Life Assistant 2.0.6

Life Assistant 2.0.6

Changed

• Calendar pages slide. On the phone a swipe moves the month, week or day with the finger,
  settles on the next one when let go and springs back after a short drag; before, the page
  changed only after the swipe ended, without any movement. On both the phone and the PC the
  arrows, Today and the keyboard slide the next page over from its side. The PC's calendar header
  keeps one arrangement for every month, so a month with a longer name no longer pushes the view
  switcher to another line.
• License. 2.0.6 is open source under the GNU AGPL version 3 only, with the Google Play
  services linking permission, like the versions before it. The 2.0.6 installers were built
  while the project was briefly private: their source is the v2.0.6 tag, a snapshot without the
  license files, and their Settings → About says "All rights reserved" with no source link.
  Neither limits the grant: LICENSE and ADDITIONAL_PERMISSIONS.md on the main branch apply to
  2.0.6 as well, and the next version shows the license and the source link in the app again.

Fixed

• Only one copy of the PC app runs. A copy noticed another one only once that one's local
  connection was open, seconds after it started; copies started in those seconds (at sign-in,
  by several AI assistants at once, or with a double click) all kept running in the tray. The
  last of them could not open the data, and it was the one AI assistants reached, so they found
  Life Assistant locked. Now the first copy takes a lock the moment it starts; any later start
  waits for it, brings its window forward when the start was yours, and ends. If the first copy
  has ended (even by crashing), the next start takes over.
• AI assistants no longer find a just-started PC app locked. When an assistant starts Life
  Assistant in the tray, its request now waits the moment it takes the app to open the data with
  the remembered password, instead of being told the app is locked. It is still told so when a
  password is really needed or the app lock is on.
• AI assistants in Claude Desktop reach the running PC app again. Claude Desktop, installed
  from the Microsoft Store, lets the programs it starts see AppData only through a private copy.
  Once a copy of Life Assistant had been started from there, the file telling assistants where
  the app listens stayed old in that copy, so they were told Life Assistant was not running
  while it was open in the tray. The app now also publishes that file in the temporary folder,
  which every program sees alike; assistants skip a file whose app has ended; and a copy started
  from inside such a private view starts again outside it, so it never works on an old copy of
  the data. A failure to publish the file is now written to life-assistant.log in the app's
  folder instead of passing unnoticed.

New

• AI assistants on the PC can rename a daily checklist item in place (rename_checklist_item);
  its place in the list and today's tick stay.

Compatibility

• Signed with the same key as 2.0.5: install it over 2.0.5 without uninstalling.
• The backup and sync format is the same as in 2.0.2.

Life Assistant 2.0.5

Life Assistant 2.0.5

Fixed

• Sync no longer brings back an old version and removes newer records. After each sync the
  app removes old versions from the cloud, one at a time and newest first. When that stopped
  halfway, for example because the phone app was closed, an old version could look like an
  unmerged change from the other device. The next sync then merged it: records added since that
  old version were removed, and recent edits (todos ticked off, new due dates) were undone.
  Old versions are now removed oldest first and only together with everything before them, and
  on GitHub all of them in a single commit, so no other device ever sees the history half
  removed.

New

• Sync asks before a merge removes many records. When changes from both devices are merged
  and the other device lacks more of this device's records than a limit, sync stops and asks
  which version to keep instead of removing them. The limit is in Settings → Backup & sync on the
  phone and Settings → Cloud sync on the PC: Always ask, 5 (the default), 10, 20,
  50 records, or Off. Each device keeps its own choice. Emptying the trash on the other
  device does not count.

Also new (from 2.0.4, which was not published separately)

New

• The PC app can start with Windows, in the tray. Turn on Start with Windows in
  Settings → Notifications. Life Assistant then starts when you sign in without opening its
  window: reminders, sync and AI assistants are ready, and the tray icon opens the window.
  Turning it on also keeps the app in the tray when its window is closed. It is a per-user startup
  entry, so it needs no administrator rights and shows in Task Manager → Startup apps.
  On Linux the same switch is called Start when you sign in and adds an entry to
  ~/.config/autostart.

