automatically cleared when your device runs low on storage. - Improved: Full backups now keep your original file names, so attachments come back out exactly as you saved them instead of as scrambled internal IDs. - Improved: The Mac app now checks for updates when you return to it, not just at launch, so fixes reach you sooner. ## v0.207 - Cleaner note titles and working links in the Mac app Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.207 Released 2026-06-15. - Fixed: Links in your notes now open in your default browser from the Mac app. - Improved: Long note titles stay on one line with a clean fade instead of getting cramped or clipped in narrow windows. - Improved: The title bar buttons step aside on narrow windows so your note title always has room. ## v0.206 - The Mac app is here Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.206 Released 2026-06-15. - New: PrivacyNotes now has a native macOS app: one universal download that runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. - New: Download it straight from the homepage's new Downloads section. Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS are on the way. - Improved: Your color theme now carries through every menu, dialog, and settings screen instead of some staying plain white. - Improved: The Mac app spots new versions and updates itself with a single click to restart. - Fixed: Signing in with Google or Apple in the Mac app no longer gets stuck on "Redirecting." - Fixed: Note titles no longer look cramped after you resize the window. ## v0.204 - A much faster app and an expanded FAQ Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.204 Released 2026-06-11. - Improved: The app now opens nearly instantly for returning users, showing your notes right away instead of waiting on the server. - Improved: Startup and first sync are lighter on the network, and the app downloads far less on repeat visits. - Improved: The FAQ grew by over a dozen entries covering account recovery, security, your data, and pricing, now grouped by topic with a quick way to send feedback if your question is not answered. - Improved: The homepage now has clear log in options for returning users. - Fixed: Signing in with a mistyped recovery phrase now shows a clear "New vault created" notice instead of starter content that could be mistaken for your notes. - Fixed: Layout issues on narrow phone screens on the homepage. ## v0.198 - A bold new homepage, public FAQ, and easier phrase backups Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.198 Released 2026-06-11. - New: A public FAQ at /faq, also available in the app under About > FAQ. - New: A public changelog at /changelog; update notifications now link straight to it. - New: Save your recovery phrase as a .txt file or QR code when creating your account, replacing the unreliable browser password-save prompt. - New: The FAQ and changelog pages match your system light or dark mode and include a manual toggle that the app remembers too. - Improved: The homepage has a completely new, bolder design, and signing up now happens in its own distraction-free view that instantly matches your light or dark mode preference. - Improved: Every icon in the app was replaced with a crisper, more consistent set. - Improved: Burn After Reading sharing gained abuse protection to keep the service fast and reliable for everyone. - Fixed: The "Update available" notice no longer appears when you are signed out. - Fixed: Editor toolbar buttons show their hover labels again. ## v0.194 - Sign in with Apple, a reworked toolbar, and mobile polish Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.194 Released 2026-06-10. - New: Sign in with Apple, now offered alongside Google when you create your account. - Improved: The editor toolbar is reworked into a responsive bar: buttons are ordered by how often you use them, anything that does not fit tucks into an expandable second row, and there is a quick "[]" shortcut for task lists. - Improved: The storage add-on screen is redesigned into compact rows that read clearly at any screen width. - Improved: The "Cancel" button in Import & Export is now consistent across every tab. - Fixed: Content no longer collides with the notch or Dynamic Island on phones, across the header, side menu, and landing page. - Fixed: The heading menu in the editor toolbar no longer stretches too wide. ## v0.191 - Editor toolbar refresh and a pile of fixes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.191 Released 2026-06-09. - Improved: The editor toolbar is redesigned: one compact heading dropdown, buttons ordered by how you actually write, horizontal scrolling instead of wrapping to a second row, and clearer text-color and strikethrough icons. - Improved: On wide screens, notes now