Quicknotes vs Finger Strings

Catch every thought before it gets away. Catch (formerly Flow Notes) is the fastest way to get something out of your head. Open, capture, done — no folders to file, no forms to fill. SPEAK IT. SAVE IT. Hold the mic button and talk. Your voice note is transcribed live, entirely on-device — nothing is uploaded anywhere. CATCH EVERYTHING • Text notes for quick thoughts and longer writing • Checklists for groceries, packing, and to-dos • Voice memos with instant transcription • Photos and links, saved in one tap STAY ORGANIZED WITHOUT TRYING Tags and collections keep everything findable. Pin what matters, search everything, and glance at a note right from your home screen widget. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes live on your device. No account, no sync servers, no tracking. CATCH PRO Go past 20 notes with Catch Pro — a simple yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://natetedesco.com/apps/catch/terms

Finger Strings ties a virtual string around your finger — so you actually remember. It uses alarms that demand acknowledgment and stand out from notification noise. Most reminders fail at the worst moment. You set one, it fires, you swipe it away, and an hour later you're still late, still unprepared, still kicking yourself. Finger Strings works differently. Instead of one notification you'll ignore, it fires a series of escalating alarms in the lead-up to your event — giving you time to actually act. How it works Create a reminder with a deadline. Finger Strings works backwards from that moment and schedules a sequence of alarms — months, days, hours, then every minute in the final stretch — each one requiring an explicit acknowledgment. By the time the deadline arrives, you've had every chance to be ready. Capture the five W's for any reminder: What, When, Who, Where, and Why. The extra context means you're not just alerted — you're informed and ready. Export active Strings to a Calendar you choose, while Finger Strings remains the source of truth for the reminder and its alarms. What you get - Layered alarms: monthly, daily, hourly, and every minute through the final hour. Turn on only the layers you want — or pick a ready-made intensity profile from Gentle to Nuclear. - Alarm sounds rated mellow-to-obnoxious, with favorites and curation so the picker shows the sounds you want. - High-stakes reminders can require a deliberate confirmation to stop — hold-to-stop, a keyword, or a clear "I am doing this now" tap. - Repeating reminders for weekly and monthly events. - Quiet Hours, with a per-reminder choice to respect them, ignore them, or wait until they end. - A Lock Screen widget showing your next two alarms and live countdowns on every reminder card. - Full reminder history, archiving, and an optional automatic archive for expired reminders. - Your choice of app color, including Orange, plus dark and light mode. Simple by design No categories. No tags. No priority levels. No subscription either — Finger Strings is a one-time purchase. Finger Strings does one thing and does it relentlessly: makes sure you don't forget. Note: Finger Strings needs permission to schedule alarms. Without it, reminders can't alert you the way the Clock app does.