Raven keeps Markdown notes
Native for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Fast, offline, and yours to keep.
Refunds handled by Apple.
The problem
Apple Notes and Bear lock your files away. Obsidian hands you a workshop.
Loving your app shouldn't mean losing your files.
Raven gives you both.
Ownership
Your files, not ours.
Plain .md files in your folder. Move them, back them up, or leave whenever you want.
Speed
No spinners, ever.
Fast to open, fast to search, even offline. The app keeps up with you.
Native
Built for Apple.
A real Mac, iPhone, and iPad app. Widgets, Shortcuts, and MCP come built in.
Plain files, with room to grow.
A folder of plain Markdown. Add journal, tasks, tables, and AI as you go. The files never change.
Choose a folder
1. Your first note is already a file.
Write in Raven. Open the same .md file in Finder, git, Claude, Codex, Cursor, or any editor. No database between you and your words.
Why owning your files matters
Start writing
2. Add structure when you need it.
Journal, tasks, tables, backlinks, and tags appear the moment you reach for them — beautifully rendered as you write, plain Markdown underneath.
Learn how Markdown structure works
Automate around it
3. Hand your vault to Claude.
On your Mac, connect Claude, Cursor, Codex, or any local MCP client. It reads your notes, and only edits when you allow it. The files never leave your folder.
Learn more about AI-friendly notesOn every device
One vault. Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
The same notes, native on every Apple device. Start on your Mac, finish on your phone.
How Raven compares
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 Raven |  Obsidian |  Bear |  Apple Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plugin ecosystem | — | — | — | |
| Graph view | — | — | — | |
| Backlinks | — | — | ||
| Plain .md files on disk | — | — | ||
| Native Apple experience | — | |||
| Markdown tables | ||||
| Daily / weekly Journal | — | — | ||
| Tasks across notes | — | — | ||
| Home Screen widgets | — | |||
| Shortcuts / App Intents | Varies | Varies | ||
| Review-first capture | — | — | — | |
| Claude / MCP friendly | — | |||
| Attachments / media | — | |||
| Mermaid diagrams | Soon | — | — |
Obsidian ownership, less setup.
Keep Markdown files, folders, and backlinks. Skip the plugin decisions and open a native Apple app.
Bear-like writing, files you own.
Keep the quiet Apple feel. Store every note as a plain .md file in a folder you control.
Apple Notes ease, real Markdown.
Keep the native feel. Add Markdown, backlinks, tables, and files you can open outside the app.
pricing
$14 lifetime is available through July 31, 2026. New purchases become subscriptions on August 1, 2026.
Now
$14
Lifetime
Buy before August 1, 2026. Includes all future updates.
Payment and refunds by Apple.
Mac, iPhone, iPad
Plain .md files
Companion, MCP, CLI
Later
From August 1, 2026Subscription
The only option once lifetime closes on August 1, 2026.
Monthly
$2.49
Yearly
paid once a year
$24.99
Buy lifetime now and skip this.
Who built this
I have spent 10+ years building Mac, iPhone, and iPad apps in Swift, including sync systems for businesses where missed data meant support tickets, broken workflows, and angry customers. That work makes you careful.
Raven starts with plain files for that reason. Sync, capture, and Companion are useful additions, but a note should stay readable in a normal folder.
Companion reads only after you allow access. Writes need a separate permission. I wanted the kind of app I trust with my own notes: native, fast, careful with writes, and open enough for Claude, Cursor, git, or any editor to read without an export ritual.
