I wanted the next SheetSmithery app to be useful to someone who isn’t running a business. Just someone with bills to keep track of, plans to make and a few things they would quite like to stop forgetting.
That’s the idea behind Day & Detail, the personal life planner. It is listed on Payhip now, while browser and device checks continue.
The starting point was bringing money and everyday plans together. They overlap more than a list of separate features might suggest.
The little jobs behind a date
Think about a birthday. There’s the date itself, but perhaps also a present to buy, a table to book and an invitation you need to find again. A weekend away might involve saving towards it, checking the dates and keeping a booking link somewhere useful. These are ordinary things, but each has several little jobs attached.
I wanted somewhere those details could sit close together.
In the current build, bills, subscription renewals, occasions, appointments and dated tasks appear in the same calendar. You can look at the whole year, then move into a month, a week or an agenda. I like the idea of seeing a busy patch coming up and having time to decide what needs doing first.
Keep the details nearby
There is also a document drawer. A bill or invitation can be attached to the relevant record, given a useful name and kept with a note. It doesn’t read the document and fill everything in for you. You add the details yourself; the attachment is there when you need to refer back to it.
With the money side, I wanted a clear difference between what you intend to do and what has actually happened. A subscription coming up next week belongs in the plan. It becomes recorded spending when you enter the payment. The same goes for savings: choosing a monthly amount is an intention, while recording a contribution shows what you have actually put aside.
The look matters to me as well. This app is going to hold quite a mix of practical and personal things, so I wanted it to feel at home with both. The build uses warm desk imagery and has four colour themes: Oat & Olive, Coastal, Rose and Midnight. You can choose the one you prefer.
One less glamorous part of the build is making sure the backup includes the documents as well as the planner entries. The app keeps information in the browser, so a separate copy matters. That has to be part of using it, not something you only discover when changing devices.
There is still browser and device review to finish. For now, I wanted to share where this one is heading: a practical place for the things that make up a week, with room for something to look forward to as well.
You can see Day & Detail on Payhip here: open the product page
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