InQR: Quick Start Guide

What InQR actually does

Most to-do apps ask you to remember to open them. InQR works the other way around: you stick a QR code directly onto a physical thing, like a storage bin, a folder, a filing cabinet, or a shelf, and scanning it is what opens the right list, right there, right then. The object itself does the reminding, instead of you having to remember a list exists.

No accounts, no sign-in, nothing to set up. Everything you enter stays on your phone; see the Privacy Policy if you’re curious exactly what that means.

The four tabs

• Home: your dashboard. Shows every task that currently needs your attention, most urgent first.
• Items: every physical thing you’ve added, browsable and filterable by category.
• Scan: opens your camera to scan a QR code (or a product barcode) and jump straight to what it’s linked to.
• Add: create a new item.

Everything else, like Settings, Templates, printing QR labels, and searching, lives behind the menu icon (☰) in the top corner of any of those four screens, so it’s always one tap away no matter where you are.

Creating your first item

1. Open the Add tab.
2. Give it a name (e.g. “Kitchen Pantry,” “Filing Cabinet,” “Medicine Cabinet”) and pick a category.
3. Tap Create Item.

Not sure where to start? The Add tab has a “Not sure where to start?” shortcut into a library of ready-made templates, like a laundry routine, a Pomodoro-style work timer, or kitchen storage with shelves already set up, that create a fully working example you can rename and adjust instead of building from a blank page.

Giving it a QR code

Open your new item and go to its QR tab:

• Tap Generate QR Code to create one.
• The code displays right there; tap it to save it to your photo library (so you can print it) or remove it.
• Print it on a label, sticker paper, or just tape a printed square to the object. That sticker is now the physical anchor for everything you attach to this item in the app.

Already have a QR code on the object from somewhere else (or need to re-print and re-attach a replacement)? The same QR tab has a Scan Existing QR Code to Link option: scan any blank/unused QR code and InQR will adopt it instead of generating a new one.

Need a lot of labels printed at once? The menu (☰) has a Print QR Codes screen that lets you select several items and generates one print-ready sheet.

Adding tasks

Open an item and go to its Contents tab, tap + Add, then Add Task. InQR has five task types, because different reminders need different amounts of friction to actually work:

• Manual: a plain to-do. Tap to complete, anytime.
• QR-Linked: scanning the item’s QR code starts a timer, and scanning it again is the only way to complete it. No complete button in the app; you have to physically go back to the object.
• Recurring: an alarm-style reminder that repeats on a schedule (daily, every few hours, specific days of the week) and keeps nagging until you resolve it.
• Scheduled: a one-time reminder for a specific date and time.
• Multi-Phase: cycles through a sequence of timed stages (e.g. a Pomodoro-style Work → Break → Work loop), advancing each time you scan.

If you’re not sure which one fits, Manual is the safe default; you can always edit a task later.

The daily loop

1. See something that needs attention on the Home dashboard, or scan a QR code you walk past.
2. Scanning opens exactly that item, task, or object; nothing else.
3. Resolve it the way that task type expects (tap complete, or scan again to confirm).

That’s the whole idea: the physical world tells the app what to show you, instead of you having to remember to check the app.

Nesting items inside items

Items can contain other items, like a pantry shelf inside a pantry or a filament spool inside a drawer, so one scan can surface exactly the right level of detail instead of one giant flat list. From any item’s Contents tab, tap + Add, then either Add New Item (create a brand-new one inside this item) or Scan Existing Item (move an item you already created into this one).

You can also add plain Objects: a simple labeled entry with no tasks or QR code of its own, good for “what’s actually in this bin” (spare batteries, a specific filament color, pantry staples). Scanning a product barcode while adding an Object looks up the product name for you automatically, and remembers it locally so the next scan of that same barcode is instant, even offline.

Photos and video

Any item, task, or object can have photos or videos attached, from its Media tab, handy for “what does this actually look like without opening the lid.”

Made a mistake?

Every item, task, and object can be archived (via the edit/archive icons, or the trash icon on a list) rather than instantly deleted: archived things can be restored from their own page, or permanently deleted from there if you’re sure.

FAQ

Do I need an account or internet connection? No. InQR works fully offline. The one exception is looking up a brand-new product barcode, which makes a single anonymous request to a free public product database; see the Privacy Policy for the full detail.

I lost or damaged a physical QR sticker. Now what? Scan it anyway (if it still partially works) or use the item’s edit screen to generate a fresh one and print a replacement. Nothing about the item itself is lost: the sticker is just a pointer to it, not where the data lives.

Where is my data actually stored? On your device only. Settings (via the ☰ menu) has an export/backup option if you want a copy, or want to move your data to a new phone.

Can two different items share the same QR code? No. Each QR code links to exactly one item, task, or object. Scanning a code that’s already linked to something else will tell you so rather than silently overwriting it.