Prexy vs NanoPad

Prexy is a notes app for people who work in stories. Every note carries a slug, a beat and a status. That one decision is the whole app: the file you write in and the list of what you owe are the same object, so nothing has to be copied from your notes into a tracker, and the tracker can never quietly go stale. THE BOARD Your stories, sorted by how work actually moves: Not Started, In Progress, Completed. Filter by beat. Beats are yours to define — the list ships generic and every one of them is renameable, deletable and reorderable, so it can describe your desk instead of somebody else's. On iPad the board and the story sit side by side, and the list steps aside when you want the whole screen for writing. On the Mac, one keystroke from inside any app opens a small panel: type a few letters of a story's name and you are writing in it. WRITING A real editor, not a text box. Bold, italic, inline code, strikethrough and links, and find-in-note for long files. Story text follows your Dynamic Type size, with a proper dark mode, a warm paper or bright white page, and a typeface chosen for reading a screen full of prose. PLAIN FILES, ALWAYS On the Mac, Prexy keeps a plain-Markdown copy of every note in a folder you choose, alongside any files you attached. Ordinary text in ordinary folders: readable in any editor, searchable with any tool, backed up by Time Machine without knowing Prexy exists. This is the part worth caring about. Your work outlives any app it was written in, and it should never need this one to be readable. ATTACHMENTS AND LINKS Add any file or photo to a story — a document, an image, a PDF, a transcript. Link one story to another, and the story you linked to shows you what points at it — so the background you filed under one slug surfaces when you need it under a different one. TASKS THAT LIVE IN THE STORY A checkbox line inside a story can become a reminder in Apple Reminders, ticked off from either side. Notes are where the work is described; Reminders is where scheduling and notifications already work well. Prexy connects the two and then stays out of the way — it never sets a due date, and never overwrites one you set. SYNC THAT IS YOURS Your notes sync between your iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud account. Not through a server of ours — there isn't one. Edit the same story in two places before they can reconcile and Prexy keeps both versions rather than picking a winner, and every note holds a version history you can read. NO ACCOUNT, NOTHING COLLECTED No sign-up, no subscription, no analytics, no advertising, no third-party services. Prexy makes no network requests of its own. Nobody but you can see your notes, and that is a property of how it is built rather than a promise in a policy. PRICING Prexy for iPhone and iPad is free, with nothing to unlock. Prexy for Mac is free for 14 days, then a one-time purchase. Built for reporters. Useful to anyone who thinks in stories.

NanoPad is a quiet place to catch a thought, keep a checklist, and save a useful link. Notes, tasks, and URLs stay connected: write in a note, then find the task or link in its own view. WRITE YOUR WAY Use Markdown or the formatting toolbar for headings, lists, checkboxes, tables, links, and images. Search across your notes, return to recently opened work, and export your writing as Markdown, plain text, or PDF. KEEP YOUR NOTES TOGETHER Your notes are stored on your device and sync through your personal iCloud account when available. Share text or a web page to NanoPad from other apps. START FREE, UNLOCK WHEN YOU NEED MORE Free includes five fully editable personal notes, plus iCloud sync and export. If you have more than five notes after a trial or purchase ends, every note stays visible, searchable, copyable, and exportable; the first five remain editable. NanoPad Lifetime is one in-app purchase for unlimited editable notes and every available theme, font, and paper style. You can choose a free 7-day trial of the full app first. It requires no payment and does not renew automatically. When the trial ends, paid features lock unless you buy Lifetime; your writing stays yours. On Mac, the same App Store purchase also unlocks sticky note windows, Focus Writing, and linked Markdown folders.