# Palim: Scratchpad — Notes, code & Markdown, local

> Notes, code & Markdown, local (iPhone/iPad app by Nguyen Nguyen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palim-scratchpad/id6818982265 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nguyen Nguyen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1071455830)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: $0.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-05
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Palim?

Palim is a calm scratchpad for plain text, code and Markdown. Open it and start typing: there is no Save button, no files and no account. Notes save themselves as you type and are still there when you come back days later.

• Many notes, titled automatically from the first line (or rename them)
• Plain Text, Code with highlighting for 33 languages (React and Vue included), and Markdown with Edit, Split and Preview views; in Split the preview scrolls along
• Diagrams written as text in Markdown (Mermaid), drawn in the colours of your theme
• Folders, nested as deep as you like, and notes in your own order (drag and drop)
• Select several notes and folders to move, export or delete them together
• Pin the notes you use every day to the top
• Search every note at once, ignoring accents: "pho" finds "phở"
• Tick tasks right in the Preview
• Paste Markdown or code into a new note and Palim recognises it
• A keyboard bar with Undo, Tab, arrows and the symbols you need
• Adjustable text size
• Present a folder as slides: every note is a slide, and a --- line in Markdown starts the next one. Make the text bigger or switch the theme from the slide toolbar
• Open text, code, Markdown, JSON and ZIP files in Palim from Files, Mail or any app (Open With or Share); the original is never changed
• Import files as notes and share any note as a file
• Six light and dark themes
• Delete with Undo; the Trash keeps notes for 30 days
• Made for iPhone and iPad, in any orientation

Private by design: your notes stay on your device. Palim has no account, no server, no ads, no in-app purchases, no analytics and no tracking.

Your notes come with you to a new iPhone or iPad: they are part of your own iCloud Backup, so restoring a device or setting up a new one brings them back. Export All Notes saves everything into one file you keep wherever you like.

## Is Palim safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Palim.

## Is Palim legit?

Palim: Scratchpad appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Palim is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-21

• Select several notes and folders at once — choose Select from a note's ⋯ menu, then tap — and move, export or delete them together
• Arrange everything in your own order, at the top level as well as inside folders
• Code highlighting for 33 languages, React and Vue included
• In Split view the preview scrolls along with the editor (turn it off in Settings)
• Collapse or expand every folder with one tap, or show just the note you have open
• Export a whole folder

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-05

No release notes.

## More apps by Nguyen Nguyen

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- [Tính Thuế TNCN](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tinh-thue-tncn/id1240884553)
- [Shell Keyboard](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shell-keyboard/id6811290737)

All apps by Nguyen Nguyen: https://appshunter.io/developer/1071455830

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