Benchpad vs Tuck

Benchpad is a scratchpad, not a second brain. Three pads. You name them — Work / Personal / Scratch, Today / This Week / Someday, whatever fits your head. No folders, no tags, no filing decisions. Open, type, close. WRITE WITHOUT DECIDING Every note app asks "where does this go?" before you've written a word. Benchpad doesn't. Three pads means the decision is already made. WORKS ON A PLANE Offline-first, not offline-tolerant. Every keystroke saves to your device before any network request. Sync happens in the background when you're online — and merges conflict-free if you edited on two devices at once. CONSTRAINT IS THE PRODUCT Benchpad is for people who want to write things down — not maintain a system. A note app that knows when to stop. When you can't create infinite folders, you write instead of organizing. Constraint isn't a compromise. It's the product. A REAL EDITOR Headings, checklists, tables, code blocks with syntax highlighting, images, file attachments all with slash commands and a block editor. NO AI. NO ADS. NO DATA MINING. Nothing reads, summarizes, or trains on your notes. Notes are encrypted at rest. Plain markdown — copy everything out anytime, no lock-in. FREE FOREVER, REALLY One pad, the full editor, offline support, sync, and an archive of 100 notes — free, no credit card, no time limit. Pro ($10/year flat) unlocks all three pads, all six themes, attachments, voice-note audio, and Markdown/PDF export. Benchpad is for people who want to write things down — not maintain a system. A note app that knows when to stop.

You know that screenshot you took last month — the one you'll never find again? Type a word that was in it. Tuck finds it. Tuck is a private home for everything you want to keep: screenshots, links, notes, and files. Two taps to save. Seconds to find. Free to start. Find it by what's inside On-device text recognition reads the text in your screenshots, so you can search for words you never typed. Full-text search covers your links, notes, and PDFs too, and returns results instantly. Save from anywhere Share anything to Tuck from any app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, or import screenshots straight from Photos. Links arrive with their title and preview. No forms, no tags, no decisions at save time. Moving from another bookmarks app? Import its HTML export, and its folders become collections. It organizes itself — by your rules (Pro) Set up a smart collection once ("anything with 'invoice' goes here") and Tuck files every new save automatically. Rules start from your own keywords, and the rule editor shows how many items they currently match. Always one step away Widgets on your iPhone and iPad Home Screen, results in Spotlight, and actions in Shortcuts and Siri. Never miss a date Add a PDF with a deadline and Tuck spots the date and offers a one-tap reminder. You can also set a reminder on any saved item. Make it yours Nest collections, give them covers, hide the private ones, and lock sensitive collections behind Face ID or your passcode (Pro) — locked items stay out of search, widgets, and Spotlight. On iPhone and iPad, saved articles can open in Safari Reader. Your data stays yours No accounts. No tracking. Your library syncs through your private iCloud — we never see it. Text recognition happens on your device. Private by architecture, not by promise. Take it with you Export items as web pages, copy items or whole collections as Markdown, or share a collection as a read-only iCloud link. On the Mac, Tuck Pro can also connect to your AI assistant through a built-in MCP server. Fully native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Fully bilingual in English and Ukrainian. Stop losing what you meant to keep. Tuck it away — and find it in seconds. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/