This note-taking app works like iMessage and can be great

If you’ve ever tried to get into the habit of taking notes but never managed to get them to stick, Note Yourself might be the app for you. The reason for this is simple: it doesn’t look or work like a note-taking app and is more like a messaging app. It looks like one, it functions like one, and it is essentially one. Except your messages aren’t going anywhere and no one can bother you either.

Note Yourself is weird, but it can also be amazing in how it works. Look, WhatsApp and some other messaging apps already have a way to send you messages. This may seem unnecessary to some, but to others it makes a lot of sense. Need to remind yourself to do something or pick something up? Put it in a one-way conversation and you have a kind of timeline of events or, in this case, notes. Note Yourself works the same way but without all the added messaging elements.

The result is an interface that looks immediately familiar and you create “cats” that are actually different notes. You can create a chat for shopping or for homework or whatever, really. But the idea remains the same: the notes are written as if it were a chat message and you hit the send button. Do you need a reminder? There is also an option for that.

Notable features include:

• Pin messages in notes so they stand out and appear as sent messages
• Communication notifications that look like chats and can be scheduled
• Store notes in separate chats
• Share, pin, delete and lock chats with a swipe left or right
• Copy, share, edit and delete individual messages with a swipe left or right
• Find a specific cat
• Dark mode support
• Voice over support
• 3D touch
• Simple and beautiful user interface
• Small haptics when interacting, enhancing the overall experience

If that sounds good to you, you can try Note Yourself now. It is available for download on the App Store and costs $2.99. If you already send yourself messages instead of notes, this might be the best app for your iPhone.

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