Changed

• One click on the tray icon opens the window, brought to the front even when it was
  minimized or behind other windows. Before, a single click did nothing and the window opened only
  from the right-click menu or with a double click.

• The tray menu has Open, Settings and Quit. Settings holds Start with Windows and
  Keep in the tray when closed as check marks, so both can be changed without opening the
  window. They are the same settings as in Settings → Notifications; a change in one place shows
  in the other.

• The PC app's folders are called Life Assistant. Earlier versions installed into
  AppData\Local\Life Tracker and kept their data in AppData\Roaming\Life Tracker, after the
  app's old name. 2.0.4 installs into AppData\Local\Life Assistant and replaces the old copy;
  on its first start it moves the data folder to AppData\Roaming\Life Assistant and renames the
  data file to life-assistant-local.tlb. Starting with Windows and AI assistants already
  connected in Claude Desktop or Claude Code are pointed at the new place by themselves. If the
  data folder cannot be moved (a file in it is in use), the old folder stays in use and nothing is
  lost; the move is tried again on the next start.

• The PC window's title bar follows the app's theme. Windows drew it white whenever Windows
  itself was in light mode, above a dark app. It is now dark with the dark theme, in the app's own
  background colour on Windows 11, and light with the light theme.

• The calendar looks the same for today as for any other day, on the phone and the PC. The
  Today button that leads back to today used to appear only for other days and pushed the title
  and the view switcher aside; it now keeps its place and is only hidden while today is shown. The
  PC's Day view is titled with the date for today too, as on the phone.

Compatibility

• Signed with the same key as 2.0.3: install it over 2.0.3 or 2.0.4 without uninstalling.
• The backup and sync format is the same as in 2.0.2. Devices still on 2.0.3 keep syncing, but
  only devices on 2.0.5 have the fix, so update the phone and the PC.

Life Assistant 2.0.3

Life Assistant 2.0.3

Changed

• Ticked checklist items move out of the way, like todos. The daily checklist on Today shows

  only what is left for the day. A ticked item moves into a folded Checked off group under

  the list; open it to see what is done, and tap an item there to untick it and bring it back.

  Once everything is ticked, a line says so until the next morning.

• Today no longer has a field for adding todos. Add todos in Todo; the ones due today still

  show on Today and are ticked off there.

Compatibility

• Signed with the same key as 2.0.2: install it over 2.0.2 without uninstalling.

• The backup and sync format is the same as in 2.0.2.

Life Assistant 2.0.2

Life Assistant 2.0.2

New

• A daily checklist on Today. For the things done every day, such as brushing your teeth,

  showering or checking homework. They are not todos: they never appear in Todo, the calendar or

  the widget. Ticks count for the day only, so every morning starts with nothing ticked. Once

  everything is ticked the checklist folds into one line until tomorrow. Add, rename, reorder and

  remove items in Edit. The checklist is part of backups and GitHub sync, so every device

  shows the same items and today's ticks.

• On the PC, AI assistants connected through MCP can read the checklist, tick items and add or

  remove them (removing asks first, like other deletions).

Changed

• Today is in the menu again by default and a new device opens on it. It also comes back on

  devices that updated from 2.0.1, where it was off unless switched on. You can still hide it in

  Settings → Appearance → modules in the menu.

After updating

• Install 2.0.2 on every device before the next sync. The backup and sync format has a new

  version for the checklist; older versions refuse to read it rather than lose the checklist, so a

  device still on 2.0.1 stops syncing until it is updated.

Compatibility

• Signed with the same key as 2.0.1: install it over 2.0.1 without uninstalling.

• Existing data is kept; the database gains two tables for the checklist.

Life Assistant 2.0.1

Life Assistant 2.0.1

Fixed

• GitHub sync that stopped working some hours after connecting. GitHub sign-ins of Life

  Assistant are valid for eight hours and come with a second key to renew them (GitHub's default

  for apps registered since August 2026). The apps threw that second key away and never renewed,

  so every device was disconnected at most eight hours after it connected. Now each device keeps

  the renewal key, renews its sign-in by itself shortly before it expires, and tries once more

  when GitHub turns a sign-in down. Token expiration is also turned off for the app on GitHub, so

  new sign-ins do not expire at all.

