Compare.

How Catchlight compares.

Most private notes apps still ask you to make an account. Most task apps keep your notes somewhere else. Catchlight does neither: it is a zero-knowledge iPhone app with no account and no server, where a note, a task and a reminder are one thing. Here is the honest comparison with the apps you already know, strengths and all.

Notes apps.

If you're leaving a notes app.

Looking for a private Evernote alternative that needs no account? Start here.

vs Apple NotesFree and built in, but Apple holds the keys, and new UK users lose Advanced Data Protection. vs Standard NotesOpen source and encrypted, but built around an account. vs BearBeautiful markdown, synced through your iCloud, locked note by note. vs NotesnookOpen source and zero-knowledge too, but account-based and notes-only.
Task & reminder apps.

If you're tired of three apps.

If your notes, your to-dos and your reminders live in three different places, this is the case for one.

vs Apple RemindersBuilt in, but a separate app from your notes, and not encrypted by default. vs TodoistA powerful task manager, but account-based and not end-to-end encrypted. vs ThingsA gorgeous task app you buy once, but not zero-knowledge. vs TickTickTasks, calendar, habits and more, behind an account.
The common thread.

What Catchlight does that they don't.

No account, no email, no sign-up. Everything encrypted on your device with a 12-word Privacy Phrase only you hold. No server of ours for your data to sit on; optional sync uses a folder you own. And one unified item, a Take, that can be a note, a task and a reminder at once. One flat price, everything included.

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Catchlight is pre-launch; its feature set is subject to change before launch. Competitor details verified June 2026.