OV Notes vs Smolpad

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.

Smolpad is a smol Markdown editor with respect for your files. Every note is a plain .md file you can open with any app, on any device, forever. Your files are your own. No database. No lock-in. No bloat. Just a tiny, fast home for your notes on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. WRITE IN MARKDOWN, BEAUTIFULLY • Syntax dims as you type, or hides away entirely with one tap • Task lists become real checkboxes. Checkboxes that check. • Headings, bold, italic, code, quotes, and tables, styled as you write • A formatting bar for common touches, plus full keyboard shortcuts • Pictures too: drag or paste one in, resize it by its corner, and it lives as a plain file beside the note YOUR FILES, ANYWHERE • Notes sync through your own iCloud Drive, included free • Open your notes folder in Finder or Files any time • Organize with folders, pins, and instant search • A Trash for deleted notes, and a history of every note's earlier versions • Find notes in Spotlight, and open them with Siri or Shortcuts • Your notes never leave your devices except to your own cloud SMOL ON PURPOSE • On the Mac, Smolpad lives in your menu bar, one hotkey away • Tear off a note into its own window when you want to stay a while • On iPhone and iPad, it opens fast and stays out of your way • Eight hand-picked fonts and a clean, quiet interface MAKE IT YOURS WITH SMOLPAD PRO • Unlimited notes (the free tier includes ten) • Dropbox, pCloud, or Google Drive sync, in a folder that belongs to you • Notepads: open any folder of Markdown files as its own notepad, an Obsidian vault or a Bear export among them • Export to PDF, HTML, or rich text, and print • Widgets on the Mac, iPhone and iPad, Lock Screen widgets on iPhone, and Smolpad on Apple Watch • Twenty-nine editor themes, from Tokyo Night to Catppuccin • Seventeen app icons and the full menu bar icon set Smolpad Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The free tier is a real notes app, not a trial. Made by a smol team that believes plain text outlives everything. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smolpad.com/privacy