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Phantom Notes is a fast, offline app for note-taking!

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Phantom Notes▲2
Phantom Notes is a fast, offline app for private note-taking
Feb 2026 · phantom-notes.en.uptodown.com
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Standard Notes▲164
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Stupid Notes▲338
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Nimble Notes▲107
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Gravity Notes For Mac▲121
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Paper▲111
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Serenity Notes▲151
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UpNote▲161
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I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves▲219
This project began when I realized that despite trying many fantastic note-taking apps, I often defaulted to dumping notes into chat apps like Slack or iMessage. I wanted to bring that effortless “text yourself” note-taking experience to a dedicated note-taking app. Originally developed as a macOS app, Strflow is now also available for iOS. Strflow is designed to make note-taking as quick and intuitive as possible, centered around a chronological timeline UI. Here are some of its features: * Tag system * Rich editor with text formatting, images, and note linking * Global shortcuts for quick…
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Echo▲192
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Quick Note▲149
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Dash▲122
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Defter Notes▲111
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Material Notes▲169
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MinkNote▲157
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Flyout▲101
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Brig Note for iOS▲93
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