Press Kit
Everything you need to write about
BindNotes.
Logos, screenshots, fact sheet, founder bio, and contact. If you need anything else — an interview, custom screenshots, a build for review — email [email protected].
Boilerplate
BindNotes is a handwritten notebook app for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Its defining feature: you can lasso any strokes on a page and turn the selection into a tappable link to another page — the selected strokes are copied into the link target so the connection feels like a thought continuing, not a dead reference. Built on a custom Metal renderer with Apple Pencil at the center. iCloud Drive sync, no account, no analytics. Free with a one-time Pro purchase for PDF import, export, and a few extras. No subscription.
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One-liner
"An iPad notebook where you lasso handwriting and turn it into a link to another page."
Fact sheet
- Name
- BindNotes
- Tagline
- Linked handwritten notes
- Platforms
- iPad, iPhone, Mac (universal app)
- Requirements
- iOS / iPadOS 26+, macOS 26+
- Pricing
- Free with one-time Pro in-app purchase. No subscription.
- Languages
- English, Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Privacy
- No accounts, no analytics, no servers. Notebooks live in iCloud Drive on the user's account.
- Tech
- Custom Metal stroke renderer, Apple Pencil-first input, SQLite per-notebook storage, iCloud Drive sync, modular Swift Package architecture.
- First released
- 2026
Key features
- Lasso → link → jump. Select strokes with the lasso tool, turn the selection into a link to a new or existing page. Selected strokes are copied to the destination so the link feels like a thought continuing.
- Page Overview. Visual graph of every page connection in a notebook. Spot orphans, find hubs, navigate by tapping.
- Headers and outline. H1–H5 levels on any page; the notebook builds a navigable outline automatically.
- PDF import and annotation (Pro). Import any PDF; pen, highlighter, and lasso tools work on every page. The highlighter lifts pixels off the document — highlights become workable visual elements.
- PDF export with clickable links (Pro). Export your notebook as a PDF with internal cross-references preserved. An outline page is auto-generated.
- Custom Metal rendering. Built specifically for the lasso-link gesture, which needed raw stroke geometry that PencilKit doesn't expose.
- iCloud Drive sync. One file per notebook. No account on the BindNotes side.
- No AI. Intentionally — the product is about human thinking. No handwriting recognition runs on user notes.
Why it exists
Most digital notebooks treat your notes as a stack of pages — linear, page after page, dead ends. The web of your thinking doesn't fit that. BindNotes is a bet that handwriting becomes more useful when it can branch: when a sketch on one page can become a doorway to another. The lasso-to-link gesture is the smallest unit of that idea.
Founder
BindNotes is built by John Veresk, a solo developer working on iOS and macOS. The app is independent, self-funded, and not seeking investment. For interviews, contact [email protected].
Assets
High-resolution logos, app icons, and device-framed screenshots are available on request — email [email protected] with the angle you're covering and we'll send a curated set within 24 hours.
A self-serve ZIP download will live here soon. For now, screenshots on the homepage are free to use with attribution.
Review codes
BindNotes Pro review codes are available for journalists, YouTubers, and reviewers. Email [email protected] with a brief description of where coverage will appear and how many codes you'd need.
Contact
- Press
- [email protected]
- Support
- [email protected]
- Community
- r/BindNotes