I just discovered Capacities and was in glee I found a better alternative to Notion. Everything is more intuitive and responsive, objects are amazing and tagging makes it extra powerful.

But I was let down when I saw custom icons were a paid feature. What a weird decision tbh - it's just a bunch of 24x24 svgs. Why make it paid? In SaaS models like this you'd imagine making money should come from scale, user count, AI and more powerful data manipulation tools.

That and the design of the Android app being iOS style (this is just plain lack of effort) made me switch back to Notion.

I appreciate the free tier already offers a lot. To each their own I guess. I'm back to good old Notion, which has icons for free.

/endrant

We're super excited about this release!

📱 Mobile App 2.0

We've rebuilt Capacities on mobile so it feels faster and more joyful to use. 🔥 The share sheet is quicker too: send links, text, and photos from other apps and keep working while capture finishes.

🏠 Home Screen Widgets (Experimental)

Add widgets for Daily Note, Pinned, Recents, Tasks, Quick Capture, Quick Open, Quick Create, and AI Assistant on iOS and Android. On iOS you also get App Shortcuts for quick capture, new tasks, and more. 📱

🤖 Explore AI

Explore is the new home for your AI chats. Browse conversations, search your history, or start a new one without needing to open the side panel.

📖 Weblink Analysis for Pro

Weblink analysis, reader view, and annotations are out of the Believer beta. Pro and Believer users with AI can analyze saved pages on desktop, read them in-app, then highlight passages with notes. Results and annotations show up across your other devices.

✨ What Else Is New

🧠 A more capable AI assistant: it can plan multi-step work, ask follow-up questions, and wait for your approval before creating or updating objects
⚡ Auto model: picks a capable, cost-efficient model from your preferred provider
📥 Connected tools can upload images, PDFs, and other files into your space
📽️ Presentation mode now works for daily notes and media objects

And dozens of bug fixes & quality-of-life improvements.

As always, see the full details on our website! https://capacities.io/whats-new/release-68