• Reconnecting or disconnecting one device no longer risks signing the others out. 2.0.0 asked

  GitHub to revoke the sign-in a device had used before. Shortly after one such request GitHub

  removed the app's whole authorization, with the sign-ins of every device. The apps no longer

  revoke anything; a replaced sign-in is simply forgotten on the device.

New

• The home-screen widget was rebuilt. It wears the app's own colours and accent and follows

  the app's light or dark setting. It lists what is overdue (in red) and due today, with the

  round check marks in their priority colours, the due time, and a bar for the day's progress.

  The list scrolls, ticking a todo off shows at once, tapping a title opens that todo, and two

  round buttons add a todo or an expense with the keyboard already open. The single-cell and the

  one-row sizes show the count and the next todo.

Changed

• Today is no longer in the menu by default. Switch it on in Settings → Appearance → modules

  in the menu if you want it. A device that has not chosen Today shows the usual Todo, Ledger,

  Calendar and Notes, and a new device opens on Todo.

After updating

• Install 2.0.1 on every device, then choose Reconnect once on each

  (Settings → Sync & backup). The sign-in saved by an older version has no renewal key, so this one

  reconnect is needed; after it the devices stay connected. Your data and the sync password stay

  the same.

Compatibility

• Signed with the same key as 2.0.0: install it over 2.0.0 without uninstalling.

• The backup and sync format is unchanged.

Life Assistant 2.0.0

Life Assistant 2.0.0

New

• A new look on the phone and the computer. Every screen was rebuilt on one design: calm

  surfaces, round check marks in the priority colour, rows instead of cards, one accent colour,

  and the same wording on both devices.

• Today: a new first page. What is overdue and due today to tick off, the coming week, what

  you spent today and this month, today's diary page and your pinned notes. A new device starts

  here.

• Phone

  • Todo: quick views (All, Today, Next 7 days, Overdue, No date), search, a filter sheet

    with sort by deadline, priority, created, title or your own order, the list grouped by due

    date, subtasks that unfold in the list, swipe to delete with Undo. Dates can be typed as

    "tomorrow", "fri", "周五" or in your own date format, or picked from a calendar.

  • Ledger: week, month, year or all-time view with income, expense and net at the top,

    search, entries grouped by day with the day's total, swipe to delete with Undo, spending by

    tag in Statistics, and asking before a schedule is stopped.

  • Calendar: month, week, day and agenda views; tick todos off and add a todo for the

    selected day; swipe to change month.

  • Notes and Diary save by themselves while you write and when you leave; Back never loses

    text. Notes have a Pinned view and a folder menu.

  • Vault: tap an entry to read it, with Copy for account, password and website.

  • Settings grouped as on the computer.

  • Tablets and foldables: list and details side by side on wide screens. A book-style

    foldable held half open shows the navigation with names and the day at a glance on one half

    and the page on the other; a flip phone standing on a table shows the day at a glance on the

    upper half. Nothing is drawn across a hinge.

• Computer

  • No password at start. The app opens straight away and works offline on its own. You

    choose a data password only when you first use the Vault, the app lock, sealed confessions or

    cloud sync.

  • Every page rebuilt: Today, Todo, Ledger (Entries, Statistics, Recurring), Calendar (month,

    week, day, agenda), Notes, Diary, Confessional, Vault and Settings, and all of them fit small

    windows.

  • AI assistants can use your data. Switch on Settings → AI assistants and add Life

    Assistant to Claude Desktop or Claude Code with one click. An assistant can then read and,

    if you allow changes, add and edit todos, ledger entries, notes, diary pages and categories

    while the app runs. The Vault and the Confessional are never exposed. Off by default.

• Daily backups. Each day both apps keep a copy of the day before, and delete it on the third

  day. Restore one in Settings → Sync & backup; the Vault is not touched, and the restore can

  be undone.

Fixed

• GitHub sync that stopped after a day. A sign-in that GitHub had retired made sync fail

  silently. The app now says "GitHub sign-in expired" with a Reconnect button, retires the

  sign-ins it replaces so that GitHub does not drop the one in use, and the phone no longer

  forgets its sign-in when the secure storage is briefly unavailable.

