Vault Notes
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Vault Notes, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Vault Notes's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | Free | Whole app on one device · editor, canvas and navigation features · Privacy Mode and command palette · Obsidian vault import · $0 / forever |
| Pro | $4.99 a month | All devices you own · billed monthly |
| Pro | $49.99 a year | All devices you own · 2 months free |
| Pro monthly | $4.99 a month | Google Drive sync across devices · automatic cloud backup · one subscription covers every device · $4.99 / month |
| Pro yearly | $49.99 a year | Google Drive sync across devices · automatic cloud backup · one subscription covers every device · $49.99 / year — 2 months free |
The facts
Each one read from Vault Notes's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Canvas and boards
- The app includes an infinite canvas for arranging notes, images and text, plus markdown-based kanban boards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The maker says it operates no server that stores or reads notes and does not sell user data, show ads, analyze note content or use notes to train AI.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editor
- The live markdown editor renders headings, tables, task lists, callouts and code as the user types.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Google Drive sync
- Pro syncs notes and attachments directly with a folder in the user's own Google Drive using the drive.file scope.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Import
- The Normal plan includes Obsidian vault import.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Google Drivechecked 20 Sep 2026
- iPad support
- The iPad app supports Apple Pencil sketching, with editable drawings stored in notes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Links
- Wikilinks support hover previews, backlinks and embedding whole notes or sections inline.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notes and history
- Vault Notes offers automatic daily notes, timestamp timelines, split view, tabs and built-in version history.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Offline use
- The app works offline without an account, and its free tier includes the whole app on one device.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy mode
- Public View can hide flagged folders and media on a schedule or by command, and the site says Touch ID can blur the app when it loses focus.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Vault Notes is a local-first markdown workspace whose notes are plain files stored in a folder the user chooses.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- Downloads are listed for macOS 12 or later on Apple silicon, Windows 10 and 11 64-bit, x86-64 Linux AppImage, and iOS/iPadOS 18 or later.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- macOS,Windows,Linux,iOSchecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Target users and maker
- The site describes Vault Notes as built by one person for people who keep their own notes.checked 11 Oct 2026
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