notes Tools
Explore the best new notes tools and products curated by the community.
Nearly all existing meeting tools start and end with documents. We think that's the wrong answer. You don't want enhanced notes, you just want to ask "what did we decide about pricing?" 3 weeks later and just get the answer directly. Hyper is an iOS voice AI for IRL conversations (1:1s, coffee chats, walks). One tap record, ask it anything mid-conversations with "hey hyper", or after to find answers across everything you've ever recorded. Perfect memory without files or folders or organization.
Alexandria helps you turn all of your trapped knowledge into documentation, refine your already created documents, make your documents searchable and chattable, and gives you the ability to turn your documentation into real working interactive components. Alexandria is a reimagined knowledge management platform. Create, collaborate, search, and share — powered by AI agents.
Thinklet is a voice-first note app powered by on-device AI. Record your thoughts, meetings, or ideas – then chat with them. Ask questions, generate summaries, extract tasks, and find insights instantly. Everything runs locally on your device for full privacy. No servers, no tracking. Just smarter voice notes that understand you.
Turn scattered thoughts into organized action with Brainstream - an AI-powered note-taking app with an intelligent assistant that doesn't just answer questions, it takes action for you. Capture ideas in seconds (voice, text, photos), then let your AI assistant do the heavy lifting: create tasks from your notes, organize with smart tags, summarize content, and deliver daily + weekly briefs that transform chaos into clarity.
The minimal menu bar notetaker for macOS. Instant capture for notes, tasks, and snippets. Native, lightweight, and keyboard-first.
Think of this as a specialized notebook for drafting AI prompts. It gives you professional templates and "clarity scores" to help you write better requests. Because it's local-first, your ideas and business secrets stay 100% private on your own device.
Gravity is a private, ultra-fast notes app with one stream and a simple rule: bump what matters. Forget folders and tags, just open and type. Instant capture with shortcuts keeps your flow, while older notes naturally drift down. If something is still relevant, hit bump to bring it back to the top. It syncs via iCloud with no accounts, tracking, or subscriptions. Inspired by the Karpathy method, Gravity isn't a complex second brain. It's just your thoughts. Stop organizing and start thinking.
An intelligent sidebar that blends into your macOS desktop. Chat with AI, track your clipboard, manage notes/tasks, and organize windows—all without breaking your flow. Privacy-focused and Open Source. I'd love your feedback!
Scribeist has evolved from a blog and research tool into a complete writing platform. We've added two new workspaces: Novel (with character tracking, timelines, and world-building for writers) and General (distraction-free notes). The original Blog workspace now includes enhanced SEO tools and readability metrics. All three workspaces feature project-specific organizational tools, research tools and optional AI writing assistance that is made to understand your selected workspace.
Paso is a new way of thinking about progress. We believe that great things take time, and that steady, long-term progress beats constant rush. It’s built for long-term or continuous projects like life, business, or a side project. Instead of boards or endless lists, everything lives on a single, continuous timeline where projects evolve over weeks and months without creating clutter. Each project has a draft space for unstructured ideas and a timeline for concrete actions.
HyNote is a comprehensive end-to-end knowledge second brain that transforms raw data into polished results. By seamlessly managing the entire lifecycle of your information—from capturing diverse inputs like audio and video to generating professional-grade exports—it functions as a true second brain. This streamlined workflow ensures that your insights aren't just stored, but are actively evolved from initial sparks into actionable, shareable outputs.
A minimalist privacy-focused text notes app
Evernote v11 is here! The Evernote you love, evolved. Use AI Assistant for smarter interactions with your notes, AI Meeting Notes for recordings with multi-speaker transcription, and a more powerful search that understands the meaning behind your words.
Enote is designed for speed and simplicity, making it ideal for everyday notes, quick memos, and inspiration capture. it helps you stay focused and productive. Key features include: • Global shortcuts for instant note creation • Image notes via drag, drop, or paste • Floating window to keep important notes on top • Sidebar for managing notes and templates • This version introduces Markdown support.
Unfriction is a lightning-fast macOS notes app built for zero friction. Launches in under 400ms to capture thoughts before they disappear. Save notes instantly, extract text from screenshots with OCR, and keep clipboard history without breaking focus. Minimal, glassy UI that stays out of your way.
Send private notes that automatically delete after reading. End-to-end AES-256 encryption in your browser. Zero-knowledge architecture means we can't read your messages. Free, open source, no tracking.
Planelo is an idea-first workspace for developers. Capture, structure and connect ideas across iPhone, iPad and macOS — without the clutter of traditional project tools. Each idea and project exposes an API endpoint, enabling automations and custom workflows. This launch brings a clean interface, keyboard-friendly navigation, encrypted sync, and API keys to turn ideas into actions.
Paper is a realistic digital notebook made only for writing. No folders. No productivity systems. No infinite pages. You buy a notebook, give it a name, and start writing. Flip pages. Hear the sound. Feel the limit. It has 200 pages. When you fill them, that notebook is done. You can keep it, and start a new one. Paper exists to create a feeling — the feeling of sitting down and writing things out.
Most voice tools stop at recording or raw transcripts. VoiceNotes.me is built for frictionless capture → usable notes. One tap to record, live transcription as you speak, and automatic cleanup into clean, editable notes. No files, no setup, no reformatting. Just think out loud and keep moving.
This is the first major release of Kraa. Kraa is not just another note-takin app. It's a web app for any kind of writing, be it a personal note, collaborative rich-text document, or even a group real-real time conversation (via Kraa's unique Chat widget).
Turn your voice memos into structured notes with AI-powered transcription and intelligent summarization. Perfect for professionals, students, and content creators.