sit in a centered reading column instead of stretching uncomfortably edge to edge. - Improved: The recovery-phrase screen is easier to read on phones, showing your words first with the QR code one tap away. - Improved: Security settings labels are shorter and clearer. - Fixed: Bold, italic, and code text now take the text color you choose. - Fixed: Transparent images no longer turn black when uploaded. - Fixed: Images keep their correct aspect ratio instead of stretching. - Fixed: Table fixes: borders are now visible on every theme, Tab moves between cells that contain images, and adding a second image to a cell no longer breaks the table apart. - Fixed: Selecting several lines and pressing the code-block button now makes a single block instead of one per line. - Fixed: Obsidian and markdown imports keep each note's original creation date. - Fixed: The word count in Statistics now matches the count shown in the editor. - Fixed: Number trackers now respect decimals and step increments instead of dropping or snapping your values. - Fixed: Medication entries no longer get wiped when syncing across devices. - Fixed: Vault entry titles no longer revert when you save. - Fixed: The print dialog no longer reopens after you cancel it. - Fixed: Image editing controls are now hidden in locked and read-only notes. - Fixed: Tracker action buttons no longer get clipped by the scrollbar on mobile. ## v0.188 - Try it before you sign up Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.188 Released 2026-06-08. - New: Try PrivacyNotes instantly at try.privacynotes.app, a full sandbox with no signup that saves nothing, makes no server calls, and clears the moment you close the tab. - New: A "Try the demo" button on the homepage so you can test-drive everything before creating an account. - Improved: The recovery-phrase screen is tidier: the QR code now lines up cleanly with your word grid, and "Save QR" sits next to "Copy phrase." ## v0.186 - Activity stats you can tune, plus mobile and export fixes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.186 Released 2026-06-07. - New: Choose the time range for your activity chart, from 7 days up to 12 months, and it now opens on the range that best fits how long you've been using the app. - Improved: Shorter activity ranges now render as a daily bar chart, so a single week reads clearly instead of as a handful of tiny squares. - Improved: Upgrading your storage now shows the exact prorated amount you'll pay today and asks you to confirm before charging. - Improved: Settings is reorganized into clearer grouped categories that are easier to scan. - Fixed: Notes no longer go blank on mobile after the app wakes from the background. - Fixed: Your activity heatmap no longer hides the most recent weeks, so new accounts see their streak instead of an empty grid. - Fixed: Tall images no longer slide under the mobile browser toolbar. - Fixed: Resized images now export at the correct size in HTML, PDF, and print, and empty lines no longer show a literal " ". - Fixed: Imported audio and other files keep their name and play back correctly. - Fixed: The file count in the Files header now matches the category tab you're viewing. - Fixed: File names no longer get garbled in the Files list for notes that mix a task list with an attachment. - Fixed: The correct files now show after switching between the Images, Audio, and Files tabs. - Fixed: Strikethrough text no longer leaks raw tildes into note previews. ## v0.180 - Storage add-ons, redesigned settings, and smoother checkout Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.180 Released 2026-06-06. - New: Storage add-ons: buy 1, 2, or 5 GB of extra space, with larger packages costing less per GB. - New: Manage your storage add-on right in the app: cancel anytime or upgrade to a larger package. - Improved: Redesigned settings: one window with a category list beside the detail pane, so closing a section returns you to the list instead of dismissing everything. - Improved: Preview any color theme live before choosing it. - Fixed: "Upgrade to Pro" checkout no longer fails to open. - Fixed: Apple Pay and Google Pay are now available at checkout. ## v0.175 - Custodial sign-in, text color, and a sync/import overhaul Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.175 Released 2026-06-06. - New: Text color: highlight any text and pick from a 9-color palette in the editor toolbar. - New: Simpler Google sign-in: choose "Keep it simple" to let us securely store your key, or "Maximum security" to manage your own recovery phrase. - New: Completed tasks now sink to the bottom of the list so active tasks stay together at the top. - New: An account "Me" tab in the account modal. - Improved: Note size estimates now reflect real server storage cost, consistently across the app. - Improved: Custom tracker name input shows a character counter. - Improved: Security hardening: stricter signature verification and blocking re-registration of revoked devices. - Improved: Simplified audio recording toolbar button. - Fixed: A range of Google sign-in reliability issues: no more losing your account on sign-out/sign-in, stuck "Redirecting..." button, and missing welcome notes. - Fixed: Cross-device sync no longer skips notes due to clock differences, and failed image downloads now retry automatically. - Fixed: Images inside table cells now appear in PDF, print, and HTML export. - Fixed: Empty line spacing is preserved after reopening notes, and horizontal rules render correctly inside bullet lists. - Fixed: Note-links are no longer deleted from paragraphs that contain only a link. - Fixed: Restoring a note version (Pro) now updates the open editor immediately. - Fixed: Google Keep import places images at the top like Keep does, and image links no longer break. - Fixed: Backup restore no longer deletes images when an upload fails. - Fixed: Vault items export as formatted tables instead of raw JSON. - Fixed: QR scan camera works on production. - Fixed: Tracker config modal scrolls on mobile, long titles wrap on mobile, and journal UI overflow is fixed. - Fixed: "Import or store?" modal dismisses correctly and navigates after import. ## v0.169 - Import everything, save your phrase, and faster sync Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.169 Released 2026-05-22. - New: Save your recovery phrase to your browser's password manager (iCloud Keychain, Google Password Manager, 1Password, etc.) with one tap. - New: Vault items now show website favicons in both the sidebar and detail view. - New: "Copy URL, user and password" button in vault login detail for quick pasting. - New: Samsung Notes imports now include embedded images. - New: Google Keep imports now preserve bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and images. - New: Apple Notes imports now include images, audio, and other attachments. - New: Obsidian imports now render highlights, math blocks, comments, and footnotes. - New: Upload a .md or .zip file and choose whether to import it as notes or store it as a file. - New: Underline formatting support (Cmd/Ctrl+U) with toolbar button. - New: Audio recordings have a 15-minute limit with a visible countdown timer. - New: Notes now sync automatically across devices every 30 seconds (no more manual refresh). - New: Sync conflict modal redesigned: auto-selects the newer version with a clear confirm-or-override flow. - Improved: Editor performance dramatically better for large notes (deferred serialization, adaptive debounce, decoupled from React state). - Improved: First-time visitors and incognito tabs skip the loading screen entirely. - Improved: Revoked devices sign out the instant you switch back to the tab. - Improved: Footer stats now count only the current view, not all notes. - Improved: Tag sort option renamed from "Modified" to "Last Active" for clarity. - Improved: Vault detail view tooltips no longer clip off-screen. - Fixed: OAuth login no longer breaks after signing out and back in. - Fixed: Files no longer vanish from filtered views when the "Show notes with attachments" toggle is off. - Fixed: File notes no longer disappear when you add text to them. - Fixed: Empty spaces no longer accumulate between images and attachments. - Fixed: "Show notes with attachments" toggle no longer resets when navigating away. - Fixed: Task notes stay visible in Tasks view even after removing all checkboxes. - Fixed: Editor updates immediately when toggling a task checkbox from the sidebar. - Fixed: Images pasted from WhatsApp or Telegram no longer show broken placeholders. - Fixed: Deleting a pasted copy of an attachment no longer deletes the original. - Fixed: Theme toggle stays in sync after changing appearance in the popup. - Fixed: Audio and attachments no longer show "Bucket not found" on stale sessions. - Fixed: Auto-delete toggle no longer flickers on sync. - Fixed: "Storage full" banner clears when quota recovers. - Fixed: Headings apply to the current line only, not the entire note. - Fixed: Sticky toolbar no longer scrolls away on wide content. - Fixed: Ctrl+K link insertion works consistently; Escape closes the link sheet. - Fixed: Notes display correctly after re-login with existing phrase. - Fixed: Multi-select works on Tasks page (bulk favorite, tag, export, trash). - Fixed: Tag input on mobile splits correctly on comma and space. - Fixed: Bitwarden identity import fields match expected ordering. - Fixed: Multi-select toolbar tooltips no longer clip above the viewport. - Fixed: Search keyword now persists