NoteGrove
Take notes first. Grow the ones that matter.
Capture every thought directly in Notes. When one starts to matter, organize it into a plant in your Grove and keep building on it.
- Status
- Available on the App Store
- Availability
- iPhone · Free core app · Optional one-time Plus upgrade · No subscription
- Privacy
- Local-first · Optional private iCloud sync
The app, as it is.
Real screens from the current iPhone build, using prepared sample notes rather than personal data.
What NoteGrove does
One low-friction loop: write in Notes, organize into a plant when useful, and return as the idea grows.
- Capture every thought directly in Notes without sorting it first.
- Organize a note into a new or existing plant only when it helps.
- See the ideas you are growing together in the Grove.
- Return to a plant and add more notes over time.
- Search across unsorted notes and notes already in plants.
- Export a local backup archive when you want your own copy.
- Capture from widgets and Shortcuts without opening the full app.
Who it is for
NoteGrove is for people who capture small thoughts, observations, and ideas but do not want them to disappear into a flat list. Notes stay easy to capture, while the Grove gives related thoughts a place to become something larger.
It is not a team workspace, publishing system, social network, or replacement for a large document editor.
Where it began
It started with a garden in a dream.
I woke with an image of a garden full of plants. The app that followed looks very different from that first picture, but the idea stayed: notes can become living things you return to and tend.
Privacy
Local-first, with a clear sync boundary.
Free NoteGrove stores your notes on your device. Plus can use Apple private iCloud sync for gardens and notes. Attachment files stay device-local for now, even when attachment metadata appears in synced app data.
NoteGrove has no developer-operated account or notes server, and the current launch build includes no ads, tracking, or developer analytics.
Honest boundary
Camera, microphone, and speech access are optional and requested only when you choose a photo or voice input feature.
Read the privacy policy