Dextr App Release Notes

2.1.0

1 April 2026

New Features

Contact dates, such as anniversaries, are now editable in Dextr and are synced with iOS Contacts.
Dates will display on the Calendar alongside birthdays, and now include the ordinal year (e.g John’s 35th Birthday)
Easily setup or remove Reminders for birthdays & other dates by tapping the bell icon next to a date when viewing a contact.*

Improvements

The actions menu (…) when viewing event now includes ability to manually end the event.
On the Home screen, manually ending the event is now a swipe-left action.

*Requires Dextr Unlimited

2.0.4

26 March 2026

Contacts Sync Settings will now surface notices for contacts that may not have been imported due to missing name.
Search now returns more relevant filter results overall rather than limiting per-filter type.

2.0.1

8 March 2026

Added artist music preview button to Dextr Unplug when viewing music event:

Plays a sample of the artist’s top song via Apple Music (subscription not required).
Tap the playing song to see more from that artist in Apple Music.

Note: Dextr may request access to your Apple Music library, but the app does not read or store any of that information.

2.0.0

6 March 2026

Introducing Dextr Unplug!

Strengthen your personal relationships by discovering events and activities to attend with friends, family, and colleagues.
Make networking at large events easier with full schedules for conferences like SXSW.
Filter events by categories like Sports, Music, Arts & Culture, and more.
Add events to your Dextr Calendar to keep track of what you want to attend, get notified when events are happening, and log who you met there.
Discover other events at places you’ve visited with the new Unplug sub-tab on Place screens.
Use Timeline View for large events like conferences and festivals to quickly see what’s happening next.
View your personal festival and conference schedule with the new Timeline View in Calendar.

*Available in the US & Canada, with support for more locations coming soon.

1.16.2

21 Februrary 2026

Improvements

Added support for department name field.
Tagged sub-tab now includes sub-menus for viewing contacts with specific tags.

1.16.1

16 Februrary 2026

Improvements

It’s now possible to edit first met information on a contact without going into edit mode.
Archived contacts can now be deleted in bulk if bidirectional sync is enabled.
Pinned relation types / tags will now show at the top of the source selector in the Mass Text Shortcut. Test

1.16.0

13 February 2026

New Features

Textable Contacts Shortcut*

Added new Textable Contacts shortcut, allowing you to mass text contacts individually via Apple Shortcuts.
Select a tag, tag group, relation type, relation group, or recent event to pull all contacts in that category.
Personalize the message for each contact using the provided variables like First Name, Last Name, etc.
Navigate to Settings to install the shortcut and learn more at dextr.app/learn/mass-texts

*Requires Dextr Unlimited.

1.15.0

2 February 2026

New Features

Event End Dates: You can now optionally set an explicit event end date rather than use the current auto-end mechanism.
Events that span multiple days will show on those days in the Calendar tab.
It’s now possible to have multiple current events.
When multiple current events are active, the Recently Met Widget will display names of people met from all in a single list.
On Home, swipe to the right on a current event to end it early.
Dextr will soon utilize these new Event capabilities to help you Unplug…

1.14.3

26 January 2026

Improvements

URLs are now clickable in first met, reminder, interaction, and general notes fields.
Social Graph view location/zoom is now persisted between app launches.
Tapping a pin on Places Map will now show people met at that location.

Changes

Archiving a contact has been changed from a rightward swipe to leftward.

1.14.2

24 January 2026

New Features

Added ability to show completed reminders on Contact Reminders Sub-Tab.

Improvements

A contact has been added for Dextr, ensuring replies to support requests are not marked as spam.
Contacts Sync has improved to only trigger if changes are detected since the last sync. This also ensures newly added contacts are more immediately available in Dextr.
Quick Help: Home screen now includes toolbar button with link to Help Center, Joining Discord, Calling/Emailing Support & for anonymously submitting feedback.

