# Keepout: Private Notes — Private, local AI notes

> Private, local AI notes (iPhone/iPad app by Alex Richard Fiore.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/keepout-private-notes/id6799290256 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alex Richard Fiore](https://appshunter.io/developer/1819637558)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 27 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-19
- Data updated: 2026-08-23
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/keepout-private-notes/id6799290256/reviews.md

## What is Keepout?

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.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-08-19

No release notes.

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All apps by Alex Richard Fiore: https://appshunter.io/developer/1819637558

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