A notepad, not a nation-state of apps

Every note finds
its own shape.

Rich text, tables, a calendar, and reminders all live inside the same note, so the way you organize actually matches the way you think.

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Drift Notepad dashboard showing a grid of categorized notes with pinned items

Formatting

Say it exactly how you mean it.

Bold, italic, and underline are a tap away, and every list type, bulleted, numbered, or checklist, sits right on the same toolbar.

Long-press a marker to drag a line into place, or press Enter twice on an empty list item to indent a sub-point without breaking your flow.

A note with bold, italic, and underlined text alongside a bulleted list and checklist

Tables

Numbers that don't need a spreadsheet.

Drop a real table into any note, complete with dates, numbers, running totals, without leaving the page you're already writing on.

Add or remove rows in place, and when it's time to hand the data off, export straight to CSV.

A mileage table inside a note with rows of dates, start and end points, and a running mileage total

Calendar & reminders

A day, mapped inside the note.

Pull up an agenda for any date, grouped into morning, afternoon, and evening, without switching to a separate calendar app.

Attach a timed reminder to the whole note or to a single checklist item, so the alert follows the task, not the other way around.

A daily agenda view with morning, afternoon, and evening entries, several with alarm reminders attached

Live updates

Countdowns that actually count down.

Every running reminder shows up in one cross-note list. Tap the bell from any screen to see it. Each entry ticks down in real time, once a second, instead of freezing at whatever time you last opened it.

A Reminders list showing three active timers counting down live, across three different notes

Home screen

Notes don't wait for you to open the app.

The task tracker widget sits on your home screen showing today's agenda at a glance, with each item's own color and a tap straight into its note.

Next to it, the quick-capture icon opens a brand-new blank note in one tap, no dashboard, no menu, just a page ready to write on.

Notifications

The reminder finds you, wherever you are.

When a timer or alarm fires, it lands as a real notification in your status bar, not just something waiting quietly inside the app.

Every reminder notification carries Snooze and Mark Done right on it, so you can act on it without ever opening Drift Notepad.

9:41📶 🔋

DRIFT NOTEPAD now

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Tap to open your note

Appearance

Vibrant or buttoned-up, same notes.

Vibrant leans into color: gradient folder art, a lively dashboard, icons with personality. Professional strips that back to a flat, muted palette built for a desk you share with other people. Switch either way, anytime, from Settings.

Drift Notepad dashboard in Vibrant theme, with colorful gradient folder icons

Drift Notepad dashboard in Professional theme, with flat muted folder icons

Layout

Scan it, or skim it.

Grid view shows every note as a small card, good for a dashboard you mostly glance at. List view trades that for one dense, scrollable column, better once a folder holds fifty notes instead of five.

Drift Notepad dashboard in grid view, showing notes as cards

Drift Notepad dashboard in list view, showing notes as dense rows

Color schemes

From soft pastel to boardroom-quiet.

Vibrant's palette runs the full range: soft pastels, pure black, warm gold, neon nightlife. Professional trades gradients for flat, neutral options like Blue, Slate, Brown, and a warm Legal Pad cream. Eight looks, one app.