when switching to Tasks view. - Fixed: Lists render with correct indentation in exports and burn notes. - Fixed: Backup restore now uploads restored files to the server. - Fixed: Bulk imports no longer fail with sync errors on 500+ notes. - Fixed: Escape key clears search even when the input is focused. - Fixed: Access token no longer visible in the URL after OAuth sign-in. - Fixed: Tracker pill labels no longer collapse incorrectly on mobile. - Fixed: Burn notes no longer show native share sheet on desktop. - Fixed: Same-filename files no longer cross-select each other in Files view. - Fixed: Empty checklist items no longer degrade to raw brackets after reload. - Fixed: Credit card expiry validation prevents saving incomplete dates. - Fixed: Editor flushes pending changes on tab close to prevent data loss. - Fixed: Duplicate note now preserves tracker pill values. - Fixed: Creating a note from Files view navigates to All view so the note is visible. - Fixed: Print-to-PDF waits for favicons to load before printing. - Fixed: Stale storage counter updates after deleting all content. - Fixed: Raw markdown stripped from task preview text in the sidebar. ## v0.162 - Image resize, table toolbar, and attachment upgrades Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.162 Released 2026-05-19. - New: Tap or click any image to resize it (XS/S/M/L), download it, or delete it. - New: Image attachments now show a thumbnail preview instead of a generic file icon. - New: Table toolbar floats below the active table with quick actions for rows, columns, and delete. - New: File picker now filters by category (Images, Audio, Documents) based on the active tab. - New: More file types supported: AVIF, ODT, ODS, OPUS, AIFF, AVI, RAR, 7z, and more. - New: Simplenote importer: import your notes from Simplenote's .zip or .json export. - New: Cmd+, opens Settings. ? now toggles the help modal. - Improved: Keyboard shortcuts reduced from 22 to 12, removing conflicts with browser defaults. - Improved: Audio pauses automatically when you switch notes or leave the app. - Improved: OAuth sign-in on a new device now shows a clear confirmation screen instead of dumping you back at login. - Improved: Attachment chips in HTML/PDF exports show a tooltip explaining the file is encrypted. - Improved: Word count no longer inflated by markdown formatting characters. - Improved: Cross-browser device matching works correctly (same machine, different browsers no longer counted as separate devices). - Fixed: Escape key works again to close all modals. - Fixed: File type filters (Images, Audio, Documents) now actually filter the list. - Fixed: Failed file uploads no longer leave ghost attachment chips in your note. - Fixed: Print dialog no longer appears twice. - Fixed: Cmd+K focuses search in Tasks view. - Fixed: Tag sort by "Created" no longer produces alphabetical order. - Fixed: "Add link" popover no longer renders below the viewport. - Fixed: Sign-in on mobile no longer dead-ends on network failure (retry and back buttons added). - Fixed: Vault filter auto-switches to "All" when creating a type that doesn't match the current filter. - Fixed: Toolbar tooltips no longer flicker while typing. - Fixed: Tables export cleanly in PDF and print (no stray HTML tags). ## v0.161 - Medication sync fix, feedback modal, and tags sort redesign Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.161 Released 2026-05-19. - New: Feedback modal with links to GitHub and Reddit for bug reports and feature requests. - New: Tags sort redesigned as a popover with radio buttons, matching the notes sort style. - Improved: Medication sync completely reworked: deletions now persist reliably across all devices. - Improved: Tracker pills only collapse on mobile when you're editing a note, not when tapping title or tags. - Improved: Custom tracker creation now works reliably on mobile (single-modal flow instead of stacked modals). - Improved: Hotkeys tab hidden on phones and tablets (no physical keyboard). - Improved: Hotkey labels show correct separators on Windows and Linux. - Improved: Journal backfill always creates a new entry (no confusing dedup behavior). - Fixed: Sidebar tooltips position correctly in expanded mode. - Fixed: Editor toolbar stays fixed at top while scrolling. - Fixed: Mobile heading dropdown works on all browsers. - Fixed: Medication popover buttons sit close to the name instead of floating to the far edge. ## v0.160 - 9 new trackers, configuration overhaul, and mobile stability Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.160 Released 2026-05-17. - New: 9 new built-in trackers: Sleep Score, Heart Rate, Weight, Steps, Water, Screen Time, Caffeine, Pain Level, and Social. - New: Tracker configuration redesigned with categorized