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Thank you for using kaune! Here is a quick guide on how to get the most out of the app.

✅ Checklist

You can register text in your checklists to manage shopping lists or to-do items, and easily toggle them between completed and incomplete.

How to Create Items

Open the “List” tab at the bottom of the screen and tap the Plus (+) button at the bottom right to create a new item. Each line in the text field becomes a separate item, so you can create multiple items at once by using line breaks. Tap the “Paste” button to paste text from your clipboard, which is convenient for copying lists from messaging apps or websites. Tap the “Scan” button to let AI pick out just the item names from text or images (see “kaune AI” below).

How to Use Items

  • Mark as Completed: Tap the checkbox to the left of the item. Completed items leave the list and are gathered under “X Completed” at the end of the list.
  • Edit Name: Tap the item name to open the item sheet. Change the title and tap “Save.”
  • Delete: Tap the item name, then tap the delete button at the top right of the sheet.
  • Reorder: Long-press an item and drag it to the desired position.
  • Create a Note: Tap the Plus (+) button to the right of an item to create a note with the same name.
  • Open a Note: Tap the thumbnail to the right of an item. The thumbnail only appears if the item has a related note (see “Auto-Linking Notes and Lists” below). You can also open it from “Related Notes” in the item sheet.

Completed Items

Tap “X Completed” at the end of the list to open the “Completed” sheet, which gathers your completed items.

  • Mark as Incomplete: Tap the checkbox to the left of the item to uncheck it.
  • Edit Name / Delete: Tap the item name.
  • Delete All: Tap the delete button at the top right of the sheet.

How to Create Lists

Tap the Plus (+) button at the top right of the list index. To see the list index, tap the current list name at the top left of the item screen.

How to Use Lists

  • Open List Index: Tap the list name at the top left of the screen. Each list shows the number of incomplete items on the right.
  • Change List Settings: In the list index, tap the menu button at the right end of a list and select “List Settings.” You can change the list name, color, and icon.
  • Delete: In the list index, tap the menu button at the right end of a list and select “Delete List.”
  • Reorder: In the list index screen, long-press a list and drag it.
  • Act on All Incomplete Items: Tap the menu icon at the top right and select “Delete Incomplete” or “Copy to Clipboard.”

✨ kaune AI

kaune AI uses AI to help you sort and enter items. It includes “AI Sorting” and “AI Scan.” So that nothing starts from an accidental touch, both are run by pressing and holding the ▶ button.

AI Sorting

AI Sorting reorders the incomplete items in your checklist in the order of the categories you set. If you match the order to how you walk through a store, you won’t have to go back and forth while shopping.

  1. Tap the “sparkle” button at the top right to open “AI Sorting.”
  2. Press and hold the ▶ button to the right of the sorting rule you want to use.

Results may vary each time you sort.

How to Create Sorting Rules

A sorting rule is the order in which categories are arranged. It’s handy to create one for each store you often visit.

  1. In “AI Sorting,” tap “Create Rule.”
  2. Choose the template closest to your store: “Supermarket,” “Drugstore & Pharmacy,” “Home Improvement Store,” or “Convenience Store.” To start from scratch, choose “No Template.”
  3. Enter a rule name, arrange the categories, and tap “Save.”
  • Add a Category: Tap “Add Category,” then choose one from “Common Categories” or enter a category name.
  • Reorder Categories: Long-press a category and drag it.
  • Rename / Delete a Category: Tap the category.
  • Edit / Delete a Rule: In “AI Sorting,” tap the rule name.
  • Reorder Rules: In “AI Sorting,” long-press a rule and drag it.

AI Scan

AI Scan picks out just the item names from text such as chat messages or articles, photos of shopping notes, recipe screenshots, and more.

  1. On the item entry screen, tap the “Scan” button.
  2. Choose a source, then press and hold the ▶ button to its right.
    • Entered Text: Picks out item names from the text in the input field (up to 400 characters) and replaces the input field with them.
    • Select from Library: Picks out item names from the selected image and adds them to the input field.
    • Take Photo: Picks out item names from the photo you take and adds them to the input field.
  3. Check the result, then add the items.

Usage Limits

kaune AI has a daily usage limit that covers AI Sorting and AI Scan combined (see “Subscription” below). There is also a limit on how many times you can use it within a short period. You can check your remaining uses and when they recover under “kaune AI” in the “Settings” tab.

On the Free Plan, if you reach the limit, you can choose “Watch Ad to Reset” and watch the video ad to the end to restore your uses (up to twice a day). Usage limits and terms are subject to change without notice depending on service conditions.

If you don’t use kaune AI, turn off “kaune AI Buttons” in Settings to hide the buttons and the remaining-uses display.

📖 Notes

In Notes, you can register both text and images. Use them to keep track of your favorite brands, clothing sizes, prices, or shopping tips. It’s perfect for remembering the specific brand of seasoning you always buy or your family’s clothing sizes.

