Vanta — Markdown Notes
Shane Vitarana Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Vanta — Markdown Notes is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Shane Vitarana. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated August 12, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 15 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 12
- 2026 · v1.4.2
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About Vanta — Markdown Notes
Vanta is a private Markdown notes app for iPhone with AI that runs entirely on your phone, and real GTD built in. Your notes stay as plain Markdown you own. Start with a local vault in seconds: no account, no servers, nothing uploaded. ON-DEVICE AI • Turn a messy, rambled note into clean Markdown • "Clarify with AI" sorts your whole GTD inbox into Next Actions, Waiting For, Someday, Done, or Trash • Clean up dictation, summarize, and suggest tags • Powered by Apple's on-device models, so it works offline and nothing ever leaves your phone GETTING THINGS DONE, BUILT IN • Capture to your Inbox in a tap, by typing or voice, even from the Share Sheet • Process your inbox to zero, by hand or with AI • Next Actions by @context, plus Waiting For, Someday, and Projects • A weekly review that surfaces stalled projects and what you're waiting on • Inbox and Next Actions pinned to the top of your vault A REAL MARKDOWN NOTES APP • Folders, favorites, and instant full-text search, all offline • Syntax-highlighted code, callouts, tables, images, SVG, and tasks • Tap [[wikilinks]] to jump between notes, and see backlinks • Light and true-black dark themes YOURS, EVERYWHERE • Start on-device with no account • Sync across your devices with iCloud, or your own private GitHub repo • Obsidian-compatible: open the same vault on your Mac, and favorites sync with Obsidian bookmarks • No subscription. No analytics. No tracking. Vanta works great as a standalone local notes app, and plugs into your existing Obsidian or Markdown vault whenever you want. On-device AI features require an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence.
What’s new
Version 1.4.2 · Updated August 12, 2026
Fixed a formatting issue where a line typed right after a bullet would get pulled under that bullet instead of standing on its own line. Notes now break the way they do in Obsidian. Still private. No account, no servers, no subscription.
App privacy
The developer, Shane Vitarana, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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