
Reflect
Reflect is a note-taking app for daily notes, linked thinking, and private AI work with your own files.
What Reflect is
Reflect is a note-taking app for daily notes, linked thinking, and private AI work with your own files. Reflect Open stores notes as plain Markdown in a folder you choose, alongside a local SQLite index that can be rebuilt. Daily notes, wiki-style links, backlinks, and full-text search support organization, while optional semantic search runs on-device. Optional AI chat uses your own API key, and private notes are blocked from external AI calls. You can record audio memos and optionally transcribe them using your provider key. Sync is available through iCloud Drive or Git using files you own, and the Reflect Capture Chrome extension clips web content into notes. Reflect describes the app as open source; its App Store listing says it has no account, telemetry, or Reflect-hosted cloud service. Platforms include web, macOS, iOS, and a Chrome extension. Note sharing and integrations include Zapier, Readwise, Google Calendar, Outlook, Kindle, Chrome, and Safari. Reflect is made by an indie group of engineers distributed across the globe and based in Austin, Texas. The Reflect plan is $10 a month billed annually; Reflect Open is a free download with in-app purchases available.
Good
- Stores notes as plain Markdown in a chosen folder
- Offers backlinks and full-text search
- Optional semantic search runs on-device
- Syncs through iCloud Drive or Git
- Available on web, macOS, iOS, and Chrome
Watch out
- AI chat requires your own API key
- Reflect plan is billed annually
- Reflect Open has in-app purchases available
Who it suits
Reflect may suit people who want Markdown notes stored in a chosen folder, linked note organization, and optional on-device semantic search. It is also relevant to users who prefer syncing their own files through iCloud Drive or Git and using their own API key for optional AI features.
Verdict
Reflect combines local-first Markdown notes with linked organization and optional search, audio, and AI features. Its plans differ: Reflect Open is a free download with in-app purchases, while the Reflect plan costs $10 a month billed annually.
Plans and prices
From Reflect's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Reflect | $10 a month | Networked note-taking · Chrome and Safari web clipper · Kindle offline sync · End-to-end encryption · Kindle highlights sync · iOS app · billed annually |
| Reflect Open | Free | Free download · in-app purchases available |
| Reflect Pro Monthly | $9.99 a month | iPhone and iPad app subscription · Reflect Pro Monthly $9.99 |
| Reflect Pro Yearly | $99 a year | iPhone and iPad app subscription · Reflect Pro Yearly $99.00 |
The facts
Each one read from Reflect's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI
- Optional AI chat works with the user’s own API key, and private notes are blocked from external AI calls.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Audio
- Reflect supports audio memos and optional transcription using the user’s own provider key.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Capture
- The Reflect Capture Chrome extension clips web content into notes.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Zapier,Readwise,Google Calendar,Outlook,Kindle,Chrome,Safarichecked 20 Sep 2026
- Notes
- Notes are stored as plain Markdown in a folder the user chooses, with a rebuildable local SQLite index alongside them.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Note sharing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Open source
- Reflect describes the app as open source and links to its source code on GitHub.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Organization
- The app offers daily notes, wiki-style links, backlinks, and full-text search.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 10checked 20 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- The App Store listing says Reflect has no account, no telemetry, and no Reflect-hosted cloud service.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Reflect Open is a local-first note-taking app for daily notes, linked thinking, and private AI over users’ own files.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Semantic search
- Optional semantic search runs on-device.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Reflect provides product documentation and a contact page through Reflect Academy.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Sync
- Users can sync through iCloud Drive or Git using files they own.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Team
- Reflect says it is built by an indie group of engineers distributed across the globe.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The maker provides downloads for macOS Apple Silicon and Intel, an iPhone and iPad app, and a Chrome extension.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- web,macos,ios,chrome_extensionchecked 20 Sep 2026
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