Stupid Notes

Stupid Notes stores notes as plain text, so there is no markup to remember and no formatting to fight. You open a notepad and type. The trade-off is intentional: what you write stays portable and readable, and you never spend time styling a shopping list.

Every note supports simple checklists, which is where the app earns its keep for errands and daily tasks. You tick items off as you go, and a recurring list such as groceries can be reused instead of rebuilt. It covers the to-do job most people actually use a notes app for.

Notepads act as lightweight folders, making the app a simple notepad organizer. You can keep one per project, per person, or per life area without a nested tree to maintain. If you need more than the free limit allows, Stupid Pro removes the cap.

Stupid Search is the app's own search tool, and the developer's release notes call it out as the focus of updates. It scans your notepads for the term you type so you can retrieve an old note without remembering which notepad holds it. For anyone who accumulates hundreds of notes, this is the feature that keeps the app usable.

Notes are rarely in the right notepad the first time. Stupid Notes lets you move a note to another notepad or copy it, so a rough draft can become a finished list in a different context. It keeps organization flexible without forcing you to retype.

The app is built for iPhone and iPad on iOS and iPadOS 18 or later, so it uses native controls and gestures rather than a cross-platform wrapper. The result is a fast, small download that feels at home on Apple hardware. It also means there is no Android, web, or Windows version.