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For iPhone, iPad & Mac

Scan, write, find everything again.

OneTwo Notes is the notes app for everything that belongs to a topic: formatted text, checklists, photos, scanned documents, hand sketches and PDFs. It all lives in one note and it is all searchable, even the text on your photos.

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  • Find text in images
  • Encrypted notes
  • No account, no AI
AES-GCMencrypts locked notes
7color tags like in Finder
3devices with one purchase
€2.99one-time, no subscription
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Work with OneTwo Notes before you download it

A small notes app and three tools that run entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server. The text recognition when scanning is a simulation, the encryption is real. The notes app is a simplified imitation: layout, labels and scope of the real app differ.

OneTwo Notes

A notes app you can touch

Folders and hashtags on the left, the list in the middle, the note on the right. Try the special features.

  • Tick off a checklist item
  • Filter by a #hashtag in the sidebar
  • Link a note to another one (⛓)
  • Scan a receipt (⌖) and insert it into the note
  • Search “2026-0815” and find the receipt through the text in the image
  • Lock a note with a password (padlock)
  • Draw a sketch on grid paper (✎)
Done! This is how you work with OneTwo Notes.

Note: here the lock really encrypts (PBKDF2 and AES-GCM in the browser). Remember the password: a forgotten password cannot be recovered, not in the app either. Your notes stay in this browser.

Scan and find again

Even text on photos is searchable

OneTwo Notes reads the text in images right on the device. Search finds the invoice number even if it only appears on a scanned receipt.

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Scan documents

Several pages in one pass, with the perspective straightened automatically.

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Capture text live

Point the camera at text and take it straight into the note.

3
Text recognition on the device

Photos and scans become searchable. The text does not leave your device for this.

Features

What OneTwo Notes can do

Everything that belongs to a topic lives in one note.

Everything in one note

Formatted text, checklists, photos, scanned documents, hand sketches and PDFs sit together and are searchable together, even the text on your photos. It saves automatically.

Write the way you think

Title, headings, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript and subscript, code, quote and horizontal rule, plus bulleted lists, numbered lists and checklists.

Sketches

Draw with Apple Pencil or finger on transparent, white, grid, lined or dotted paper.

Note links

Link notes to each other and see which notes point to the current one.

Organization without effort

Folders with subfolders, saved filters that work like smart folders, #hashtags in the text and seven color tags.

Pin, attachments, trash

Pin what matters to the top, sort by date or name. “All Attachments” shows images and sketches from all notes. Deleted notes stay in the trash for 30 days.

Confidential

Lock individual notes with a password, with Face ID or Touch ID if you like. Text, images and sketches are encrypted with AES-GCM, on the device and in iCloud.

Quick to the note

Widgets for quick note, pinned notes, folders or tags and recently edited notes. A quick note in Control Center, plus Spotlight, Shortcuts and Siri.

Share and back up

Share or print as PDF, export as RTF, RTFD with images or PDF, import from RTF, text and Markdown files.

Security

Private stays private

You lock individual notes, not the whole app. What is locked is encrypted.

A password per note

You choose the password yourself. There is no preset password.

AES-GCM

Text, images and sketches of a locked note are encrypted with AES-GCM. The key is derived from your password.

In iCloud too

Encryption happens on the device and in iCloud too. The content of locked notes never sits anywhere in plain text; only the note’s name stays visible in the list.

Face ID and Touch ID

If you like, you additionally open locked notes with Face ID or Touch ID.

No way back if forgotten

A forgotten password cannot be recovered. That is by design.

Try it out

The vault in your browser shows what happens when you lock.

Try the vault

Devices

One purchase, three devices

iPhone

  • Scan documents: several pages, straightened perspective
  • Capture text live with the camera
  • Sketches with your finger on five kinds of paper
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Quick note in Control Center
  • Face ID or Touch ID for locked notes

iPad

  • Everything from iPhone, including scans
  • Sketches with Apple Pencil
  • Handoff to keep writing on another device
  • Several color schemes, light and dark

Mac

  • A native Mac app of its own in three columns
  • Gallery view and date groups
  • Photos and scans from your iPhone straight into the note
  • Widgets on the desktop
  • Sketches from iPhone and iPad are shown
  • Follows the system colors and dark mode

You can edit sketches and choose color schemes on iPhone and iPad. The Mac shows sketches and uses the system colors. Requirements: iOS and iPadOS 18 or macOS 15 or later. There is no Apple Watch app.

