Simply Customize It! A Heads Up Before Your Next Simply Customize It Update Your templates and screens live on your reMarkable, not just in the app... which matters if you ever hit this bug. Here's what happened, and what to do before your next update.
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.4.2: A Quick Fix A quick patch fixing an issue that caused the app to fail to open for some users, tracked down thanks to error reporting added in the last update.
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.4.1: A Crash Report Comes In An email about a crash led me down a rabbit hole this week... a data container issue, a syncing fix I didn't know I needed, and some old code still looking for a feature that never made it to the database. Here's what changed and why.
Monthly Newsletter SimplyKyra Monthly Overview: July 2026 A cozy once-a-month roundup of what's new with SimplyKyra... this issue looks back at July: juggling summer break for the kids, quietly releasing app updates across three apps, a new kind of video content for Simply TBR, and a nature-filled walk around Capitol Lake during Lakefair.
Simply Remember It Simply Remember It 2.2.4: Counting the Days Between This update came from a very specific problem: an orthodontist expander on a twice a week schedule and me counting backward every time. Now the app counts for me.
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.4.0: One Button Recovery Is Here 1.4.0 finally makes 'one button recovery' true: set it up once per device and let it clean up, sync, and restore everything reMarkable's updates undo.
Simply TBR Simply TBR 1.1.3: Still Within Reach A patch born from actually using the app: Exit Ceremony links that stay tappable, Author Watch that finally shares your NetGalley login, and genre filtering that's easier to search and select.
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.3.0: Easier to Keep Tidy A pile of my own templates finally pushed me to add multi-select delete and better browse info, and along the way I fixed a handful of other things worth sharing, including a smoother way to trust your reMarkable when it updates.
Simply TBR Simply TBR 1.1.2: Reaching the Right Network A Humble Bundle purchase led to testing OPDS import, which led to fixing a demo-link mix-up and adding local network permission, plus a speed boost for NetGalley Author Watch.
Life Snapshot Life Snapshot: I Finally Saw My Whole Reading Pile I knew my reading pile was big. I didn't know it was 644 books across six apps until I finally saw them all in one place. Turns out it felt less like dread and more like relief.
Simply Remember It Simply Remember It 2.2.3: Small Fixes, Bigger Foundation Small but passing on some fixes sooner rather than later.
Simply TBR Simply TBR 1.1.1: Seeing It for the First Time A proper welcome flow for new installs, book covers that follow your accent color, a tidier Settings menu, and a fix for a false "confirm changes" prompt.
Simply TBR Simply TBR 1.1.0: More Ways In, More Ways Out This update grew out of one reader's question about importing their self-hosted library. It adds OPDS and Hardcover as Connected sources, StoryGraph and Hardcover as free places to log finished books, and steadier NetGalley and Libby imports along the way.
Monthly Newsletter SimplyKyra Monthly Overview: June 2026 A new app launched, the rest of the ecosystem got some quiet attention, and somewhere in the middle of it all there was a circus. June, somehow, zipped by.
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.2.0: From Reading to Writing Working on Simply TBR left me thinking about what Simply Customize It was missing and the answer turned out to be saved defaults. This update brings that over along with a subscription fix and a handful of smaller improvements.
Simply TBR Simply TBR 1.0.0: Read Your Way Out I found out I'd missed book two of a series I love... then discovered I already owned it. It had been sitting unread for months. So I built an app to make the pile visible.
Life Snapshot Life Snapshot: When Books Became Too Unruly I used to be a physical-book person who didn't understand ebooks at all. Then I had two kids and reading had to change shape to survive.
Simply TBR Simply TBR: Version History A chronological list of all Simply TBR updates with short summaries.
Simply TBR Simply TBR! FAQs Curious about Simply TBR? Want to stay updated on new features? Or just looking to learn more? Click here for all the details!
Simply Customize It! Simply Customize It 1.1.1: Answering an Email An email from a new user led me to a crash that was quietly affecting everyone... along with some minor fixes.
Simply Remember It Simply Remember It 2.2.2: The Quiet Fixes What started as an accessibility audit checklist item turned into a deeper look at the whole codebase. Formal accessibility support is now listed on the App Store product page plus a handful of fixes that came along for the ride.
Monthly Newsletter SimplyKyra Monthly Overview: May 2026 A May spent noticing small things: a two-year app anniversary, a robin outside the window, and the four modes of Simply Remember It finally getting their own spotlight.
Simply Customize It! Two Years on the App Store: Where Simply Customize It Started A shared photo album I'd completely forgotten surfaced several photos of Simply Customize It from 2021 and 2022... two to three years before the app ever went live. Here's what building it actually looked like at the start.
Life Snapshot Life Snapshot: Pick Your Own Ramen Night Want a simple meal... we've started ramen night. Minimal dishes, everyone's happy, and you can customize it as you please!
Hiking Thomas Dambo's PNW Trolls: Five in Two Years with Revisits Two years, five trolls, multiple ferries, one very long parking situation during cherry blossom season, and one troll I almost walked right past. Here's how I collected all the Thomas Dambo trolls in the PNW.
