spb/tools-spboucher-ai

1{2  "slug": "apple-notes",3  "name": "Apple Notes",4  "aliases": [5    "Notes (Apple)",6    "iCloud Notes"7  ],8  "vendor": {9    "name": "Apple Inc.",10    "slug": "apple",11    "website": "https://www.apple.com"12  },13  "homepage_url": "https://support.apple.com/guide/notes/welcome/mac",14  "docs_url": "https://support.apple.com/guide/notes/welcome/mac",15  "privacy_url": "https://www.apple.com/privacy/",16  "product_type": "application",17  "product_status": "active",18  "summary": "Apple's built-in notes app for Mac, iPhone, iPad and iCloud.com with folders, tags, attachments, handwriting, shared notes and on-device search",19  "description": "Apple Notes is the note-taking application bundled with macOS, iOS, iPadOS and visionOS and available in the browser at iCloud.com. It offers rich-text notes with checklists, tables, attachments, scanned documents, handwriting and sketches on iPad, tags and smart folders, locked notes, collaborative shared notes and folders, Quick Note capture, and system-wide integration such as linking to other notes, mentions and Siri. Notes sync through iCloud and can also be stored in IMAP accounts. For Apple users it is a free, low-friction capture tool with reliable search and OCR of images. It has no plugin system or public API beyond AppleScript and Shortcuts, exports are limited (PDF or copy-paste; no Markdown), it is unavailable on Windows and Android except through the iCloud website, and it lacks backlinks and the structural features of dedicated knowledge-management tools.",20  "capabilities": [21    "Rich text, checklists, tables and attachments",22    "Handwriting and sketching on iPad with Apple Pencil",23    "Tags, smart folders and locked notes",24    "Shared notes and folders with collaborators",25    "Document scanning and image text search",26    "iCloud sync and web access"27  ],28  "workflows": [29    "Capture quick ideas across devices and refine them later",30    "Scan receipts and documents into searchable notes"31  ],32  "advantages": [33    "Free and preinstalled on Apple devices",34    "Tight system integration and reliable sync"35  ],36  "limitations": [37    "No Markdown export or public API",38    "Apple-platform centric; web access only elsewhere",39    "No backlinks, plugins or databases"40  ],41  "prerequisites": [42    "Apple device or iCloud account"43  ],44  "audiences": [45    "Apple users wanting a simple notes app",46    "Teams sharing quick checklists"47  ],48  "alternatives": [49    "bear",50    "obsidian",51    "notion",52    "craft"53  ],54  "comparison_notes": "Bear and Craft are paid Apple-native editors with Markdown and richer organisation; Obsidian stores open Markdown files with links and plugins; Notion adds databases and collaboration in the cloud.",55  "categories": [56    {57      "slug": "knowledge-management",58      "primary": true59    },60    {61      "slug": "productivity-suites"62    }63  ],64  "tags": [65    "notes",66    "macos",67    "ios",68    "icloud",69    "apple"70  ],71  "use_cases": [72    "manage-notes"73  ],74  "operating_systems": [75    "macos",76    "ios",77    "web"78  ],79  "execution_modes": [80    "local",81    "cloud"82  ],83  "interfaces": [84    "desktop",85    "mobile",86    "web"87  ],88  "deployment_models": [89    "desktop"90  ],91  "integrations": [92    "iCloud",93    "Shortcuts",94    "AppleScript",95    "Siri"96  ],97  "data_formats": [98    "Rich text",99    "PDF export"100  ],101  "languages": [],102  "source_model": "proprietary",103  "pricing_model": [104    "free"105  ],106  "self_hostable": false,107  "sources": [108    {109      "url": "https://support.apple.com/guide/notes/welcome/mac",110      "type": "official_site",111      "supports": [112        "name",113        "summary",114        "capabilities"115      ],116      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",117      "title": "Notes User Guide for Mac"118    },119    {120      "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notes/id1110145109",121      "type": "official_docs",122      "supports": [123        "operating_systems",124        "pricing_model"125      ],126      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",127      "title": "Notes on the App Store"128    },129    {130      "url": "https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/welcome/icloud",131      "type": "official_docs",132      "supports": [133        "capabilities"134      ],135      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",136      "title": "iCloud User Guide"137    }138  ],139  "confidence": "high",140  "depth": "standard",141  "featured": false,142  "discovery_method": "editorial-research",143  "editorial_status": "reviewed",144  "visibility": "public",145  "author": "batch-F"146}147