Commonplace

Old notes, brought back up.

Commonplace keeps everything you write, year on year. Each morning it digs out a few older notes that bear on what you’re working on today.

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This morning

Because you’ve been writing about how to study

  1. Write the question, not the answerWritten April 2024
  2. Seneca’s letters were notesWritten June 2023
  3. Spacing beats rereadingWritten November 2021
2026212 notes2025418 notes2024390 notes2023301 notes2022176 notes202193 notesKeep the bedroom coldMorning pages, week 3Caffeine lasts 5 hoursNaps under 20 minutesDrafts rot in foldersMemento mori, weeklyThe forgetting curvePractise being uncomfortableWhy I sleep badly in hotelsReading list: EbbinghausWrite the question, not the answerSeneca’s letters were notesSpacing beats rereading

Everything goes in. Nothing gets lost.

Capture from anywhere
Press ⌥ Space in any app to jot a note. Clip web pages, forward emails, record voice memos.
Links as you write
While you type, Commonplace lists older notes on the same idea. Link one with a keystroke.
Search by meaning
“Why cramming fails” finds the note you titled “Spacing beats rereading.”
Files on your disk
Plain Markdown in a folder you choose. Works offline. Ten years from now, still readable.

Pricing

Free

Unlimited notes and every feature, on one device.

$5 a month

Sync across all your devices, end-to-end encrypted, with a year of version history.

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