Search

Search looks through every record's fields, in every collection, at once. Find a record by anything that was read into it: a name, a dish, a venue, a vintage.

Results are grouped by collection, with the best matches first. Each group shows its first few; tap Show All to see the rest.

Searching by date

Type a date, and Catchall offers it as a suggestion under Filter By. Tap the suggestion to search by when rather than by what.

• A year: "2025"
• A month: "September", or "Sept" - abbreviations work, and so does a month you're partway through typing
• A day: "Sept 7"

A date with no year means the most recent one. A date filter matches either the date of the thing itself - when the gig was - or the date the photo was taken.

Relative dates such as "last March" or "yesterday", and numeric dates such as "9/7", aren't understood yet. Use the month's name and the year instead.

Searching from outside the app

• Siri: "Search my Wine List in Catchall", or "Look through my Receipts in Catchall".
• Shortcuts: the Search Collections action searches for words, and can be narrowed to one collection, a stretch of time, or both.
• Spotlight: your records appear when you search from the Home Screen.

See Ways to use Catchall.

What search doesn't look at

Search matches what's in a record's fields - not the pixels of its photo. If something was in the photo but isn't in a field, it won't be found. Adding a field for it (and filling it in) fixes that.