A minimalist, fast scratchpad for iPhone and iPad with smart list formatting, autosave, and quick Copy/Clear actions. Ideal for capturing thoughts, todos, and snippets without distractions, as if it were the back of a napkin.
- Smart lists: Type
*+ space for bullets,-+ space for dashes, or1.+ space for numbered lists. Hitting return continues the list automatically; empty list markers are cleaned up. Should function like the traditional apple notes app - Autosave: Your note is saved automatically and restored on next launch.
- Copy/Clear: Only one tap is required to copy to clipboard or clear the screen.
- SwiftUI shell + UIKit editor: The main view (
ContentView) hosts aRichTextEditorbuilt withUIViewRepresentableoverUITextViewfor rich text behaviors. - List intelligence: The editor watches your keystrokes to:
- Convert markers like
*,-, or1.into bullet/dash/numbered list prefixes when you press space. - Continue the current list on return.
- Remove an empty list line if you hit return on a line that only contains a marker.
- Convert markers like
- Persistence: The note is stored as RTF data from an
NSAttributedStringinUserDefaults, so it survives app restarts.
- Xcode 16.4 or later (project template was created with this version)
- iOS/iPadOS deployment target is currently set to 18.5 in the project settings. You can lower this in the target settings if you need to run on earlier OS versions.
Seeing as I was not about to fork over the $99 for an Apple developer subscription, you have to run it through Xcode.
- Once you have opened the cloned repo in Xcode, select the
Cachescheme. - Choose a compatible connected device or one of the iPhone or iPad simulators.
- Press Run (⌘R).
Cache/CacheApp.swift: App entry point (SwiftUIApp).Cache/ContentView.swift: Main UI; Copy/Clear actions; autosave/load.Cache/RichTextEditor.swift:UITextView-backed editor with list formatting logic.CacheTests,CacheUITests: Unit and UI test targets (Xcode templates, to be modified soon).
Do whatever you want with it.