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v2.2.0
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🔄 Sync between your devices

  • Pair your phone with your computer, or two people's phones, and they keep the same data, directly over your Wi-Fi. There's no server, no account and no internet involved.
  • Turn it on in Settings → Sync and give the device a name. Then open Pair a device on both devices, tap the other one, and check that both screens show the same 6-digit code.
  • If both devices already have data, you can combine the two or replace this device's data with the other's.
  • Devices sync when the app opens or comes back, when a paired device appears on the network, and a couple of seconds after each change. The sync button in the top bar syncs right away.
  • If two devices change the same entry while apart, the later change wins. Two categories with the same name merge into one.
  • Sync runs while the app is open: two phones sync when both have Pocket Sense open.

🔐 Private by design

  • Everything synced is encrypted and authenticated with a key only your two devices share. A device you haven't paired gets nothing.
  • Pocket Sense talks only to devices on your local network, and only listens while sync is on. It's off until you turn it on.
  • Android now asks for network access. Android requires it for any network use, even on your own Wi-Fi. Pocket Sense still never connects to the internet on Android.

Also

  • Erasing all data now also unpairs the device.
  • Importing a backup on a synced device replaces the data on your other devices too, at their next sync.
  • Once a device is paired, the starter categories no longer rename themselves when you change the language.

⚠️ Before updating

This version upgrades the database, and older versions can't open it afterwards. Export a backup first if you might want to go back.

Linux firewall: if your firewall blocks incoming connections (ufw on some distros, firewalld on Fedora), allow port 47823 or devices won't find each other:

sudo ufw allow 47823
# or, on Fedora:
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=47823/tcp --add-port=47823/udp && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Download

Android

  • PocketSense-v2.2.0-arm64-v8a.apk: almost all modern Android phones. Use this one if unsure.
  • PocketSense-v2.2.0-armeabi-v7a.apk: older 32-bit phones
  • PocketSense-v2.2.0-x86_64.apk: emulators and Chromebooks

Installs as an update over v2.1.x and keeps your data.

Linux (x86_64): pick one.

  • Debian, Ubuntu, Mint: PocketSense-v2.2.0-linux-x64.deb 
    sudo apt install ./PocketSense-v2.2.0-linux-x64.deb
  • Fedora, openSUSE: PocketSense-v2.2.0-linux-x64.rpm 
    sudo dnf install ./PocketSense-v2.2.0-linux-x64.rpm   # or: sudo zypper install
  • Any distro: PocketSense-v2.2.0-linux-x64.AppImage. Make it executable and run it.
  • Any distro: PocketSense-v2.2.0-linux-x64.tar.gz. Unpack it and run ./PocketSense/pocket_sense.

All need glibc 2.35 or newer and a running keyring (GNOME Keyring or KWallet). With the AppImage or the tarball you also need GTK 3, and parecord for voice entry (pulseaudio-utils on Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora, libpulse on Arch).

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