Sindre Sorhus (the app-producing whirlwind behind 38 free Mac apps, 15 free iOS apps, and a handful of paid apps, all high quality) has a new app out: Scratchpad.
It’s a plain text scratchpad, launchable from the dock, menu bar, or keyboard shortcut, and can be synced between your devices with iCloud.
It’s currently free.
I know there’s competing apps for these purposes, but so far Scratchpad hits the simplicity sweet spot for me. And I share Sindre’s appreciation of unicorns, so it clearly must be the best choice.
It’s a nice app, like all of Sindre’s. If you’re looking for a dead-simple app with slightly more functionality (Markdown support, checkboxes and additional fonts), I’d recommend Quick Draft. Both apps have Shortcuts support.
What a useful idea for a tool. Unfortunately I’ve encountered a few bugs - iCloud sync isn’t working, on iPhone in dark mode the text is disappearing. (I’m on the public beta of iOS, so it might be that). I’ll give Quick Draft a go.
I love the ethos of simplicity behind his apps, though.
One Task — Sindre Sorhus – “You can achieve almost anything in life — as long as you focus on achieving one thing at a time. It’s a time-tested strategy that’s been shared by many successful people.”