No folders to choose
Open the app and write. There is no notebook to pick and no tags to remember. Onuri saves drafts as you go.
Also from the maker of Stillkeep
Onuri: the notes app for everything else.
Stillkeep keeps the moments you photograph. Onuri: Notes & Life Tracker keeps everything you write down: ideas, plans, people, conversations and the small details you want to remember. It is a free, private notes app for iPhone that connects the people, places, dates, times and topics in your writing automatically, so you never have to file anything.
Why two apps
Photos and notes need different homes.
Stillkeep started from one observation: a photo shows what happened, but the story of why it mattered fades unless you keep it with the picture. That works beautifully for trips, milestones and chapters of life, and those are visual by nature.
Much of what is worth remembering has no photo at all. A friend's new job, the name of a restaurant someone recommended, a half-formed idea, the date you last serviced the car, what the doctor said. Those things belong in notes, and ordinary notes apps tend to bury them in folders you stop checking.
Onuri was built for that side of life. You write naturally and Onuri recognises the context inside your words, on your device, then links each note to every other note that mentions the same person, place, date or topic. Weeks later, tapping a name brings back everything you ever wrote about them.
What Onuri does
A second brain without the upkeep.
Onuri shares Stillkeep's principles: calm, private, no feed and no filing chores.
People, places, dates, times, topics
Onuri recognises context on the device and links related notes for you. You never have to add a wiki-style link by hand.
Search and smart filters
Full-text search plus filters for people, places, dates, times and topics. Related entries surface notes with similar meaning even when the wording differs.
Notice your own patterns
Over time your notes become a quiet record of who you see, where you go and what you think about. Premium Insights show recurring people, places, time patterns and themes.
Data Not Collected
Like Stillkeep, Onuri has no ads, no third-party analytics SDKs and no cross-app tracking. Notes sync only through your own iCloud account.
Unlimited notes
The free version includes unlimited notes and the core connection features, with TXT and CSV export so your writing stays portable.
Inside Onuri
What Onuri v2 looks like on iPhone.
Stillkeep or Onuri?
Which app for which memory.
Many people use both: Stillkeep for the photos worth keeping, Onuri for the thoughts in between.
When there is a photo
A trip, a wedding, a baby's first year, a weekend hike. Keep the pictures with the story, grouped into an Era, and export it later as a PDF photobook.
When it is words
Ideas, meeting notes, plans, book quotes, what a friend told you over coffee. Onuri connects it all by person, place, date and topic. See its guide to a second brain on iPhone.
To remember people
Birthdays, kids' names, the thing they were worried about last time. Onuri works as a lightweight personal CRM without the spreadsheet feeling.
To track your life
Habits, symptoms, workouts, small wins. Short notes add up to a private life tracker that you can filter by date and topic.
Onuri at a glance
Product facts.
Onuri: Notes & Life Tracker
A private notes, second-brain and life-tracking app for iPhone.
iPhone · iOS 17.6+
Available on the Apple App Store in the Productivity category, with a free tier and optional Onuri Premium.
August 2026
Built in Dublin, Ireland by John-Henry Roche, the developer of Stillkeep.
English, Japanese, Korean
The app and onuri.app are available in all three languages.
Explore onuri.app
Onuri guides and resources.
Everything on the Onuri website, grouped by what you want to know. You can also browse all Onuri resources or the full site contents.
Start here
How Onuri works
A visual walkthrough: write a normal note, watch Onuri detect people, places and dates, then follow the connections.
About Onuri
The story behind the app, why it is folderless and who builds it.
What is new in Onuri v2
Home-screen filters, related entries, dark mode, themes and Insights.
Notes app for iPhone
Quick capture that you can actually find again later.
Guides
Note-taking apps and second brains
The complete guide to organising notes without folders and building a personal second brain.
10 note-taking methods explained
Cornell, Zettelkasten, PARA, bullet journal and more, with a quiz to find yours.
What do you need to remember?
Twenty things worth writing down about people, places, dates and topics, with example notes.
100 life tracking ideas
Practical things to track in a private notes app, from health to habits to people.
Onuri for…
A free notes app
What the free version includes: unlimited notes and automatic connections.
Private notes
On-device recognition, private iCloud sync and Data Not Collected.
An Apple Notes alternative
How connected notes differ from folders and how to switch.
Life tracking
Turn short everyday notes into a private life log you can filter by date and topic.
Remembering people
Use Onuri as a lightweight personal CRM for friends, family and contacts.
Personal knowledge management
A low-maintenance PKM app for ideas, reading and research.
Quick answers
Onuri FAQ
Is Onuri made by the same people as Stillkeep?
Yes. Both apps are designed and built by John-Henry Roche in Ireland, with the same privacy approach.
Is Onuri free?
Yes. Onuri is free to download with unlimited notes. Onuri Premium is an optional subscription that adds Insights, to-dos with Ongoing and Done, colour themes and alternate app icons, from €2.99 a month.
Do Stillkeep and Onuri share data?
No. They are separate apps and each keeps its data on your device and in your own private iCloud account. Neither app collects your data.
Can Onuri replace Apple Notes?
For personal notes, many people use it that way. Onuri's comparison page explains the differences: Apple Notes alternative.
Try it
Write it down. Find it again.
Onuri is free on the App Store for iPhone. If you like how Stillkeep keeps your photos, you will feel at home with how Onuri keeps your notes.