# Octarine

> Local Markdown notes app with daily notes, views and optional AI

Octarine is a desktop note-taking app for Mac, Windows and Linux that stores notes as plain Markdown files in a folder you choose. It has a WYSIWYG editor, daily and weekly notes, wikilinks with backlinks and a graph view. The core app is free; a one-time Pro license adds properties, filtered views, note sharing and AI tools that run on your own API key or a local model. It is built by a single developer and is not open source.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** Rajat Kulkarni
- **Website:** https://octarine.app
- **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Octarine has a free plan. Paid plans start at $79 one-time purchase.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Personal: the WYSIWYG editor, unlimited workspaces, daily and weekly notes, graph view, full-text search, templates, 4 themes and txt export. The vendor says the core features will always be free.
- **Free trial:** 7-day trial of Pro features included with the download.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Personal | $0 | WYSIWYG editor, unlimited workspaces, daily and weekly notes, graph view, full-text search, templates, Mermaid diagrams, 4 themes and txt export. |
| Pro | $79 one-time purchase | Adds properties, filtered views, note types, focus mode, note sharing, AI tools, 30+ themes and PDF, HTML and DOCX export. One key works on 3 devices at a time. |

Read from https://octarine.app/pricing on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Octarine before buying.

## Key features

- **Markdown files you keep:** Notes are plain Markdown files in a workspace folder you pick, and core note-taking works offline. Files sync through any file-sync service or the built-in Git sync to GitHub or GitLab.
- **Daily Desk:** Daily and weekly notes are part of the free plan, and unfinished tasks from yesterday's note can be moved into today's without copying.
- **Links, backlinks and graph:** Wikilinks can point at a note or a single heading and carry an alias. Backlinks and mentions are listed in their own sheet, and a graph view maps the workspace.
- **Properties and Views:** On Pro, Note Types start new notes with a set of properties, and Views filter, sort and group notes by any property in a table or kanban layout.
- **Quick Capture and Inbox:** A Spotlight-style window opens over any app to take down a thought, which lands in an Inbox to be sorted into notes later.
- **Ask Octarine and Writing Assistant:** On Pro, a chat over your notes can create, update and move notes, and an assistant rewrites text inline. Both need your own API key or a local LLM.

## Good for

- Writers who want Markdown notes kept as local files
- People who prefer a one-time license to a subscription
- Those who want linking, daily notes and views built in, not added as plugins

## Worth knowing

- Properties, filtered views, note types, focus mode, note sharing and every AI feature need the $79 Pro license.
- There is no public phone app: an iOS beta runs on TestFlight for eligible Pro users, and no Android app is listed.
- AI features need your own API key or a local model, and syncing relies on a file-sync service or the built-in Git sync.
- Pricing is early-access: the docs say the price goes up as Pro features are added, while earlier buyers keep all future Pro features.

## Works with

GitHub, GitLab, iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Syncthing

**Tags:** Notes, Markdown, Local-first, Linked notes, Daily notes, AI features, One-time purchase

## Alternatives

- [Obsidian](https://toolgpa.com/tools/obsidian): Markdown note-taking app that keeps your files on your device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/obsidian-vs-octarine)
- [Logseq](https://toolgpa.com/tools/logseq): Open-source outliner for linked notes stored as local files. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/logseq-vs-octarine)
- [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-octarine)
- [NotePlan](https://toolgpa.com/tools/noteplan): Markdown notes, tasks and calendar in one daily note. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/noteplan-vs-octarine)
- [UpNote](https://toolgpa.com/tools/upnote): Cross-platform notes app with a lifetime purchase option. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/octarine-vs-upnote)

## Sources

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

- https://octarine.app/pricing
- https://octarine.app/
- https://octarine.app/faq
- https://octarine.app/releases
- https://octarine.app/extension
- https://octarine.app/teams
- https://octarine.app/about
- https://octarine.app/eula.txt
- https://docs.octarine.app/getting-started/pro-license
- https://docs.octarine.app/help/refunds

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