HelloNotes
Markdown organiser and editor
Free · In-App Purchases
Plain Markdown files you own, with AI from Apple Foundation Models on your device — or an open model you download and 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 THAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE
• Summarise a note, suggest tags and links, and rewrite a passage — with Apple Foundation Models, powered by Apple Intelligence
• "Ask your library": answers grounded in your own notes, with citations
• An Assistant that can search and read your notes, look things up on the web, and edit notes only with your approval
• Or download an open model and run it on your device with MLX
The AI runs on your device. 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
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HelloNotes now runs its AI on Apple Foundation Models.
• Choose where AI runs: Apple Intelligence on your device, or an open model you download and run on your device with MLX. If Hugging Face isn't reachable where you are, you can choose a model folder instead.
• Summaries now cover the whole of a long note, not just its opening. Tag suggestions come back in the note's own language, and link suggestions only ever name notes you have.
• The Assistant looks through your notes before it answers, and changes nothing without your approval. Several changes proposed at once now wait their turn instead of failing.
• Third-party AI services and API keys are gone. Any keys you had stored for them are deleted from this device.
Also in this version:
• A simpler window. Your collection is on the left, the note is in the middle, and what the note is — its outline, tags, links, properties, history and graph — is in one panel on the right. The Mind Map, the Assistant and Ask Your Library open as tabs beside your notes.
• The Mind Map draws the links across a whole collection; the Graph shows one note's links in and out.
• Find and Replace understands regular expressions.
• Return continues a list, a note scrolls past its last line, and the blank lines you type are shown.
• On an iPad held upright, the on-screen keyboard no longer rearranges the window.
HelloNotes 1.3.3 requires iOS 27 or macOS 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
- Size
- 60.9 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 35,00 €
- Commercial 35,00 €
- Provider
Hello Tham Pty. Ltd.
- Hello Tham Pty. Ltd. has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- DUNS Number
744536613 - Address
161 Ashley Street
Roseville New South Wales 2069
Australia - Phone Number
+61 413008577 - Email
chris.tham@hellotham.com
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hello Tham
