Scratchpad

Quick notes, always available

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Quick notes, always available

157 followers

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Note and writing apps

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Writing assistants

Capture your thoughts instantly in a single, always-accessible note. Plain text only. Simple by design. On macOS, the app sits in your menu bar or Dock, ready whenever inspiration strikes. On iOS, it can be accessed from the Home Screen.

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Launch tags:Notes•Text Editors•Menu Bar Apps

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Another classic launch from @sindresorhus — a simple, straightforward app for capturing notes. Activate it with a keyboard shortcut so you can quickly take synced notes at a moment's notice.

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2yr ago

Scratchpad

Maker

Hey PH. I made this to scratch my own itch. I love making simple apps that solve a single problem. I often need to just paste text somewhere to modify it and then copy-paste further. For example, I need to write a long comment on a website. I don't trust websites. They lose stuff all the time. So I use this to write the comment and then copy-paste it into the website. Scratchpad is also perfect for brain dumps, quick drafts, fleeting ideas, or just copy-pasting something in to make it plain text. The app is plain-text only and simple by design. It’s not designed to compete with full-featured note apps but to serve as a convenient, lightweight addition. It's available for macOS, iOS, and visionOS. It supports iCloud sync. The app is a one-time payment. There is a trial available for the macOS version. I would appreciate feedback through the feedback button in the app if you notice anything missing or that could be improved. Make sure to read the FAQs.

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2yr ago

Surfsite AI

@sindresorhus Big congrats on bringing Scratchpad to life! 🚀

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2yr ago

Prototypr

@sindresorhus congrats, love that - can't believe how many little apps you made, so cool!

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2yr ago

@sindresorhus Congrats on the launch! I love your opinionated and minimal aesthetic. I understand why you want to keep the feature set tight, everyone starts throwing in with this and that feature they want – then you have some Swiss Army knife app like Drafts! (My personal go to for all the above and more, sometimes use Apple Notes Quick note.) Anyway, highly competitive market for sure. I see you’ve mentioned plans for a separate app that supports markdown, this would be the one required ‘feature’ for me so maybe consider combining this in Scratchpad?

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2yr ago

This look great. Congrats on your launch 🚀 . But just a quick one, what’s the major catch that’d make me switch from using my default notes app or existing alternatives?🤔

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2yr ago

Scratchpad

Maker

@ogurinkaben This isn't meant to replace your full-featured notes app—it's meant to complement it. It's not for permanent notes, but rather a place to quickly jot down something.

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2yr ago

@sindresorhus that makes sense. Congrats once again

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2yr ago

NodeLand

The idea of a one-time purchase is great for this software. Does it keep a changes history for accidentally deleted content?

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2yr ago

Scratchpad

Maker

@gxara It does support undo. In the next update, it will also have automatic backup.

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2yr ago

NodeLand

@sindresorhus this would be cool! Also it is something to be considered on the pricing definition

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2yr ago

I have alway used one of my notes in apple notes for a scratch pad, now is a good time to replace it. Are you planning on adding quick text format options soon?

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2yr ago

Scratchpad

Maker

@culjo I don't plan any format options. The app is plain text only. But I'm open to other feature requests.

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2yr ago

Always looking for ways to take notes on the go without having to just open another app and or pull up a notebook from drawer, this seems interesting. I'll take a look. Congrats on the launch @sindresorhus 🤠

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2yr ago

This is neat! Reminds me of Tyke, a great little app I used for many years. I replaced it with Apple Notes’ quick note — the power of defaults, even though I miss writing in plain text.

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2yr ago

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