Keepout: Private Notes
Private, local AI notes
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Private notes with encrypted markdown, connected ideas, and on-device AI. No account, cloud sync, analytics, or remote prompt processing.
Keepout is a private notes app for iPhone and iPad. Your writing stays on your device, encrypted at rest, with local tools for connecting and understanding ideas.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• AES-256-GCM encryption protects every note at rest.
• Your vault key stays in this device's non-synchronizing Keychain.
• Opaque filenames keep note titles and links out of the file system.
• There is no account, cloud sync, analytics, remote prompt processing, or plaintext search index.
CONNECTED KNOWLEDGE
• Link notes with familiar double-bracket wiki links.
• Follow backlinks and suggested related notes.
• Explore an interactive knowledge graph built with Apple's local sentence embeddings.
• Search decrypted notes in memory while the vault is unlocked.
LOCAL AI
• Ask questions, summarize a note, and suggest connections without sending note text to a server.
• Use Apple Foundation Models on supported devices.
• Choose the optional MLX engine for local inference. Its compact model downloads once on first use; inference then stays on your device.
FOCUSED WRITING
• Open the transient action bar from the toolbar or with Command-K on a hardware keyboard.
• Type / in the editor for headings, lists, tasks, quotes, code blocks, dividers, and links.
• Switch to a centered typewriter view that hides the side columns and softly fades the page edges.
• Navigate with touch or hardware-keyboard shortcuts on iPad.
• Markdown syntax and link destinations stay visually quiet until the caret enters them.
Keepout stores each encrypted note in a .md file so your vault remains a collection of Markdown documents without exposing their contents at rest.
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The developer, Alex Richard Fiore, 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
- Alex Richard Fiore
- Size
- 28.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © The Harborline Company
