# Unit Notes

> Unit Notes is a block-based knowledge capture app for iPhone and iPad, built natively in Swift. It combines notes, tasks, voice recordings, web page clipping, and file attachments in one modular canvas. Its signature feature is nested notes (pages inside pages) for natural hierarchical organization. Launched in 2018, featured by Apple in "New Apps We Love," rated 4.8 stars on the App Store. Works fully offline, syncing through your private iCloud.

## Full Content
- [Full site content for LLMs](https://unit.app/llms-full.txt): Complete text of all pages and blog articles in Markdown

## Pages
- [Home](https://unit.app): Overview of Unit Notes - features, how it works, user reviews, and pricing
- [Manifesto](https://unit.app/manifesto): Why Unit exists - notes are useless if they don't come back; the case for returning context
- [FAQ](https://unit.app/faq): Frequently asked questions about features, platform support, sync, and pricing
- [Changelog](https://unit.app/changelog): Release history and recent updates
- [Support](https://unit.app/support): Contact form and support email (support@unit.app)
- [Privacy Policy](https://unit.app/privacy-plain): Privacy policy
- [Terms of Service](https://unit.app/terms-plain): Terms of service

## Key Features
- Block-based content: text, to-dos, images, voice recordings, files, web bookmarks, and location blocks
- Nested notes (pages within pages) for hierarchical organization
- Collapsible headings: fold H1/H2/H3 sections like a document to keep long pages tidy
- Magic Plus button for inserting any content type at any position
- Native iOS drag and drop for rearranging blocks
- Read-it-later: save entire web pages for offline reading inside notes
- Inline voice recordings in context with other content
- Color coding and tagging for visual organization
- Multi-select and batch operations on blocks
- Full offline support with iCloud sync
- Desktop-class editing on mobile: copy, paste, move, multi-select
- App Lock with Face ID or Touch ID
- Automatic on-device backups for rolling back to earlier versions
- Lifetime one-time purchase plan, alongside monthly and annual subscriptions

## Use Cases
- Personal knowledge base / second brain on iPhone
- Combining notes and tasks in one app (alternative to using separate apps)
- Saving web articles for offline reading inside notes
- Voice note-taking with context (recordings alongside related text and tasks)
- Project organization with nested, hierarchical notes
- Notion alternative for iPhone users who need native performance and offline support

## Download
- [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unit-notes-lists-tasks/id1422480663?platform=iphone): Download Unit Notes for iPhone and iPad

## Optional

## Blog
- [Why Most Note-Taking Apps on iPhone Still Feel Broken](https://unit.app/blog/best-note-taking-app-iphone): Why most iPhone note-taking apps compromise on speed, flexibility, or content types
- [Looking for an Evernote Alternative on iPhone?](https://unit.app/blog/evernote-alternatives-ios): What to consider when switching from Evernote on iOS - web clipping, offline access, capture speed
- [Looking for a Notion Alternative on iOS?](https://unit.app/blog/notion-alternatives-ios): What to look for in a Notion alternative on iPhone - native performance, offline, touch-first editing
- [Looking for a Bear Alternative on iPhone?](https://unit.app/blog/bear-alternatives-ios): When a beautiful writing app isn't enough - voice, web clipping, tasks, and content diversity
- [A Practical System for Organizing Notes on Your Phone](https://unit.app/blog/how-to-organize-your-notes): A concrete system for organizing notes using blocks, nesting, color coding, and tags
- [When Apple Notes Isn't Enough](https://unit.app/blog/apple-notes-alternatives-ios): What to look for when you've outgrown Apple Notes - block-based editing, voice, web clipping, nested organization
- [Apple Notes vs Unit Notes: Honest Tradeoffs](https://unit.app/blog/apple-notes-vs-unit-notes): Candid comparison of Apple Notes and Unit Notes with honest tradeoffs
- [Notion vs Unit Notes: Same Philosophy, Different Tradeoffs](https://unit.app/blog/notion-vs-unit-notes): Both are block-based but built for different platforms and audiences
- [Your Phone Is Your Best Knowledge Management Tool](https://unit.app/blog/personal-knowledge-base-iphone): Why mobile-first beats desktop-first for personal knowledge management
- [Looking for a Things 3 Alternative?](https://unit.app/blog/things3-alternatives-ios): When you need tasks with context - notes, voice memos, web references alongside your to-dos
- [Looking for a Todoist Alternative on iPhone?](https://unit.app/blog/todoist-alternatives-ios): When you want tasks and notes living together natively on iOS instead of separate apps
- [Love Things 3? Here's an App That Does Tasks and Notes Together](https://unit.app/blog/things3-alternative-notes-tasks): How Unit combines Things 3-style task management with full note-taking
- [Looking for a Craft Alternative on iPhone?](https://unit.app/blog/craft-alternatives-ios): When you need more than polished documents - voice recordings, web clipping, personal knowledge management
- [Looking for a Workflowy Alternative on iPhone?](https://unit.app/blog/workflowy-alternatives-ios): When you need rich content types alongside hierarchical nesting - beyond plain text outlines
- [Notes, Tasks, and AI Are Merging](https://unit.app/blog/notes-tasks-ai-are-merging): How AI agents, notes, and tasks are converging into active knowledge systems
- [The Best Note-Taking Apps in 2026](https://unit.app/blog/best-note-taking-apps-2026): Candid comparison of 14 note-taking apps with feature tables and honest pros/cons
- [The Best Journaling Apps for iPhone in 2026](https://unit.app/blog/best-journaling-apps-iphone-2026): Hands-on look at 10 journaling apps for iPhone with honest pros, cons, and comparison table
- [Read It Later Is Broken. Here's What Comes Next.](https://unit.app/blog/read-it-later-is-broken): Why the read-it-later model fails, how AI is turning saved content into queryable knowledge bases, and why where you save articles matters more than ever