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Ghost Notes

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See-through notes that float over your calls, so you never look away.

Ghost Notes was born in video calls. Every time we switched windows to write something down, we lost eye contact, the shared screen and the flow of the conversation. So we built a notes app that floats, see-through, on top of everything. You keep writing, and you never look away.

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Free · Version 1.0 · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · No accounts

The Ghost Notes ghost taking notes in front of a video call on a laptop

How it works.

  1. 1

    Press ⌃⌥N.

    From any app, even a full-screen call. Your notes appear on top of everything.

  2. 2

    Write while you talk.

    The window is see-through: drag the opacity slider and keep seeing the person or the screen behind it.

  3. 3

    Become a ghost.

    Press ⌃⌥G and clicks pass straight through your notes to the app behind them.

What's inside.

Always on top

Floats above every app and every full-screen space, so your notes are always one glance away.

Ghost mode

Click through your notes when you need the app behind them, then bring them back.

Hidden when you share

The eye button keeps your notes out of screen sharing and screenshots (best effort).

Write like in Notion

Type # for a heading, - for a bullet or [] for a to-do. ⌘T adds a timestamp.

More than words

Paste images, draw a quick sketch or record an audio clip right into a note.

Stays on your Mac

No accounts and no cloud. Everything saves automatically on your Mac.

Take a look.

From the welcome tour inside the app.

Shortcuts

Your hands stay on the keyboard.

  • ⌃⌥NShow or hide your notes
  • ⌃⌥GGhost mode on and off
  • ⌘TAdd a timestamp
  • /Pick a block on an empty line

Need help?

Questions, bugs or ideas for Ghost Notes? Write to s@neuralst.com or message Sebastián on LinkedIn.

Ready for your next call?

Mac · See-through notes that float over your calls, so you never look away.

Download for MacFree · Notarized by Apple