A page for every day,
in every tab.

Make a tab for each part of your life (Journal, Work, Ideas, Music) and every tab has its own page for every single day. Pick a day. Write. That's it.

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Free · No account · No ads · No tracking

How it works

Tabs down the side.
Days across the top.

Think of a binder with a divider for each part of your life, and behind every divider, a fresh page for every day of the year. Sownote never makes you choose where something goes, or when. It's already today, and you're already in the right tab.

Features

Everything a day can hold.

  • Water the plants
  • Pay the rates bill
  • Finish the proposal
  • Gym (repeats Mon, Wed, Fri)

Notes & to-dos

Write freely, then turn any line into a to-do with a reminder, a priority and a repeat. The Tasks tab gathers them all.

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Photos, PDFs & voice memos

Drop in pictures, documents and recordings right where they belong: on the day they happened.

Sketch & write by hand

Doodle on a sketch pad, or write straight over your note with a pen, highlighter and eraser.

26 Oct · Journal

…the jacarandas are finally out, purple everywhere.

31 Oct 2025 · Journal

First jacaranda petals on the car again.

Find anything

Search every note in every tab and every year, with matches highlighted, plus tags and filters by tab, tag and date.

2024Moved into the new flat!
2025First braai on the new stoep
2026Jacarandas are out

On this day

See what you wrote on the same date in years gone by.

Make it yours

Ruled, squared, dotted or plain paper. Themes, fonts, tab colours and icons, and daily templates.

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Reminders & app lock

Get nudged at the right time, and keep prying eyes out with a PIN, fingerprint or face.

Privacy

We don't have servers.
So we can't read your notes.

Sownote keeps everything on your device. Turn on sync and your notes travel to your own iCloud or Google Drive, never to us. There's nothing to sign up for, and nothing for anyone to sell.

  • 0servers
  • 0trackers
  • 0accounts
  • ∞days of pages

Leave whenever you like

Export everything (notes, photos, voice memos) to a ZIP file at any time, and bring it back in.

iPhone ⇄ Android

Switching phones? "Move to a new phone" packs everything up and unpacks it on the other side.

Works offline

Planes, mountains, load-shedding. Your notes are on your device, so they're always there.

Questions

Good to know.

How much does Sownote cost?

Sownote is free, with no ads and no in-app tracking.

Do I need an account?

No. Open the app and start writing. If you want sync, Sownote uses the iCloud account already on your iPhone or iPad, or your Google account on Android.

Can I sync between an iPhone and an Android phone?

Not live: iPhones sync through iCloud and Android phones through Google Drive. To move between them, use Settings → Move to a new phone.

What happens if I lose my phone?

If sync is on, your notes are waiting in your iCloud or Google Drive. Install Sownote on your new device, turn sync on and they come back. Without sync, a recent backup ZIP has you covered.

Does the app lock encrypt my notes?

The app lock keeps Sownote behind a PIN, fingerprint or face. Your notes are protected at rest by your device's own encryption, so keep a screen lock on your phone too.

Something else? See support or email support@dodsworks.com.

Plant a thought today.

Sownote is coming soon to Google Play and the App Store.

Tell me when it launches