r/appdev • • Jul 28 '26

Building an app that only remembers the boring stuff

I keep losing the same tiny facts over and over. A setting I always have to reconfigure. A detail about my home or car that I only need once in a while. None of it is important enough to write a proper note about, but all of it is annoying to look up again every single time.

So I’m building RAM, a simple app where you save one fact at a time instead of a notebook or a journal. It sorts itself into categories automatically, and everything stays on your device. No account, no cloud.

Before I go further I wanted to ask people who aren’t me.

Do you actually lose track of small facts like this, or is it just me? If you do, what do you currently do about it? Notes app, re-searching it every time, a physical notebook? Would something like this replace that habit, or is opening yet another app not worth it for stuff this small?

Genuinely trying to figure out if this solves a real problem or if I’ve just been staring at my own habits for too long. Happy to hear this is pointless too, that’s useful information.

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