1.14.0

19 January 2026

Improvements

Organize Assistant now includes additional questions:
- Prompt to set recently imported contacts as first met at the current or most recent event in the past 48 hours.
- Prompt to add first met info for recently imported contacts.
When enabled, Dextr will now send a notification when an event ends to remind you to open Dextr, which will trigger the above Organize Assistant questions if applicable.
When adding a first met date, the picker will default to no Month or Day selection.
First Met Notes & Other Notes fields now expand to fit content when editing on iOS 26+.
Performance improvements.

1.13.1

12 January 2026

Improvements

Tags, Relations, and First Met Event/Place icons now always show on Contact rows.
More performance improvements throughout the app.

1.13.0

10 January 2026

New Features

Bulk VCF Export: From any list of contacts, you can now multi-select and export their contact cards as a single VCF file for easy sharing or backup.

Improvements

Bulk tagging, setting relationships, or archiving/restoring contacts no longer requires Dextr Unlimited*.
Multi-select has been moved out of the sort menu into it’s own top bar button.
When adding and address to a contact or selecting one for an event, search bar will now automatically focus for easier typing.
Improved messaging on Contacts Sync settings when iCloud sync is in progress.

*Creating custom tags or relationships still requires Dextr Unlimited.

1.12.5

9 January 2026

New Features

Use the new Tags Select button next to Relation Select to quickly set tags for new & existing contacts.

Improvements

Primary buttons now use a unified color scheme across the app.

Changes

Relation Types & Tags have been moved (back) to Settings.
Removed add tags button on Person Tags sub-tab in favor of the new Tags Select button.

1.12.4

7 January 2026

Improvements

Significant performance improvements for users with many Calendar items & across the app in general.

1.12.3

5 January 2026

Improvements

Various performance improvements, particularly on iPad.

1.12.2

24 December 2025

New Features

Added ability to start group text messages via multi-select.

Improvements

The + button on Favorites sub-tab presents a view to add favorites in bulk rather than Add Contact screen.
Various performance improvements.

1.12.1

23 December 2025

New Features

Added Reminders & Interactions to Recently Viewed on Search.

1.12.0

20 December 2025

New Features

Favorite Relation Types are now designated as “Pinned”, and can be pinned/unpinned directly from the Relation Type Selector.
Added ability to pin tags to the Tag Selector in the same way.
Contact Tags sub-tab now includes ability to add existing tags from the new Tag Selector.
Added ability to create Reminders by swiping on an attendee when viewing an Event or from an Interaction row on Home / Calendar.

Improvements

When typing # to add a tag in notes fields, a chip will appear to create a new tag if no existing tags match.
Removing a person met when adding an Event now requires a swipe action to avoid accidental removals.
Added Spanish translations and improved Italian & German translations.

1.11.4

17 December 2025

Improvements

Performance improvements for iPad & iPhone.

1.11.3

13 December 2025

Improvements

Various performance improvements related to Calendar.

1.11.1

11 December 2025

Improvements

It’s now possible to add an event when setting first met event.
First Met Event search now includes recently added events.
Dextr will now indicate if you’ve exceeded your iCloud Storage quota with instructions on how to disable iCloud backup/sync if desired.

1.11.0

10 December 2025

New Features

Contact Reminders*

Create Reminders for following up, checking in regularly, or to reconnect with contacts.
Use recurring Reminders for important dates like birthdays & anniversaries.
The Today view on the Home Screen will show Reminders due today or are past due.
Reminder Notifications: A morning summary notification for all reminders due today and individual notifications for reminders with specific times.
Reminders can be set to auto-complete after calling / messaging a contact from within Dextr.
Add Reminders when viewing a contact in the new Reminders sub-tab or directly from the Home Screen.Improvements

Calendar

The Events tab has been replaced with Calendar–a new centralized location for viewing events, birthdays, interactions, and reminders.
Filter the Calendar by events, interactions, or reminders.
Tapping Reminder Complete button will allow you to complete the reminder or call/message the associated Contact.

