Booko has two kinds of widgets. Booko Notes rotates your notes on the Home Screen, and Quick Note lets you write something down. You can also put Booko Notes on your Mac desktop. Quick Note is available on iPhone and iPad only.
Add a widget
- Touch and hold an empty area of the Home Screen.
- Tap + in the top-left corner and search for Booko.
- Choose Booko Notes or Quick Note, pick a size, and tap Add Widget.
Tap the Booko Notes widget to open that note in Booko.
Set the review range and frequency
- Review range decides which notes appear. You can limit it to certain categories or books. The widget, the Review tab, and review notifications share the same range. Change it under Review Range in Settings, or from the more menu in the top-right corner of the Review tab.
- Review frequency decides how often the widget shows a new note. Change it in Settings. The system decides the exact refresh time, so the widget may update a little later.
With Pro, you can shuffle to a new note directly on the widget.
The Review tab
The Review tab shows one note at a time. Swipe left for the next note, and swipe right to go back to the one you just saw.
When you open Review from the tab bar, notes come up in random order:
- No note repeats within a round. Every note in your review range comes up once before the next round starts.
- A book with lots of notes won’t crowd out the rest, so books with only a few notes still come up.
To go back from your newest notes instead, open the more menu in the top-right corner and set Review mode to In order. When you open Review from a book or a collection, it starts in order with that book’s or collection’s notes, and you can switch to Shuffle.
Review notifications
Review notifications bring a note to your Lock Screen each day. The notification shows the note itself, and tapping it opens that note in Booko.
Turn on Review Notifications in Settings, then choose a reminder time and how many times a day (1 to 3). Review notifications use your review range and skip the note the widget is showing. Review notifications are a Pro feature.
Write down a thought quickly
None of these need Booko to be open:
- Quick Note widget: tap it and start typing.
- Control Center button: add Booko’s Quick Note button to Control Center.
- Share sheet: select text in another app and share it to Booko.
- Shortcuts: search for Booko in the Shortcuts app and use actions such as Add Note. You can put a shortcut on your Home Screen, run it from an automation, or use it with Siri.
Booko saves quick notes to the Inbox. You can move them to a book or collection later.
On Mac, press C to write a quick note.
Common questions
The widget doesn’t update. The system schedules widget refreshes. Wait a little, or open Booko and do something in the app.
The widget is empty. There are no notes in your review range yet. Import some notes first, or check the review range in the Review tab’s more menu.