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98 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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Get started with Grape, from download to Pro
Install the desktop app, make a note and record your voice, upgrade to Pro, turn the recording into text, ask the AI about it and bring your notes to your phone, one step at a time.
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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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Update the desktop app
The notice in the corner, what Download and Not now do, and how to check for a new version yourself.
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See what's new after an update
The list of changes Grape shows once, on the first launch of a new version, on desktop and mobile.
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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 sync or with a backup.
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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, how to put their items in a new order, 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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How Grape reads the PDFs in your notes
Grape reads the text of a PDF once, on your device, so the AI tools and search work from what it says without uploading the file again.
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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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Make mini apps in your notes
Describe a small app, like a todo list, a habit tracker or a quiz about the note, and the AI writes it into the note, where it remembers what you save in 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, sharing 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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Select many notes at once
Select several notes in the list, then move, merge or delete them together.
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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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Lock a note
Encrypt a note with a password only you know, what a locked note can hold, and how the recovery key gets you back in.
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Share a folder or a note
Invite people by email to edit or read a folder or a single note, how edits merge when you collaborate, live typing on Pro, and what cannot be shared yet.
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Join a shared folder or note
Accept an invite in the app or from the email, what joining takes, and what happens when you leave or sharing pauses or stops.
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Type together in a shared note
On Pro, collaborate in a shared note in real time: see the others type, each at a cursor with their name on it, and what changes for people on Sync.
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Connect notes to each other and see the whole library as a map.
Record inside a note or from the iPhone Lock Screen, 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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Record voice notes from the Lock Screen
Record on your iPhone without unlocking it, and Grape saves each recording as a new note, transcribed on Pro and Lifetime.
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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, the index behind semantic search and notifications when the AI is done.
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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 a provider, add the models it offers you, or add one by its id or from 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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Get notified when the AI is done
Close the dialog or sheet while the AI works, keep using Grape, and get a message or a notification when the result is ready, even with the app closed on your phone.
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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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Ask the AI about a PDF in a note
The AI reads the PDFs inside a note from text Grape keeps on your device, so the file is never attached or uploaded again.
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Ask the AI about an image in a note
The AI looks at the images inside a note, so it can read a whiteboard photo or a screenshot and work with what is in it.
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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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Ask the AI to generate an image
Have the chat generate an image with the image model you enabled, then put it in a note.
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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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Make agents for the chat
Set up a chat once with its own instructions, model, notes, files and tools, then pick it in any chat.
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Schedule routines
Have Grape AI or one of your agents do something on its own at a time you set, once or on repeat, and read each run as a chat.
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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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Change settings from the chat
Ask the chat to turn a feature on or off, pick a theme or switch a model, and it changes the setting for you.
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Ask the chat about Grape
The chat answers how to do something in Grape, whether Grape can do it and what a plan includes, from the help center.
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Find notes by keyword, by meaning or from Spotlight on iPhone and iPad, and find text inside a note.
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Search your notes
Keyword search across the whole library and the PDFs in it, the shortcut that opens it, and how to narrow results.
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Search your notes by meaning
AI semantic search finds notes by what they are about, even when the words do not match.
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Find your notes in Spotlight
Search your notes, folders, tags and AI chats from the Home Screen on iPhone and iPad, what Spotlight leaves out, and how to turn it off.
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Turn any note into flashcards, a quiz or a mind map, or make your own by hand.
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Turn a note into flashcards
Write a deck of study cards yourself on any plan, or have the AI make one from a note, then review it and edit it inside the app.
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Quiz yourself on a note
Write your own multiple choice quiz on any plan, or have the AI write one from a note with difficulty levels and an adaptive mode.
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Create a mind map from a note
Write a mind map as an outline on any plan, or have the AI build one from a note, then explore it by expanding branches and edit it.
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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
Build a presentation yourself on any plan, or have the AI write one from a note, then edit the slides in place, 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, how much attachment storage each plan has, and what happens to your local database when you sign in.
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Sync with Dropbox
On Lifetime, keep every device in step through your own Dropbox: connecting each device, what travels, where the files go and what Grape never sees.
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Sync with Google Drive
On Lifetime, keep every device in step through your own Google Drive: connecting each device, what travels, the Grape Notes folder in your Drive and what Grape never sees.
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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, and a shared note shows who changed what. 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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Connect ChatGPT, Claude or another AI app to Grape
Let an AI app you already use read and write the notes in your Grape account, what it can and cannot do, and how to disconnect it.
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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 Pro and Lifetime, 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, Sync, 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, move from Sync to Pro, 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 to find your usage, what the 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.
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