How to Create Notes

Open the “Notes” tab at the bottom of the screen and tap the Add button at the bottom right. Alternatively, in the “List” tab, you can tap the Plus (+) button next to an item name to create a note with that same name.

Keywords

In addition to the title, you can add keywords to a note (up to 10 per note, up to 20 characters each). A note is also linked to an item when the item name matches one of its keywords. It’s handy to add different spellings of the same thing, such as “tomato” and “tomatoes.”

Auto-Linking Notes and Lists

If there is a note with the same name as an item in your checklist, or a note whose keyword matches it, a thumbnail will appear in the checklist, allowing you to open the note with a single tap.

  • If there are several related notes, the thumbnail shows how many there are. Tap it to choose which note to open.
  • The beginning of the note’s memo is shown under the item name. To hide it, turn off “Show Note Memo in List” in Settings.

Searching Notes

Type in the search field at the top of the “Notes” tab to filter notes by title and keyword. If you enter several words separated by spaces, only notes that contain all of them are shown.

Adding a Note to a List

Open a note, tap “Add to List,” and choose a list to add the note’s title to it as an item. It is not added to a list that already has an item with the same name.

📱 Widgets

Place widgets on your Home Screen and elsewhere to check your lists or open the item entry screen without opening the app first. Widgets show your incomplete items as of the last time you opened the app. Changes made by group members appear after you open the app.

iPhone

  • Checklist (Home Screen): Shows the incomplete items in a list. Available in small, medium, and large sizes. In the medium and large sizes, you can tap the Plus (+) button to open the item entry screen.
  • Add Item / Open List (Lock Screen): Opens the item entry screen or the list.
  • Add Item / Open List (Control Center): Available on iOS 18 or later.

Choose the list to use from the widget’s or control’s edit screen. With “List Open in App,” it follows the list selected in the app.

Android

  • Checklist (Home screen): Shows the incomplete items in a list. You can resize it freely.
  • Add Item / Open List (Home screen): 1×1 buttons that open the item entry screen or the list.
  • Add Item / Open List (Quick Settings): You can add them as tiles to the Quick Settings panel.

To change the list, long-press the widget or tile. By default, they use “List Open in App,” which follows the list selected in the app.

Number of Widgets

On iPhone, the Free Plan lets you place one widget each on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, and in Control Center. If you place two or more in one place, all the widgets there show a lock instead. With the Premium Plan, there is no limit.

👥 Sign-In and Backup

When you sign in, your data is backed up to the cloud and synced across your devices in real time. You can also create a group to share lists and notes with your family or friends. You can still use the app entirely on your device without signing in.

How to Sign In

  1. Open the “Settings” tab at the bottom of the screen.
  2. Under “User and Group,” tap “Continue with Google” or “Continue with Apple.”
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to sign in.

What You Can Do After Signing In

  • Back up your data and restore it when you switch devices.
  • Sync your data and use it on multiple devices.
  • Join or invite others to a group and edit together.

Data Created Before Signing In

If you have lists or notes created before signing in, you can choose either “Add data to cloud” or “Discard local data” when you sign in. If you choose “Add data to cloud,” the data on your device, including images, is migrated to the cloud.

Changing Your User Name

Go to “Settings” → “User and Group” → “Change User Name.” Your user name is shown in the group member list.

Signing Out

Go to “Settings” → “User and Group” → “Logout.” Please restart the app after signing out.

👨‍👩‍👧 Sharing with a Group

With groups, you can share lists and notes with your family or friends and edit them together. If you share a shopping list, whenever someone adds or completes an item, the change is reflected for everyone. Signing in is required to use groups.

Inviting Members

  1. Go to “Settings” → “User and Group” → “Invite to Group.”
  2. A 6-digit invitation code and a QR code are displayed.
  3. Share the invitation code or the QR code with the other person.

*Only the group owner can issue invitation codes. *Invitation codes expire 24 hours after they are issued. If a code has expired, simply issue a new one.

Joining a Group

  1. Go to “Settings” → “User and Group” → “Join Group.”
  2. Enter the 6-digit invitation code you received, or tap “Scan QR Code” to scan the QR code.
  3. Tap “Join.”

Managing Members

The group owner (the person whose group the members were invited to) can do the following with the buttons at the right end of each member in the member list (“Settings” → “User and Group”):

  • Remove a member: Tap the remove button, then tap “Remove.”
  • Transfer ownership: Tap the transfer button, then tap “Transfer.” After the transfer, you become a regular member.

If the owner subscribes to the Premium Plan and the new owner does not, everyone in the group returns to the Free Plan limits.

Leaving a Group

Go to “Settings” → “User and Group” → “Leave Group.” After leaving, you return to your own personal group. The owner cannot leave a group as-is. Please transfer ownership to another member first.

Good to Know

  • Up to 20 people can belong to a single group.
  • The group’s lists, notes, and images are shared by all members. Whoever added them, every member can view, edit, and delete them.
  • If you have lists you want to keep to yourself, use the app without joining a group.
  • If the group owner subscribes to the Premium Plan, every member can use the Premium benefits (see “Subscription” below). The member list shows the owner’s current plan under their name.

