Inks User Manual

Read later, as if seeing the person.

Before Using Inks

Inks is not a "memo" tool.

It is closer to a private corner you allow to exist—

Here, you will pour in your emotions, time, and that perhaps imperfect, even somewhat fragile, real self.

Before you start, we hope you know what we are doing, and what we are not doing.

The Right to be "Imperfect"

In the digital world, we are used to retracting, deleting, and beautifying, polishing everything until it is flawless.

Everything is tidy and shiny, like a display window that never gathers dust.

But real memories are often not like this.

It's like a note crumpled in that summer, stained with a bit of oil that won't wash off, carrying ink blots where typos were crossed out.

Exactly these somewhat scribbled traces prove that the temperature of that moment was real.

At that time, you might have been anxious, or embarrassed, typed a wrong character, crossed out a sentence, or just left a meaningless doodle in the blank space.

We believe that these "flaws" are more precious than perfect layout.

Inks tries to preserve this "imperfection" for you.

There is no intelligent correction here, no AI polishing.

We do not allow you to rewrite the past at will like editing a document, because that is a denial of that real, perhaps fragile self at that time.

We hope that what you leave behind is not a perfect archive, but a living evidence.

About the Payment Model

Inks currently uses a three-tier benefits structure: Free / Lifetime / Inks Pass.

Free:

Lifetime:

Inks Pass:

Extra Note (Lifetime Exclusive Pass):

Our Stance:

We place the most essential writing and sealing experience in Free, because expression itself should not be blocked by a paywall.

But cloud capabilities (sharing, future hosting, long-term storage, and advanced controls) require continuous investment: servers, bandwidth, security risk control, compliance governance, and long-term maintenance are all real costs.

So we adopt the structure of "Free + Lifetime + Inks Pass":

This is not a one-time buyout app that stops being maintained afterward. We aim to keep delivering value through long-term operation and make the paid relationship more transparent and sustainable.

The Boundaries of Inks

We clearly know what we do not do:

Inks does not try to invade your life.

It is more like a quiet tree hole.

When you have nothing to say, or have some words you can only say to yourself, it is there.

No Regrets in Writing

In Inks, once a letter is "Sealed", the body text is no longer allowed to be modified.

There is no "Edit" entry here; you can use remarks to supplement and organize, but you cannot rewrite the body text left at that moment.

You can supplement and explain from the current perspective.

But you cannot travel back and cover the mouth of your past self.

This is a deliberate design.

Because we believe:

Accepting past clumsiness and regret is the first step of growth.

About Those Deleted Words

We are long used to erasing moments of madness, putting on a tidy tie, and letting others think "I'm fine".

But in Inks, you don't need to do this.

You can doodle arbitrarily, type whatever words—even just expressions like "I love you"—and then, you might delete it.

But it will still be there.

The point is: This is not your "final expression", but a part of your thinking activity.

You wanted to say it, but you might have deleted it due to some reality, some concerns.

But you were still expressing it—this process of deletion itself is the trace of your real thinking.

It proves: You once thought, you once wanted to say.

And often more precious than those complete, carefully polished expressions, are those you ultimately did not finish, but tried to finish.

So, don't worry about whether to delete later.

Every word you write here, even if crossed out, even if deleted, is your truth at this moment.

About "Farewell"

You can delete a letter at any time.

But at that moment, we will gently remind you: Do you want to export an .mbx file?

Take this letter away from the App and put it in your own drawer (hard drive).

This is just a reminder:

"I don't want to face it now, but I don't want to pretend it never happened."

You can throw it into the deepest folder of the hard drive and never open it again.

But it is still there, existing as a part of your life.

Because forgetting should be your active choice, not a system cleanup.

Data Sovereignty

The letter format of Inks (.mbx) is our custom private format, encrypted to protect your privacy.

This also means that opening these files currently requires decryption through the App—if you have also set password protection, you need to enter the password in the App to access it. So frankly speaking, your records currently do rely on the existence of this App.

But we do not want your memories to be locked because of this dependency. So we will continue improving export and migration capabilities:

Currently Available Protection:

Long-term Goal:

Bottom Line: In any case, we do not want to be the "gatekeeper" of your memories—and certainly do not want your real records to disappear in some encrypted file because of our abandonment.

If One Day, You Decide to Leave

You don't need a reason.

You can take all data away, just as natural as moving furniture when moving house.

Inks will not hold you back.

We only hope that when you accidentally open that .mbx file many years later,

You can still see that real self through those imperfect handwritings.

To Those Finding a Corner

Inks is destined not designed for efficiency supremacists.

If you are looking for a place where you can face your real self and place your emotions;

A place that allows you to be fragile, allows you to make mistakes, allows you to be inarticulate—

This is prepared for you.