What’s new — FamilyVault

What has changed in FamilyVault from version to version. The app is updated through the App Store.

Version 1.1October 2026

PDF import: Invoices, contracts and warranty receipts can be added straight from a PDF (“Import PDF” in the scan flow). The PDF’s text layer is read, scanned pages go through text recognition – and the original PDF is kept with the entry.
Send to FamilyVault: Share PDFs and images from Mail, Files or Safari directly to FamilyVault. The app first asks “Where should this file go?” – then the usual recognition runs, with the confirmation screen.
Sharing: Print scans and PDFs, save them to Files or send them by mail – as a PDF (all pages in one A4 file) or as an image. In the image viewer via “Share”, on previews with a long press.
Data export: Settings › Data Export creates a JSON file with all documents, contracts, warranties, food items, tags and shelf-life rules – optionally including images and PDFs. To keep as a backup or to take your data to another app.
Warranty length in months: Terms like “24 months” are now recognised as months (previously they could turn into years). The warranty end date is exact to the month, even for 18 months.

The first version on the App Store.

Four areas: documents, contracts (multi-page, with cancellation date), warranties and food (with freezer logic).
Scanning with the document scanner, packs with a dedicated live viewfinder; text recognition and field extraction entirely on the device.
Best-before date and product name are checked against the print, on trilingual packs in your iPhone’s language.
Local reminders before notice periods, warranty end and best-before dates.
Global search including iOS system search, tags, app lock with Face ID.
Syncing through your private iCloud, for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo.