Smolpad vs Clipwell

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

Clipwell keeps the things you reuse within reach — wherever you are on your iPhone. Addresses. Replies. Email signatures. Links. Templates. Markdown notes. The little pieces of information you keep hunting for, or typing again. Save them once. Bring them back without stopping what you're doing. DOUBLE-TAP TO SAVE Copy anything, then double-tap the back of your iPhone. It's saved. No app to open, no keyboard to switch to, and nothing to set up beyond pointing Back Tap at Clipwell once. GET A CLIP WITHOUT SWITCHING APPS Triple-tap the back of your iPhone and choose from your Clips. Pick one and it's copied, ready to paste right where you already are. You can also put Clipwell on the Action Button, use Siri or Shortcuts, or open it from Control Center. YOUR CLIPS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Keep recent Clips or your Favorites on your Home Screen. Tap one and it's copied instantly — Clipwell doesn't even open. CREATE CLIPS OF YOUR OWN Clipwell isn't only for things you've copied. Write reusable replies, templates, lists and notes directly in the app, with Markdown formatting when you want it. SAVE FROM ANY APP Share text, links, images or files to Clipwell from any app's Share Sheet. Nothing to set up, and it never touches your clipboard. KEEP WHAT MATTERS Recent Clips clean themselves up automatically — after a day, three, a week or a month, whichever you choose. Keep anything you want indefinitely, and favorite the things you reach for most. AN OPTIONAL KEYBOARD If you want to paste without leaving the app you're in, Clipwell includes a keyboard: press and hold the globe key, pick Clipwell, tap a Clip and it's inserted. It's entirely optional — everything above works without it. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION Clipwell contains no networking code. It cannot send your data anywhere, because there is nothing in it that can. No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone. Clipwell doesn't monitor your clipboard. It only remembers what you explicitly save. PAY ONCE Clipwell Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited Clips plus images and files. Not a subscription — buy it once, keep it.