groups and a compact checkbox grid. - Improved: Today highlighted in the journal backfill popover. - Improved: Tracker settings use save-on-commit: changes only apply when you hit Save. - Improved: Note list previews no longer show raw [[wikilink]] brackets. - Improved: Password generator always includes lowercase letters (can't accidentally disable it). - Fixed: Medications you delete no longer reappear after sync. - Fixed: Tracker checkboxes respond instantly to rapid toggling. - Fixed: Welcome notes no longer re-appear on existing accounts. - Fixed: Mobile: heading dropdown, tracker pill taps, and Note History modal all work correctly on iOS. - Fixed: Vault form toggles and tooltips no longer clip or misalign. - Fixed: Right-click "New Note/Task/Login" works regardless of which view you're in. ## v0.159 - Inline trackers and sync reliability Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.159 Released 2026-05-17. - Improved: Tracker pickers now expand inline below the pill row instead of floating popovers (no more drift or clipping). - Improved: Emotion tags grouped under colored valence labels for easier scanning. - Fixed: Medications no longer disappear after syncing across devices. ## v0.158 - Context menu rework, mobile polish, and smarter cleanup Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.158 Released 2026-05-17. - New: Journal backfill lets you pick from the last 7 days in a popover (no more hidden date picker). - New: Long tasks clamp to 2 lines with a "See more" toggle. - Improved: Right-click menu simplified to 9 clear actions that always do what they say. - Improved: Empty notes, tasks, and vault items auto-discard when you navigate away without adding content. - Improved: Tasks quick-add now creates a proper task, not a note with checkboxes. - Improved: Mobile: tags respond to single tap, sidebar closes after selection, header and footer stay pinned on iOS. - Fixed: Vault filter no longer shows tasks in the vault list. - Fixed: Mobile dropdown menu no longer hidden behind buttons. - Fixed: Sleep tracker hours now always visible, not just while dragging. ## v0.156 - Device privacy, QR sign-in, and security hardening Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.156 Released 2026-05-15. - New: QR sign-in now supports uploading a photo of the QR code when your webcam can't read it. - New: Returning OAuth users see a "Welcome back" screen with clear instructions to enter their recovery phrase. - Improved: Recovery phrase QR codes now scan reliably when viewed fullscreen or shared as images. - Improved: Revoking a device immediately frees the slot instead of making you wait 72 hours. - Improved: The app refreshes gracefully after updates instead of showing cryptic chunk errors. - Fixed: Wrong PIN now shows "Incorrect PIN" instead of failing silently. - Fixed: Recovery phrase stays locked behind your PIN on new devices. - Fixed: Enabling "Require PIN to view" while creating a vault item no longer wipes the form. - Fixed: OAuth sign-in on a new device no longer risks overwriting your data. ## v0.153 - OAuth security upgrade and code block copy Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.153 Released 2026-05-15. - New: Code blocks now have a copy button that appears on hover (always visible on touch devices). - Improved: OAuth sign-in now generates your recovery phrase entirely on your device. The server never sees it. - Improved: Copying from code blocks preserves the raw text instead of adding markdown formatting. - Fixed: Existing OAuth users can still sign in while the security migration completes. ## v0.151 - Unified list design and dedicated task type Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.151 Released 2026-05-15. - New: Every item type now has a consistent icon and layout in list views. - New: Tasks are now a dedicated item type with their own icon, not just notes with checkboxes. - Improved: Tracker configuration moved from a popover to a proper modal (fixes tap issues on iOS). - Fixed: Loading screen no longer gets stuck on slow connections. - Fixed: Mobile footer now includes the Settings button. ## v0.150 - Instant tooltips, offline favicons, and polish Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.150 Released 2026-05-14. - New: Vault login favicons are now cached locally and work offline. - Improved: All tooltips replaced with instant hover labels (no more delayed native tooltips). - Improved: Changelog is now the first tab in About & Help. Version badge links directly to it. - Improved: Scrollbars now follow your theme in dark mode. - Improved: Auto sign-in times out after 15 seconds instead of loading forever on bad connections. - Fixed: Tags sort and direction tooltips no longer get clipped in the collapsed sidebar. - Fixed: