Gravity – Quick Menu Bar Notes

Minimal Markdown scratchpad

Only for Mac

$9.99

Mac

Press Option-Space in any app and jot down a thought. Notes stack up in one stream, newest first, and one key moves anything that still matters back to the top. Gravity sits in your menu bar and keeps your notes in one stream, newest first. Press Option-Space in any app, type what's on your mind, and press Return twice. The panel saves the note and closes, and you're back where you were. Older notes sink as you add new ones. When one still matters, press R and it goes back to the top. The idea comes from Andrej Karpathy's append-and-review note: write everything in one place, read back through it now and then, and move up whatever you still care about. There are no folders to file into. Capturing Option-Space opens the capture panel from anywhere. Option-Shift-Space adds to your last note instead, which helps when you're making notes on an article or a video. You can change both shortcuts in Settings. Command-Return also saves, and Escape closes the panel with your draft kept. The notes window Click the menu bar icon to open your notes. Select a note to read it beside the list, and click it to start editing. Move with the arrow keys, then press R to rescue, A to archive or Delete to delete. For a few seconds afterwards you can undo an archive, a delete or a restore. Markdown and checklists Headings, bold, italics, lists, links, quotes and code show formatted in the list and the reader. In the editor the Markdown is styled as you type. Command-B, Command-I and Command-K add bold, italics and links, and Shift-Command-L starts a checklist. Tick checklist items straight from the list. Return carries a list on to the next line. Notes are saved as plain Markdown text. Tags and search Start a note with todo:, idea: or any word followed by a colon, and it gets a colour of its own. Command-F searches every note on your Mac, offline, and can include archived notes if you switch that on. Sync and privacy Your notes are stored on your Mac. Turn on iCloud sync in Settings to share them with Gravity on iPhone, which is sold separately. Gravity has no accounts and no analytics, and it doesn't collect any data. Export every note as Markdown or plain text files, or as a JSON backup you can import again. Looks Choose light, dark or OLED black, or follow the system, and pick from five text sizes. Gravity stays out of the Dock unless you put it there, and it throws a little confetti every hundred notes. Price You pay once. There's no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Requires macOS 15 or later. Privacy policy: https://www.gravitynotes.app/privacy-policy

  • This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.

This update improves editing, search, imports and iCloud sync. • Accented characters now work correctly in the capture panel and note editors. • Search results refresh when notes change, and highlighted snippets no longer repeat tags. • Improved handling of unsaved edits when switching notes, discarding changes or quitting Gravity. • More reliable list continuation and capture shortcuts, including notes containing code blocks. • Clearer import conflict review and safer replacement imports when notes change during the process. • Fixes for restoring notes from Trash and resolving iCloud deletion conflicts. • Theme, search and live formatting settings save more reliably.

The developer, Tristan Manchester, 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.

    Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

    The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More

    Seller
    Tristan Manchester
    Size
    4.9 MB
    Category
    Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Tristan Manchester