# Notes connect, ideas grow Ideas as concepts, not just notes — where fast capture grows into connected insight. [Download for macOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jotaid-markdown-notes/id6755983720?platform=mac) [Download for iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jotaid-markdown-notes/id6755983720) Free to start · Mac + iOS Not currently available on the mainland China App Store.  ## Capture Organize Connect Discover ### Capture Instantly Grab any spark in a second — a global Mac hotkey, the share sheet, the clipboard, even AI chats\*, all landing in one inbox  ### Organize Naturally Choose from a slip-box, PARA, or a design-thinking Project → Theme → Note hierarchy — structure it however works for you  ### Connect the Dots Backlinks, a graph and a co-occurrence matrix — AI wires up links, predicts the missing ones and catches your blind spots  ### Discover Insights Drag cards and cluster ideas on an infinite canvas, or let AI sort them into themes, shaping loose notes into structure  \*AI features require your own API key (BYOK). Compatible with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Jotaid does not provide AI services. ## Stands Apart ### AI Thinks With You, Never For You Every AI feature in Jotaid stops short of a conclusion. It handles the groundwork — surfacing nodes, structuring, connecting — but the real thinking is yours. - **Node Suggestions:** AI picks out concepts worth turning into nodes, with the notes that link them — you decide whether to make it official. - **Potential Relations:** AI doesn't just explain notes that already overlap — it finds concept pairs you've never linked, and reasons out why they might matter. - **Theme Summaries:** AI reads every note in a Theme — not just the highlights, but a spark you might not have put into words yourself. ### See the Connections, Not Just the Notes A Jotaid node is a concept, not a whole note — finer-grained than a typical note graph. A co-occurrence matrix quantifies and clusters those relationships, often more revealing than the notes themselves. - **Scored Connections:** Every link is scored by similarity, every node sorted into one of three roles by how it clusters — no more guessing what matters. - **Co-occurrence Matrix:** Maps how often concept nodes appear together, then clusters them into groups you never tagged by hand. - **Card Relations:** Every note is a card on an infinite canvas — drag them around and the relationships between them get sharper, more concrete. ### Flexes to the Method You Already Use Jotaid doesn't impose a system. Slip-box, PARA, design thinking — whatever you use, the structure is native here, no workarounds needed. - **Zettelkasten:** Fleeting and literature notes default into the Inbox — turn any note into a Project and it becomes a permanent Zettelkasten slip-box. - **Second Brain:** Structure Projects however PARA calls for, and run CODE's full workflow — capture straight through to expression. - **Design Thinking:** Capture freely on an infinite canvas, then organize into Themes — the Double Diamond's diverge-then-converge process, built in. ## Fits You ### Academic Researchers **Pain:** Hundreds of papers, endless highlights — still no thread connects them. **Fix:** Concept nodes turn your notes into a living graph. See which ideas cluster and which stand alone — connections buried across sources surface instantly. ### Business Decision Makers **Pain:** Information isn't the problem — a clear, actionable read on it is. **Fix:** The co-occurrence matrix tracks how often concepts appear together, surfacing links search can't find and you never drew. Patterns emerge on their own. ### Minimalist Creators **Pain:** Plugins, configs, constant upkeep — the writing always comes last. **Fix:** A native Markdown editor with live highlighting, split preview, and three built-in themes. No plugins, no setup — just open it and write. ### Deep Readers **Pain:** You read, you highlight, notes pile up — more clutter, never a system. **Fix:** Every note is a card on an infinite canvas. Drag fragments into place and watch them settle into themes — until it becomes a knowledge system that's yours alone. ## Feel it spark. Start free. Unlock AI and unlimited projects with Pro whenever you're ready. [macOS · Get Now](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jotaid-markdown-notes/id6755983720?platform=mac) [iOS · Get Now](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jotaid-markdown-notes/id6755983720)