Keepout vs Lorem

Keepout is a private notes app for iPhone and iPad. Write and connect ideas in an encrypted vault on your device, with optional sync and connections you choose to enable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • AES-256-GCM encryption protects every note, saved AI memory, and imported AI secret at rest. • Your vault key stays in this device's non-synchronizing Keychain. • Opaque filenames keep note titles and links out of the file system. • Core note writing works without an account or network connection. • Choose whether to pair devices for encrypted note and clipboard sync. CONNECTED KNOWLEDGE • Link notes with familiar double-bracket wiki links. • Follow backlinks and suggested related notes. • Explore an interactive knowledge graph built with Apple's local sentence embeddings. • Search decrypted notes in memory while the vault is unlocked. AI AND CONNECTED FEATURES • Ask questions, summarize a note, and suggest connections using Apple Foundation Models on supported devices. • Search encrypted chat memory by meaning with Apple's local Natural Language embeddings. • Local AI availability depends on device support and Apple Intelligence settings. • If you configure a networked AI provider, requests can send prompts and relevant context to that provider. • Optional Writing Tools can send selected text to Apple's services; leave them disabled to avoid that editor connection. • Publish a note to your own Microfeed site with your site's API key. FOCUSED WRITING • Open the transient action bar from the toolbar or with Command-K on a hardware keyboard. • Press Command-F on a hardware keyboard to search private chat memory semantically. • Type / in the editor for headings, lists, tasks, quotes, code blocks, dividers, and links. • Switch to a centered typewriter view that hides the side columns and softly fades the page edges. • Navigate with touch or hardware-keyboard shortcuts on iPad. • Markdown syntax and link destinations stay visually quiet until the caret enters them. OPTIONAL DEVICE CONNECTIONS • Pair your own devices to sync encrypted notes through a relay while Keepout is open and unlocked. • Enable encrypted clipboard sync for paired devices. On iPhone and iPad, use the Paste control to send text. • Optionally index note titles and tags in protected on-device Spotlight search; the index clears when the vault locks. Keepout stores each encrypted note in a .md file so your vault remains a collection of Markdown documents without exposing their contents at rest.

Lorem is a personal archive for everything you write, collect, and keep. Your original data stays on your own device, so it runs at your device's native speed. Nothing is ever uploaded to the developer's servers, so your privacy is 100% protected. And because everything is saved as plain Markdown and attachments rather than a special data format, your data stays forever — even if the app goes away.