Raven

Whatever you write in today.

Raven is a native Markdown notes app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad that keeps every note as a plain .md file. Pick the app you use now.

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US$14 lifetime through August 31, 2026. Apple handles refunds.

Switching from another app?

Raven vs Obsidian

Same .md vault and [[wiki-links]], in an app that was finished when you installed it.

Obsidian alternative Raven vs Bear

Bear's quiet feel, but every note is a plain .md file instead of a database row.

Bear alternative Raven vs Apple's apps

Notes, Reminders, and Journal in one native app, stored as files agents can read.

Apple Notes alternative

What you’d be switching to.

Folders holding plain .md note files

Plain .md files

Every note is a real .md file in a folder you own.

An iPhone showing this week's daily journal entries
A checklist with one task ticked off and another due today

Tasks & Kanban

Checklists, a Kanban board, and reminders that nudge.

The same notes open on an iPhone and a Mac side by side

On every device

Native apps, not Electron.

Labels for Markdown features: mermaid, images, table, headings, list, tag, links, code and callout

Rich Markdown

A lightning bolt above the text: under 0.5 seconds, local-first

Sub-second launch, online or off. No spinners.

OpenAI, terminal and Claude marks around the raven-cli tool, over icons for notes, tasks and journal

AI-ready

Claude, Codex, and MCP clients read your files directly.

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Get Raven for life.

One purchase includes Raven and future updates.

US$14 one time

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Lifetime offer ends August 31, 2026. Apple handles refunds.

From September 2026

New purchases are US$25/year.