smalltype vs Lorem

Short notes, many times a day, saved as plain .md files in real folders. Open the same folder on your Mac in VS Code, Vim, or any editor. Calm, minimal, and ready for iPhone Duo. smalltype is for your notes. The small ones, the quick ones, the big ones, the unpolished ones. It's a fast, quiet place to type. ## Start No tutorial, no setup screen. Tap New Note and start typing. Leave one empty and it quietly disappears, so you never end up with a pile of blank untitled notes. That's the whole app. ## Yours Every note is a real .md file, sitting right there in the Files app. You can open it, copy it, or back it up yourself, anytime. Delete one and it still goes to Recently Deleted, same as any other file: nothing's gone for good. ## Sync or Don't Keep notes in iCloud Drive to have them on every device. Or keep them On My iPhone, fully local, never leaving your device. Either way, you can switch anytime. ## Visible Markdown Markdown markers stay gently visible as you type. What you see is exactly what's in the file. A bar above the keyboard types the markers for you, with undo and redo a tap away. ## Organize Folders, search, and quick note-making, all from one screen. Nothing to set up first. Put "daily" in a folder's name and new notes inside it get today's date as their name. ## No Catch No ads. No subscription. No tracking. No account, ever. Markdown notes. Yours to keep.

Lorem is a local-first Markdown app for documenting and organizing things. Every note is a plain .md file in a folder you choose — readable by any editor, today and in twenty years. WRITE • A clean Markdown editor that renders as you type: headings, lists, tasks, tables, code, callouts, footnotes • Link notes with [[wikilinks]] or @mentions and see every backlink • Attach photos, videos, audio and files; play audio in the background • Daily notes with a quick log — also from Shortcuts and the Action button ORGANIZE • Turn a folder into a database: each note is a row, its front matter becomes properties • Table, list, gallery and cover flow views with filters, sorts and groups • Select, date, checkbox, relation and formula properties • Embed a database inside any note YOURS • No account. No analytics. No tracking. • Files live on your device, in a folder you pick • Optional sync through your own private iCloud — the developer can't read it • The same workspace on iPhone, Mac and Windows