HelloNotes

HelloNotes is a fast, private, local-first Markdown knowledge base for iPhone and iPad. Your notes are plain .md files in a folder you choose — no account, no lock-in, no cloud required. WRITE IN LIVE MARKDOWN • A native editor with live styling — headings, bold, lists, tables and syntax-highlighted code • LaTeX math ($…$ and $$…$$) and Mermaid diagrams rendered inline • Obsidian-style callouts, hidden comments, and a clean editor that tucks YAML front matter into an editable Properties panel CONNECT YOUR IDEAS • [[Wiki-links]] with autocomplete, including links straight to a heading • Backlinks and unlinked mentions, with one-click linking • #tags (nested) with autocomplete, and a Tags view of every tag in the collection • Note transclusion — embed a whole note or a single section • A mind map of the links across your whole vault, and a graph of each note's links in and out FIND ANYTHING • Full-text search and "Open Quickly" across notes and headings • Bookmarks, daily notes and templates AI ON YOUR DEVICE, OR ON PRIVATE CLOUD COMPUTE • Summarise a note, suggest tags and links, and rewrite a passage — with Apple Foundation Models, powered by Apple Intelligence • An Assistant that answers from your own notes and shows the notes it read, and can look things up on the web — experimental, and it doesn't change your notes • Run Apple's model on your device, Local (Apple), or choose Cloud (Apple), Apple's server model on Private Cloud Compute: what it is sent isn't stored, and isn't accessible to Apple. Its answers and suggestions say which model made them • Or download an open model and run it on your device with MLX There are no third-party AI services and no API keys. VERSION HISTORY WITH GIT • Built-in Git: initialise a repo, browse a note's history and restore earlier versions EXPORT & MORE • Export to HTML or PDF • Full light and dark support Your files stay yours — readable in any editor, syncable with any tool. HelloNotes just makes them a joy to think in. SUPPORTING HELLONOTES (OPTIONAL) HelloNotes is free, and every feature is included for everyone. Two entirely optional purchases live in Settings > Support. Backing HelloNotes adds one thing — the ability to send a support request from inside the app — and nothing else: • Champion — a one-off contribution of A$50. You can give more than once; the app remembers how many times. • Commercial — an annual licence for using HelloNotes at work. A$50 per year, an auto-renewable subscription charged to your Apple Account on confirmation and renewing each year unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hellotham.com/hellonotes/privacy