Plainsight vs Dotty

PlainSight: The Disguised Note Vault Keep your most sensitive notes completely invisible to everyone else. No obvious PIN pads. No suspicious lock screens. Just total privacy, hidden in plain sight. PlainSight looks and functions like a beautiful, minimal note-taking app on the surface—perfect for daily tasks, grocery lists, and quick thoughts. But underneath its calm interface holds a powerful secret. By typing your own custom secret command phrase directly into a standard note field, PlainSight instantly unlocks your hidden workspaces. To an outside observer or anyone browsing your phone, your private vaults don't even exist. HOW IT WORKS: THE SECRET KNOCK CREATE YOUR TRIGGER Choose absolutely any secret phrase or word like .banana, ..manage, or a custom string of text. TYPE TO REVEAL Type your secret phrase anywhere in the text field to instantly slide open your private workspaces. TOTAL PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY PlainSight doesn't broadcast that you have something to hide. There are no "Incorrect Password" errors or biometric pop-ups to raise suspicion if you hand your phone to a friend, colleague, or family member. POWERFUL PRIVACY, MINIMALIST DESIGN WRITE WITH CLARITY Open instantly into a clean, distraction-free editor. No toolbars, no clutter—just a smooth, fast writing space that stays out of your way. ORGANIZE EFFORTLESSLY Group your sensitive data using lightweight tags and categories. Keep your personal journals, account numbers, business ideas, or travel itineraries meticulously structured. SECURE EMAIL RECOVERY Forget your secret word? Don't panic. You can securely reset your access via an encrypted recovery code sent to your email. Your notes remain completely local, encrypted, and yours—but you'll never be locked out. SECURE REAL-TIME COLLABORATION Need to share a shopping list with a partner or collaborate on a private project with a teammate? Turn any workspace into a shared space. PlainSight syncs instantly across devices in real time, giving you seamless multi-user collaboration without the bloat of heavy corporate productivity tools. FEATURES BUILT TO STAY INVISIBLE Fast writing tools and clean formatting Custom tags and categories Real-time multi-user collaboration Archive, delete, and restore controls Secure workspace management Smooth, instant cloud sync NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. NO SURPRISES. PlainSight is fully free for simple, personal note-taking. If you want advanced power—including multi-user shared workspaces, unlimited hidden spaces, and full real-time cloud sync across devices—unlock everything with a single, small, one-time upgrade. No monthly fees, ever. Protect your thoughts with absolute discretion. Download PlainSight and secure your notes today.

A private notebook where everyone you know gets a page, including you. Contact apps store phone numbers. Dotty stores the things you would never put in a contact card: that she hates surprise calls, that his sister is called Ada, that his dad had surgery and you should ask. Everything is encrypted on your device. You do not need an account, and nothing leaves your phone unless you decide it should. EVERY PAGE IS YOURS TO SHAPE • Notes, lists, checklists, custom fields, files and folders, mixed in whatever way that person needs • A page for a friend looks nothing like a page for a client, and both are right • You get a page too, for the things you want to remember about yourself THE MAP Your relationships are not folders. The map draws them as a network, so you can see how they actually sit. • People move closer as you stay in touch, and drift apart when you do not • Someone can be family, gym, and work at the same time. You create the circles. • Drifting shows who you have not spoken to in weeks, before it becomes months MOMENTS • Birthdays repeat every year on their own, pulled from the person’s page • Reminders repeat when you want them to, like a monthly call or a yearly anniversary • Plans stay on one calendar, with everyone on it • Notifications for events, birthdays, and reminders PRIVATE, EITHER WAY You choose where your people live: on this phone alone, or in an account that follows you. • On-device only means there is no account and no copy stored anywhere else • The database is encrypted with SQLCipher, using standard cryptography • The key stays in your Keychain, marked for this device, and is left out of every backup • Photos and attachments are excluded from backups too, so no readable copy reaches iCloud • Sign in with Apple or Google if you want to sync. There is no password to lose. • No analytics, no ad SDK, no data brokers. Nothing you write is sent to any AI model, and search runs on your device • Export everything as a single file whenever you like, and delete your account in the app, iPhone and iPad. Questions or ideas? Write to us. We read everything.