Improvements

Added setting to move Home screen add buttons to top bar in Settings > Sort & Display.
Added ability to add Reminders & Interaction Logs from Home screen.
Added search for Interaction notes & Reminders.
Added ability to enable/disable specific notification types in Settings > Notifications.
Added Skip All option to Organize Assistant & increased time until suggestion is shown again for a person to 14 days.
Setting future event dates and enabling additional call/message platforms no longer requires Dextr Unlimited.

*Requires Dextr Unlimited.

1.10.1

28 November 2025

Bug Fixes

Fixed crash that could occur when using the Organize Assistant.

1.10.0

24 November 2025

New Features

Organize Assistant

The Home screen now includes the Organize Assistant which helps you further organize contacts by answering simple yes/no questions.
A push notification will be sent when there are more suggestions from the Organize Assistant.
Initial questions are geared towards new Dextr users with unorganized libraries, with more advanced questions coming in future updates.

Improvements

Added push notifications for when an event is starting.
Contact edit button now shows directly on nav bar in addition to inside the action menu.

1.9.0

11 November 2025

New Features

Organization Levels

Dextr & Search features work best the more information you provide about your contacts. To help with this, there is a new Organization Level system that encourages you to add more details about your contacts.
Indicator Dots will appear in Card Stack Organizer & Contact Screen fields to show which fields need to be filled out to reach the next Organization Level for that contact.
A new Organize Level sort option has been added to contact lists, making it easy to find people that need more information added.
When sorting a contact list by Organize Level, additional icons will appear to indicate contact info contributing to their Organization Level.

Improvements

Card Stack Organizer “Next” button will say “Skip” when no changes are made to organize the contact.
Added first met place to contact row hint (hints are shown if a contact does not have last name).
Contact Place suggestions now includes a suggested label.
Improved German translations for family relation types.

Changes

Dextr will no longer adjust capitalization of Relation Group names when displayed. Update existing group names in Home > Relation Types if desired.

1.8.2

5 November 2025

Improvements

Added Gift as an Interaction Type.
Added ability to filter items on Person Interaction tab by interaction type.
Added last interaction date to Person Screen metadata at the bottom.
If adding an attendee to an event prior to when you first met, the first met info for that contact will now be automatically updated.

1.8.1

4 November 2025

Improvements

Added IMDb & general website link as a Social Profile platform.
Added ability to search a contact’s name on IMDb.

1.8.0

1 November 2025

New Features

Interaction Logs*

Log notes for calls, messages, emails, and event conversations with contacts in your library.
Initiate a call, message, or email from Dextr to automatically create an Interaction Log to fill out later.
View a timeline of Interactions and manually add an Interaction Log via the new Interactions sub-tab when viewing a contact.
Sort any contact list by Last/Previous Interaction to quickly find who you’ve been in contact with recently.
Swipe right on a contact in an event’s Other Attendees section to log notes about your interaction with them at that event.
Be reminded about interactions you have yet to add notes for via notification badges.

Home Tab

The More tab has been replaced with a new Home tab.
Get an overview of your contact organization progress, interactions you need to log notes for, the current and today’s events, and nearby Places.
View your Social Graph, Card Stack Organizer, add new contacts & events, and manage tags & relation types.
Access remaining app settings via the gear icon in the upper left.

Additional Call & Message Platforms

Select your default call / message app set in iOS Settings to streamline creating Interaction Logs.
Enable additional message platforms (Signal, WhatsApp), and call platform (FaceTime Audio) to have the option to message/call via that platform from message/call buttons.*

Virtual Events

Mark an event as virtual and select the platform for the event (Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc).

