Rapid List — Support

Getting in touch

Write to hello@madebyrapid.com. A person reads it. It helps to say which device and which version of iOS or macOS you are on, and what you expected to happen.

Lists and items

Adding several items in a row

Adding is the fast path: press return and the keyboard stays open for the next item, so a whole list goes in without reaching for anything.

The two kinds of list, and why it matters

Choosing the kind is the one decision the app asks you to make, and it changes how the list behaves afterwards.

• One-off — you finish it once, like a packing list or a project. It shows how far along you are, and it can carry a due date.
• Ongoing — you keep adding to it, like the shopping list. It never “finishes”, so there is no progress to show, and ticked things tuck themselves out of the way.

Due dates, and asking to be reminded

A one-off list carries one due date — on the list, not on every item. As it comes closer the date shades from calm to urgent. That is a glance, not a nag. On iPhone and iPad you can also ask for one reminder when a one-off list is due — on the device you ask from, for that list only. It is off until you ask, and you can turn it off again the same way.

Sorting things into tags

Tags ride inside the item text as #hashtags. Type “Bread #bakery” and you can filter that list by tag afterwards. There is no separate tag field to keep up to date.

Pinning and reordering

Pin an item to the top of its list, or a list to the top of the page. Anything can be reordered by long-pressing and dragging it — items within a list, lists on the page.

Groups

Lists can be filed into named groups — “Kids”, “Work”, “Home” — which appear as headings on the lists page with their lists indented underneath. Groups fold shut, so a long page stays readable.

Your grouping is yours. If you share a list with someone, they do not see which group you filed it under, and they cannot change it. Filing is personal, not part of the list.

A group is a collection of lists. A circle is a collection of people. The app keeps those words apart and so does this page.

Sharing a list

Inviting someone

Share any list with anyone by email address or mobile number, through iCloud. It is invitation only — there is no public link that anyone who finds it can open.

Choosing what each person can do

Each person is either view only, or can add and tick things off. It is set per person, you can change it later, and you can remove someone’s access at any time.

Two people editing at once

Everyone sees changes as they happen. Two people can tick different things at the same time without either edit being lost.

Circles — the people you share with often

A circle is a named group of people, like “Household” or “Book club”. Invite the whole circle to a list in one action instead of typing everyone in again. You can pick people from your contacts, or type an address by hand.

Sync and your devices

Sync is automatic and runs through your own iCloud. Nothing of ours sits in the middle, because we have no servers.

• It works offline. Make changes on a plane and they go up when you have signal again.
• It is switchable per device, so you can sign in to your own iCloud on a work iPad and still keep that device’s lists local.
• Delete the app and reinstall it and your lists come back, because they were never only on the phone.

If a change has not reached your other device, check that both devices are signed in to the same iCloud account and that sync is switched on for each of them in Settings.

Making lists yours

Every list takes one of eight colours and a choice of icons, so you can tell them apart at a glance. The app follows light or dark mode, or you can pin it to either.

Larger text and VoiceOver

Every screen carries VoiceOver labels, and contrast is checked automatically in both light and dark on every build — the lists screen at the largest accessibility text size. If something is unreadable or unlabelled on your device, that is a bug worth writing to us about.

The widget

Put a list on your home screen and tick things off without opening the app. You choose which list it shows.

Markdown, in and out

• Paste a markdown checklist and it becomes a list.
• Open a .md or .txt file from Files or the share sheet and choose Rapid List.
• Export any list back out as markdown.

The format is deliberately boring — - [ ] item, - [x] done, and an optional heading for the list name. That is the point: your lists are plain text you can take anywhere, open in anything, and keep after the app is gone. Groups are not carried through markdown; the format stays boring on purpose.

Rapid List on Mac

There is a Mac version in beta — version 0.2, 3.6 MB, macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon. It is downloaded from rapidlist.ai, which is where the Mac build and its updates live — this site never serves the Mac build itself.

What it deliberately does not do

Each of these is a decision, not a gap. Rapid List is a lists app, and it is trying not to become a task manager.

• No account and no sign-in. Not “sign-in optional” — there is no account to make.
• No per-item due dates, no priorities, no sub-tasks. One date, on a one-off list.
• Nothing arrives unless you ask for it. A due date is shown, not announced, until you ask to be reminded about that one list.
• No public share links. Only the people you invite.
• No ads, no analytics, no tracking and nothing to buy inside the app. Rapid List is free.

Privacy

The app collects nothing about you. Your lists live on your device and in your own iCloud, and we have no servers that could receive them. The full detail is in the Rapid List privacy policy.