Hi r/macapps,

I wanted to share that DoubleMemory v2 is now available, with support for auto-tagging, image captures, and a new Minimal Card Mode.

For those who haven’t seen it before, DoubleMemory is a memory and bookmarking app that originally launched in this subreddit as a menu bar app. It lets you capture links, text snippets, images, and other content with a simple double ⌘C shortcut on Mac, plus Share Sheet support on iPhone and iPad.

Our new features: saved search, minimum mode, image memory

Problem

Most bookmarking and read-later tools take time to set up: sign up, install an extension, pin the extension, share the link to the extension, find the app, and open it. And worst of all, many shut down (e.g., Pocket / Omnivore) because it's hard to sustain in this market, especially when the dev has to run the servers.

DoubleMemory combines intuitive capture that skips browser extensions and account registration with powerful read-later features, allowing you to quickly open it via the menu bar or a shortcut, like Spotlight, and find items just as quickly. It stays available by default because it's just a binary that talks to iCloud.

What’s new in v2

Auto-Tagging

DoubleMemory includes a row of Saved Searches, which can be tags, keywords, or more advanced queries. If a Saved Search is a single word, you can optionally enable it as an auto-tag and provide a description to help Apple Intelligence match content more accurately.

The goal is to avoid cluttering your library with generic tags such as #reddit, #design, or #quotes unless you’ve explicitly chosen to use them. DoubleMemory keeps tagging intentional and focused on the categories that matter to you.

Image Memories

On iPhone, you can quickly save your latest screenshot or share images directly into DoubleMemory using the Share Sheet. On Mac, you can use the familiar double-copy shortcut, press ⌘⇧D to save whatever is currently on your clipboard, drag and drop images into the app, or use the Services menu.

Captured images are processed locally using Apple’s Vision framework. OCR text is extracted on-device, made fully searchable, and integrated with Live Text, allowing you to select text directly from images or interact with recognized entities such as addresses, phone numbers, and dates. The extracted content can then be passed to Apple Intelligence to generate relevant tags automatically.

How our image memory works.

Minimal Card Mode

We also added an immersive Minimal Card Mode that focuses entirely on the content itself, displaying only the image and notes without tags, timestamps, or other metadata.

Behind the scenes, we completely rebuilt the grid views on both iOS and macOS using native UIKit and AppKit components, resulting in smoother scrolling and better overall performance. We also replaced Apple’s Spotlight-based search index with a SQLite-backed full-text search engine, making search faster, more reliable, and more responsive, especially for larger libraries.

Comparison

DoubleMemory: no browser extension needed, Apple-first, native apps, offline-first, iCloud sync, no account, fast capture, local OCR, Live Text, Apple Intelligence tagging, a built-in browser that allows you to easily go through saved items, every link will turn into a rich preview card.

Raindrop.io: cross-platform bookmark manager, requires an extension, preview cards are often missing and lack rich information.

mymind: automatic organization with less control over tags (the exact problem I described above—you will see tags like Book and Instagram with no control), social content is stripped and deprived of its original context.

GoodLinks: the closest in native architecture, doesn't launch from menu bar, requires an extension as well, a plain list instead of a rich waterfall grid, no image and text notes.

Pricing

DoubleMemory is free to try, with a Pro sub ($17.99 per year) upgrade available that gives you unlimited saved searches.

As a thank-you to r/macapps, you can use the code PHOTOMEMO to get the Lifetime version for $45, regularly $60.

App Store link:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doublememory/id6737529034

Next Plans

Nearly two years after first sharing DoubleMemory with this community, I’m incredibly grateful for the support, encouragement, and thoughtful feedback from r/macapps. Many of the features in the app today exist because of conversations that started here.This is the final major release of DoubleMemory for macOS 15 and iOS 18. Starting with the next major version, DoubleMemory will require macOS 26 and iOS 26, allowing us to take full advantage of the latest Apple technologies, including a completely redesigned Liquid Glass search experience and a new detail view on Mac that aligns with iOS.

The next major release is planned for after macOS 27 launches, but TestFlight builds will be available much sooner. If you’d like to help shape what’s next, join our Discord and be part of the journey.

This project is starting from scratch to create a search engine largely built by people. There's a slow semi-automated spider to help build up the search engine, but it also lets people add sites various ways. One way is to click the mushroom (bottom right) and add a bookmark. If the site you bookmark isn't already in the search engine, it'll get added.

It blocks facebook, google, amazon, and a few other mega sites.

..... Bookmarkmanager / Linksaver (maybe Videos/Pictures/PDFs) for selfhosting via Docker compose with Native Android App and Firefox extension? Right now Using Karakeep which feels like it has the best Android App, but for a bookmarkmanager it uses meilisearch and chrome headless and then u have like 600mb+ idle ram usage on your homeserver.

Searching for something more lightweight (not Linkwarden / App is Bad and it idles at 900mb+).
Linkding as no good Android App.

So ... is something out there or is this still a niche "product"?

https://preview.redd.it/xrknvce7449h1.png?width=3104&format=png&auto=webp&s=9a60dd98e81983cf35e142bcb4e641ad83a73227

Thank you for the massive support and the feedbacks we have received over the days and weeks. Now we have closed the lifetime subscriptions since we hit 50 lifetime subscribers as we updated in the last post. This product has been shaped by all of you and all of your combined feedbacks and feature demands. As a thank you we are providing 3-months free PRO only on everything. (https://www.savesync.org/pricing).

All these updates (few of many many requests) were sent to us by our users and we delivered it and still more to come, check our changelogs to know about bugfixes and what to expect next, (https://www.savesync.org/changelog)

1. Hidden/Locked folder- Passcode protect your valuable links. Now you can hide your precise links away in a password protected vault.

Now you have a hide/unhide button in the context menu.

You can set your password for hidden folder or keep it open.

2. Mozilla Firefox addon- We are glad to share that we are now available on the users on mozilla Firefix browser. visir- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/savesync/

https://preview.redd.it/383ymf90049h1.png?width=2880&format=png&auto=webp&s=1833e25263af19322a774df29ebf2ad3b5ca32f1

3. SaveSync now in your favourite color: We have added a flurry of colors, to suite your design taste. you can also select between sharp or rounded corners.

https://preview.redd.it/9vhfsl7l049h1.png?width=1582&format=png&auto=webp&s=a633a453bc678778ba1122c378b818ceb5a8feb6

4. SaveSync now has an address on reddit- you can visit and join our subreddit for latest updates and bugfixes (https://www.reddit.com/r/SaveSync_org/)