Filofax have recently launched a Reminders App, thank you Tim for spotting it.
The app is available for Android and iPhone, you can see the full details on this page.
Using new inserts with a QR code you can scan your written notes and input them in to the app and get audible reminders for tasks etc.
The way the app works seems to be the wrong way around to how I work! I use the built in Calendar and Reminders app on my Apple devices and these can be shared with family members etc.
At least once a week I scan through these and copy them to my organiser.
Remember once you put your information in to an app of any sort there might be privacy issues compared to only using your Filofax.
This isn't the first time Filofax has offered software, there have been apps for printing out your contacts list in the past and printing pages. Both of these apps are no longer available or supported. I still have the one for printing contacts!
This app seems to have been supplied by 'InkLink' who ever they are? For it to work your diary inserts seem to require the QR code for the date information it seems.
Would you use this type of app?
I just had a quick look into the app. Considering taking a photo of each entry you made in you planner, this could be quite time consuming. Currently, I am on two pages per day, so there would be loads of pictures to take each day....
ReplyDeleteMy vision of an app would be:
- take a picture of each day/two days/four days/week/two weeks/month, whatever your layout on two pages is
- entries are converted to text via OCR and integrated in you device's calendar or reminder infrastructure
- as using OCR, you will not need any QR codes on your diary pages
- you can add entries in the app, these will create a reminder to manually sync them with your planner
- of course, all diary entries and reminders will be synchronized throughout all fo your digital devices including internet services
Yes I agree this would be great. I'd also add that it would be useful for me to use thr app to see a photo of my 2days per week, so I'm sonewhere i don't take my filofax eg the gym, I can view it from my phone.
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ReplyDeleteI was certainly intrigued when I first spotted this! I’m not yet convinced of its usefulness though. The app won’t really be of use until the summer as the first inserts with QR codes printed on will be for the 2024-5 academic year. I think that all the QR codes will clutter the diary pages - especially in small page sizes such as Pocket and multi-lingual versions which already have limited writing space.
ReplyDeleteI suspect most people use their iPhone (or android equivalent) as their core diary and reminder list these days. Certainly that’s what I use. Yes, I then print or write out my schedule and priorities, from my ‘phone, but never transfer the other way around.
Paper. Paper. Paper. At least for me ;-) Maybe this app is a bridge between analog and digital for the younger generation. I don't know. For me it would still be an either or. And paper is still the most trustworthy, reliable and effective planning tool – at least in my opinion. Greetings, Klaus
ReplyDeleteI’ve just bought these new inserts and tried with three dates in August October and December. However it just seemed to out all three appointments into my applie calendar today rather than the dates the entries are for? I’m not sure what I’ve done wrong here but will look further before ditching the idea altogether!
ReplyDeleteI just had a look at the video describing the apps functionality. It seems off -center to me (unless i completely misunderstood the video). If I have to - manually! - set the date, time, and alarms, how is it a step up from simply adding the info to the app of mychoice? If I need additional info in my app, like am address or phone number, I can simply make a snapshot of that section of the page in my planner to add to the event description...
ReplyDeleteAm I missing something?
Exactly my thoughts!
DeleteI was hoping to view a photo of my week from my phone in case I don't have the diary with me.
At the moment, on the Canadian site, most of the calendar refills have the QR codes. I really don’t want the QR codes taking up space on my pages. I hope they will offer more options before the end of this year without them.
ReplyDeleteLooking at 2025 refills for my personal sized Filofax and I do not like the QR code on the paper. I am not planning to use the app option and there are not many refills without the codes.And I am missing week-on-2-pages in horizontal format. A format I have been using for many years. Too bad.
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ReplyDeleteI just got these inserts and downloaded the app. Very disappointed to lose space in my paper organizer for this app. Not very useful! I can imagine in the future they may improve it -- I hope quickly! At present it doesn't do the one thing that would be useful which would be to allow the photo of the page to appear in the Calendar on the computer. It just says "Filofax" which is not much of a helpful reminder. Reminds you to look in your Filofax or on the Filofax App, which seems utterly pointless -- adding a third location for information!! Also the app is cumbersome - you sometimes get the date you select, using the QR code, sometimes the adjacent one. And you need to 1. take the QR code, and 2. take a photo and 3. apply it to your calendar -- making a three step process out of what should be a one-step select the QR code and it populates the calendar with an image. Very sad.
ReplyDeleteI also asked myself why I need an app when I love my Leather Planner so much? It is precisely because I love it so much that I never wanted to fill the limited space in my Hamilton Personal Week on Two Pages with mundane things like daily tasks. For me, the app is a useful addition to my handwritten entries. I select the date and time and take a photo of the work/desk/whiteboard. I have been an enthusiastic filofax customer since 1996. Thank you filofax.
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