Napkn: Scratch Notes

per-app sticky notes

Only for Mac

Free

Mac

Hold a key to peek at the note for whatever app you're in. Free. Nothing to sign up for, nothing leaves your Mac. Napkn keeps one note for every app you use. Hold your peek key and the note for whatever app you're in appears over it. Let go, and it's gone. Press your keyboard shortcut instead and the note stays put, ready to type into. That's the whole idea. No folders, no tags, no filing. The note you want is the note for the app you're already looking at. WHAT IT'S FOR The API key you keep re-finding. The staging password. The client's odd request. The command you can never remember. The half-thought you'll want again next time you open that app and only then. QUICK BY DESIGN • Hold a modifier key to peek, release to dismiss • Or press a shortcut to open a note and keep it open • A pinned note comes back next time you switch to that app • Lives in the menu bar. No Dock icon, no window in your way YOUR NOTES, MANAGED • One window listing every app you've written a note for • Search across everything you've written • Set notes colour background and spot them at a glance • Set the text size per note, or set a default for all of them PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Notes are hidden from screen recordings and shared screens. Not a setting you have to find - it's how they start • Let a single note show during a screen share, if you want it to • No account. No sign-in. No sync, no servers, nothing sent anywhere • Your notes are a stored on your Mac and nowhere else FREE Free. No subscription, no trial, no in-app purchases, no ads. REQUIREMENTS Hold-to-peek needs Input Monitoring permission, which macOS asks for and you can decline - the keyboard shortcut works without any permission at all.

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    Information

    Seller
    Sergii Tatarenkov
    Size
    3.2 MB
    Category
    Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and German
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Sergii Tatarenkov
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