Quick Note Taking – Type

Name: Quick Note Taking – Type
Author: Papercones Inc.

Capture & brain dump

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Papercones Inc.
Language

EN
+ 4 More
Size

9.7
MB

Mac

Type lets you quickly capture notes from anywhere. “Type does quick note-taking better than Quick Notes” – Justin Pot, Lifehacker “Being able to quickly note without being taken out of my flow or capture anything anywhere, whether it's in a meeting or otherwise, is amazing value that I've been looking for.” – Brian Sander, Product Design Lead at Meta Features: → Accessible from anywhere – Reduce interruptions and launch Type via the hotkey from anywhere → Obsidian Daily Notes – Capture straight into your daily note, created automatically if it doesn't exist yet → No sync issues – Your notes are stored in text files. Works offline → Import existing notes – Create new notes or import existing ones → Timestamp your notes – Automatically attach the date to each note → Markdown support – Bullet points, checkboxes, and nested lists render beautifully → Quickly switch between notes – Navigate through your notes via the arrow keys → Always on top – Activate the “Stay on top” option to keep the window visible at all times → Customizable – Choose your date style, note prefix, and entry spacing, or insert notes under a specific headline → Keyboard navigation – Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate within the app Use cases: → Obsidian Quick Capture – Write notes in your Obsidian files → Brain Dump – Review your thoughts later → Highlights – Capture thoughts for your next 1-1 → Meetings – Take notes during your meetings → Time tracking – See where you spend your time → Journaling – Write a daily note → Debugging – Steps to reproduce a bug …and more! Pricing: → Includes a 7-day free trial (doesn't automatically renew) → Includes a one-time purchase to unlock the app forever (no subscription) Please reach out at nicolas@usetype.app if you have any questions, feedback, or just want to say hi!

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Great Little App with very Responsive Developer!
12/15/2023
Avenge
It's hard to get a feel for what this app does from the description and the Screen Shots. In short, you can create a text file with this app and add entries to it very quickly through its efficient streamlined interface.What the description doesn't tell you is the details of how this works. You can choose to save the text file anywhere you like. Or you can choose an existing text file for this app to manage and update. Note: When selected an existing file, the OS will warn you that you are about to overwrite the file. This isn't the case. The app will not overwrite the file, but rather add it to its list of text files that it is managing which you can select from its UI. Then you can quickly make entries into any of the text files you've told it about.Very clever idea and an app I didn't know I needed, but now love.

Developer Response
Thank you very much for this amazing review!I will definitely improve the description and screenshots based on your feedback!
Great Little App with very Responsive Developer!
12/15/2023
Avenge

It's hard to get a feel for what this app does from the description and the Screen Shots. In short, you can create a text file with this app and add entries to it very quickly through its efficient streamlined interface.What the description doesn't tell you is the details of how this works. You can choose to save the text file anywhere you like. Or you can choose an existing text file for this app to manage and update. Note: When selected an existing file, the OS will warn you that you are about to overwrite the file. This isn't the case. The app will not overwrite the file, but rather add it to its list of text files that it is managing which you can select from its UI. Then you can quickly make entries into any of the text files you've told it about.Very clever idea and an app I didn't know I needed, but now love.
Developer Response 12/28/2023
Thank you very much for this amazing review!I will definitely improve the description and screenshots based on your feedback!
Capture that shiny new idea without shifting focus from the current one.
09/23/2025
Macchanalia
When I’m in focus mode, I have thoughts. And with this app I can capture those brilliant ideas that won’t be ignored without taking my fingers off the keyboard. I press of a hotkey, type my thought, hit enter, and don’t even break rhythm. Type automatically adds a timestamp and saves the note in a markdown file. I add the entries to an existing note that becomes my running log (or brain dump, if you prefer). It makes a great quick-entry workflow for a text-based app like iA Writer (which I use) or Obsidian (It’s not that hard to configure a Shortcut to do this, but now I don’t have to!) I also like that this is an independent developer and a one-time purchase. I bought the app about an hour into the 7-day free trial.

Developer Response
Thank you very much for your great review! I'm glad you enjoy Type! Nicolas
Capture that shiny new idea without shifting focus from the current one.
09/23/2025
Macchanalia

When I’m in focus mode, I have thoughts. And with this app I can capture those brilliant ideas that won’t be ignored without taking my fingers off the keyboard. I press of a hotkey, type my thought, hit enter, and don’t even break rhythm. Type automatically adds a timestamp and saves the note in a markdown file. I add the entries to an existing note that becomes my running log (or brain dump, if you prefer). It makes a great quick-entry workflow for a text-based app like iA Writer (which I use) or Obsidian (It’s not that hard to configure a Shortcut to do this, but now I don’t have to!) I also like that this is an independent developer and a one-time purchase. I bought the app about an hour into the 7-day free trial.
Developer Response 09/29/2025
Thank you very much for your great review! I'm glad you enjoy Type! Nicolas
Solid start
01/07/2025
Doctor Mantis Toboggan
I’ve been looking for a way to replace the Tot app as my primary scratch pad, and this app largely fills that need. There’s always a balance with apps like this between power and simplicity, and right now it is firmly on the simple side of that spectrum. I’m hoping the developers can add a couple small features to make it more powerful while keeping it simple. My primary need would be to be able to control the text file when you update it. For instance, since I primarily use this with Markdown, I’d love to be able to put a # in front of date stamps in order to make that a header tag, thus managing that file more easily (e.g. if I open it in Obsidian, having that tag would create a more easily-navigable outline). Ideally, this would take the form of a panel in the settings pane that allows custom scripting with bash, python, javascript, or even regex.

Developer Response
Thank you for the detailed review! I added your feedback to my backlog! Nicolas
Solid start
01/07/2025
Doctor Mantis Toboggan

I’ve been looking for a way to replace the Tot app as my primary scratch pad, and this app largely fills that need. There’s always a balance with apps like this between power and simplicity, and right now it is firmly on the simple side of that spectrum. I’m hoping the developers can add a couple small features to make it more powerful while keeping it simple. My primary need would be to be able to control the text file when you update it. For instance, since I primarily use this with Markdown, I’d love to be able to put a # in front of date stamps in order to make that a header tag, thus managing that file more easily (e.g. if I open it in Obsidian, having that tag would create a more easily-navigable outline). Ideally, this would take the form of a panel in the settings pane that allows custom scripting with bash, python, javascript, or even regex.
Developer Response 01/12/2025
Thank you for the detailed review! I added your feedback to my backlog! Nicolas
Perfect stream-of-thought note taking app!
01/25/2024
k9mac
While I still need to bake my habit a bit more, Type provides a seamless interface to getting your thoughts out of your head so you can focus on the task at hand without worrying you'll forget your thought or becoming distracted.

Developer Response
Thank you for the nice review! :)
Perfect stream-of-thought note taking app!
01/25/2024
k9mac

While I still need to bake my habit a bit more, Type provides a seamless interface to getting your thoughts out of your head so you can focus on the task at hand without worrying you'll forget your thought or becoming distracted.
Developer Response 01/30/2024
Thank you for the nice review! :)

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Seller: Papercones Inc.
Size: 9.7 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires macOS 13.0 or later.

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Age Rating: 4+

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Quick Note Taking – Type

Ratings & Reviews

Great Little App with very Responsive Developer!

Capture that shiny new idea without shifting focus from the current one.

Solid start

Perfect stream-of-thought note taking app!

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Data Not Linked to You

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