Markdown notes and journal, with more of your notes on screen at once
Does Bear work on iPhone Duo?
Yes. Apple named Bear among the apps optimized for iPhone Duo, saying it makes organizing simpler with more on screen at once. Shiny Frog hasn't described the layout.
- Launch partnerNamed by Apple in its Newsroom article of October 22, 2026, on apps optimized for iPhone Duo. The App Store release notes for version 3.0.3 (released October 22, 2026) don't mention the Duo.
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- Open · Inner display
More on screen at once
Open, more of your notes and their organization fit on screen at once, Apple says.
About Bear
Bear is a Markdown app from Shiny Frog for notes, journals, lists and tasks, with tags, linked notes, tables and sketches, and no account needed to start.
Apple named it in its October 22 roundup of apps for iPhone Duo, alongside Things: the two “make task management and organization simpler onscreen at once.” The current release notes don’t mention the Duo, and Shiny Frog hasn’t described the layout.
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Launch partner · iphone-duo
Read Apple's Newsroom article of October 22, 2026, on apps for iPhone Duo. It says: "Things and Bear make task management and organization simpler onscreen at once."
Poses shown: Open. These are observations of the evidence, not a test of every interaction.
App version: Not recorded in this evidence.
An announcement from Apple, not a test: we haven't seen this layout running, and the article gives no app version.
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Sources: Developers bring incredible new app experiences to iPhone Duo — Apple Newsroom (apple.com) · Bear on the App Store (apps.apple.com)
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