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75 guides grouped by what you are trying to do, the questions people ask most, the four step walkthrough and a way to reach a person who reads their email.
Install Grape, write your first note and bring your old notes in.
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Install Grape on Windows, Mac and Linux
Which build to pick for your computer, what the first launch looks like, and how updates arrive.
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Install Grape on iPhone, iPad and Android
Where to get the mobile app on each platform, and what the first open looks like.
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Write your first note
How to insert things on desktop and mobile, plus the two organizing habits worth forming early.
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Import notes from Apple Notes
Bring your Apple Notes library across on a Mac without copying and pasting one note at a time.
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Import Markdown files
Move in from Obsidian, Bear or any app that exports Markdown, on desktop and mobile.
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Move Grape to a new computer
The two ways to carry your whole library to a new machine, with or without a subscription.
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Save a web page from Chrome, share anything into Grape from your phone and capture a note without opening the app.
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Clip a web page from Chrome
Install the Grape web clipper, save an article, a selection or a bookmark, and set what every clip should do by default.
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Share to Grape from your phone
Send a page, a link, a photo, a PDF or a recording from any app on iPhone or Android and get a note back.
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Capture a note without opening the app
Turn on the global quick capture shortcut, pick where captures land, and write a note from any app on your desktop.
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Put Grape on your iPhone home screen
Add the widgets, keep one folder, one note or your open checklist items a glance away, and tick things off without opening the app.
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Formatting, tables, drawings, handwriting, images, PDFs, templates and everything else a note can hold.
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What the editor can do
Every block type, how inserting works on each platform, and which blocks are desktop only.
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Format text: headings, bold and lists
Text styles, headings, quotes and lists on desktop and mobile, plus the Markdown shortcuts.
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Create checklists and to do lists
Checkbox lists for tasks, and a pattern for a running to do note that actually gets used.
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Add and edit tables
Insert a table, add and remove rows and columns, and what the desktop cell menu can do extra.
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Highlight text in a note
Eight highlight colors on both platforms, and how to clear a highlight again.
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Draw inside a note
The drawing canvas for diagrams and sketches, and where to find it on each platform.
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Add images to a note
Paste, drag or pick images on desktop, attach from Photos on mobile, and view them full screen.
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Add PDFs to a note
Keep the source document in the same note as your notes about it.
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Add audio files to a note
Insert audio you recorded elsewhere on desktop, play it anywhere, and transcribe it.
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Create note templates
Save any note as a template, insert dates automatically with variables, and every date pattern you can use.
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Find text inside a note
Search within the open note, step through matches, and the shortcuts that drive it on desktop.
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Check your spelling
Turn spell check on, fix a word from its suggestions, teach it a word, and why it starts off.
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Write notes by hand
Handwriting notes: turning them on, creating one, the tools on the bar and how the pages work on iPad, iPhone, Android and desktop.
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Choose paper, page size and orientation
The five rulings, A4 or Letter, portrait or landscape, and where the defaults for new notebooks live.
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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.
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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.
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Folders, subfolders, tags, pinning, sorting and getting deleted notes back.
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Create folders and subfolders
Build a folder tree, nest subfolders, rename and reorder them on desktop and mobile.
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Tag your notes
Type # to tag a note, and use tags for themes that cut across your folders.
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Pin a note to the top
Keep your daily notes at the top of the list on desktop and mobile.
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Sort and group your notes
Choose the sort field and order, and group the list into Today, Yesterday and older sections.
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Move notes between folders
Drag notes on desktop, swipe on mobile, and reorganize without losing anything.
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Recover a deleted note
Where deleted notes go, how to bring one back, and what emptying the folder really deletes.
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Note info, stats and backlinks
Word counts, read time, creation dates, and which notes link here.
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Connect notes to each other and see the whole library as a map.
Record inside a note, capture calls on desktop and turn audio into text.
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Record a voice note
Record audio inside a note on desktop or mobile, and keep writing while it runs.
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Record system audio on desktop
Capture a call or a lecture playing on your computer, with or without your microphone.
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Transcribe a recording or audio file
Turn any recording into text, apply quick prompts to the transcript, and dictate on desktop.
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Identify speakers in a recording
Split a transcript by who was talking, with one labelled paragraph per turn.
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Grape AI, your own API keys, local models and the index behind semantic search.
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Set up AI: Grape AI or your own key
The two ways to power the AI features, and which plans include which.