• A failed sync shows its reason.

• Counts of repeating todos no longer include every future occurrence.

• Typed dates follow the date format chosen in Settings.

Compatibility

• Signed with the same key as 1.9.0: install it over 1.9.0 without uninstalling. The Windows

  installer updates an installed 1.9.0 in place.

• Reconnect GitHub once on each device after updating (Settings → Sync & backup → Reconnect).

  Your data and the sync password stay the same.

• The backup and sync format is unchanged; 1.9.0 and 2.0.0 devices sync with each other.

• A computer that already has data opens it with the password it remembers. If it did not

  remember one, it asks once more; with the app lock switched on it keeps asking, as before.

• Google Drive sync is still shown as coming soon.

Life Assistant 1.9.0

Life Assistant 1.9.0

New

• One-click GitHub sync. Choose Connect GitHub, paste the code that is already copied,

  approve, and you are done: Life Assistant creates a private life-assistant-data repository in

  your account and starts syncing. No Client ID, repository or GitHub App to set up.

• Phone and computer merge automatically. When both changed since the last sync, changes are

  merged record by record instead of asking which side to keep. A change on one device is kept, a

  deletion applies unless the other device edited that item, and when both edited the same field

  the newer edit wins. Notes, diary pages and descriptions edited on both devices keep both

  versions, separated by a marker. Items that both devices numbered alike are renumbered.

  Simultaneous uploads are merged too. Only a cloud version with a different password still asks.

• Linux version (.deb and a portable .tar.gz), built automatically on GitHub.

• Redesigned desktop app for large screens:

  • A labelled sidebar with counts, sync status, Vault and Settings. Fold it to icons with the

    menu button or Ctrl+B; the choice is remembered.

  • Todo: filter column (Today, Next 7 days, Overdue, No date, category tree, priority, tags,

    sort), list grouped by date, and an editor beside it with subtasks, due time, reminders,

    repeat, Urgent priority, attachments and Undo for deletes. Rename or delete categories and tags.

  • Ledger: week, month, year or all-time views with income, expense, net, average daily

    spending and largest expense; a quick-add row; the period's chart and spending by tag;

    entry time, repeating entries and a Recurring tab to change, stop or remove schedules.

  • Calendar: the month shows each day's todos and net amount, the selected day's todos,

    entries and diary page sit beside it with quick add; week and agenda views.

  • Notes: folders, list and editor side by side, with autosave.

  • Vault: opens after the data password, list and details side by side, copy buttons that

    clear the clipboard after 30 seconds.

  • Reminders on the PC as system notifications, a tray icon, and optionally keeping the app

    running in the tray when the window closes.

  • Reminder settings (also used by the phone), readable option names, a centered Settings page,

    reviewing a backup before it replaces local data, and exporting with a separate password.

• Keyboard on the desktop: Ctrl+N new item, Ctrl+F search, Ctrl+1–9 modules, Ctrl+R sync,

  Ctrl+, settings, Ctrl+B fold the menu, Ctrl+S save, Esc close, arrow keys in lists and the

  calendar, Enter to add.

• The desktop window remembers its size and position.

• Smaller downloads, same features: the Windows installer is about 46 MB (was 50 MB) and

  takes 89 MB installed (was 108 MB); the Android APK is 3.5 MB (was 3.9 MB) because it only

  carries the English and Chinese system texts the app uses.

Fixed

• Deleting one occurrence of a repeating todo or ledger entry on the PC no longer lets the phone

  re-create it later.

• The PC now creates due repeating todos and ledger entries itself instead of waiting for the phone.

• New todos with a date made on the PC get the default reminders, so the phone reminds you.

Compatibility

• Signed with the same key as 1.8.0: install it over 1.8.0 without uninstalling.

• The backup and sync format is unchanged. A 1.8.0 device still syncs with 1.9.0 but asks instead

  of merging when both changed, so update every device.

• Existing GitHub App connections keep working. Connecting again uses the new one-click sign-in,

  which syncs through the new life-assistant-data repository; the first sync there merges the

  data of both devices.

• Google Drive sync is shown as coming soon until its Google Cloud project is published.