How to use it
How Freelancers Get Started
No setup wizard and no workspace to design first. Six steps, about ten minutes, and most freelancers are writing before the end of the first one.
01
Download and open it
No account, no setup wizard, no workspace to design first. Choose where your notes live and start typing.
02
Bring your old notes across
Import from Apple Notes, point Grape at a folder of Markdown files, or drag in the PDFs you keep reopening.
03
Put everything in one place
Type, paste, record, attach, clip a page from Chrome or share one from your phone. Folders and tags are there when you want them and out of the way when you do not.
04
Ask instead of scrolling
Open the agent and ask a question about your own notes. The answer comes back with the note it came from.
05
Turn notes into the thing you needed
A summary, a deck of flashcards, a quiz, a mind map, or a clean export to send to somebody else.
06
Put it on your other devices
Turn on sync and the same library shows up on your phone, while each device keeps its own daily backup.
In practice
What that looks like for freelancers
A few moments in a normal week where the app earns its place.
New enquiry
Record the call, get the scope out of the transcript, and quote from that.
Delivery
One folder per client with the brief, the work notes and the checklist.
End of month
Ask what you delivered and what is still unpaid.
Help center
Short Guides for Getting Set Up
Installing, importing, turning on the AI, syncing and backing up, in a few minutes each.
4 min read
Turn a note into a slide deck
Write a presentation from a note, pick the template and tone, edit the slides in place, then present it or export a PDF.
Read the guide
2 min read
Write on a PDF and export a notebook as PDF
Import a PDF as pages to annotate, what happens to page size, and how to get a notebook out as a PDF.
Read the guide
3 min read
Search your handwriting and ask the AI about it
How the words on a handwritten page are read on the device, when it happens, what the AI can and cannot do with a notebook, and the limits.
Read the guide
Download
Pick Your Machine and Start Writing
Free, no account, and the same library on every device you install it on.
macOS
Desktop app, version 0.29.0
Windows
Installer, version 0.29.0
Linux
Debian package, version 0.29.0
iPhone
App Store, version 0.29.0
Android
Google Play, version 0.29.0
Chrome
Web clipper, version 0.1.0
Step One Takes a Minute
Install Grape, choose where your notes live, and start typing.