Shortnotes — Quick Reference
Ilya Gorodnyanskiy Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touchMacApple Watch
Shortnotes — Quick Reference is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Ilya Gorodnyanskiy. Rated 4.1/5 from 12 ratings. Requires iOS 18.6.
- Rating
- 4.1
- 12 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 19 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 25
- 2026 · v8.0
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About Shortnotes — Quick Reference
Shortnotes is perfect for all the little stuff that is not a "real" note. Your colleague's name, license plate, codes, room numbers, medicine names etc. Just put them down in one place and access them on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Organize your notes in folders, attach tags and photos. View your favorite notes in the Today Widget. For pupils and students: now it's possible to prepare also large notes on your desktop computer and import them later in Shortnotes! Good luck ;-) Features: - Simple adding and deleting notes - Attaching images to the notes - Text formatting options - Create notes using speech input - Export as text file (.rtf) - Organize your short notes in folders - Changing the sort order of the notes - Favorites view - Filter notes by tags - Favorite notes are displayed in the App Widget (Today Extension) - iCloud-synchronisation. All of your notes are automatically synchronised between your devices like iPhone, iPad or Mac using iCLoud. Shortnotes Pro: - Import of the text files (.txt .rtf) - Favorite notes are displayed on your Apple Watch - Your purchase will help support the ongoing development of Shortnotes!
Ratings & reviews
4.1
12 ratings
What’s new
Version 8.0 · Updated September 25, 2026
+ Shortnotes is now ready for iOS 27!
App privacy
The developer, Ilya Gorodnyanskiy, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: App Functionality
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