Ember vs Takt

Your notes should feel like home. Ember is a warm, fast place to think — Markdown notes, PDFs, diagrams, voice memos, and a vault of reusable prompts, all in one calm workspace that syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. WRITE IN RICH MARKDOWN A live editor with real formatting: headings, tables, task lists, links, highlights, footnotes, and code — rendered as you type, never in your way. Bullets, numbers, and checkboxes feel native and effortless. MORE THAN TEXT Drop PDFs, images, diagrams, and voice notes right inline. Your references live beside your writing, so everything about a thought stays in one place. A VAULT FOR YOUR PROMPTS Keep the prompts you reuse for writing, research, and planning in a dedicated Prompt Vault — organized, searchable, and a tap away when you need them. STAY ORGANIZED, STAY FAST Daily notes, folders, tags, smart filters, and pinned notes keep things tidy, and instant search finds anything the moment you look for it. YOURS EVERYWHERE Ember runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with optional private iCloud sync, widgets, and a Share Extension for capturing from anywhere. FREE TO START Capture notes, PDFs, prompts, and attachments with the full editor — free, no account required. EMBER PRO Unlock advanced themes and alternate icons, premium writing and organization workflows, and deeper Prompt Vault tools, as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No selling your words. Your notes stay on your device and your own iCloud. Make a home for your thinking. Download Ember Notes. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://embernotes.app/privacy

Takt – Encrypted Notes & Tasks A calm place to think and plan. Takt brings notes and tasks into one quiet workspace – end-to-end encrypted, offline-first, and built for people who think in prose, lists, and everything in between. One page for thinking and doing Turn any note into a task. Add a deadline, set a reminder, break it into nested sub-tasks. The Agenda gathers everything due, grouped by day – today at the top, the rest of the week just below. Write the way you think Rich text with checklists, tables, code blocks, inline drawings, and backlinks. Reach everything through Markdown, slash commands, or the keyboard. No friction between the thought and the page. Sketch it out, right inside the note A built-in Excalidraw canvas lets you draw diagrams, wireframes, or quick sketches – embedded inline, synced encrypted, no separate tool required.