ThinkAloud Notes vs Jeejee

You think out loud. ThinkAloud writes it down. Hit record and just talk: a passing idea, a meeting, a whole lecture. When you stop, you can play the recording back and decide whether it's worth keeping before anything happens to it. Only then does the on-device AI turn it into a real note, with a title, some structure, tags, and links to the related notes you already have. Here's the part that matters. All of this happens on your phone. ThinkAloud runs Google's Gemma model locally, so your voice and your notes never get uploaded anywhere. There's no account to create, no server in the middle, and nothing to pay every month. You download the model once, and after that it works offline. Your notes are just Markdown files in an ordinary folder, the same format Obsidian uses. Point ThinkAloud at a vault you already have, or let it keep one for you. Either way you can open, edit, or back them up with any app you like. Nothing is trapped inside. What it's good at: - Voice, photos, or quick text go in; clean, tagged notes come out - Ask your notes a question in plain language and get an answer with its sources listed, so you can tap straight through to where each fact came from - A knowledge graph that builds itself as your notes start linking up - Full-text search, tags, folders, and checklists - Optional sync to your own Google Drive or iCloud. Your account, a private folder, no servers of mine in between. No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no accounts. I made ThinkAloud because I wanted a notebook that was actually mine. That's the whole idea. The on-device model needs around 3 GB of free space and a fairly recent device.

Jeejee brings the ways you write together: jot things down in Markdown, typeset beautiful math and reports in LaTeX, write by hand with Apple Pencil, and annotate lecture PDFs directly. Documents are stored where you choose. Markdown, LaTeX, CSV, plain text and PDF work with tools that support their formats; handwriting remains editable in .jeejee files. Made for students, researchers and anyone in STEM: organize class notes, write lab reports and theses, work through equations and prepare for exams. Markdown • Side-by-side editor and preview that scroll together • Headings, lists, to-dos, tables, code, quotes and images • Inline and display math • One-tap formatting for bold, links, lists and more • Export to PDF or Markdown LaTeX • Built-in typesetting engine compiles to PDF right in the app, offline, with no TeX installation needed • Typesets with XeLaTeX, so Unicode and Chinese text just work • Recompiles as you edit and clearly marks error lines • Source and PDF side by side Handwriting • Write with Apple Pencil on iPad: pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser, lasso and shape recognition • Your three favorite colors and widths sit right in the toolbar • Light and dark blank, ruled, grid and dotted paper, with multiple pages and page thumbnails • On-page text boxes, image insertion and cropping • Turn a PDF into an annotation copy and write on your slides, leaving the original untouched • Share editable .jeejee files, PDF or page images; save page images to Photos on iPhone and iPad Files • Local, iCloud and System Folder locations; connect external folders supported by your system and file provider • List, card and icon views, with icons that show each document's content • Recents, Favorites, drag and drop, and restoration from Recently Deleted Designed for iPhone, iPad and Mac • On iPad, a resizable sidebar stays docked while browsing and steps aside when you open a document • On Mac, multiple windows, a native sidebar and keyboard shortcuts • Seven editor themes with Dark Mode Free, with optional support Jeejee's core features are free forever, with no ads. If it helps you, you can buy the developer a cup of tea in Settings > Support Jeejee. Tips don't unlock anything; they simply support ongoing development. Privacy Jeejee does not track you. Document contents, file names and accounts are never sent to the developer; only anonymous crash reports and usage statistics are collected to improve the app.