HelloNotes
Markdown organiser and editor
Free · In-App Purchases
Plain Markdown files you own, with AI from Apple Foundation Models on your device or on Private Cloud Compute — or an open model you run on your device with MLX.
HelloNotes is a fast, private, local-first Markdown knowledge base for iPhone and iPad. Your notes are plain .md files in a folder you choose — no account, no lock-in, no cloud required.
WRITE IN LIVE MARKDOWN
• A native editor with live styling — headings, bold, lists, tables and syntax-highlighted code
• LaTeX math ($…$ and $$…$$) and Mermaid diagrams rendered inline
• Obsidian-style callouts, hidden comments, and a clean editor that tucks YAML front matter into an editable Properties panel
CONNECT YOUR IDEAS
• [[Wiki-links]] with autocomplete, including links straight to a heading
• Backlinks and unlinked mentions, with one-click linking
• #tags (nested) with autocomplete, and a Tags view of every tag in the collection
• Note transclusion — embed a whole note or a single section
• A mind map of the links across your whole vault, and a graph of each note's links in and out
FIND ANYTHING
• Full-text search and "Open Quickly" across notes and headings
• Bookmarks, daily notes and templates
AI ON YOUR DEVICE, OR ON PRIVATE CLOUD COMPUTE
• Summarise a note, suggest tags and links, and rewrite a passage — with Apple Foundation Models, powered by Apple Intelligence
• An Assistant that answers from your own notes and shows the notes it read, and can look things up on the web — experimental, and it doesn't change your notes
• Run Apple's model on your device, Local (Apple), or choose Cloud (Apple), Apple's server model on Private Cloud Compute: what it is sent isn't stored, and isn't accessible to Apple. Its answers and suggestions say which model made them
• Or download an open model and run it on your device with MLX
There are no third-party AI services and no API keys.
VERSION HISTORY WITH GIT
• Built-in Git: initialise a repo, browse a note's history and restore earlier versions
EXPORT & MORE
• Export to HTML or PDF
• Full light and dark support
Your files stay yours — readable in any editor, syncable with any tool. HelloNotes just makes them a joy to think in.
SUPPORTING HELLONOTES (OPTIONAL)
HelloNotes is free, and every feature is included for everyone. Two entirely optional purchases live in Settings > Support. Backing HelloNotes adds one thing — the ability to send a support request from inside the app — and nothing else:
• Champion — a one-off contribution of A$50. You can give more than once; the app remembers how many times.
• Commercial — an annual licence for using HelloNotes at work. A$50 per year, an auto-renewable subscription charged to your Apple Account on confirmation and renewing each year unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in Settings > your name > Subscriptions.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://hellotham.com/hellonotes/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
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HelloNotes 1.3.5 can run its AI on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, and labels what each model made.
• The models are named by where they run: Local (Apple) on your device, Cloud (Apple) on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, and Local with a model's name for an open model you run with MLX. Choose the default in Settings > AI; the Assistant can use another for one conversation.
• Cloud (Apple) reads far more of your notes at once than the model on your device; what it is sent isn't stored, and isn't accessible to Apple. Suggestions as you type still need a model on your device. When its daily allowance is used up, Local (Apple) takes over until it resets.
• Each Assistant reply, summary, suggested tag or link, rewrite and draft says which model made it.
• Ask Your Library is now part of the Assistant, which searches your notes more thoroughly — by section, and to the end of a long note — shows the notes it read, and summarises earlier messages when a conversation grows long. The Assistant is experimental: it reads your notes and no longer changes them.
• Report… beside the AI's answers and suggestions opens an email to us, and Settings > Support > Contact has our address.
• A note or attachment that iCloud Drive keeps online is downloaded when you open it. If it can't be, HelloNotes says so and offers Try Again, instead of a download that never ends.
• A note made in a folder of an iCloud Drive collection can be renamed — by its title, or from the sidebar.
• On iPhone Duo, HelloNotes runs edge to edge on both displays, in every pose.
• Tips no longer appear over the window.
HelloNotes 1.3.5 requires iOS 27.
The developer, Hello Tham Pty Ltd, 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
- Hello Tham Pty. Ltd.
- Size
- 61.1 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 27.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 27.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 27.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 27.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Champion USD 30.00
- Commercial USD 30.00
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hello Tham
