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tag people, places, and things so nothing gets lost

Tags are the simplest way to add structure to your journal without changing how you write. By tagging people, places, and things, you make every entry findable later — and you create connections across entries that might otherwise sit in isolation. memorist keeps tagging fast so it never gets in the way. Add photos to build a visual layer alongside your tags, and everything you capture becomes part of a personal archive you can browse and search anytime.

Just write naturally. memorist recognizes proper nouns and matches names from your tag library, showing suggestions as chips below your text. Tap a chip to confirm the tag. You can also type # followed by a name to tag someone explicitly — for example, #Emma, #Portland, #hiking.

If it's a new tag, memorist will ask you to classify it as a Person, Place, or Thing. Tags are created on the fly — you don't need to define them in advance. Just mention them and memorist remembers them for next time.

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Entry editor showing # tag suggestions

memorist also extracts proper nouns and recognizable names from your text and shows them as suggested tag chips. You can tap to accept or dismiss each suggestion. This means you'll catch tags you might have forgotten to add with #.

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Tag suggestion chips below the description field

Tap in the bottom nav to see all the tags you've used. Use the filters at the top to switch between Person, Place, and Thing views. This gives you a full inventory of how you've organized your entries. Tap any tag to see its details.

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Tags screen showing Person, Place, Thing filters

From the Tags screen, tap any tag to open its detail view. You'll see a profile with key details — and for people, relationship type and significant dates. Tap Past to jump to the timeline filtered to every past entry for that tag, or Future to see what's ahead.

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Filtered view showing all entries for a tag

Photos anchor your entries to specific moments and make your journal richer to browse. Attach photos when creating entries — a meal, a place, a face, a document. Over time, your photostream becomes a visual companion to your written record.

Every photo stays linked to the entry where you added it, so you always have the written context alongside the image.

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Entry with attached photo

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Tips for effective tagging

Be consistent.
Pick one version of a tag and stick with it. Use #Mom rather than alternating between #Mom and #Mother.
Keep it simple.
A few well-chosen tags are more useful than dozens of overlapping ones. Start with people and places, then add topics as patterns emerge.
Don't over-tag.
Not every entry needs five tags. Tag what you'll want to find later. If an entry is just a quick thought, it's fine to leave it untagged.
Tags are flexible.
You can delete tags you no longer need from their profile in the Tags screen.