Now available on iOS

Your mind wanders.
DriftNote follows.

A checkpoint for your wandering mind. Not a todo list. Just you, capturing what's happening right now — one quiet note at a time.

DriftNote
Today
09:12
😐
Morning emails done
10:38
🙂
Starting the Henderson report
11:55
😄
Coffee break ☕
13:04
🙂
Back to the report
14:22
😄
Report done, onto emails

Most apps are built for the focused version of you.

Times you can pick it back up
0
Ways to fall behind
1
Line is all it takes

Todo apps set you up to fail.

They ask you to plan your day before it happens. To estimate, schedule, and commit — before real life has had a chance to show up.

By noon you’re already behind. By evening, the list is evidence of everything you didn’t do.

DriftNote has no plan to fall short of. There is only now. You cannot fall behind on right now.

Todo apps
Plan before you start
Estimate how long things take
Measure what you didn’t do
Built for the focused version of you
DriftNote
Capture as you go
No prediction required
Shows what you actually did
Built for the distracted one

Three steps.
No setup. No planning.

The whole system fits in a sentence. Every time you switch tasks, drop a checkpoint. One line. That’s it.

1

Switch tasks

Finishing a call? Moving to email? Brain gone blank? Any moment of transition is a moment to check in.

2

Drop a checkpoint

Open DriftNote — or tap your lock screen widget. Write one line. Timestamp added automatically. Done.

3

Keep going

When your mind drifts, your last checkpoint is right there. One glance and you’re back. No reconstruction needed.

Everything you need.
Nothing you don’t.

DriftNote is deliberately minimal. Every feature earns its place by reducing friction, not adding it.

🔒

Lock screen widget

One tap from your lock screen. No unlock. No navigation. No friction between the thought and the note.

“Note it before the thought leaves.”
🎙️

Voice capture

Hands full? Just talk. DriftNote transcribes your voice into a note instantly. Your voice is faster than your thumbs.

“Tap or talk. Either way it’s noted.”
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Gentle check-ins

Optional nudges throughout the day. Not pushy — just a quiet tap on the shoulder when your mind drifts.

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Patterns without the effort

DriftNote quietly surfaces insights from your notes. See when you’re sharpest, which days flow best, how your mood moves through the week — without tracking anything deliberately. It emerges from the notes you’re already writing.

“See the day you actually had.”
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Private by default

Your notes stay on your device. No account. No cloud. No one reading your thoughts. Just you and your checkpoints.

“Most apps are built for the focused version of you.
DriftNote is built for the distracted one.
And works anyway.”

The DriftNote philosophy

Start your first checkpoint.

Open the app. Write what you’re doing right now. When your mind drifts, come back and check in again. That’s the whole system.

Free to download · Notes stay on your device · No account needed