One notes app. Native everywhere.

Notes and reminders for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android, built in each system’s own design language and synced end‑to‑end encrypted between all of them.

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  • macOS
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • iPhone
  • Android

Five systems. Five native looks.

Most cross-platform apps wear one skin everywhere. Notelet takes on the look, type, controls and even the capitalisation of the system it runs on, so it feels like it came with your computer. Your notes stay exactly the same.

Notelet on a Mac, in Apple's design: folders, tags and reminder tiles in the sidebar, the Travel folder's notes, and the note Lisbon in spring with a picture, a packing checklist and a table. Notelet on a Mac in dark mode, in Apple's design: folders, tags and reminder tiles in the sidebar, the Travel folder's notes, and the note Lisbon in spring with a picture, a packing checklist and a table.

At home on a Mac.

Ink and a yellow highlighter, serif note titles, glass toolbar buttons and the system’s type. The window’s toolbar is its title bar, and the menu bar is the real one.

  • A real menu bar, every command in the order you expect, with its shortcut
  • Right-click menus are the system’s own NSMenu, Liquid Glass and all
  • Alerts slide down from the window as sheets
  • Touch ID opens locked notes

  • The system’s own controls

    Where a system has its own menu, alert, picker or switch, Notelet uses it. Where it doesn’t, it draws one to that system’s guidelines.

  • The system’s own type and colour

    San Francisco, Segoe UI Variable, Adwaita Sans or Google Sans Flex, and the accent colour you picked for your desktop or phone.

  • The system’s own words

    “Sort By” on a Mac and in GNOME, “Sort by” on Windows and Android. Even the capitals follow the house style.

Everything a notes app should do. Done properly.

Rich notes, real reminders, attachments, search and locks, with the menus and shortcuts you already know. Every feature, on every system.

Rich notes, without the fuss.

Checklists, tables, headings, highlights and links, formatted the way you’d expect. Type 1200 / 4 = and the answer appears.

A note called Studio move on Windows, with a checklist of four items, two ticked, and a budget table. A note called Studio move on Windows in dark mode, with a checklist of four items, two ticked, and a budget table.

Reminders, built in.

Lists and smart lists (Today, Upcoming, Flagged, All) with repeats, subtasks, sections, priorities and templates.

A purple reminders list called Lisbon trip on iPhone, in two sections: Before we go and In Lisbon. A purple reminders list called Lisbon trip on iPhone in dark mode, in two sections: Before we go and In Lisbon.
The Today list on Android, grouped into morning, afternoon and tonight, with square checkboxes. The Today list on Android in dark mode, grouped into morning, afternoon and tonight, with square checkboxes.

Pictures, PDFs and sketches.

Drop in photos, videos, PDFs and audio, or sketch with a finger. Every attachment, from every note, in one browser.

The attachments browser on a Mac: tabs for Photos and Videos, Scans, Maps, Websites, Audio and Documents over a grid of three pictures and a sketch. The attachments browser on a Mac in dark mode: tabs for Photos and Videos, Scans, Maps, Websites, Audio and Documents over a grid of three pictures and a sketch.
A note called Garden plan on iPhone, with a checklist and a hand-drawn sketch of the garden. A note called Garden plan on iPhone in dark mode, with a checklist and a hand-drawn sketch of the garden.

Locked notes.

One password locks the notes you choose, sealed on your device. Open them with Touch ID, Face ID or Windows Hello.

A locked note called Gift ideas in its own window on Linux: a lock, the words This note is locked, and a password field. A locked note called Gift ideas in its own window on Linux, in dark mode: a lock, the words This note is locked, and a password field.

  • Smart folders and tags

    Type a #tag anywhere. Smart folders gather notes by tag, date, checklist, attachment or lock.

  • Search that forgives

    Ignores case and accents: “cafe” finds “Café”. Narrow it to checklists, tags or attachments.

  • Maths in your notes

    Sums, variables and units: 5 km in miles = works out as you type.

  • Pins, galleries, subfolders

    Pin what matters, browse a folder as a gallery, nest folders, and jot Quick Notes.

  • Bring your notes

    Import from Apple Notes, Evernote, Google Keep, Simplenote, Bear and Obsidian, folders and all.

  • Take them anywhere

    Export to Markdown or PDF, print, or share. Your notes are never stuck here.

  • Made for the keyboard

    A shortcut for everything, find and replace, and notes in windows of their own on desktop.

  • Offline first

    Your library lives on your device. Everything works without a connection; sync catches up later.

Synced through Notelet Cloud.

Each device seals its edits before they leave and merges everyone else’s. Whatever stores them only ever sees ciphertext, and two devices editing at once both keep their changes.

