RetroNotes Markdown

Capture ideas in text, voice, or images. Keep spatial text with Vision Note, find answers in Voice Notes with Recall, and store notes in local files.

RetroNotes Markdown is a local-file-based app for text, voice, and visual notes. It is designed to capture ideas quickly while keeping your original notes as standard files under your control.

Create regular Markdown and TXT notes in a focused three-column workspace.

Hold the Voice Note button to speak, then release to transcribe using system speech recognition. The result is organised into today’s Voice Note. You can copy the recognised text and paste it into a Text Note for further editing. Original audio is not kept.

Tap the RetroNotes logo to open Vision Note and import up to nine photos or screenshots. RetroNotes uses system text recognition while preserving the relative position and size of each recognised text region, helping visual information retain its original structure.

Use Recall to ask questions about your Voice Notes. RetroNotes searches the original Voice Note records first, then presents a conclusion with supporting sources when sufficient information is available. Text Notes and Vision Notes can be found using the search field.

Recall is an additional, locally rebuildable feature. Your Markdown and TXT files remain the primary data.

Choose where notes are stored, making them easy to read, back up, move, and access outside the app.

The system keyboard, speech recognition, text recognition, or iCloud Photos may require network access. RetroNotes does not provide an account-based cloud service.

RetroNotes does not include ads, analytics, tracking services, subscriptions, or in-app purchases.

Key features:

• Text Note for Markdown and TXT writing
• Voice Note with speech transcription
• Copy Voice Note content into a Text Note for editing
• Vision Note for importing photos and screenshots
• System text recognition with spatial presentation
• Recall for Voice Notes, with conclusions and supporting sources
• Search for Text Notes and Vision Notes
• Local Markdown and TXT file storage
• User-chosen data location
• Folder-based organisation
• Search across note titles and content
• Search highlighting in the editor
• Adjustable editor text size
• English and Chinese interface
• Retro-inspired three-column workspace
• Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac