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NotePlan

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Velocity5.0

Calendar, notes and task planning app for Mac and iOS

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NotePlan keeps opening its notebook to outside writers: plugins, MCP agents, now Apple Reminders.

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◆Current state
Two product lines ship in parallel. Memo AI reaches 1.3 with redesigned summaries carrying richer formatting, speaker labels for conversations, iCloud sync across devices and font themes — the first release to make a recording's transcript legible as a conversation rather than a block of text. On the main app, 3.21.2 remains the most recent, adding a two-way Apple Reminders integration via @remind, Space backups with restore, and calendar boards grouped by time frame.
◆Where it's heading
The through-line is turning NotePlan into a surface other software writes into rather than a closed notebook: plugins became installable and then opened to the community, the MCP server gave agents write access to notes and tasks, and Apple Reminders now writes back rather than only feeding in. Memo AI is following its own arc in parallel — first capture anywhere, via Watch and CarPlay, then capture efficiently, via the smaller audio format, and now capture legibly, via speaker labels and structured summaries. iCloud sync is the piece that makes the two lines share a device story.
◆Prediction
Expect Memo AI's speaker labels to become something the main app can act on — assigning tasks by speaker is the obvious next step given the @remind work — and the Reminders integration to leave beta. The plugin and MCP surfaces are where third-party capability keeps arriving.

◆Recent moves

  1. 16d ago

    v1.3 - Memo AI: Redesigned Summaries, Speaker Labels & iCloud Sync

    Memo AI 1.3 adds speaker labels for conversations, redesigned summaries with richer formatting, iCloud sync across devices and font themes. Speaker labels are the substantive part: they turn a transcript into an attributable record, which is the precondition for anything downstream that needs to know who committed to what.

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  2. 1mo ago

    v3.21.2 - Apple Reminders Integration with Two-Way Sync

    A two-way Apple Reminders integration via @remind arrives in beta, with Space backups and restore, calendar boards grouped by time frame, and smarter filters. It extends the integration push — the OS task store now writes back into NotePlan rather than only feeding it.

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  3. 2mo ago

    v3.21.1 - Wiki Link Aliases, Rebuilt Share Extension & Better Claude/MCP Support

    Wiki link aliases, a rebuilt iOS share extension, faster plugin loading, and smoother Claude and MCP permissions on Mac. The permission work is the substantive part, easing the agent access route opened in 3.20.2.

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  4. 2mo ago

    v1.2.1 - Memo AI: Faster Transcription, 10× Smaller Recordings & Watch/CarPlay Refinements

    A new audio format cuts recording size roughly tenfold and makes transcription faster and more reliable, with reworked summaries and Watch and CarPlay refinements. Efficiency work on the capture track rather than new capability.

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  5. 3mo ago

    v1.2 - Memo AI: Apple Watch and CarPlay support added and more Shortcuts available

    Memo AI reaches Apple Watch and CarPlay with broad Shortcuts support for wiring recording and memo management into other workflows. It widens where capture can happen, feeding the same note store the main app manages.

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  6. 4mo ago

    v3.21 - Community Plugins, CommandBar Forms, Kanban and Tables upgrades

    Community Plugins open the app to third-party extensions, alongside CommandBar forms and upgrades to Kanban boards and tables. The plugin platform is the strategically significant half of this release.

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