Northern lights over snow-covered mountains near Tromsø, Norway

The notebook that remembers where you wrote it

Where did I write that down?

With Asterisco the answer is always the same: right there. Every note stays pinned to the place you wrote it and shows up again when you walk past.

For iPhone and Android. Free for personal use.

Tromsø, Norway 69.6492°, 18.9553° Lightscape · Unsplash

Write and remember

Writing takes two seconds. Finding it again is the part we take care of.

01

Write

Open, write, save. The coordinate comes along on its own, and you can add a photo or a voice note. It works offline and with no account.

New note screen with coordinate, the address “Alameda Santos, Pinheiros” and the title “Spare key under the flowerpot”
02

Remember

Radar shows what you wrote nearby, with the distance to each note. Walking past that bakery again? The bakery note is right there, waiting.

Radar with the notes around the person on a range disc and, below, the list ordered by distance

Map and Radar

A map of everything you ever wrote down

Every note becomes a point on the map, at the place it was written. Open Radar and the list reshuffles as you walk: whatever is closest comes first.

Map with the user’s notes scattered along Avenida Paulista
The note “Corner café” open, with its coordinate, its text and the map of where it was written

For people who write away from home

Where a note with no place is no use at all

Serra do Cipó-19.34°, -43.63°

Property inspection

Photo, observation and position for every room, even with no connection. When the report is questioned, the place is in the note.

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Ghandruk28.46°, 83.83°

Field research

Every door you knock on becomes a note with a place and a time, written with no connection. In a group, the administrator sees it all together.

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Namibia-22.96°, 18.49°

Everyday life

The restaurant to go back to, the loose step, the parking spot. Write down where you are and find it when you pass by again.

Photos: Nathalia Segato, Arto Marttinen, Joshua Kettle · Unsplash

All in one notebook

What is inside

Privacy

Where you walk is your business

  • 01

    No coordinate goes to an analytics tool, because the app has none.

  • 02

    Location is only read while the app is open on your screen. In the background, only if you turn on a reminder yourself.

  • 03

    There are no public notes and no “people nearby”. What you write is yours.

Common questions

Does Asterisco work offline?

It does. Writing, editing and moving notes needs no signal, and syncing happens when the connection returns. It is never a condition for writing.

Do I need an account?

Not to start. The whole app works with no account. An account is for syncing across your devices and for sharing folders with other people.

Is Asterisco free?

For personal use, yes: unlimited notes, folders, search, Radar, photo and voice (up to 3 GB), sharing and export. What you pay for is Grupo, for teams: $9.90 a month per group, up to 100 people.

Does the app track where I go?

No. Location is only read while the app is open on screen, and in the background only if you yourself switch on an arrival reminder. No coordinate goes to an analytics tool.

How is it different from my phone’s notes app?

Your phone’s notes app does not keep the place. In Asterisco every note carries the coordinate of where it was written, shows on the map and comes back, by distance, when you walk past. It lives alongside the app you already use.

Does it work on iPhone and Android?

It works on both. The map is Apple’s on iPhone and Google’s on Android, and there is a portal in the browser to see and write your notes on a computer.

Write down the next thing you do not want to lose.

Free for personal use, on iPhone and Android.