Notes, journals, and tasks in Markdown files you own. Write offline, sync with iCloud Drive when you choose, and pay once with no subscription.
Beautiful notes. Never locked in.
Raven is a native Markdown notes app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write, journal, capture articles, and turn checkboxes into reminders—without putting your work in a proprietary note format.
WRITE WITH CONTEXT
Create notes with tables, images, checklists, code blocks, wiki links, and backlinks. Organize them with folders and tags, pin what matters, and find anything with full-text search.
TURN NOTES INTO ACTION
A checkbox can become a task with a due date and time. Raven gathers open tasks from across your notes, keeps each one linked to its source, and can send a local reminder when it is due. Complete or snooze it from the notification.
JOURNAL WITHOUT ANOTHER SILO
Daily and weekly journals live beside the rest of your writing. Save articles to Read Later, or capture a thought from widgets, Shortcuts, and the share sheet.
MARKDOWN YOU CAN KEEP
Raven works offline without an account. Keep notes on this device, choose a folder on Mac, or use iCloud Drive to keep the same Markdown files available in Files and Finder across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
No proprietary note format. No forced account. One purchase, with no subscription.
On Mac, notes are available as files in a folder of your choosing; on iOS however, your notes are not stored in the Files app in an accessible way. This unfortunately defeated the scenario I imagined, where I could have one matching folder of notes available on my devices. The only way to access the Markdown files on iOS is to export the note and “Save to Files.”Normally this would be a minor issue which I would not use to give a critical review, my first instinct is to contact the developer. However, I found that the developer’s support email bounced back twice. This lack of support availability leaves me with no other way to contact them than this review.
Developer Response
Hello, that make so much sense and I've taken this feedback to really tighten the link between iOS and macOS to re-use iCloud Drive so that it works this way. That was a major change but it was truly worth it.
Really want to like this app… but -
THEMaeker
Update 2: giving all 5 stars following an aggressive update cadence and exceptional dev response.Update: Really impressed by the responsiveness of the dev. They reached out to me almost immediately following my review to outline their intentions as far as the roadmap goes. Very excited to see how it evolves. I’ll likely update this review again following releases! ————- original review—————The promise is convincing and the potential is there, I know it’s new and development is handled by a single person, but current state is not ready for production yet. I was hoping to save my files to a custom location, but it’s only the default iCloud location. Journaling (daily notes) requires sync to be enabled which makes using this as a capture layer impossible, no dark mode, and every time I try to create a journal page it crashes and throws conflict warnings. Additionally the formatting for markdown should function without issue however the syntax is not recognized and callouts cannot be colored as the settings imply. Right now it’s just missing some base level necessities and needs a strong functional testing before I try this again. I will give it a couple of weeks before I seek a refund from Apple to give the dev the chance for subsequent updates.
Developer Response
Hello, thank you so much for this feedback. Working hard on addressing all those, and appreciate your patience. I've push another update that address some of those issues, but will continue in the next couple days to fully address all your concerns. Don't hesitate to email me at raven@matoya.co
Beautiful hidden gem notes app with very active dev.
Lacetrim
I really love how beautiful the US is, how active the dev is with working on improvements, and how it all works so smoothly. This is exactly what I wanted for a notes app that could replace Obsidian on mobile for me as I am not too heavy use on note apps.I really love how dedicated the developer is. I check updates for my apps every day, and I will literally see Raven multiple times in a week with improvements. This is the most active and involved developer I have ever seen on here. And the apps that are so nice and amazing always have the least amount of spotlight but the most dedicated developers. I hope App Store can give you the love and attention you deserve, but that is one of the hardest things about being a indie dev on App Store.I do, however, seem to have trouble contacting the dev through the app with support section. I have tried a few times. Hopefully they will see this and that can be fixed.Thank you again for the beautiful notes app! 🐦⬛
Developer Response
Hello, that made my day! I’ve been working hard on more update. I’d love to hear more from you and feel free to reach out at thomas@matoya.co while I fix this support not working. 🐦⬛
Very slow
biznachio
I want to like Raven. I really do. The MacOS app’s UI is slow and unresponsive to the point I cannot use the app. I’ll keep it around, and hopefully the dev will address the UI issue.
Developer Response
Hello, I'm very sorry and working actively to fix this. I noticed that and have made the change but still waiting for Apple to review and approve the update.
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Version 1.100.0
The developer, Thomas Sivilay, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Contact Info
Search History
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
MATOYA CO.
Size
129.5 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.