Quick add: just type, Beeside sorts it

Shopping & meals3 min read · updated October 2026

The honey “+” in the middle of the bar opens Quick add; on the web it's the + Quick add button. Just start typing, for example “Milk 2l, bread, Friday 2 pm haircut Mia”.

  1. Tap +.
  2. Type several items separated by commas. Decimals like “1.5 kg” stay together.
  3. Under Recognized items, each item shows where it goes, such as “Groceries at Migros” or “Calendar”, and why: “known item”, “looks like an event”.
  4. If a destination is wrong, tap the chip and choose another.
  5. Tap Add.

What Beeside recognises

  • Groceries: items you've bought before, and anything with a quantity like “Mince 500g”.
  • Calendar: a date with a time, or words like “dentist” and “parents' evening”. Names from your family become the people on the event.
  • To-dos: tasks like “call the dentist” or “fix the bike”, with a date as the due date.
  • Inbox: anything Beeside can't sort for sure ends up here. Under More › Inbox you give it a home later.

From photo or text

With From photo or text, Beeside reads a school letter, an invitation or a timetable and turns it into drafts. Only what you add gets saved. On iPhone, text is read by Apple's on-device model where available, otherwise by the server. Photos always go via the server; private entries never do.

Screen in Beeside: Quick add: just type, Beeside sorts it

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