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Add your own AI models and providers
Enable providers, pick models, and add custom models or an OpenAI compatible endpoint.
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Run local AI models with Ollama or LM Studio
Keep AI on your machine with a local model on desktop, and what to expect from it.
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How note indexing works
What the index is, why semantic search needs it, and what Sync and Regenerate do.
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Ask about your notes, let the agent edit them and shape how it answers.
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Chat with the AI about your notes
Open the chat on each platform, pick a model, attach files, and get answers grounded in your notes.
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Let the AI agent edit and organize your notes
What the agent can create, change and move, and the safety net behind every change.
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Let the AI search the web
When the assistant can reach the internet, and which setups support it.
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Set custom instructions for the AI
Pick a base tone and add standing instructions the assistant follows in every chat.
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Create prompt templates and quick prompts
Save the prompts you reuse and run them with one tap from chat and transcriptions.
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Report an AI answer
Flag a response that is wrong or inappropriate, and what happens after you send it.
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What the AI remembers about you
How memory works, where to read and edit the list, and how to turn it off.
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Turn any note into flashcards, a quiz or a mind map.
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Turn a note into flashcards
Generate a deck of study cards from any note and review it inside the app.
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Quiz yourself on a note
Multiple choice quizzes from your own notes, with difficulty levels and an adaptive mode.
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Create a mind map from a note
Generate a visual map of how the ideas in a note relate, and explore it by expanding branches.
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Turn a note into a presentation you can walk into a room with, a narrated video or a poster you can hand to someone who will not read it.
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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.
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Turn a note into an infographic
Draw a poster from a note, pick the style, shape and quality, then insert it back or export it.
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Turn a note into a brainrot video
Narrate a note over a gameplay clip with burned in captions, and pick the voice, background and caption look.
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Keep devices in step, keep copies of everything and get your data out.
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Sync your notes across devices
What syncs, when it runs, and what happens to your local database when you sign in.
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Back up your notes
Automatic daily backups, manual ones before big changes, and how long each kind is kept.
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Restore a backup
Roll your library back to a backup, and what to know before you do.
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Export your notes
Get a single note or the whole library out as Markdown, HTML or PDF.
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Use version history
Every note keeps its past versions. Preview them, restore one, and know the limits.
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Delete your data or your account
The two delete options, exactly what each removes, and what each one leaves alone.
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Language, themes, date formats, toolbars and keyboard shortcuts.
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Change the app language
Grape speaks eight languages, and switching takes two taps in General settings.
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Change the appearance and accent color
Light, dark or follow the system, plus seventeen accent colors to make it yours.
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Choose a theme
Twelve light and twelve dark presets repaint the whole app on Grape Pro, and the choice follows you between devices.
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Change the date and time format
Pick how every date and time in the app is written, or define your own format.
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Customize the editor toolbars on desktop
The fixed toolbar, the floating selection toolbar and drag handles, each with its own switch.
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Arrange the desktop panels
Resize the four desktop panels, collapse the chat, and keep your layout across devices.
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Keyboard shortcuts on desktop
Every shortcut the desktop app answers to, from new notes to the hidden snake game.
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What is free, what is paid, subscriptions and signing in.
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Free, Pro or Lifetime
What each plan includes and which one fits how you work.
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Manage your subscription
Change or cancel your plan, and restore a purchase on a new phone.
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Sign in and sign out
When you need an account, how signing in works, and what sign out does with local notes.
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Check how much AI you have used
Where the usage dialog lives, what the four bars mean, and when your allowance resets.
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How to use it
Six Steps, About Ten Minutes
This is the whole onboarding. There is no workspace to design before you are allowed to write something.
Step 01
Download and open it
No account, no setup wizard, no workspace to design first. Choose where your notes live and start typing.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Blog
Writing About Notes, AI and the App
Longer pieces about note taking, working with AI and how Grape gets built.
September 11, 2026
Bear Alternative for Students
Bear costs less than Grape and is a fine place to type a lecture. What it will not do is anything with the note after class.
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September 10, 2026
NotebookLM Alternative for Students
NotebookLM reads the PDFs your professor uploaded. Grape holds the note you took in the lecture, and turns that into revision.
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September 9, 2026
Notability Alternative for Students
Notability's free plan stops at five notes. Grape has paper you can search, typed notes and the study tools, with nothing metered.
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