📥 Import from Other Apps

You can share text from other apps, such as chat or messaging apps (like LINE), to kaune to automatically fill in the item registration screen.

How to Share Text from LINE

  1. Long-press the message in LINE that you want to register in kaune.
  2. When the popup appears, tap “Forward.”
  3. Tap the “Forward” button.
  4. Tap “Share with other apps.”
  5. Select “kaune.”

*Steps may vary depending on your OS or the version of LINE you are using.

💬 Feedback

Go to “Settings” → “Feedback & Requests” to send us your impressions of the app, suggestions for improvement, or bug reports. We read everything we receive, but since this is a receive-only channel, we do not send individual replies.

  • Messages can be up to 2,000 characters each.
  • You can attach up to three images. This is useful for screenshots of a bug or an inappropriate ad.
  • You can send up to 10 messages every 6 hours.

📦 Exporting Your Data

Go to “Settings” → “About the App” → “Export Data” to export the data stored in the app as a single ZIP file. If you are signed in, the data and images of the groups you belong to are included as well. This may take a while depending on how much data you have.

🗑 Deleting Your Data

Deleting Your Account (while signed in)

Go to “Settings” → “User and Group” → “Delete Account.” Your account and all data associated with it are permanently deleted and cannot be restored. If you own any groups, you choose for each one whether to “Transfer” it (hand ownership to another member) or “Delete Group.”

Deleting All Data (while signed out)

Go to “Settings” → “About the App” → “Delete All Data” to delete all data stored on this device. Because there is no account associated with the data, it cannot be restored.

⚙️ Display Settings

In the “Settings” tab, you can change how the app looks and what it shows.

  • Text Size: Choose from five levels: “Extra Small,” “Small,” “Standard,” “Large,” and “Extra Large.”
  • Appearance: Choose Light, Dark, or follow your system setting.
  • kaune AI Buttons: Turn off to hide the AI Sorting and AI Scan buttons and the remaining-uses display.
  • Create Note Button: Turn off to hide the Plus (+) button for creating notes to the right of items.
  • Show Note Memo in List: Turn off to stop showing the note’s memo under item names.
  • Vibration: Turn vibration on or off for your actions.

📺 Ads

To keep the app running, we display banner ads in the app. After you add or complete items or create notes a certain number of times, an ad may also be shown in a dialog. Video ads play only when you tap “Watch Ad to Reset” after reaching your kaune AI usage limit. Whether to watch is always up to you. No ads are shown with the Premium Plan.

👀 Subscription

By subscribing to kaune Premium, you get the following benefits:

  • Everyone in your group can use the benefits.
  • No ads.
  • Unlimited creation of checklists, notes, and sorting rules.
  • No limit on the number of widgets.
  • Higher kaune AI usage limits.

The Premium Plan can be purchased in the iOS version. It cannot be purchased in the Android version, but if you are in a group whose owner subscribes on iOS, you can use the benefits on Android as well.

Using It with a Group

  • Premium benefits are determined by the group owner’s subscription. If the owner subscribes, every member can use the benefits.
  • kaune AI usage is counted for the whole group. Once someone uses up the limit, no one in the group can use it until it recovers.
  • If the owner cancels, or transfers ownership to a member who does not subscribe, everyone in the group returns to the Free Plan limits.
  • If a member other than the owner subscribes, the benefits apply only to that member.
  • Family Sharing is not supported.

Free Plan

Ads

  • Banner ads and ads in dialogs are displayed

Checklists

  • Item creation: Unlimited
  • Max number of lists: 5

Notes

  • Max number of notes: 20

Sorting

  • Max number of sorting rules: 3
  • Max categories per rule: 25
  • Max items sorted at once: 25

Widgets (*2)

  • Up to one each on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, and in Control Center

kaune AI (*1)

  • Daily usage limit: 5 times
  • Reset by watching a video ad: up to twice a day

Premium Plan

Who Gets the Benefits

  • Everyone in the group

Ads

  • No ads are displayed

Checklists

  • Item creation: Unlimited
  • Max number of lists: Unlimited

Notes

  • Max number of notes: Unlimited

Sorting

  • Max number of sorting rules: Unlimited
  • Max categories per rule: 50
  • Max items sorted at once: 50

Widgets (*2)

  • Unlimited

kaune AI (*1)

  • Daily usage limit: 20 times (shared by the whole group)

*1 AI Sorting (sorts items in the order of your categories) and AI Scan (finds words in text or images and turns them into items). *2 On iPhone. Widgets are counted separately for the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, and Control Center.

🐻 Others

When a new version is released, a notice appears at the top of the “Settings” tab. Please keep the app up to date.

We are constantly improving kaune to make it the best app possible, so we appreciate your support! ✨ If you like the app, please let us know by leaving a review on the App Store! It would make our day. 😊 (You can find the review button at the bottom of the Settings screen.)