Savelon vs Beaver Notes

Savelon is your second phonebook: a secure, separate space for the contacts you do not want in your main address book. Your data stays encrypted on your device, away from cloud contact sync and invisible to other apps. Use it for private relationships, sensitive clients, side-business contacts, or any people you want to keep out of Google Contacts, iCloud Contacts, and your default phonebook. It is built for people who want stronger privacy without complicated setup. What you can do: - Store contacts in a separate protected vault. - Keep contacts offline and local to your device. - Lock access with your password. - Import contacts quickly from your existing phonebook. - Detect and clean up duplicates. - Export contacts fast when needed. - Create password-protected backup files you control. Why people choose it: - A real second phonebook, not just another sync layer. - Privacy first: no automatic cloud storage. - Security designed at vault level. - Simpler than piecing together technical privacy tools. - Human support inside the app. Best for: - Privacy-conscious users leaving Google or iCloud. - Anyone who wants hidden contacts on one device. - Coaches, therapists, journalists, founders, and consultants handling sensitive relationships. - People tired of contact sync chaos and duplicate messes.

Beaver Notes is a fast, native client for the open-source Beaver Notes server — a self-hosted note wall you run on your own infrastructure. Write markdown notes. Drop in photos, videos and files. Everything lands on your server, nowhere else. No accounts to sign up for, no third-party services, no analytics, no telemetry. FEATURES • Multi-server — connect to as many self-hosted Beaver Notes servers as you need and switch between them from the sidebar. • Local-first sync — an outbox queue keeps everything working offline and catches up the moment the server comes back. • Markdown editor — bold, italic, code, lists, links, headings, with live preview. • Attachments — photos, videos, and arbitrary files. Images appear in an adaptive grid with a fullscreen viewer. Inline video playback. • Upload progress — per-file and per-message progress overlays, including retry on failure. • Image editor — crop, draw, filters, and optional optimization before upload. • Video trim & optimize — HEIC and H.265 encoding to keep uploads small. • Quick input — a compact composer at the bottom of the wall for fast capture. • Search — local full-text search with type, tag, pinned and date filters. • Spotlight — your notes are findable from the system search. • Privacy — biometric lock with Face ID / Touch ID, auto-lock timeout, and the option to hide previews in the App Switcher. • Storage controls — per-server cache size limit and one-tap erase. • Multi-platform — adapted layouts for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with native sidebar, context menus, swipe actions, and keyboard shortcuts. PRIVACY The app talks only to the self-hosted server you configure. No analytics SDKs. No third-party services. No developer-side backend. Read the full privacy policy at https://eduard256.github.io/beaver-notes-apple/PRIVACY.md REQUIREMENTS You need a running Beaver Notes server. The server is open source — see https://github.com/eduard256/beaver-notes