# Inkdrop

> Markdown note app for developers with encrypted sync

Inkdrop is a plain-text Markdown note app aimed at developers, with nested notebooks, tags and note statuses for organizing technical notes. Notes sync between desktop and mobile apps with end-to-end encryption, and an MCP server lets coding agents search and read them. It is built by a single independent developer and sold as one subscription plan with no free tier.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** Takuya Matsuyama (since 2016)
- **Website:** https://www.inkdrop.app
- **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Inkdrop is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $8.31 per month, billed annually ($99.80 per year).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial; charging starts once the trial has ended.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $8.31 per month, billed annually ($99.80); $9.98 billed monthly | The only plan, with everything included: cloud sync, an unlimited number of notes and 30 GB of storage. |

Read from https://www.inkdrop.app/ on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Inkdrop before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 17% less with annual billing** (Annual discount): Annual billing is $99.80 a year, shown as $8.31 a month, against $9.98 a month on monthly billing, which totals $119.76 over a year. Source: https://www.inkdrop.app/

## Key features

- **Markdown editor:** Plain-text Markdown editing with slash commands, a floating format toolbar, code-block autocompletion and link pasting that fetches the page title.
- **Rendering for technical notes:** The preview renders syntax-highlighted code blocks, Mermaid diagrams and KaTeX math for inline and block equations.
- **Notebooks, statuses and tags:** Notebooks nest inside one another, and each note can carry tags and a status of active, on hold, completed or dropped that the note list filters by.
- **End-to-end encrypted sync:** Sync between devices is end-to-end encrypted and notes stay available offline. A self-run CouchDB-compatible server can be used instead of Inkdrop's.
- **MCP server and AI assistant:** An MCP server lets agents such as Claude Code search and read notes. The inline assistant and next edit suggestions run on an API key you supply.
- **Keyboard control and plugins:** A command palette, per-context keymaps and a Vim plugin cover keyboard use, and plugins are written against a TypeScript API.

## Good for

- Developers keeping technical notes in Markdown
- People who want encrypted sync across desktop and mobile
- Giving coding agents access to notes through MCP

## Worth knowing

- There is no free plan; when the 30-day trial ends without payment the account is deactivated and local notes become read-only.
- Cancelling means deleting the account, which permanently removes the notes and images stored on Inkdrop's server.
- The built-in AI features need your own API key for Anthropic or an OpenAI-compatible provider.
- The editor is plain-text Markdown with no rich-text mode, and only images can be attached to notes.

## Works with

Claude Code, Alfred, Raycast, Anthropic, Ollama, OpenRouter

**Tags:** Notes, Markdown, End-to-end encrypted, Works offline, Keyboard-first, AI features, Web clipper

## Alternatives

- [Obsidian](https://toolgpa.com/tools/obsidian): Markdown note-taking app that keeps your files on your device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inkdrop-vs-obsidian)
- [Bear](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bear): Markdown notes app for Mac, iPhone and iPad with tags and links. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bear-vs-inkdrop)
- [Joplin](https://toolgpa.com/tools/joplin): Open source Markdown notes with sync through a service you choose. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inkdrop-vs-joplin)
- [Notesnook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/notesnook): Open source, end-to-end encrypted notes on every platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inkdrop-vs-notesnook)
- [Standard Notes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/standard-notes): End-to-end encrypted notes app with open source clients. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inkdrop-vs-standard-notes)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://www.inkdrop.app/
- https://docs.inkdrop.app/faq
- https://docs.inkdrop.app/reference/ai-integrations
- https://docs.inkdrop.app/reference/clip-web-pages-from-browser
- https://docs.inkdrop.app/reference/share-notes-on-the-web

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