JotLine
Minimal menu bar notes App
Only for Mac
$9.99
Mac
lick the menu bar icon or press control+option+Space to jot a thought. Natural-language reminders, tags, quotes — one-time purchase, no subscription, 100% on-device.
JotLine is a minimal notes app that lives in your Mac's menu bar. No folders, no formatting tools, no clutter — press a key, type, and it's saved as a clean, scrollable timeline.
One calm timeline
Newest notes on top, grouped by natural day, with infinite scroll back through your history. A single column — everything a thought needs, nothing it doesn't.
Reminders in plain language
Type "tomorrow 9am pick up Mom at the airport" and press Return — it becomes a system notification. JotLine understands 13 languages automatically: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish and more. No syntax to learn.
Type to search
There's no separate search box — just start typing in the composer and the timeline filters instantly. Matches glow amber, dates and amounts turn green, #tags turn blue.
#Tags, suggested
Type # and JotLine suggests tags you already use. Arrow keys or Enter to complete — or keep typing to create a new one. Rename, merge, or delete tags everywhere at once.
Quote & reply
Double-click any note to quote it. Replies keep a snapshot of the original, and you can jump back and forth between a reply and the note it quotes — context never lost.
Links & files
Paste a URL on its own line and it becomes a link note; type a local path and JotLine lets you open the file or folder right from the timeline.
Delete without fear
Deleting moves notes to a trash grouped by day, with one-click restore. Only emptying the trash is permanent.
Light & dark, automatically
JotLine follows your Mac's appearance — dark for late-night jotting, light for bright days.
100% offline, private by design
Notes live only on your Mac. No account, no cloud, no analytics — nothing reads your data.
JotLine is a one-time purchase with no subscription. Press ⌃⌥Space anywhere to open it and jot a thought.
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What's New
V1.2
Smart Paste — press ⌘V on a long passage, offline AI extracts the key points, tick to turn them into notes; reminders, web links and local files recognized automatically. Semantic search & extraction now support more languages, fully offline.
V1.1
· Bookmarks: tag important notes with #bookmark and view them in one tap
· Pinned: keep frequently used notes at the top of your timeline
· Quote threads: tap a quote to focus on the full discussion thread, then jump back instantly
· One-tap clear for the input box, making editing and canceling easier
· The panel now remembers its position and can switch between Standard and Tall heights
Fixes & Improvements
· Smoother panel snapping and dragging
· Fixes an issue where the menu bar icon could disappear on macOS 26
The developer, 晓雨 陈, 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
- 晓雨 陈
- Size
- 1.8 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
English and 13 more
- English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Studio Laconiks 2026
