Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Ray, maker of [Boat](https://boatnote.app).

**Here's why we built this:**

Personally, my best ideas always hit when I'm moving — out for a walk, on a bike ride, literally on a Boat. And for years, I couldn't find a single app that would reliably capture those moments clearly. Offline or online. Text, voice, photo — whatever format the thought came in. Something I could actually *trust* with my million-dollar ideas ;)

For years I cobbled things together: draft emails in Gmail, WhatsApp voice messages to myself, random photos on my phone, half a dozen note apps. It was a mess. Nothing felt right.

So our small team spent six months building the app I actually needed.

**What Boat does differently:**

- ⚡ **Gets out of your way** — the UI is engineered to be simple, fast to load, and invisible. Tap, type, save. No menus to navigate, no decisions to make at capture time
- ✈️ **Works everywhere** — plane, subway, middle of nowhere. Truly offline. Syncs automatically when you reconnect
- 📸 **Any format** — text, photo, voice, sketch. Capture first, organize later
- 🔒 **Your data in your Google Drive** — after 20+ years building and supporting open-source software, we take data ownership seriously. Your notes sync directly to *your* Google Sheet and Drive. Not our servers. Export or walk away anytime
- 💸 **Free forever** — all core features including multi-device sync cost nothing. AI features (organization suggestions, insights) are optional and pay-per-use. Credits last forever, average ~$0.01 per request. You control what you spend

We'd love to hear what you think — and genuinely curious: where do *you* have your best ideas?

→ [boatnote.app](https://boatnote.app)

Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Ray, maker of [Boat](https://boatnote.app).

**Here's why we built this:**

Personally, my best ideas always hit when I'm moving — out for a walk, on a bike ride, literally on a Boat. And for years, I couldn't find a single app that would reliably capture those moments clearly. Offline or online. Text, voice, photo — whatever format the thought came in. Something I could actually *trust* with my million-dollar ideas ;)

For years I cobbled things together: draft emails in Gmail, WhatsApp voice messages to myself, random photos on my phone, half a dozen note apps. It was a mess. Nothing felt right.

So our small team spent six months building the app I actually needed.

**What Boat does differently:**

- ⚡ **Gets out of your way** — the UI is engineered to be simple, fast to load, and invisible. Tap, type, save. No menus to navigate, no decisions to make at capture time
- ✈️ **Works everywhere** — plane, subway, middle of nowhere. Truly offline. Syncs automatically when you reconnect
- 📸 **Any format** — text, photo, voice, sketch. Capture first, organize later
- 🔒 **Your data in your Google Drive** — after 20+ years building and supporting open-source software, we take data ownership seriously. Your notes sync directly to *your* Google Sheet and Drive. Not our servers. Export or walk away anytime
- 💸 **Free forever** — all core features including multi-device sync cost nothing. AI features (organization suggestions, insights) are optional and pay-per-use. Credits last forever, average ~$0.01 per request. You control what you spend

We'd love to hear what you think — and genuinely curious: where do *you* have your best ideas?

→ [boatnote.app](https://boatnote.app)

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