My first personal app, Private Notes, is now live on the App Store. From the first version submission to approval, including one rejection along the way, it took 10 days in total.
Private Notes is a password-protected memo app I built for my own needs at work and in daily life.
Back when I was a kid, my teacher taught me what Chairman Mao once said: “A good memory is no match for a worn-out pen.” That line has stayed with me ever since, and over the years I’ve put it into practice — if it’s worth remembering, I write it down. Now we’re in the information age, and I’m a heavy user of electronic devices. Going out without my phone cuts my HP and my mood in half. My important information — website accounts, security questions — all lives in my phone’s notes app, carried with me everywhere. Even my bank card details, my phone number’s PUK code, the serial numbers and MAC addresses of all my devices — all of it depends on my phone to remember. But phones are easy for other people to grab and play with. With everything stored on the phone, private data is easy for others to see, so a lot of the time I don’t dare write it down at all…
Rely on my brain instead? Then I’d turn into that guy who’s always forgetting his accounts, passwords, security questions — and that’s a whole lot of trouble… By the time I can’t even remember my security questions, there’s no one to turn to and nowhere to hide, just standing there alone, weeping in despair. It’s agonizing. This kind of trade-off shouldn’t be something people have to pay for — technology should solve it!
Phone notes can help, but they can also leak your data. So all we need is to keep the data confidential. That’s why I wanted a password-protected memo app: something that can safely store the sensitive information you wouldn’t want in the built-in notes app — network passwords, bank cards, private URLs, private accounts. This data is stored on the iPhone only in encrypted form. Without the password, it can’t be viewed, so even if the phone is lost there’s no risk of a leak. Someone without the password for Private Notes could be handed my phone, crack it open, pull out the data file, and all they’d get is a pile of gibberish. All I have to do is remember the password for Private Notes itself — when I lend my phone to someone, as long as Private Notes isn’t unlocked, I’m fine. Lock the phone or go back to the home screen at any time, and Private Notes locks itself automatically. I solved my own problem, and I figure there must be other people in the world with the same need. I hope this little tool can make things easier for more people.
Features:
★ Secure password protection with the AES encryption algorithm, encrypting all text — without the correct password, the plaintext can’t be decrypted. ★ A cross-platform WIFI access mode: when the phone is connected to WIFI you can turn this mode on manually, and a computer on the same local network or any device that can open a web page (phone, tablet, etc.) can view and edit notes (also requires the password). Close the app on the iPhone at any time and the data is safely locked away in the phone again. Pull up your records anytime at the office; take them with you anytime you leave. ★ Convenient and easy to use, clean and elegant, simple, with smooth operation.
I recommend turning on your phone’s iCloud backup while using this app.
