Mudlark Notes
Markup notes with live preview
Only for Mac
$4.99
Mac
Mudlark Notes is a Mac notes app built on the idea that a scratchpad should be both fast to write in and easy to keep organized. Type a single character at the start of a line, and the line becomes what you meant: a heading, a task, a quote, a timer, an image, and more rendered in a live preview.
One symbol, one structure:
# heading
* bullet
% numbered item
+ add a task
- mark the task complete
! highlight
? open question
" quotation
` code, with syntax highlighting
@ an image or video
= math
& table
: a live countdown timer (try ": 25m")
You write in plain, readable text on the left, and Mudlark renders it on the right as you type. Nothing hides behind menus, and nothing about your text is locked into a proprietary format.
Media isn't an afterthought. Drop in images and video and they appear inline, sized and laid out for you. Mudlark is built for rich notes, not just plain text.
More when you need it:
- Wiki-style links between notes, with jumps to a specific heading
- Footnotes and metadata for structured writing
- Twenty themes, plus a builder for making your own
- Syntax highlighting across dozens of programming languages
- Find, move, and write-to actions you trigger from the text itself
Your notes are just files. Mudlark works fully offline, and your writing is never gated behind an account.
When you want to take something elsewhere, export to Obsidian, Apple Notes, Notion, Bear, iA Writer, Ulysses, Craft, Todoist, Things, Reminders, Markdown, and more.
A one-time purchase. No subscription, no account, no cloud lock-in.
Requires macOS 14 or later.
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Fixes an issue where Squash Note could silently do nothing.
The developer, Jeffrey Hilger, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Jeffrey Hilger
- Size
- 22.6 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jeffrey Hilger
