Anky vs BindNotes

A blank page. Nothing in front of it. Anky is the simplest writing app we could make. You open it and you are already writing. No account. No feed. No followers. No AI. Nothing to set up and nothing to unlock. HOW IT WORKS Tap the clock to choose how long you want to write, from one to eight minutes, or ∞ for no limit. The hourglass next to it is the 8 second rule: stop typing for eight seconds and the writing ends. It keeps you moving forward instead of going back over the last sentence. Turn it off and only you decide when you are done. That is the whole app. WHEN YOU FINISH Your words stay exactly where they are. Tap the page and keep going, today or any other day. Every writing is saved on your phone, dated and searchable, in a drawer that slides in from the side. Copy a writing out with one tap, or copy it wrapped in a reflection prompt to paste into whatever AI you already use, if you want to. Your streak, and a calendar of the days you wrote, are one tap away. You wrote today or you didn't. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS Anky does not connect to any server. Your writing is never uploaded, never read and never used to train anything. There are no analytics and no ads. If you want a backup, turn on encrypted iCloud backup and it goes to your own iCloud. WRITE BEFORE YOU SCROLL If you want, Anky can stand between you and the apps you open without deciding to. Choose them in Settings. When you reach for one, write first. A finished sentence opens a short pass, and writing your minutes opens the rest of the day. Turn it off any time. Settings has the rest: backspace, autocorrect, how long the stillness lasts, the font and its size. Free. No subscription. No purchases. Privacy Policy: https://anky.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://anky.app/terms Open it. Write. Close it.

Your notes. Linked. Notes shouldn't be limited by the size of a page. But linear pages and infinite canvas aren't the answer — you just get lost. BindNotes takes a different approach: go infinitely deep, not infinitely long. Lasso any handwriting with Apple Pencil, link it to another page, and tap to jump. Pages give you focus. Links give you depth. Your notes become a connected network of ideas — not a stack of dead-end pages. BindNotes is a notebook app built for Apple Pencil. Write, sketch, and draw like any notebook — then connect your pages. Headers & Outline Assign header levels (H1–H5) to any page. Headers build a navigable outline for your notebook — tap to see the full structure, drill into sections, jump to any page. Color-coded by level so you can see hierarchy at a glance. Links let you follow a thought. Headers let you see the shape of your notebook. Together, they turn a stack of pages into a system. Page Overview See every page connection in your notebook as a visual graph. Arrows show which pages link where. Spot structure, find orphaned pages, navigate by tapping. PDF Annotation Import any PDF into a notebook. Annotate with pen, highlighter, and lasso. The highlighter lifts actual pixels from the PDF — highlighted content becomes a visual element you can work with. Add headers to organize the PDF. Create links between pages. Turn a static document into something navigable. PDF Export Export your notebook as a PDF. Links become clickable cross-references. An outline page is auto-generated. Your handwritten notebook exports like a professional document. Sync with iCloud Drive Notebooks sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud Drive. No account. No server. You control where your data lives. All Features Are Free No purchases, subscriptions, or ads. All features are included: • Unlimited notebooks and pages • All drawing tools — pen, highlighter, eraser, lasso • Page-to-page linking • Headers and outline navigation • Page overview (link graph) • iCloud Drive sync • 10 light and dark page templates • PDF import and annotation • PDF export with clickable links and bookmarks • Tags for notebook organization • Dark page templates • Full link and header color palettes Your notes stay on your device. We collect no data. No analytics. No tracking. No server. Your notebooks are stored locally or in your iCloud Drive — nowhere else. See our privacy policy at bindnotes.com/privacy.