Paper Companions

Printable pages for two quiet apps.

Paper versions of what Return and Near do on iPhone, for anyone who thinks better with a pen. Every file here is free to download and print at home.

Get the free pages Try the store

For Return

Return helps you remember a ministry conversation and return prepared. These pages do the same job on paper, for the notebook in your bag or for a friend who doesn't use the app. They are free and will stay free.

For Near

Near is a quiet way to reach someone you trust. These are paper ways to do the same: a card to post, a question for an ordinary evening, a few pages to set the day down. They're free. In the store you can pay what you like, including nothing.

The store opens in your browser

The same pages are also sold, for free or pay-what-you-want, in a working WooCommerce store. It runs in WordPress Playground, which loads a full copy of WordPress inside this browser tab. Nothing is hosted, and every visit starts fresh.

Add something to the cart and check out. Downloads appear when the order completes. Checkout uses a demo payment method, so no money is ever taken. To see the admin side, go to /wp-admin.

Open the store

The first load downloads WordPress and WooCommerce, so it can take up to a minute.

How it's built

Block theme

A custom WordPress block theme. It uses theme.json for colours, type and spacing, ships its own templates for the shop, shelf and product pages, and builds the cart and checkout from WooCommerce's own blocks.

WooCommerce plugin

A custom plugin that adds paper details to each product, lets buyers pay what they want without a paid extension, and completes free orders straight away. It also includes a demo payment method and three custom blocks.

One-link store

A Playground blueprint installs WordPress, WooCommerce, the theme and the plugin, then sets up the whole catalogue. Every visitor gets the same store, built from the same commit.

Real files

Each printable is laid out in HTML and CSS and printed to PDF, and the product photos are made from those pages. Only the background art and wallpapers are generated images.

Source on GitHub