Nownote: One Note at a Time

Minimalist Scratchpad

Free

One note to rule them all. Pure focus, zero cognitive friction, instant capture. Nownote is a digital minimalist note-taking scratchpad designed for pure focus, zero cognitive friction, and instant capture. Inspired by physical index cards and tactile paper notebooks, Nownote provides a single, high-performance active canvas that eliminates organization anxiety. There are no nested folders, no complex tagging hierarchies, and no endless note lists to manage. Just one focused space for what matters right now. KEY FEATURES: • 0ms Instant Keyboard Focus: Launch directly to your cursor at the exact end of your note with zero startup latency. Supported via deep link (nownote://type) and 1-tap lock screen interactions. • Interactive Home & Lock Screen Widgets (17+): Check off todo list items (- [ ] / - [x]), insert live timestamps ([14:30]), and append new tasks directly from your Home Screen without needing to launch the app. • Dynamic Island & Lock Screen Live Activities: Keep your current high-priority checklist or active thought gently pinned to your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island while multitasking. Features content-aware dynamic typography scaling and frosted glass backgrounds. • 8 Curated Minimalist Themes: Handcrafted aesthetic palettes tailored for every environment: Paper & Ink, OLED Pure Dark, Warm Sepia, Nord Frost, Terminal Matrix, Matcha Tea, Solarized Dark, and Midnight Blue. • Typography Control: Choose between four system typefaces: Modern Sans, Monospace, Classic Serif, or Friendly Rounded. • 100% Private & On-Device: Zero accounts, zero logins, zero cloud dependencies, and zero tracking. Your notes and archives remain exclusively within your device's sandboxed local storage.

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• Erase faster: the eraser above the keyboard deletes your selection, or the line you're on when nothing is selected. Long-press it to choose. The trash still clears the whole note, after asking. • See how long your Live bubble has left: iOS removes a Live Activity after at most 8 hours. Turn on Settings › Show Bubble Time Left for a quiet indicator on the Lock Screen. • Fixes: buttons at the top and bottom of the screen now respond immediately after you type, and the checklist, timestamp and bullet buttons no longer change the last line by mistake.

Version 1.1

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    Information

    Seller
    Benoit GRANDJEAN
    Size
    1.6 MB
    Category
    Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 PPMB
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