Off-the-grid features
Your train can lose signal.
Your notes should not.
NoteOnly is built around a local notebook, so most core features continue to function without a constant connection to our servers.
Designed for the gaps in connectivity.
Capture a thought on a flight, in an elevator, or somewhere with unreliable service. Writing, browsing existing notes, pinning, and other core interactions start from data on your device.
Sync catches up through iCloud when connectivity returns. Features that explicitly require online processing may wait for a network, but the notebook itself is not held hostage by one.
Local-first notebook
Your device is the primary home of your notes, making capture responsive and resilient.
On-device intelligence
Supported AI tasks can run on the iPhone itself, without sending the note away for processing.
No note-storage backend
NoteOnly does not depend on a permanent company server database to open your notebook.
Offline is not an emergency mode. It is part of the architecture.
On-device when possible. Clear when not.
On-device AI availability depends on your iPhone, operating system, language, and the specific feature. Some advanced transcription or AI requests may require online processing.
We do not use “offline” to imply that every feature always runs without a network. It means the core note experience is designed to remain useful off the grid, with local processing chosen wherever supported.