oHar In development

$ notes --private

Markdown notes
that stay yours.

oHar Notes is a fast, distraction-free markdown app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Every note is a plain .md file in your own iCloud Drive, styled live as you type, with voice notes transcribed entirely on your device. No account, no analytics, and no servers of our own.

Coming to the App Store How it stays private ↓
  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • Mac
oHar Notes open on iPad: a note titled Project Ideas in the editor, with its markdown heading, checklist, bold, italic and code span styled live while the raw syntax stays visible.
The oHar Notes Home screen on iPhone, listing its features and the privacy statement.

Everything a note needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Twelve things, working together, and every one of them keeps your notes as plain files.

01

Plain .md files you own

Each note is a real Markdown file in your iCloud Drive folder, with a small front matter block at the top. Open it in Finder, the Files app, or any editor.

02

Styled live as you type

Headings, bold, italics, code, and links are styled while you write. The raw Markdown stays right there and editable, so you never switch modes to see what you wrote.

03

Edit or preview, one key away

⌘E flips between the editor and a rendered preview. GitHub-flavored Markdown is supported, including tables, task lists, strikethrough, and footnotes.

04

Folders that match the disk

Organize notes in folders and subfolders, drag them between folders, and keep what matters in a Starred list that gathers notes from everywhere.

05

Tags, freeform

Tag any note with as many tags as you like, filter by tag, and find everything grouped the same way in one place.

06

Search what you actually read

Search matches titles, tags, and the rendered text of your notes, never raw Markdown syntax. The index lives on your device, and Spotlight can find notes too, if you want it to.

07

Voice notes, transcribed on-device

Speak a note and watch it transcribe entirely on your device. The audio never leaves it, and transcription works without a connection.

08

A quick-capture widget

A Home Screen widget jumps straight into a new text note or a new voice note, so a thought never waits for the app to open. The widget itself holds no note content.

09

Focus mode

Hide the sidebar and the toolbar and just write. ⌘. toggles it on Mac and iPad.

10

Attachments beside the note

Insert images and files inline. They're stored in an attachments folder right next to the note, so they travel with it everywhere.

11

Undo a deleted note

Deleted something by mistake? Undo it for a few seconds: shake your iPhone and confirm, or tap Undo on iPad and Mac.

12

Built for the keyboard

Full keyboard shortcuts on Mac and on iPad with a hardware keyboard, all listed in Settings: ⌘N, ⌘⇧F to search, ⌘F to find within a note, ⌘E, ⌘B, ⌘K, and more.

$ ls notes/

Your notes are just files.

Most note apps keep your words in a database only they can read. oHar keeps each note as a Markdown file in a folder you can actually see, in Finder, the Files app, or any other editor.

  • Every note is a .md file with a small front matter block. Any text editor can read it, now and later.
  • Folders in oHar are real folders on disk, mirrored one to one.
  • Attachments sit next to the note they belong to, in an attachments/ folder.
  • Nothing is locked in. If you ever stop using oHar, your notes are still there, unchanged.

Built for every screen

A single-column start on iPhone, with the sidebar and the editor side by side on iPad and Mac, and a Home screen that says plainly what happens to your data.

The oHar Notes sidebar on iPhone: Add Note, Add Note via Voice, Add Folder and Search above a short list of a folder and two notes.
iPhone — the sidebar
The oHar Notes Home screen on iPhone, with its feature list, its privacy statement, and the Open to Home by default setting.
iPhone — Home
oHar Notes on iPad: a note open in the editor with its tab strip, markdown styled live, and the toolbar for star, attachments, share, text size, focus mode and preview.
iPad — the editor, styled as you type

Your notes stay yours.

oHar sends nothing anywhere except your own iCloud account. No analytics, no telemetry, no third-party servers. Notes sync through your own iCloud Drive, and tags, starred status, and a few settings sync through your own private CloudKit database.

  • Everything syncs through your own iCloud account. oHar has no servers of its own.
  • No analytics SDKs, no crash reporting services, no advertising, and no networking code beyond Apple's iCloud and CloudKit.
  • Voice transcription runs entirely on your device, enforced in code. The audio never leaves it.
  • The Home Screen widget holds no note content at all and makes no network requests.
  • The search index is built and kept on your device. It is never synced.
$ data-flow --verify

Checked against the source code:

✓ Network: no networking code in the app;
  only Apple's iCloud and CloudKit
✓ Dependencies: two packages, both from
  Apple and the Swift project, pinned
✓ Analytics and crash reporting: none
✓ Speech: on-device recognition is
  required in code, never server-side
✓ Widget: no vault content, deep links only
✓ macOS: App Sandbox on, read-only file access
! One Apple service exception on macOS,
  needed for on-device speech

Not a third-party audit. Verified against
the source, and open to independent review.

$ accessibility --show

Built to work for everyone

oHar uses Apple's accessibility APIs for its controls and follows your system settings wherever it can. It's a young app, so this list grows with it.

  • VoiceOver — the sidebar, the editor's tab strip, and the main header controls carry accessibility labels, and more are added as the app grows.
  • Reduce Motion — the app's own transitions respect the system setting.
  • Dark Interface — oHar follows your system appearance, in light and dark, with no forced mode anywhere.
  • Adjustable editor text — the editor's text size can be changed from the toolbar, with ⌘+ and ⌘- on Mac and iPad.
  • Keyboard-first — every shortcut is listed in Settings, so none of them has to be remembered.

$ pricing --show

Free to use. No catch.

No account, no ads, no in-app purchases. Sync runs on your own iCloud account, so there's no server bill to pass on to you.

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  • Every feature, on every platform
  • No account and no sign-up
  • No ads, no trackers, no subscription
  • Any future way to support development will never unlock or change features

Your notes are yours either way.

Questions, answered

Is oHar Notes really free?

Yes. Every feature is available to everyone, with no subscription, no ads, and no in-app purchases. Any future way to support development will never unlock or change features.

Do I need to create an account?

No. There's no oHar sign-up. Sync uses the Apple ID already signed into iCloud on your device.

Where are my notes stored?

As plain .md files in an oHar folder in your iCloud Drive. You can open them in Finder, the Files app, or any text editor.

Is my data private?

Notes sync through your own iCloud account. oHar has no servers of its own, no analytics, and no networking code beyond Apple's iCloud and CloudKit.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Notes are files on your device, so you can read and write without a connection. Changes sync the next time iCloud is reachable.

Can I get my notes out if I ever want to leave?

They're already out. Every note is an ordinary Markdown file you can copy, move, or back up at any time.

Is voice transcription sent to Apple or anyone else?

No. Transcription uses on-device speech recognition only, and the audio never leaves your device.

Which systems does oHar Notes need?

iPhone, iPad, and Mac running iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26, the minimum versions the app is built for.

Is oHar Notes on the App Store yet?

Not yet. oHar Notes is still in development. This page will link to the App Store listing once it's live.