Steckbrief: People Notes

Steckbrief helps you remember what actually matters about the people in your life: the small details that make someone feel truly known, like their birthday, what they're going through, a book they mentioned, or a promise you made.

It's not a contacts app, and it's not social media. It's a private, structured notebook for the relationships you care about, friends, family, colleagues, anyone, all kept entirely on your own device.

REMEMBER THE DETAILS THAT MATTER
• Give each person their own profile, organized into categories like Interests, Likes, Dislikes, Goals, and Experiences
• Add notes as short entries you can scan at a glance, or as much detail as you want
• Attach a photo, birthday, and social links to each profile
• Pin the people you think about most to the top of your list
• Free for up to 10 people; unlimited with a one-time purchase

SEE HOW PEOPLE CONNECT
• Mention one person from within a note about another, and Steckbrief remembers the connection
• Link related notes together, even across different people or categories
• Explore an interactive mindmap of everyone you know and how they're connected, or zoom into one person's own web of notes and mentions

NEVER MISS A MOMENT
• A built-in calendar surfaces birthdays and upcoming events automatically
• Link a date to any note, like a checkup, an anniversary, or a deadline, and automatically add it to your devices calendar
• See what's coming up next for everyone at a glance

PRIVATE BY DESIGN, NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT
Steckbrief was built local-first, on purpose:
• Everything you write is stored in an encrypted database on your device, never on a server
• No account, no sign-up, no internet permission. The app is technically incapable of sending your data anywhere
• No ads, no analytics, no tracking of any kind
• Optional PIN lock to keep the app private even if someone else picks up your phone
• Back up and restore your data whenever you want, entirely under your control

MAKE IT YOURS
• Fully customizable categories, so your notebook matches how you actually think about people
• Light and dark themes

Whether you're trying to be a better friend, a more thoughtful partner, or just someone who never forgets a birthday again, Steckbrief gives you a quiet, private place to keep track of who's in your life, and what makes them, them.

Recent changes:
• Name your backups and keep saving to the same file, like on a computer. Works with Dropbox and other cloud drives.
• Importing backups from Dropbox works again.
• The overall mindmap is much more compact, so you see more people at once.
• New hint: pinch to zoom the mindmaps.
• Swipe between the tabs at the bottom.
• Pin or unpin people by dragging them, in any sort order.