Notelet Cloud

Open now

Nothing to set up. Sign in on each device and your notes follow you.

  • Sign in with email, Google or Apple
  • End-to-end encrypted: we store sealed files, never your words
  • Your encryption passphrase never leaves your devices
  • Early testers get free storage for life; see pricing

Your own storage

Free, always

Point Notelet at storage you already pay for. No Notelet server involved.

  • S3-compatible: Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Amazon S3, MinIO
  • WebDAV: Nextcloud, Synology, any WebDAV server
  • A folder that Dropbox, iCloud Drive, OneDrive or Syncthing keeps in step (desktop)
  • Add a device with a setup code from one that already syncs

Free to start. Fair after that.

Every plan has every feature on every system. You only ever pay for Notelet Cloud’s storage, and only if you want it.

Your own storage

Free

Sync through an S3 bucket, WebDAV or a folder you already have.

  • As many devices as you like
  • As much space as your storage has
  • End-to-end encrypted

Early testers

Notelet Cloud, 5 GB

Free for life

For the first 1,000 Notelet Cloud accounts, as thanks for testing the beta.

  • 5 GB of storage
  • Sign in with email, Google or Apple
  • Never pay for these 5 GB

Opening soon

Notelet Cloud, 50 GB

£10 a year

Plenty for years of notes and pictures.

  • 50 GB of storage
  • Sign in with email, Google or Apple
  • Every feature, every system

Opening soon

Notelet Cloud, 200 GB

£25 a year

For libraries full of video, audio and PDFs.

  • 200 GB of storage
  • Sign in with email, Google or Apple
  • Every feature, every system

Paid plans open soon. Until then, Notelet Cloud is free for its first 1,000 accounts. Once open, they renew yearly and can be cancelled any time.

Private by design, not by promise.

Your notes are sealed on your device before they go anywhere. Not even Notelet Cloud can read them.

  • End-to-end encrypted

    Every change is sealed on your device with XChaCha20‑Poly1305 before it leaves, with keys derived from your passphrase by scrypt.

  • Ciphertext only

    Notelet Cloud, or your own bucket, holds sealed files: their sizes and times, never their words. Each file is sealed with its name, so none can be swapped for another.

  • Your passphrase stays yours

    It never leaves your devices; the keys live in the Keychain or Keystore. There’s no back door, so there’s no reset either.

  • Nothing lost in a clash

    Edits merge on your devices, in any order. Change the same note in two places at once and both changes stay.

  • Locked notes, too

    Lock a note and its words are sealed even on your own device, until your password, Touch ID, Face ID or Windows Hello opens them.

  • No ads, no tracking

    There are no analytics in the app, and this site doesn’t track you either.

Get the public beta.

Notelet 0.10 is free while it’s in beta. Tell us what you think: every report makes it better.

Beta software: keep a copy of anything precious (File › Export to Markdown makes one in seconds).

Questions, answered.

Is Notelet free?

Yes, while it’s in beta, and syncing through your own storage stays free for good. Notelet Cloud will have a free plan for early testers and paid plans after that; see pricing.

Can anyone at Notelet read my notes?

No. Notes are encrypted on your devices with a key made from your passphrase, and the passphrase never leaves them. Notelet Cloud stores ciphertext and can see only how big each file is and when it was written.

What if I forget my passphrase?

Your devices keep their copy of your notes and keep working. But there’s no recovery by design: if you lose every device and the passphrase, nobody can open the synced copy, including us. Keep the passphrase somewhere safe, like a password manager.

Why does Notelet look different on my PC than on my Mac?

On purpose. Notelet takes the look of the system it runs on: Apple’s on a Mac and iPhone, Fluent on Windows 11, Adwaita on Linux and Material 3 on Android. Every screen, command and shortcut is the same everywhere; only the colours, corners, type and controls change.

Can I bring my notes from another app?

Yes. Notelet imports what Apple Notes, Evernote, Google Keep, Simplenote, Bear and Obsidian export, keeping folders, dates, pins, tags, checklists and pictures. You see what will come in first, and notes you already have are skipped.

Do I need an account?

No. Notelet works on its own, offline, with your notes on your device. You only need an account for Notelet Cloud, and none at all if you sync through your own storage.

Which storage works for syncing?

Notelet Cloud; any S3-compatible bucket, such as Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Amazon S3 or MinIO; a WebDAV server such as Nextcloud or a Synology; or, on desktop, a folder that Dropbox, iCloud Drive, OneDrive or Syncthing keeps in step.

Is Notelet made by Apple, Microsoft or Google?

No. Notelet is an independent app that follows each system’s published design guidelines. It isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.