QuickDex is a free form database

Database

A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...

 software application first released by Casady & Greene

Casady & Greene

Casady & Greene, founded in 1984 by Robin Casady, was a software publisher of shareware products, primarily for the Macintosh. C&G published fonts in the earlier days of desktop publishing; founder Casady partnered with Michael Greene, founder of Greene Inc who developed QuickDex. An expansion into...

 for the Mac OS

Mac OS

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. An update, QuickDex II was released and the product eventually became InfoGenie and then iData Pro. The purpose of this software is to store text data that doesn't fit into more rigid database structures. QuickDEX and its successors featured an extremely fast search, phone dialing, as well as label and envelope printing. InfoGenie and iData Pro 1.0 added the ability to have fields in a record along with the freeform text area.

Since the closing of Casady & Greene, Inc., iData has been taken over by Mike Wright and Robin Casady. It is currently available at iData3.com and a new (Cocoa) version has been written for Mac OS X. iData 3 expands on its predecessors by adding (among many other features) the ability to have styled text and images in the freeform text area.

There is also a version available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad through iTunes. It is called iData Mobile.