manan

manan (मनन) means contemplation: quiet, deliberate thought. It is a markdown writing app that gets out of your way: live formatting that reads like a book, eight carefully tuned themes, and a focus mode for the paragraph in front of you. Everything you write is saved as an ordinary file in your own iCloud Drive, so it is always yours.

Then you can simply talk. Tap the microphone, speak, and manan keeps the recording with a player and writes down what you said, all on your device.

• Live markdown that looks like a finished page: headings, lists, checklists, quotes, links and images.
• Eight themes in light and dark, a reading view, and focus modes that dim everything but the paragraph you are on.
• Projects and nested folders, full-text search, and a Trash that keeps deleted notes recoverable.

• Record a voice note in one tap, from the Action Button, a widget, Siri or your Apple Watch.
• Transcription happens on your device. Your audio is never sent to a server.
• The recording stays in the note with a player and waveform, and every voice note collects in its own project.

• Notes are plain .md files in your own iCloud Drive, readable by any other app, today and in ten years.
• Works offline and syncs across iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account, no ads, no tracking.
• Share a note or recording, save to Files, or export as Word or PDF.

iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 17 or later, Mac with macOS 14 or later, and Apple Watch with watchOS 10 or later. The newest on-device transcription needs version 26. manan is free, with no account, no ads and no in-app purchases.