Improvements

The Search tab now includes 10 recently viewed items for quick access.
The Contact Events tab has been unified into the new Interactions tab.
Selected contact sort option is now persisted between sub-tabs (except for New Names) and app launches.
Add ability to turn on flashlight when using Business Card Scanner.
When a current event is in progress and notifications are enabled, Dextr will have a badge on the iOS Home Screen denoting as such.
Significantly improved Card Stack Organizer load performance for new users with large contact libraries.

* Requires Dextr Unlimited.

1.7.2

23 October 2025

Improvements

Added ability to initiate messages via WhatsApp and Signal from Person message buttons. Enable in More > Settings > Messaging Platforms. Requires Dextr Unlimited.
Added ability to check WhatsApp and Signal messages in Card Stack Organizer.
The social profile contact button when viewing Person will now list all available social profiles to view vs just the first.
When adding a Relation Type with an inverse name, the inverse Relation Type will now be created automatically.

Changes

This & future updates now require iOS/iPadOS 18.2 or newer.

1.7.1

20 October 2025

Improvements

People will now be exported to iOS Contacts that only have an email address.
Added Threads to list of social platforms.

1.7.0

16 October 2025

New Features

The Social Graph has been rebuilt to provide a more consistent layout and improved performance.
When adding existing people to an event, Dextr will now suggest likely attendees based on a combination of prior events and your social graph.
Conversely, when adding person relationships, event attendance will also be considered for suggestions.

Improvements

If business card scanner fails to recognize text, it will instruct to adjust camera position to try again, as well as list supported languages.

1.6.0

7 October 2025

New Features

Business Card Scanner

When adding a new person, there is a new toolbar button to scan a business card using your device’s camera.
The scanner uses on-device intelligence to extract contact information including: name, job title, organization, phone numbers, emails, and address.
Requires Dextr Unlimited, iOS 26+, and a device compatible with Apple Intelligence.

Siri Integration

It’s now possible to use Siri to interact with Dextr!
Supported shortcuts:
- “Siri, add a person in Dextr”
- “Siri, create a Dextr event”
- “Siri, open Dextr keypad”
- “Siri, open current Dextr event”
- “Siri, show recently met in Dextr”

Improvements

Added ability to tap a person’s photo to view the full image.
Added ability to reduce gradient background animations in More > Settings. Enabling this setting can improve performance on older devices.
When setting a first met place for a Person, a place for your current location will now display at the top.
When viewing a relation type in More > Relation type, the “Your <relation type> count” row can now be tapped to view all people with that relation to you, including archived.

1.5.3

30 September 2025

Improvements

Added ability to override tag group emoji for individual tags.
Recently used tags will now appear after typing # or when adding via the Person Tags sub-tab.

1.5.2

25 September 2025

Improvements

Added ability to see people that were previously imported that no longer exist in iOS Contacts in Contacts Sync > People Unlinked From iOS Contacts. This can be used to remove people in Dextr that were deduplicated or deleted via iOS Contacts.
Added a warning when a editing a Person that has been deleted in iOS Contacts that changes will create a new contact record in iOS Contacts.
Various performance improvements throughout the app.

1.5.0

14 August 2025

Features

Liquid Glass & iPad Refresh

On iOS 26, Dextr has been completely redesigned with Liquid Glass—a perfect fit for the vibrant colors used across the app.
On iPadOS, Dextr has been overhauled with an all new sidebar & column layout—and fully supports iPadOS 26 windowing.

Other

Bulk Actions: From any person list it is now possible to email, tag, set relation, and archive in bulk.*
It is now possible to add future events* and set a specific event start time

Improvements

Adding/editing relation groups is easier than ever. Tap the color dot to change the group color or tap the pencil icon to edit the name.
Editing relation types also got easier. No need to enter Edit mode, just start making your changes and tap the checkmark to confirm.
Events Screen & Rows have been redesigned to allow for more information to be displayed at a glance.
From Search, it’s now possible view all people results for an arbitrary search term and perform bulk edits* on the results.
The group color containing the system “acquaintance” type is now used across the app for things related to newly met people.
Added Discord Server as a default Social Platform and updated icons.
Added Substack as a default Social Platform (when setting, just include the domain prefix as the handle).
Optimized the animated color gradient, reducing CPU usage.

