Benchpad — Scratchpad Notes

Three scratchpads that work everywhere — iPhone, Android, Mac/Windows, web, even as a browser extension. Offline-first, no folders, no AI. Stop organising, start writing

Benchpad is a scratchpad, not a second brain.

Three pads. You name them — Work / Personal / Scratch, Today / This Week / Someday, whatever fits your head. No folders, no tags, no filing decisions. Open, type, close.

WRITE WITHOUT DECIDING Every note app asks "where does this go?" before you've written a word. Benchpad doesn't. Three pads means the decision is already made.

WORKS ON A PLANE Offline-first, not offline-tolerant. Every keystroke saves to your device before any network request. Sync happens in the background when you're online — and merges conflict-free if you edited on two devices at once.

CONSTRAINT IS THE PRODUCT Benchpad is for people who want to write things down — not maintain a system. A note app that knows when to stop. When you can't create infinite folders, you write instead of organizing. Constraint isn't a compromise. It's the product.

WORKS LIKE A COMPUTER Scratchpads are your RAM. Archive is the ROM. Scratchpads: Active thinking. Fast, temporary, always in use. Archive: Permanent, searchable, never in the way. This is how your brain actually works. Benchpad works the same way.

A REAL EDITOR Headings, checklists, tables, code blocks with syntax highlighting, images, file attachments. Slash commands and ~28 templates (meeting notes, standup, daily note, habit tracker). Voice notes with live on-device transcription — your device's dictation, not AI.

DONE ISN'T DELETED When a section is finished, archive it — tagged, dated, searchable, restorable. Pads stay clean. Nothing disappears.

NO AI. NO ADS. NO DATA MINING. Nothing reads, summarizes, or trains on your notes. Notes are encrypted at rest. Plain markdown — copy everything out anytime, no lock-in.

FREE FOREVER, REALLY One pad, the full editor, offline support, sync, and an archive of 100 notes — free, no credit card, no time limit. Pro ($20/year flat) unlocks all three pads, all six themes, attachments, voice-note audio, and Markdown/PDF export.

Benchpad is for people who want to write things down — not maintain a system. A note app that knows when to stop.