Questions people actually ask

No. Notes apps store. Clevernotes tries to get you a next step. Capture is the start; follow-through is the job — tasks, reminders, lists, projects, and a day view so open loops don’t pile up.

Mac and iPhone now. Share web pages from Safari or any mobile browser (full page content, not just a link). Chrome and Safari extensions are coming. Android and Windows are next.

There’s no Evernote import yet, and you don’t need one to decide. Use Clevernotes for this week’s loose ends — voice notes, receipts, meetings — and leave the archive where it is. Full story: Clevernotes vs. Evernote.

Yes during beta. No credit card. No feature gates. We’ll give 30 days’ notice before any paid plan—and beta members will be grandfathered into early pricing.

Usable for daily capture and follow-through, still shipping hard. Things can change; you may hit bugs. We want real feedback before a wider launch. Pace of shipping: What’s New.

Enter your email on the homepage. We’ll send your invite and install steps for Mac and iPhone. In the app, sign in with Apple, Google, or email.

Request access with your email. We’ll send access and install steps when your spot is ready. Then install on Mac and/or iPhone, sign in, capture something messy, and try accepting your first next-step suggestion. We only use your email for beta access and major product updates.

Suggested next steps after you capture something — a task, reminder, list item, or event. One tap to keep it. One tap to throw it away. Nothing gets added unless you say yes.

A full walkthrough (including the lunch-with-Sarah example) is on the Features page.

Yes. Ask in plain language — “What did we decide about pricing?” Answers come from your own captures and link back to the source so you can check. You can also ask it to clean up duplicate tasks, move work into a project, or draft a follow-up from a meeting note.

Built-in features (transcribe, read images, Sparks, search, chat) use Google Gemini. You can also bring your own API key for other providers in chat. When you use your own key, that provider’s terms apply to what you send. Some work, like local search indexing, runs on your device.

Your notes are not used to train Clevernotes models. Built-in Gemini processing is under terms that don’t train Google models on your content. If you connect another service with your own key, that provider’s terms apply. Full details: Privacy Policy.

Only what that request needs: audio for transcription, an image to read, or the text you’re summarizing. Results (transcripts, suggestions) are encrypted on your device before they sync to the cloud.

“That restaurant Sarah recommended” can find the voice note even if you never said “restaurant.” Keyword search still works too. Search text is processed for the request and not kept as a permanent readable archive.

No readable copy at rest. Private Storage is on for every account. Notes are encrypted on your device before they sync. We don’t store a copy of notes, real titles, transcripts, files, summaries, or search data that we can open. Your sign-in password is not the note key. Support can’t open private content for you.

Two honest details:

• We still keep basic account and sync metadata (timestamps, entry types, redacted placeholders such as “Private Entry”) so the service can run.
• When you use AI (transcribe, Sparks, ask a question), only what’s needed can pass through Clevernotes servers and the selected AI provider for that request — then results are encrypted again before sync. Encryption at rest is not the same as “never leaves your device.”

That’s what we mean by private storage on every account. More depth: Features → Privacy and the Privacy Policy.

On your device first. When you sync, the cloud copy lives on Google Firebase in the US (us-central1). Content is encrypted before upload. Connections are encrypted in transit.

Share notes with someone else while keeping the content encrypted between members. We sync the space; we can’t read the notes. The owner approves every join. Invite links put the secret part after the # in the URL (not sent to our servers). We only see a short invite preview: a label the owner chose, who sent it, and a member count.

Private notes need one of your trusted devices or your 24-word recovery key. Lose every device and the key, and we cannot recover those notes — that’s the point of private. We’ll walk you through saving the key once, like a password manager. Don’t email the key to support.

Not right now. Email would hit our cloud before a trusted device could encrypt it, so we disabled that path. A future flow that stays device-owned could bring it back without a cloud-readable step.

Yes for capture and browsing — notes live on your device. Features that need cloud AI (transcription, image reading) need a connection. Changes sync when you’re back online.

Yes, from the app anytime. You can also email privacy@clevernotes.ai for a full copy of stored data.

Yes. Use account deletion in app settings when it’s available on your build, or email privacy@clevernotes.ai. Cloud data is permanently deleted within 30 days. The device where you delete the account clears its local copy during deletion. Other devices may keep a local copy until you sign out or uninstall the app.

Yes. The local API / MCP server is off by default on Mac. Enable it, require an API key, connect tools (Claude, Codex, etc.), and revoke anytime in AI Models settings. You can also choose built-in or bring-your-own-key AI providers there. Data Controls show Private Storage is active and cover recovery keys, trusted devices, app lock, generated memory, deleting generated AI data, and crash diagnostics.

A standard way for tools like Claude or Codex to connect to apps you choose. In Clevernotes it means a compatible local assistant can work with your notes and tasks when you turn access on. Most people can ignore the name and just think “optional connect to Claude.”

No. Entirely opt-in. Nothing outside the app sees your data until you connect a tool from the Mac app. Revoke anytime in Local Tools & Agents settings.

With access on: search notes, manage todos and reminders, organize projects and lists, read calendar events, and answer questions from what you saved.

Product and bugs: feedback@clevernotes.ai. Privacy and data: privacy@clevernotes.ai. Beta tips: support page.