Pear Notes - Private AI & Sync

Pear Notes is a private, offline-first notepad that keeps your notes, recordings and scanned documents on your own devices. Everything is encrypted locally, and your devices sync directly with each other over a peer-to-peer connection — there is no cloud account and no server holding your data. ON-DEVICE AI, NOTHING UPLOADED Every AI feature is optional and runs entirely on your phone. Each downloads its model once, then works offline. - Voice typing: speak and your words appear in the note as you talk. - Transcribe recordings: turn a voice memo into text. - Extract text: copy text out of photos, scans and PDFs. - Describe images: get a caption for a photo. - Ask, write and summarize: ask a question about a note, summarize it, list key points, suggest a title, or fix, shorten and rewrite selected text. - Translate: 48 languages to and from English, downloaded on demand. No account, no API key, no usage limits, and no text ever sent to a server. SERVERLESS MULTI-DEVICE SYNC Pear Notes links your devices directly, with no cloud coordinator. The decentralised sync engine merges changes on-device, so your library stays private. SAFE BLIND PAIRING Pair a new device by scanning a QR code and confirming the identity keys shown on both screens. Passive network observers cannot trace your device identity, and invites expire on their own. LOCKED NOTES Lock a note behind your fingerprint, face or a password you choose. Locked notes stay locked on every paired device, and are hidden from screenshots and the recent-apps screen. ENCRYPTED MEDIA VAULT Voice notes, document scans, photos and files are stored in an encrypted local vault. A secure local streaming server loads attachments on the fly, so nothing is left lying around unencrypted. PASSWORD-PROTECTED BACKUPS Export your data as an AES-256-GCM encrypted .pnbk archive, sealed with a password you choose. The password is never stored or transmitted, and there is no reset — only you can unlock it. EVERYTHING ELSE - Native document scanner that saves pages as a single PDF. - Voice recorder with playback, embedded in the note. - Share from other apps straight into a note. - Folders, pinned notes, search, and a Recently Deleted that keeps notes for 30 days. - Note history showing what each device changed, with recovery of discarded edits. - Custom fonts (Lora, Inter, Outfit, Newsreader), text scaling, list sorting and Material You themes. PERMISSIONS REQUESTED - RECORD_AUDIO: voice notes and voice typing. Audio is processed on this device. - CAMERA: scanning documents, taking photos, and scanning device-link QR codes. - POST_NOTIFICATIONS: progress notifications for background sync and backups. - FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC: keeps peer-to-peer sync and encrypted backups running while the app is in the background.