Ink: Notes, Lists & To-Dos
Dictate, AI tidies it up
Free · In‑App Purchases
Free to use and now on iPad. A native, universal app, buy once, use on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Pro features free for your first 14 days.
Ink turns your voice into finished notes and lists, no re-typing, no cleanup, no wasted time.
Tap the microphone, speak naturally, and watch your words land as a clean list, a note, or a tidy paragraph. Ink shapes the transcript while you watch, so you see the result before it's saved. Then keep editing, as detailed or as simple as you want.
FREE TO USE, PRO IF YOU WANT MORE
Notes, to-dos, reminders, links, and iCloud sync are free, no account required. For your first 14 days the Pro extras are open too: voice dictation with AI formatting, the focus timer, the font and color packs, the Today layouts, and shared lists. Keep them with a subscription if they earn their place.
ASK SIRI, WITHOUT OPENING THE APP
Say "Add an item to Ink" or "Show my Ink today" and it happens. Every action works in Shortcuts and on the Action Button, and your notes and lists turn up in Spotlight search. Settings lists every phrase.
DATES YOU CAN JUST TYPE
Write "Dentist Friday 4pm" and Ink reads the date and leaves the title clean. A chip shows what it heard, so you can wave it off and keep your exact words.
DESIGNED LIKE A BOOK, NOT AN APP
Ink draws from print: warm cream paper, ink-dark serif type, the editorial details of well-made books. Every screen is something you'd want to look at.
WRITE IT THE WAY YOU MEAN IT
Bold, italic, strikethrough, underline. Big section headers. Checklists right inside a note, tap a line to check it off. The toolbar lights up to show what's active as you write.
REMINDERS, ONLY IF YOU ASK
Turn on due-date reminders and Ink sends one quiet notification on the day something is due, at the time you choose. Tap it and you land in the list. Off by default.
TO-DOS THAT REPEAT
Rent, bills, standing rituals. Set an item to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. Check it off and it stays checked, then it comes back on its own when the next one is due.
A TIMER FOR SITTING DOWN TO WORK
Set 15, 25, 45, or 60 minutes and Ink keeps a quiet countdown while you work. Pop it out into a full-screen ring on iPhone, or a floating window on Mac. When time is up, a soft chime you choose.
LINKS BETWEEN YOUR THINKING
Highlight a few words in any note and link them to another note or list. A to-do can point at the note that says more. Marginalia, not a graph.
SHARE A LIST, KEEP IT IN SYNC
Invite another Ink user by email and share a to-do list. Check off, add, reorder, and both copies stay in sync. A quiet byline shows who added each item, and you manage who's on it right from the list.
YOUR SHELVES, YOUR WAY
Notes and lists live on shelves you name and rearrange. No rigid folders, no nesting.
FOUR WAYS TO START YOUR DAY
The Today view offers layouts to match your energy: a newsprint spread, a focused planner, a calendar paired with your daily anchor task, and a magazine of what you have been writing.
LISTS THAT KEEP A LEDGER
Flip any list into Ledger mode and it keeps score. Type signed amounts (+$25, -$10, +200) and Ink totals each section, then the whole list. A budget, a grocery run, anything with a running balance.
PRINT, BEAUTIFULLY
Tap the printer icon on any list, ledger, or note and Ink lays it out for paper: editorial typography, page-break-aware, black-and-white by design.
CAPTURE FROM THE MENU BAR, ON MAC
Ink sits in your Mac's menu bar. Click it from any app, type or dictate a thought, and it lands on the shelf you choose.
BRING IT WITH YOU, OR TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE
• Import and export Markdown, HTML, plain text, or rich text
• One-tap JSON backup and one-tap restore
• iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• Universal purchase, buy once, use everywhere
SORT AND FOCUS, LIST BY LIST
Turn on List tools and any to-do list can hide what's finished and sort itself by due date or priority. Off until you ask, and your hand-arranged order stays underneath, untouched.
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Privacy Policy: https://basicapps.tech/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
What's New in Version 4.5
• Ask Siri. Say "Add an item to Ink" or "Show my Ink today." Settings has the full list of phrases.
• Shortcuts and the Action Button. Every Ink action is available to automations and to a squeeze of the Action Button.
• Spotlight. Your notes and lists turn up in search, and a result opens straight to the page.
• Dates you can just type. Write "Dentist Friday 4pm" and Ink sets the due date for you.
• Repeating to-dos behave. Check one off and it stays checked until the next one comes due.
• Shared lists keep up. Checking boxes and reordering on a shared list now syncs in a fraction of the network traffic.
The developer, Sean Trapani, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Sean Trapani
- Size
- 40.6 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Ink Monthly $4.99
- Ink Annual $49.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Basic Apps
