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Features

Two lenses, one set of content

Modify keeps you writing in prose. Execute turns the same notes into a real relational database. Create a table, then mention its rows in a document, and you are using both at once.

Modify

Write in prose, with everything linked.

A Modexe brief with inline chips and a locked quote block, and the Commission record open beside it with its calculated totals.

Modular Text Editing

Build documents out of MODs, reusable blocks you can collapse, lock, move, or sync across documents.

The Mod Drawer
Stash any MOD, then insert or sync it into another document whenever you need it.
Every block is a MOD
Checklists, tables, and embedded live tables each carry their own header and controls.
Lock what should not change
A locked MOD stays put while the rest of the document keeps moving.
A Modexe document with a checklist MOD, and the Mod Drawer open beside it listing saved MODs and tables.
Fig. 1 A checklist MOD in the document, with the Mod Drawer open beside it holding saved MODs and tables.

Dual Document Editing

Tap a navigation chip and the document it points to opens beside your current one in the adaptive Sidebar Companion. Read, reference, or edit both without leaving either.

Open from a chip
Navigation chips open a document; relational chips open the record they point at.
Both sides stay live
Read, reference, or edit either one without leaving the other.
Adaptive
A side panel on Mac and iPad, a sheet over the document on iPhone.
Two Modexe documents side by side, Terms of Service on the left and Rate Card & Openings in the Sidebar Companion on the right.
Fig. 2 Terms of Service on the left, with Rate Card & Openings open beside it in the Sidebar Companion.
A handwritten Modexe document written with Apple Pencil.

Handwriting

Write by hand with full Apple Pencil support on iPhone and iPad. A handwritten page is a real document, so it links to your records too.

A Modexe sentence containing a relational chip, a navigation chip, and an attachment chip.

Inline Chips

Relational chips stay in sync with a record, navigation chips open another document alongside, and attachment chips hold your files.

Execute

Your notes, as a real database.

A Modexe Clients table with typed columns and colored status badges, and the record for one client open beside it.

Create a Table Your Way

Start in the Table Admin UI, call a table from the slash menu, convert a table you already jotted in a document, or import a CSV.

From the slash menu
Type a slash in any document, then pick Table or Live Table.
From the Table Admin UI
Build the table first, then call it wherever you need it.
From what you already have
Convert a table you jotted in a document, or import a CSV.
The slash menu open in a Modexe document, listing block types including Table and Live Table.
Fig. 3 The slash menu in a document. Table and Live Table are two of the four ways into a table.

Smart Column Creation

Say what the column stores in plain words and Modexe suggests the right type, with the reason why. Converting a table or importing a CSV, it reads your values instead.

Say what it stores
Type "phone" and Modexe suggests Text, with the reason why.
Or it reads your values
Converting a table or importing a CSV, the suggestion comes from the data.
Yours to override
The full type list stays on the left, so you can pick a different one at any time.
The Add column dialog in Modexe suggesting the Text type for a column named Phone #.
Fig. 4 The Add column dialog suggesting Text for a column called Phone #, and saying why.

Advanced Column Types

Link tables one-to-many or many-to-many, then roll values up across two hops, look them up, or calculate new ones.

Link tables
One-to-many or many-to-many, in either direction.
Roll up across two hops
Sum Payments through Commissions to get a client total.
Look up and calculate
Pull a value straight from a linked row, or compute a new one.
The Add column dialog in Modexe configuring a Rollup that sums Payments through Commissions.
Fig. 5 A Total Amount rollup summing Payments through Commissions, two hops out from Clients.

Views

Filter, group, and save any view you build. Flip the same rows to a board to move work through stages, or export them as a CSV.

Filter, group, save
Any view you build stays where you left it.
Flip to a board
The same rows as columns by stage, moved across as work progresses.
Export as CSV
Take the rows with you.
A Modexe board named Pipeline with commission cards grouped into Booked, Sketch, Lineart, and Color columns.
Fig. 6 The Pipeline board: the same rows as the table, grouped by stage.

Presets

Start from a preset

Each preset builds the structure for a way of working: linked tables, saved views, boards, dashboards, document templates, and reference folders. You add the content.

  • Customer Management

    Free

    Customers, products, and orders, with per-customer spend rolled up from their orders.

    • Customers
    • Products
    • Orders
    • Order Items

    3 tables · 1 linked · board

  • Creative Writing

    Free

    Locations, characters, arcs, and scenes. A drafting board, a character record page, and a scene count rolled up per arc.

    • Locations
    • Characters
    • Arcs
    • Scenes

    4 tables · board · 4 templates

  • Education

    Free

    Courses, assignments, and tasks, with a per-course assignment count and an assignment board.

    • Courses
    • Assignments
    • Tasks

    3 tables · board · 1 template

  • Job Application Tracker

    Free

    Track applications by company through a status pipeline, with contacts and each company's industry.

    • Companies
    • Applications
    • Contacts

    3 tables · board

  • Content Creation

    Pro

    A creator's content pipeline and commission book in one place. A content board, a commissions board, base-rate lookups, and a turnaround that freezes when a piece ships.

    • Rates
    • Clients
    • Series
    • Channels
    • Content
    • Commissions

    6 tables · 2 boards · dashboard

  • Worldbuilding

    Pro

    A full story bible. Locations, factions, characters, arcs, and scenes, with a drafting board, a character record page, and a dashboard tracking scenes still to write.

    • Locations
    • Factions
    • Characters
    • Arcs
    • Scenes
    • Items
    • Bonds
    • Scene cast
    • Character locations

    7 tables · 2 linked · dashboard · 5 templates

  • CRM & Sales Pipeline

    Pro

    Companies, contacts, and deals with line-item value. A stage board, a days-since-last-contact counter, and a neglect list so no deal goes cold.

    • Companies
    • Products
    • Contacts
    • Deals
    • Deal Line Items

    4 tables · 1 linked · dashboard

  • Maker Shop

    Pro

    Materials, suppliers, and products with a recipe for each piece. Material costs roll up per product and margin computes itself, so underpriced work surfaces.

    • Suppliers
    • Materials
    • Products
    • Product materials

    3 tables · 1 linked · dashboard

Plus Client Work, Event Planning, Issue Tracker & Roadmap, and Advanced Education.

Preview any preset with sample data before you create it. Creating adds the structure only, so the rows are yours to fill.

Modexe previewing the Content Creation preset: its six tables, workspace, and reference folders listed beside three sample rows, under a banner reading Preview with sample data. Creating a project adds the structure only, no sample rows.

Also in Modexe

A Modexe reference folder called Client Notes, listing the documents that mention each client record.

MOD · MODIFY

Reference Folders

A folder that collects every document mentioning any record in a table, grouped by record and kept up to date for you.

The Modexe home dashboard with a commissions-by-stage chart, suggested documents, and a needs-attention row.

EXE · EXECUTE

The Home Dashboard

A stage chart over your rows, counts of what is overdue or due this week, and the documents to pick back up.