# Maho Notes — Beautiful Markdown note-taking

> Beautiful Markdown note-taking (iPhone/iPad app by Kuo-Chuan Pan.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maho-notes/id6760572212 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kuo-Chuan Pan](https://appshunter.io/developer/1885082618)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 17 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-05-22
- Data updated: 2026-07-25
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maho-notes/id6760572212/reviews.md

## What is Maho Notes?

Maho Notes is a markdown-based note-taking app for people who care about their words — and want to keep them.

  Every note is a plain .md file on your device. No proprietary format, no vendor lock-in, no servers you don't
   control. Sync through your own iCloud, your own GitHub repo, or keep notes purely local — your choice.

  A NOTES APP THAT SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE

  Full multilingual support, including search across English, 中文 (Traditional Chinese), 日本語 (Japanese),
  and 한국어 (Korean) — powered by a CJK-aware tokenizer that actually understands word boundaries in each
  language.

  Add furigana to Japanese kanji, Zhuyin to Mandarin, Tâi-lô to Taiwanese, or readings to Korean — all with one
   simple syntax: {漢字|ふりがな}.

  THREE WAYS TO SEARCH

  • Keyword search — fast SQLite FTS5 across every note
  • Semantic search — on-device vector embeddings find ideas, not just words
  • Hybrid — both, fused into one ranked list

  Models run entirely on-device. Nothing about your notes leaves your hardware.

  WRITTEN IN MARKDOWN, RENDERED BEAUTIFULLY

  • Full CommonMark + GitHub Flavored Markdown
  • KaTeX math equations
  • Mermaid diagrams
  • Syntax-highlighted code blocks
  • Ruby annotations for any language
  • Image and asset embedding
  • Tables, task lists, footnotes

  ORGANIZE YOUR WAY

  Vaults hold collections. Collections hold notes. Drag-and-drop reordering, custom icons and colors,
  hierarchical sub-collections, and per-collection ordering — all stored in plain YAML you can read.

  SYNC THAT RESPECTS YOU

  • iCloud — seamless across your Apple devices
  • GitHub — version your notes as a private repo, sync through your own account using GitHub's official Device
   Flow login (no third-party server in the middle)
  • Device-only — keep everything offline

  Conflicts get clearly-named files (note.conflict-DeviceName.md), never silent overwrites.

  UNIVERSAL APP

  One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Optimized layouts for each: a focus-friendly stack on iPhone, a
  three-column workspace on iPad and Mac, with the same vault wherever you are.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $1.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $4.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $9.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-05-22

No release notes.

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