Quick Note Taking – Type 4+

Capture & brain dump

Papercones Inc.

    • 4.6 • 38 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Type lets you quickly capture notes from anywhere.

“Type does quick note-taking better than Quick Notes”
– Justin Pot, Lifehacker

“Being able to quickly note without being taken out of my flow or capture anything anywhere, whether it's in a meeting or otherwise, is amazing value that I've been looking for.”
– Brian Sander, Product Design Lead at Meta

Features:
→ Accessible from anywhere – Reduce interruptions and launch Type via the hotkey from anywhere
→ No sync issues – Your notes are stored in text files. Works offline
→ Import existing notes – Create new notes or import existing ones
→ Timestamp your notes – Automatically attach the date to each note
→ Quickly switch between notes – Navigate through your notes via the arrow keys
→ Customizable – Select your preferred date style. Markdown support
→ Keyboard navigation – Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate within the app

Use cases:
→ Obsidian Quick Capture – Write notes in your Obsidian files
→ Brain Dump – Review your thoughts later
→ Highlights – Capture thoughts for your next 1-1
→ Meetings – Take notes during your meetings
→ Time tracking – See where you spend your time
→ Journaling – Write a daily note
→ Debugging – Steps to reproduce a bug
…and more!

Planned features:
→ Option to keep the app always visible
→ Search for notes
→ Watch folder of notes
→ Export note

Pricing:
→ Includes a 7-day free trial (doesn't automatically renew)
→ Includes a one-time purchase to unlock the app forever (no subscription)

Please reach out at nicolas@usetype.app if you have any questions, feedback, or just want to say hi!

What’s New

Version 1.4

Hello everyone! A big update for Type today. I hope you enjoy it!

New
- Import Note: A new button allows you to import an existing note into Type. Thanks to Shawn, Morav, Keir, Derrick, Holger, and Ray for the suggestion!
- Delete Note: Move notes to the Trash with ease. Requested by Shawn and Wuyiwai.
- Unlink Note: Detach a note from the app without sending it to the Trash.
- Clear Note: Quickly clear a note’s contents, ideal for daily notes.
- View in Finder: Open note files directly in Finder. Thanks to Holger for the idea!
- Feedback Button: The feedback button has been replaced by the "more actions" menu in the toolbar, but it's still available in the menu bar.
- Localization: The app is now fully localized in French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Special thanks to Sebastian, Matteo, and Juanjo for their contributions!

Improvements
- Markdown Links: Updated link colors for better visibility.
- Global Shortcut: The global shortcut now both launches and dismisses the app if the window is visible. Thanks sutarto1920 for the suggestion!
- Free Trial Tooltip: A tooltip now explains that starting the free trial does not lead to automatic charges when it ends.

Bug Fixes
- Paywall: The paywall will no longer appear if there is no Internet connection.
- Menu Bar Option: The menu bar now correctly remains hidden on startup if the option was disabled. Thanks Keane and Christopher for - flagging this!

Nicolas

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
38 Ratings

38 Ratings

Avenge ,

Great Little App with very Responsive Developer!

It's hard to get a feel for what this app does from the description and the Screen Shots. In short, you can create a text file with this app and add entries to it very quickly through its efficient streamlined interface.

What the description doesn't tell you is the details of how this works. You can choose to save the text file anywhere you like. Or you can choose an existing text file for this app to manage and update. Note: When selected an existing file, the OS will warn you that you are about to overwrite the file. This isn't the case. The app will not overwrite the file, but rather add it to its list of text files that it is managing which you can select from its UI. Then you can quickly make entries into any of the text files you've told it about.
Very clever idea and an app I didn't know I needed, but now love.

Developer Response ,

Thank you very much for this amazing review!

I will definitely improve the description and screenshots based on your feedback!

k9mac ,

Perfect stream-of-thought note taking app!

While I still need to bake my habit a bit more, Type provides a seamless interface to getting your thoughts out of your head so you can focus on the task at hand without worrying you'll forget your thought or becoming distracted.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the nice review! :)

brokosz ,

zero friction, super intuitive

Type is the exact quick entry note taking app I've been searching for! Intuitive controls, lightning fast, and supremely flexible formatting, storage locations, and file types. Nicolas has a near perfect app with the v1.1 update. Awesome stuff!!

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for the great review! I'm glad you like Type!

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