Notes are for writing that isn't a task: journal-adjacent thinking, lists that aren't to-do lists, research, recipes, meeting notes, anything with paragraphs. A note never nags you — it has no checkbox, no schedule, no progress bar.
Notes are written in markdown: plain text with a few symbols for structure. The editor shows two panes — Write (your markdown) and Preview (how it renders). On a desktop screen both are visible side by side and the preview updates while you type; on a phone, Write and Preview are two tabs above the editor.
Everything supported:
# Big heading
## Medium heading
### Small heading
Normal paragraph text.
**bold** and *italic* and ~~struck out~~ and `code`
- a bullet list
- second bullet
1. a numbered list
2. second entry
> a quote, or something worth setting apart
[a link](https://example.com)
--- (a horizontal line)
Nothing converts behind your back: what you type is exactly what's stored, and the preview is just a rendering of it. Notes you wrote in the app's old formatting editor open normally — they're converted to markdown the first time you edit them.
Folders group notes: "July 2026", "Recipes", "Project X research". On the Notes screen, folders sit as chips at the top; loose notes float below in a grid.
Filing a note into a folder, three ways:
- Drag it — on a computer, drag the card onto a folder chip. On a phone, press and hold the card for a moment (it lifts and buzzes), then slide it onto the chip and let go.
- The ⋮ menu on the card → Move to folder.
- Select several — tap the small circle on a card to enter selection, tap more cards, then Move to folder moves the whole batch at once.
Deleting a folder never deletes its notes — they become loose notes again.
Some notes turn out to be plans in disguise. Organize into something (on the note's page) creates a real goal/habit/task from it — the note itself stays exactly where it was, unchanged. The note was thinking; the new thing is doing.
- A packing list — one note, bullets, done. It doesn't need to be twelve tasks.
- "Thoughts on quitting my job" — a note this month. Maybe a goal next month. Organize into something when it's time.
- Book quotes — a "Reading" folder, one note per book,
>quotes inside.