Full-page writing
Open a note as its own paper surface on iPhone or iPad. The page fills the window while focused first-party tools stay close without turning writing into a workspace.
Follow the thread back to your thought.
Crafted is a focused native notes app built around a distinct retrieval loop: capture on full-page paper, recognize thoughts in a chronological Color Thread, rediscover explainable local connections, and find any remembered word without an account.
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Capture, recognize, rediscover
The Color Thread
Ten named paper colors form a continuous chronological trail. Color becomes a visual memory cue you can scan without maintaining folders, tags, or databases.
Related Thoughts
Crafted finds up to three useful connections on-device and shows the shared terms behind every match. The result is explainable, deterministic, and private.
Close at hand, and nowhere else
Spotlight
Search every title and body inside Crafted with visible match emphasis, or opt in to finding notes from Spotlight and Siri without opening the app first.
The Crafted widget
Pin an existing note in the read-only small, medium, or large Home Screen widget and open that exact note through its deep link.
Local-first privacy
Notes are designed around on-device storage first, with no accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking of any kind.
Preparing for release
Crafted is being prepared for release on iPhone and iPad. Core note capture, editing, deletion, Color Thread, Related Thoughts, search, Spotlight, and the read-only widget are free. Optional Lifetime Access is a $19.99 one-time purchase with no subscription for supported on-device dictation, eligible Apple Intelligence actions, and seven Siri & Shortcuts actions. Neither the app nor the purchase is publicly available yet, so this page intentionally provides no App Store offer.
Maker note
Why Crafted refuses to become a workspace
Crafted is not a workspace, a wiki, or a project manager—on purpose. Every notes app I have loved eventually collapsed under databases, backlinks, and dashboards, until writing a note felt like filling in a form. I built Crafted to stay focused: write on full-page paper, follow the Color Thread, see why thoughts connect, and trust full-content search to find them again.
Daniel · solo developer behind Crafter AppsCrafted questions
What exactly is Crafted?
A focused native notes app with full-page writing, a chronological ten-color Color Thread, explainable on-device Related Thoughts, and title-and-body search.
Is it a workspace or project manager?
No. Crafted is deliberately not a workspace, a wiki, or a project manager. It is a focused, beautiful notes app for your thoughts.
Which devices does it run on?
Crafted is universal for iPhone and iPad, with adaptive full-width layouts, optional Spotlight indexing, and a read-only Home Screen widget.
Where do my notes live?
Notes are designed around on-device storage first. There are no accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking.
What is free, and what does Lifetime Access unlock?
Core notes, Color Thread, Related Thoughts, search, Spotlight, and the widget stay free. Lifetime Access is an optional $19.99 one-time purchase with no subscription for capabilities the current device can provide: supported on-device dictation, eligible Apple Intelligence actions, and seven Siri & Shortcuts actions.
When can I download it?
Not yet. Crafted is being prepared for App Store release, so this page carries no download badge or offer until the public listing is available.