Three photographs in a row: two friends on a picnic blanket, one playing guitar; two kayakers out on a wide calm lake; a table of chopped fruit and vegetables being prepared. The time 6:14pm sits beside them, and underneath, typed out: we slump into the moment, pooling into laughter sloppy & gold & generous.

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a notebook for photos, voice notes and half-finished thoughts. it doesn’t ask what they’re for.

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A note open in footnotes: a photograph of a sunlit street above the typed entry that goes with it.
a photo remembers how it looked. your voice, how it sounded. your words, what you were thinking.
A notebook timeline, each entry stamped with the hour and sitting beside its photographs.
a stream of your thoughts and your days, each one still stamped with its hour.
Your notebooks on their shelves, each with its own cover and a count of the notes inside.
make your own notebooks. name them anything, pick a cover that fits.
A note laid out as a card you can save or share, photograph above the writing.
sometimes a note turns out to be for someone else. share it as a card.

from the community

what our chirpers say about us

A shared note with a sunset over the ocean and words about taking the plunge. A shared note about analog writing in a cafe, with a photograph of a journal and coffee.
I think what I love best about the app is how much of a “haven” it feels like. A safe space to capture my thoughts as they happen, the moments that matter a lot to me, so I can go back to them whenever I wish too. I like how simple and straightforward it is, as well as its quiet aesthetic. No clutter, no notifications that pressure me to check on it. For me, it functions just like a physical notebook or journal does—except in digital form.
Alyssa on Discord
A shared Footnotes timeline collecting visits to coffee shops, with photographs and short memories.
What I love about Footnotes is how easy and simple it is to use! It become my go-to notes app whenever I want to jot down something memorable, like the coffee shops I’ve visited. Just upload your photos, write down your notes, and you’re all set! No unnecessary complications, just a simple and lovely way to keep your little memories in one place.
@ssashimii on Discord
A shared Animal Farm note reflecting on oppression, unequal access to knowledge and power. A shared Animal Farm note with photographs of the book and reflections on revolution and equality.
@najwahisham_ on Threads
A shared garden note about growth, peace in the dirt and finding belonging among small unseen things.
@authorlolajane on Threads
A shared note called Golden & Forgotten, with a star-framed childhood portrait and memories of a favorite ice cream. The conclusion of Golden & Forgotten, with a sunlit hand and words about the memory of a childhood treat.
Footnotes brings back the joy of writing, collecting little memories, and simply being present. As someone whose thoughts tend to wander, the app kinda helped me slow down, gather my thoughts, and keep little records without making things complicated or taking away the whimsy. It’s simple, but never boring. Plus, it has a chicken on its logo, which was honestly the first reason I downloaded it 🐣💛
@v_nilla.3 on Discord
5/5 star  Good tools perform a job well, but great tools make you want to do the job. And Footnotes is a great tool 🔥
RPS Productions on Discord
A shared note called Just Look Up: sunsets, clouds, the moon and a night sky. A shared note called Meet Anfisa: a tortoiseshell cat, ending with a candle to mark five years.
Before Footnotes, I didn’t really have the desire to write down my thoughts somewhere. Sometimes I would think about doing it, but I never really followed through. Footnotes somehow brought that feeling back.
@atphin on Discord
A shared notebook called September Diaries: matcha at a pop-up, a shopfront at night, a hotpot shared at a table.
being able to found this wonderful app, footnotes was like finding a needle in a stack of hay.. so excited to finally found an app where is not just me jotting down my journaling and finding what is in-front of me, but actually enjoying the nostalgic of old notebooks 🥺✨
@PokI on Discord

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write it down, say it out loud, or just take the photo. footnotes keeps it.