* Requires Dextr Unlimited purchase or subscription.

1.4.1

14 August 2025

Bug Fixes

Fixed Recently Met Widget sometimes not displaying the most recently met names.

1.4.0

11 August 2025

Features

Person Screen Design Refresh
- Contact Info, Relations, and Events are now separate sub-tabs.
- The new Relations sub-tab includes ability to filter by relation group; and the list is now sorted by the person’s name.
- When editing a Person, the Places section now suggests relevant locations based on their contact information and your current location.
- First Met section now includes explicit buttons for selecting a Place or an e+Event.
- Improved overall design consistency between elements.
Added the ability to add new relation types directly from the Relation Selector.

Improvements

Scrolling performance has been improved across the app, including when viewing a Person with many relations.
Reduced app load time & memory footprint.

Bug Fixes

Fixed favorites being draggable even when custom sort is disabled.
Fixed auto-generated Place titles sometimes containing multiple lines.

1.3.1

6 August 2025

Bug Fixes

Fixed changes to a person’s existing phone number, address, email, or social profile not saving or exporting to contacts.

1.3.0

3 August 2025

Features

Unified Search
- The Places tab has been replaced by a unified search experience allowing you to search for people, places, events, and relations all in one location.
- Narrow down results by using search tokens for relation types, relation groups, years, cities, states, and countries.
- Recently viewed items will be shown at the top of the results.
- Nearby or recently added Places will be shown when there is no active search and include a button to view the legacy Places tab.
People, events, relation types, and relation groups are now indexed with Spotlight, allowing you to search for them via iOS home screen.

Improvements

If a year is set for a person’s birthday, their age will automatically be shown next to it.
Optimized app launch speed.
Date will now show on event rows when sorting by name.

Bug Fixes

Fixed contact sync sometimes duplicating imported addresses when bidirectional sync is disabled.
Fixed birthday selector sometimes showing “1” for people without a birthday set.
Fixed tapping anywhere in the Person screen header erroneously clearing the selected photo.
Fixed being unable to set custom labels for emails, addresses, and social profiles.

1.2.4

24 July 2025

Improvements

Added iconography and grouping to sort dropdowns.
When adding a relation or a person to an event, context info is now shown when a person doesn’t have a last name.
Nearby places rows are now more compact, allowing more to be displayed.

Bug Fixes

Fixed contact photos being cropped differently between Favorites list and Person Details screen.

1.2.3

19 July 2025

Improvements

Contacts sync will now attempt to locate an existing Person via phone number, email, or social handle to reduce/avoid duplicates.
Added back the ability to switch the primary contacts sync device—made possible by the above improvement.

Bug Fixes

Fixed app navigating to person when adding from Add Relations modal.
Fixed nickname not displaying when viewing a person.

1.2.1

25 June 2025

Bug Fixes

Fixed Place geocoder attempting to re-geocode places that previously failed.
Fixed error that could occur when installing Dextr on a second device.
Fixed social graph sometimes not reflecting newly added relationships.
Minor UI fixes.

1.2.0

21 June 2025

New Features

First Met Date field now supports partial dates (e.g. just the year, or month and year).
Added ability to share a person’s contact card.
Added support for middle names.
Added search on Facebook / LinkedIn functionality from Card Stack Organizer to Person Details screen.
Added the ability to copy/paste numbers from the Keypad.
Added an indicator dot to Card Stack Organizer icon to show when there are people that need to be organized.

