Stillmark Note

Guide

Everything below is optional: you can simply open the app and start typing.

Write the moment you open it

Stillmark Note opens straight into today's note with the cursor ready. Nothing to tap first.

  • Today's note lives in Daily, one file per day.
  • Quick Note adds a line to today's note without opening the app: Settings › Action Button › Shortcut › Stillmark Note › Quick Note, or ask Siri.
  • Don't want this? Settings › Writing › Open Today's Note at Launch.

A quiet toolbar while you type

Formatting sits above the keyboard only while you write, and nothing else ever appears on the page.

    Link your thinking

    Write [[Note Title]] to connect notes. Each note shows which notes link back to it.

    • Type [[ and pick a note from the list that appears, so you never mistype a title.
    • Tap a link to open that note, or create it if it doesn't exist yet.
    • See which notes link here from the … menu.

    Organized by action, with P.A.R.A

    Projects, Areas, Resources and Archives give every note an obvious home. Add subfolders inside them, and folders of your own beside them.

    • Open a folder and tap its name at the top for everything you can do with it: a new folder inside, rename, lock, export, delete.
    • Subfolders are the first rows of a folder's list. The + beside P.A.R.A or My Folders in the sidebar adds a folder there.
    • Finished a project? Choose Complete Project from its menu: it moves to Archives, nothing is deleted.
    • Drag notes onto folders on iPad.

    Search that answers from your own notes

    Tap the magnifying glass on any screen to search. It works in Thai, English, Chinese and Japanese.

    • Keywords finds words anywhere, even inside longer Thai words, and words that mean the same: condo also finds ห้องชุด.
    • Meaning (when the app is in English) finds notes about the same idea, even with different words.
    • Quotes finds the exact lines that answer your question, with the note and line number. If your notes don't say, it tells you so instead of guessing.
    • Add your own synonyms in Settings › Synonyms.

    Built to keep your writing safe

    The top of every note shows when it was last saved on this device.

    • If a note changes somewhere else while you edit, both versions are kept as separate files. Nothing is overwritten.
    • Version History (… menu) keeps 30 days of earlier versions and shows exactly what changed. Restoring keeps the current version too.
    • Deleted notes and folders stay in Settings › Recently Deleted for 30 days, images included. Undo appears right after deleting.
    • Turn on Automatic Backup to copy your notes to iCloud Drive or a USB drive each time you leave the app, in Settings › Import & Export. Notes from Obsidian, Bear or Notion come in there too.

    Private by design

    Stillmark Note works fully offline. No account, no subscription, no tracking.

    • Every note is a plain .md file. Find them in the Files app under On My iPhone › Stillmark Note, and open them with any app.
    • Choose Lock with Face ID from a folder's menu to hide its notes until you unlock them. Files aren't encrypted.

    Make it yours

    Ten calm color themes, light or dark, and fonts chosen for reading Thai and English.

    • Settings › Appearance, and Settings › Text & Font.
    • Switch the app language in Settings › App Language: English, ไทย, 简体中文 or 日本語.

    Outside the app

    Widgets

    Add Today's Note or New Note to your Home Screen or Lock Screen: touch and hold the Home Screen, tap Edit › Add Widget, and search for Stillmark Note.

    Control Center

    On iOS 18 or later, open Control Center, touch and hold, tap Add a Control, and search for Stillmark Note. The same controls can go on the Lock Screen or the Action button.

    Siri and Shortcuts

    Quick Note adds a line to today's note without opening the app. Ask Siri, or use it in the Shortcuts app.

    Moving from another app

    Your notes come in as they are. Nothing you already have in Stillmark Note is changed.

    Obsidian

    1. Your vault is already a folder of .md files.
    2. Import Files or Folder… and pick the vault folder (or a .zip of it).
    3. Folders named Projects, Areas, Resources or Archives can go straight into yours.
    4. Images embedded with ![[photo.png]] show in your notes as they are.

    Bear

    1. In Bear: File › Export Notes, choose Markdown or TextBundle.
    2. Import the exported folder, the .textbundle files, or a .bear2bk backup.
    3. Images come along into an attachments folder next to the notes.

    Notion

    1. In Notion: Settings › Export, choose Markdown & CSV.
    2. Import the .zip as it is.
    3. Page names lose Notion's long ids, and links between pages become [[links]]. Tables (CSV) aren't imported.

    Apple Notes

    1. Apple Notes has no export.
    2. Open a note, select all and copy, then in Stillmark Note hold New Note › New Note from Clipboard.