The Mac

Made for mouse and keyboard

The Mac version is a native app of its own, not a scaled-up iPad interface.

Three columnsThe library on the left, list or gallery in the middle, the note on the right.
Date groups and galleryThe list groups by Today, Yesterday and Previous 7 Days, or you switch to the gallery.
Drag and dropMove notes and folders with drag & drop.
Windows of their ownA double-click opens a note in its own window, several at once.
Format menu and shortcutsA formatting bar and a Format menu with familiar keyboard shortcuts.
Find and replaceFind and replace inside the note, with undo.
Color tags by keyboardYou assign color tags without the mouse.
Continuity CameraPhotograph or scan with your iPhone and the result lands in the note on the Mac. Text recognition makes it searchable.
Touch IDOn Macs with Touch ID you open locked notes with your fingerprint.
iCloud sync

iCloud on your terms

Your notes sync between iPhone, iPad and Mac through your private iCloud database. If the same note was changed differently on two devices, the app asks whether your local version stays or the cloud version applies. Nothing is silently overwritten. The demo simplifies this dialog:

Changed on iPhone
Trip to Lisbon
Flight on Friday
Changed on Mac
Trip to Lisbon
Flight on Saturday

Switch per device

You turn iCloud sync on and off per device (Settings › iCloud). Without iCloud everything stays on this device.

Status at a glance

The app shows what was synced, what is still pending and whether there are conflicts or errors. At the press of a button it restarts the sync.

Handoff

Start on the iPhone, keep writing on the iPad or Mac.

Privacy

Your notes stay yours

No account, no ads, no tracking

There is no analytics and no AI service. Without iCloud everything stays on your device.

Text recognition on the device

The text in your images is recognized right on the device. Nothing goes to the internet for this.

Only your iCloud

With iCloud, notes sync through your private iCloud database. The developer has no access.

Everything else is in the privacy policy.

Price

€2.99

One-time · No subscription · No in-app purchases

  • One purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac
  • Everything included, nothing to unlock
  • No account, no ads, no AI

You pay once and use the app on all devices without ongoing costs. The price in the App Store at launch applies.

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OneTwo Notes for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Start writing.

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Frequently asked questions

?What is OneTwo Notes?

A notes app for iPhone, iPad and Mac in which formatted text, checklists, photos, scans, sketches and PDFs live in one note and are searchable. On the Mac it is a native app of its own.

?How does search inside images work?

The app recognizes text in photos and scans right on the device. So search finds, for example, an invoice number that only appears on a scanned receipt. Nothing goes to the internet for this.

?How safe are locked notes?

You lock individual notes with a password, with Face ID or Touch ID as an addition if you like. Text, images and sketches are encrypted with AES-GCM, on the device and in iCloud. A forgotten password cannot be recovered.

?How do I link notes?

You link notes to each other and in every note you see which other notes point to it.

?Can I sketch and scan on the Mac?

You draw sketches on iPhone and iPad. The Mac shows them. With Continuity Camera you photograph or scan with the iPhone and the result lands in the note on the Mac.

?Which formats can I import and export?

You import RTF, text and Markdown files. You can export as RTF, RTFD with images or PDF, and also share and print.

?Does the app work without iCloud?

Yes. Without iCloud the app works fully locally. You turn sync on or off per device.

?Why does the app need camera and photos?

Only when you use the feature: the camera for taking photos, scanning and capturing text, photos to insert a chosen image. Face ID is used only for locked notes.

?How much does the app cost?

A one-time €2.99, one purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac. There is no subscription and there are no in-app purchases. The price in the App Store at launch applies.

?When will the app be released?

There is no exact date yet. This page will be updated as soon as OneTwo Notes is available on the App Store.