Benchpad: Scratchpad Notes

Benchpad is a digital scratchpad: three offline-first pads for quick notes, checklists, and voice capture. No folders, no AI, no setup — open, type, close. "The app that gets out of your way starts by giving you less to manage." Benchpad is a scratchpad, not a second brain. Three pads. You name them — Work / Personal / Scratch, Today / This Week / Someday, whatever fits your head. No folders, no tags, no filing decisions. Open, type, close. WRITE WITHOUT DECIDING Every note app asks "where does this go?" before you've written a word. Benchpad doesn't. Three pads means the decision is already made. WORKS ON A PLANE Offline-first, not offline-tolerant. Every keystroke saves to your device before any network request. Sync happens in the background when you're online — and merges conflict-free if you edited on two devices at once. A REAL EDITOR Headings, checklists, tables, code blocks with syntax highlighting, images, file attachments. Block editor and a slash command shortcut. NO AI. NO ADS. NO DATA MINING. Nothing reads, summarizes, or trains on your notes. Notes are encrypted at rest. Plain markdown — copy everything out anytime, no lock-in. FREE FOREVER, REALLY One pad, the full editor, offline support, sync, and an archive of 100 notes — free, no credit card, no time limit. Pro ($20/year flat) unlocks all three pads, all six themes, attachments, voice-note audio, and Markdown/PDF export. CONSTRAINT IS THE PRODUCT Benchpad is for people who want to write things down — not maintain a system. A note app that knows when to stop. When you can't create infinite folders, you write instead of organizing. Constraint isn't a compromise. It's the product.