Mobile dropdown menu no longer hidden behind the editor toolbar. - Fixed: Attachment filenames no longer get truncated too aggressively. - Fixed: Sidebar collapse and notes list toggles are properly centered. - Fixed: Duplicate Cancel button removed from PIN settings. ## v0.149 - New sidebar, settings modal, importers, and All Items view Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.149 Released 2026-05-14. - New: All Items view: see notes, journals, vault items, and files in one list. Tag clicks filter across all types. - New: Bitwarden vault importer: import logins, cards, and SSH keys from Bitwarden's .json export. - New: Samsung Notes importer: import .txt and .docx exports, with formatting preserved. - New: Vault export in Bitwarden-compatible .json format. - New: Bulk "Add Tag" in multi-select: tag multiple items at once from the selection toolbar. - New: Collapsible sidebar with icon rail for a compact workspace. - New: Settings is now a modal with a tile grid, replacing the old sidebar menu. - Improved: Import and export split into four focused tabs: Import, Export, Restore, and Vault. - Improved: Vault items now support tags. Bitwarden folders import as tags. - Improved: Favicon loading for vault logins is faster and works offline. - Improved: Settings and sync status moved to the desktop footer for more sidebar space. - Improved: Sidebar tooltips appear instantly on hover in collapsed mode. - Fixed: "Convert to note" and "Convert to journal" now work correctly. - Fixed: Trash button styling is consistent with other sidebar items. ## v0.137 - Convert notes to journal entries and back Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.137 Released 2026-05-13. - New: Convert any note into a journal entry (or vice versa) from the note options menu. No copy-paste needed. - Improved: Note options menu reordered for easier access to common actions. ## v0.136 - Keyboard shortcuts in About and file selection fix Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.136 Released 2026-05-13. - New: Keyboard shortcuts now live in the About & Help modal, accessible from the footer or by pressing ?. - Improved: Settings menu uses its full available height instead of being artificially capped. - Fixed: Clicking a file in the Files view now selects only that file, not all files from the same note. ## v0.135 - Vault polish, paste fix, and pinned files Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.135 Released 2026-05-13. - New: Public changelog now visible in the About modal. - Improved: Pinned files now sort to the top in the Files view. - Improved: Device ID moved to Account settings for easier access during support. - Improved: Settings menu no longer gets cut off on shorter screens. - Fixed: Right-click Paste now works in the editor. - Fixed: Vault no longer allows saving entries with all fields empty. - Fixed: Cardholder name field now rejects numbers and symbols. - Fixed: Tracker popovers work reliably on iOS and mobile. - Fixed: Duplicate sort direction label removed from the tags sidebar. ## v0.134 - Password generator, vault improvements, and tracker fixes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.134 Released 2026-05-12. - New: Password generator with customizable length, character sets, and exact number/symbol counts. - New: Per-note PIN protection: lock individual vault items behind your PIN. - New: About modal redesigned with Changelog, Device ID, and Trust tabs. - Improved: Password generator settings now persist and sync across devices. - Improved: File list shows clearer name and metadata layout. - Improved: Tables now export correctly in PDF and HTML. - Improved: Medication tracker: tap to edit name or dosage, delete always visible on mobile. - Fixed: Vault filter tabs now update immediately when switching categories. - Fixed: Tracker popovers work reliably on mobile. - Fixed: Wiki-links to Journal and Vault notes navigate correctly. - Fixed: PIN verification works even if iteration settings drifted between devices. ## v0.133 - Streamlined onboarding and image fixes Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.133 Released 2026-05-11. - Improved: Onboarding reduced from 5 steps to 3. PIN and biometric setup moved to Security settings. - Fixed: HEIC images (iPhone photos) now upload correctly. - Fixed: Notes with invalid IDs no longer cause a permanent sync error banner. ## v0.132 - OAuth login fix and password generator overhaul Source: https://privacynotes.app/changelog#v0.132 Released 2026-05-10. - Fixed: Google and OAuth sign-in no longer redirects back to onboarding. - Improved: Password generator uses a safer symbol set that works on more websites. - Improved: Ambiguous characters (0, O, l, 1, I) automatically excluded from generated passwords.