Improvements

Place addresses are now correctly formatted for the country (some existing address information may not update to avoid data loss).
Call/message/email/etc buttons on Person Details screen now always show to ensure they are in a consistent visual location.
Edit/Favorite/Archive/Delete (& new Share/Search) actions are now combined into a single dropdown menu on the Person Details screen.
Middle name, nickname, organization name, and job title fields will be hidden by default but can be quickly added using new add field quick buttons.
When adding a new person, the app now automatically focuses on the first name field instead of phone number.
Archiving a person will no longer kick you back to the People Screen, and they can now be restored from the same menu.
Moved Search on Facebook / LinkedIn / Messages to a sub-menu to save space on Card Stack Organizer.
Improved performance in various parts of the app.

Bug Fixes

Fixed place search not including results matching city/state/country.
Fixed name not appearing to update on card stack organizer when editing a person.
Fixed email action button not working on Person Details screen.
Fixed gradient background on “You” card showing single color.
Fixed user’s contact card not showing when no other contacts are available.
Fixed contacts not importing if they only contained an nickname.
Fixed current event not immediately showing in widget when added.
Fixed current event not expiring when app cold launches.
Fixed CSV export not working for events.

1.1.3

24 May 2025

Bug Fixes

Fixed the app incorrectly setting a relation type to the user’s person record.
Removed the ability to switch primary contacts sync device, as it will result in duplicates.
Removed the ability to edit contact fields on secondary devices, as the information will be overridden by the primary device.

1.1.2

22 May 2025

Improvements

Dextr can now be used without backing up/syncing to iCloud. To learn how to configure this, click here.
After adding a new person, Dextr now automatically navigates to view that person.
Added a Help Center link on the More tab.

Bug Fixes

Fixed keyboard not including + for adding international phone numbers to a contact.

1.1.0

18 May 2025

New Features

Phone Keypad: Dial numbers directly from Dextr, quickly save the number to a new contact record, or associate the number with a person you recently met!
Card Stack Organizer now includes the ability to edit the full person record, including adding/removing relationships.
Added the ability to use a manual/custom order for your favorites (enable in More → Settings → Favorites sort).
When creating a new event, it’s now possible to add existing people from your library.
The current event is now displayed at the top of the Events tab alongside the names of the people met at that event.
Added a lock screen / control center widget to quickly open Phone Keypad.
Added black color for relation groups, bringing the total available colors to 10.
When viewing a person, added the ability to copy a person’s name / job title / organization via long-press.
Added a hometown label for contact Places. People with an address using this label will show in a new From here section when viewing that Place.

Improvements

Contacts Sync is now significantly faster, often completing instantaniously on app open for users with <1000 contacts.
Card Stack Organizer is now accessible from the main People tab.
Social Graph is now accessible via the main People tab and load time for the graph has been reduced.
The people sub-section bar has been moved to the bottom of the screen to make it easier to reach on larger phones.
Tapping the header of the Recently Met Widget will now open the current event or people met list.
Improved the performance of the People tab for users with larger contact libraries.
Improved performance of the Place tab for users with a lot of Places.
People met tab now sorts by recently added by default.
Reduced app memory footprint for users with contact libaries containing a lot of photos.
Improved the reliability of finding an existing nearby place from your library when creating a new event.
Added haptic feedback when selecting people on the social graph.

Bug Fixes

Added missing German & Italian translations for various texts.
Certain info like social profiles are not supported for contacts from non-iCloud accounts (such as Office 365), resulting in failed exports. To resolve this, that info will live only within Dextr and not be synced.
Fixed Nearby Places not showing on the Place tab.
Fixed changes to a person / relation type / relation group sometimes not being reflected across the app.
Fixed Contacts sync sometimes not detecting Dextr being installed on multiple devices, potentially resulting in duplicates.
Fixed the app incorrectly requesting Contacts sync access on secondary devices.
Fixed first met notes field not showing when adding a new person.
Fixed CSV export button showing for events with no people met / attendees.
Fixed searching for names when adding relationships or people to events not being diacritic-insensitive.
Fixed first met place for people not updating if the event location was changed.
When the current event auto-ends, the recently met widget now correctly updates without requiring Dextr being opened.