OV Notes vs Private Notes

A calm, minimal place to write in plain Markdown, plan your days, and let a private AI Copilot do the busywork on the notes you already wrote. OV Notes keeps everything simple and yours. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Just open it and write, on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write in Markdown • Plain Markdown that stays simple, readable files you actually own • A clean, focused editor that stays out of your way • Light and Dark themes that follow your system automatically Calendar and to-dos • A monthly calendar greets you on the home screen • Add to-dos to any date and check them off • See today's tasks at a glance AI Copilot for your own notes • Summarize a long note in seconds • Draft a meeting-note outline to start from • Organize today's to-dos so nothing slips • Ask "what's on my schedule this week?" and get a clear answer • It only ever works on your own notes, never anyone else's Stay organized • Folders and a nested file-tree vault keep everything in its place • An "All notes" list puts every note one tap away, even as it grows Widgets that keep up • Home-screen and Lock-screen widgets show your to-dos without opening the app Sync across your devices • iCloud sync keeps notes current on iPhone, iPad, and the OV Mac app • It uses your own iCloud, so your notes stay private to you Private by design • Local-first: your notes live on your device and in your own iCloud • No account or sign-up needed • No ads, no tracking, and nothing collected by us Free to use, and fully bilingual in Korean and English. Write a little, plan a little, and keep it all in one quiet place that's truly yours.

Private Notes: Offline NotePad is a private, on-device notes app built to help you capture ideas fast, write the way you think, and actually find things later — with real intelligence that never sends your notes to a server. Perfect for jotting a quick thought, writing in Markdown, recording a voice note that transcribes itself, sketching or scanning a document, and linking your ideas together — all wrapped in search that understands what you meant. Your notes, your data — and yours alone. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no login, no sign-up — just open the app and start • All your notes are stored locally on your device by default • No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no third-party data collection • Optional iCloud sync runs through your own private iCloud — never our servers • On-device AI: the intelligence runs on your iPhone, your notes never leave it WRITE THE WAY YOU THINK • A fast, focused Markdown editor with a formatting keyboard toolbar • Checklists, headings, an outline view and font choices • Notebooks with your own colors and icons, plus flexible tags • Smart Folders that collect notes by rules, automatically • Wiki-style [[links]] and backlinks to connect your ideas • Pin and star what matters, and restore anything from Trash • Full version history so you can go back to any earlier draft ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE • Summarize any note in a tap • Smart auto-tagging that keeps your tags consistent • Automatic titles for notes you never got around to naming • Ask your notes — get answers grounded in what you actually wrote • Turn a voice recording into a clean, structured note • Pull action items straight out of meetings and lectures • Turn a photo into editable Markdown • Semantic search that finds notes by meaning, not just keywords (On-device AI features require a supported iPhone.) CAPTURE ANYTHING • Quick Capture and an Inbox for frictionless jotting • Attach images, and — with Premium — audio, scans, sketches and PDFs • Scan documents with the camera, sketch with Apple Pencil • A Share Extension to send text and links straight into your notes FIND IT INSTANTLY • Fast full-text search across everything • A Quick Switcher to jump to any note in seconds • Spotlight integration so your notes show up in system search • Filter and browse by tag, notebook or Smart Folder BRING YOUR NOTES WITH YOU • Import from Bear archives and Evernote (ENEX) • Keep everything in one private, searchable home ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Home Screen widgets for Quick Capture, recent notes and your daily streak • Create, open and append to notes with Siri and Shortcuts • Your notes, one tap away A PRIVATE APP LOCK • Lock individual notes behind Face ID or Touch ID • A Privacy Shield hides locked notes from lists, search and the switcher PREMIUM INCLUDES • Unlimited notes and nested notebooks • Audio, scan, sketch, PDF and file attachments • Lecture and meeting transcription with AI summaries and action items • Unlimited on-device AI • Private iCloud sync across all your devices NotesApp stays simple when you just want to jot something down, and powerful when you want your whole second brain — capture in a tap, find anything in a second. SUBSCRIPTIONS • Auto-renewable Premium plans (1 month, 1 year with a 3-day free trial) • A one-time Lifetime unlock is also available • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account • Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple account settings • Restore Purchases is available in-app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://darianhanci-legal.web.app/datenschutz APPLE WATCH Dictate a thought; it reaches your inbox even with no iPhone nearby.