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Exciting news! You can now get the experience of Minicastle on your iPhone or iPad!
Camelot brings the best of Minicastle to your phone, so you can manage home projects and DIY work anytime, anywhere.What’s inside:
- Issues, Areas, Projects - the core tools you already use
- Camera & gallery access - snap photos of repairs or ideas
- Calendar sync - stay on top of your own deadlines
- Offline-first, no login required - fast and private
Coming soon:
- Data sync with Minicastle
- Import/export (.csv)
- Inventory, Recurring Issues, Reporting, Suggestions, Co-Owners
It's important to note: Camelot and Minicastle are completely separate right now.
Data won’t sync (yet), and if you delete the app from your device, your Camelot data will be gone too. But rest assured, if you want to back-up your data or collaborate with others, that functionality is coming soon.You don't need to sign up for Minicastle in order to use Camelot.
Just hop over to the App Store instead to get it for free: Camelot on the App Store.Why “Camelot”?
To get a mobile app into your hands faster, it's being launched under a separate name. Once data syncing is ready, Camelot and Minicastle will merge into a single experience.
FAQs
Should I start using Camelot?
Yes! Especially if you prefer the convenience of a native mobile app or don’t want to store everything in the cloud. If you’re happy with Minicastle in the browser, syncing will soon let you use both together.
Is Minicastle going away?
No! Minicastle is here to stay. Updates may be slower while Camelot ramps up, but the end goal is one combined app.
Is it free?
Yes! Just like Minicastle, Camelot is very free to use, with an optional upgrade to create unlimited homes and projects.
What about Android?
An Android version is in the works. If you'd like to be an early tester, please let us know at: help@minicastle.app
Ready to get started?
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new
Light Theme
Minicastle isn't (only) for vampires - you should be able to enjoy it in the light! Now you can see Minicastle clear as day with a
new Light Theme
:
Themes should turn on automatically based on your system settings
, but you can always take control and toggle back-and-forth by using this button in the Nav bar:
Interested in seeing other themes? Share your ideas on our feedback page, and stay tuned for more exciting updates coming soon.
improved
Projects Refreshed!
Projects are a little easier to use and read now! Now you can:
- Quickly hide or show all of the Project's Issuesfor a cleaner, more scannable view (just FYI: Issues are hidden by default)
- Instantly see progressbased on the green bar at the top of the project (reflects the % of "Done" Issues int he project
- Enjoy the satisfaction of a job well donewith a little checkmark once all Issues are complete!

Nothing beats a YouTube video or tutorial that actually
shows
you how to solve your problem. Now, you can instantly find relevant YouTube links when you create or edit an issue, and save them so they're handy when it's time to dive into your issue.How it works:
- Create the issue (aka given it a name like "Patch hole in stucco" or "Clean tankless water heater"),
- Slide down to the Linkssection and look for a new button calledFind Videos.
- Press the button, and we'll automatically search YouTube for videos that match the name of your issue (as well as a few other generic keywords).
- Once you see the results, you can instantly save them to your Links section for easy access when you need them.
Let us know if you like the results!

Minicastle now has a set of powerful keyboard shortcuts to make your experience faster and more efficient than ever before. Checkout the shortcuts below to:
- Save valuable timeby reducing mouse movements and clicks
- Stay in your flowwithout interrupting your thought process
- Become an unstoppable power user, making it easier and easier to build, upgrade, and enjoy your home
Shortcuts to try:
- ANavigate toAreas
- PNavigate toProjects
- INavigate toIssues
- NNavigate toInventory
- QQuick AddAreas, Issues, etc. (based on your current section)
- /Search
- ←/→Navigate between the sections above
Let us know what other shortcuts you'd like to see. Email dave@minicastle.app, or leave feedback here at any time.
new
Issue Images
The most satisfying part of doing any house project is enjoying the "Before & After" of what you accomplished. In Minicastle, now you can easily capture this moment with Issue Images!

Once you
create an Issue
, you have the ability to capture and describe all sorts of information like status, priority, time spent, and more. In the new Images
section, you can upload as many images as you'd like from your phone, computer, or third-party tools like Dropbox and Google Drive. Just select the images you want to save, select whether they're 'Before', 'Progress, or 'After'
photos, and provide an optional description if you'd like.
Once you save, you'll have a sweet little photo gallery of your project ready to share and serve as a reference for collaborators, co-owners, or even your future self 😎.
The time has come to vanquish Minicastle's most requested feature:
you can now create recurring issues
! Recurring issues are a great way to handle routine work, checks, and cleaning that you'd like to perform as consistently as possible.
Minicastle's recurring issues are meant to be as lightweight and easy-to-use as possible. Once you create any issue, you can convert it into a recurring task:
- Just toggle on the "Recurring" settings
- Select your preferred frequency(fully flexible Weekly, Monthly, or Annual occurrences)
- Mark the "official" start dateof your series
- Set your preference for how future occurrences will be created
There are two options for automatically creating future occurrences:
- Based on Original Start Date: this helps you stay on a consistent schedule by creating new issues based on when youshouldcomplete them.
- Based on Completion of the Previous Issue: this helps you feel a little more relaxed androll with the punchesby creating new issues in the series whenever you get around to completing the last one.
Once you complete a recurring issue, you'll see the next instance automatically appear in your Issues list. But you can also stop recurrences at any time! Just delete the recurring series to cancel. (You'll lose the history associated with the recurring issues, but you'll never delete the issues themselves.)

Recurring Issues will give you even more consistency and control over your home. Let me know how it works for you! Email me at dave@minicastle.app with any comments, questions, feedback or more.
Not all house Issues are equally bad. Now you can separate your most "Urgent!" issues from problems that can wait til you've finished your coffee... Pick from any of the following choices:
- Urgent
- Necessary but not urgent
- Nice-to-have
- No priority

Pro tip:
To change your Issue's Priority, Status, or Type, you can now make changes directly from your Issues or Projects lists, or click into the Issue with our new Full Page Issues (see post)!Now you can
enjoy much more space to work with and think about your Issues
. From the Issues list, just click on any Issue, and you'll be brought to a full page view of that Issue. Making changes and adding details should feel much more comfortable now. And never worry about forgetting to press "Save" again - we'll save your changes as you go
.Besides making Issues a little easier to use, this upgrade also gives us way more room to add more features to Issues -
stay tuned
!
improved
Add Issues from the Areas View
Previously, to add issues for a given area, you had to open a dropdown menu. Now, there's a big button:

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