What it does

• Folders in folders: create, rename, move and delete notes and folders. Sort by name or date; months and dated notes sort in calendar order.
• A Markdown editor with a formatting toolbar and four views: Edit, Live (formatted as you type), Split and Preview. Bulleted, numbered and lettered (a., b., c.) lists.
• Diagrams: write a mermaid code block and see a flowchart, sequence diagram, Gantt chart, pie chart and more, drawn as on GitHub and Obsidian.
• Templates: keep templates in a Templates folder and put one into any note from the toolbar.
• Pictures and attachments: paste or drop pictures, PDFs or any other file (up to 50 MB) into a note. They’re saved next to the note with ordinary Markdown links.
• Links between notes with [[Note name]]. Rename or move a note and mdNotes offers to update every link to it.
• Print, PDF and Word: print a note as it looks in Preview, or download it as Markdown, a Word document or a PDF, with its pictures and diagrams.
• Pinned notes, search across every note, and autosave that catches edits made on another device.
• Several notebooks, each with its own storage: the browser, a folder on your computer, the iOS Files app (iCloud Drive included), or Nextcloud or WebDAV.
• Encrypted notebooks: AES-256 with a passphrase only you know, wherever the notebook is stored.
• Works offline, with changes uploaded when you’re back online.
• Linked with MyTodo.txt: checklist items that start with td: become tasks, and ticking either one ticks both (Pro for both apps in the App Store apps; free in the web apps).
• Apple Watch: read notes, tick checklists and add text by dictation. Notebooks on Nextcloud or WebDAV sync on the watch by themselves; notebooks in Files sync through the iPhone, while it’s nearby.
• Coming from OneNote? A free tool copies a OneNote notebook into mdNotes, with its sections, pages, pictures and attachments. Ask us for it.

Where it runs

Platform	How to get it
iPhone and iPad	The App Store app keeps notes in the Files app, where other apps can open them. Choose a text size in Settings → Appearance.
Apple Watch	Comes with the iPhone app (Pro).
Mac	The App Store app runs on Macs with Apple silicon. A Pro purchase on your iPhone unlocks it on your Mac too.
Windows	mdNotes for Windows from the Microsoft Store connects to your iPhone or iPad over Wi-Fi and shows all its notebooks. It needs Pro on the iPhone or iPad.
Any browser	The web app runs in any browser and can be installed as an app. In Chrome and Edge it can work on a folder of notes on your computer.
Local only	A version with every network feature taken out: notes stay in your browser or a folder on your device, and it can never connect to anything.

Price

mdNotes is free, and the web app is free with every feature. In the App Store app, a one-time mdNotes Pro purchase adds:

• Nextcloud and WebDAV notebooks,
• notebooks in any folder in the Files app, such as iCloud Drive,
• the Apple Watch app, and mdNotes for Windows.

Pro for both apps adds the same to MyTodo.txt, plus the link between the two apps. No subscription.

Private by design

No account, no ads, no analytics. Your notes are files in a place you choose, and they can be encrypted so that even your server can’t read them. Read the mdNotes privacy policy.