Chat-Style Notes - Hoot

Do you send messages to yourself just to save links, tasks, and quick thoughts? Meet Hoot, the local-first note-taking app that feels as natural as texting and DMing. Capture ideas the moment they arrive, then organize them when you’re ready. No subscriptions. WHY HOOT? Most note-taking apps feel like work. Hoot feels like a conversation with yourself. Write a note, add a photo or document, create a checklist, or record a voice memo. There are no complicated systems to learn, just type and "send". KEY FEATURES • MESSAGING AS A NOTEBOOK Create separate chats for topics, projects, and interests. Send notes, tasks, links, photos, documents, checklists, and voice recordings. Use threaded replies to keep related ideas together. • HOOT INBOX Capture a thought without deciding where it belongs. Review Inbox items one at a time, move them to a chat, turn them into tasks, defer them until later, or archive them. • FLEXIBLE TASK MANAGEMENT Turn any message into a task. Add due dates, priorities, reminders, and recurring schedules, then manage upcoming work from your Priority Queue. • VOICE NOTES AND ON-DEVICE TRANSCRIPTION Record voice notes wherever inspiration strikes. Hoot can transcribe supported recordings on your device, allowing you to read, search, and correct your spoken thoughts without sending them to an external transcription service. • FOCUS SESSIONS AND LIVE ACTIVITIES Start a 15, 25, or 50-minute Focus Session from a task. Keep the task visible on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities while you focus. • LOCAL-FIRST AND PRIVATE Hoot keeps your library on your device and syncs it through your private iCloud database when iCloud is available—without requiring a separate Hoot account. Protect sensitive chats using Face ID, Touch ID, or a six-digit code. • TOOLS FOR DEEPER ORGANIZATION – Forward messages, attachments, and checklists between chats. – Link related messages across different topics and jump between them. – Save links for later and open them in a clean Reader view. – Organize notes with tags, Smart Collections, and search. – Get optional, review-only suggestions powered by on-device intelligence on supported devices. – Find and open discoverable notes using Spotlight. – Capture text, links, and images from other apps with the Share extension. Start texting your thoughts. Download Hoot and build a better relationship with your ideas. Terms of Use: Apple Standard End User License Agreement (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/