alt.hn

3/21/2026 at 3:02:30 PM

Show HN: Joonote – A note-taking app on your lock screen and notification panel

 https://joonote.com/

by kilgarenone

3/22/2026 at 6:35:54 PM

Hmm I've never thought of having notes available on my lockscreen. Hardly even ever see it because face+fingerprint unlock combo.

I've been using Orgzly[0] as my note taker (and a lot more) and ButtonMaster[1] for rapid access. Unlock phone, swipe the floating BM button left, type my note (and maybe add properties, keywords and more) and hit save. Just now realizing too that it also supports creating notes via its notification. Never thought of using STT, but I have FUTO Keyboard[2] so that's also handled. And Syncthing[3] keeps it all synced with my laptop. All working together seamlessly for years.

[0] https://orgzlyrevived.com/ [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mozapps.bu... [2] https://keyboard.futo.org/ [3] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncth...

by skeledrew

3/22/2026 at 12:18:36 AM

I appreciate the ability to rapidly capture a note/thought/todo without friction and context switching.

I solved this problem with a twilio sms number. When I send a text to it, the content gets prepended to my obsidian todo.md file. This was easy to arrange with a few lines of Python glue.

iOS makes it easy to text or share to sms from almost any context.

by anotherpaulg

3/21/2026 at 7:32:58 PM

I don't think you should name it that...

by comrade1234

3/21/2026 at 10:23:10 PM

yeah damn it. I don't want to say it, but I know it sounds like that lol

by kilgarenone

3/21/2026 at 8:39:14 PM

My god it's the perfect app.

I've never said YES BUY immediately after reading a title before but this is it.

My phone frequently gets cluttered with tens of different note taking, calendar, Todo type apps because I am literally trying to solve this exact problem.

When I need to make a note I need something instant and now, but which lets me set an alarm/reminder with it too. I am a forgetful person, I find it extremely difficult to remember which notes app I am using because I usually drop them because they're never really solving my problem.

Thank you for this. I am going to install it and try it out over the week, if it's experience lives up to your description/screenshots then you have an immediate customer.

by written-beyond

3/21/2026 at 10:26:00 PM

I just woke up, and this made my day! Thanks! Feel free to reach out to me about whatever :)

by kilgarenone

3/22/2026 at 3:09:38 AM

Alright everyone, I have updated the website to show the phonetic notation below the app name in the header to roughly convey what I intended it to sound like: /ˈzhooːnoʊt/

Didn't mean to be insensitive or anything here. I apologize if I offended anyone here.

by kilgarenone

3/22/2026 at 11:15:31 AM

Cool idea. I've been looking for a notes widget for the KDE panel, so I don't forget what I was doing when I open a different program. Maybe even showing the content of the clipboard would be enough.

by amadeuspagel

3/21/2026 at 10:03:58 PM

I was reading it as "joon note" originally! I only realized I was misreading it when coming back to the comments. If you wanted to change up the name, maybe "June Note"? It has a nice ring to it IMO, and doesn't stray too far from your original name. Nature-y too, which seems to be a bit of a theme.

Really nice job on the app though! I think written-beyond's comment says more than enough: you've made what should be a default feature, that no one had thought to make.

by graypegg

3/21/2026 at 10:21:25 PM

lol, yeah...about the name..I think it's too late to change it now? Didn't realize it sounded a certain way until much later.. I wanted it to be "Zuunote"(like zoo-note but domain taken) but it was already taken by my other project, so "Joonote" sounded closest to it to my mind at the time...yeah crap haha

by kilgarenone

3/21/2026 at 7:54:47 PM

Mythical Show HN pull

by arikrahman

3/22/2026 at 12:20:29 AM

This is a very useful feature as an app.

It will definitely come in handy when it is much needed.

The video walk-through is solid.

It seems like a genuinely good app which does what it says it does.

Great job!

by vincentabolarin

3/21/2026 at 11:47:27 PM

As a native English speaker who had to Google joonish to see what people were talking about, what is the big issue with the name?

by ifh-hn

3/22/2026 at 3:16:01 AM

They think it sounds too similar to jew.

But I don't know why that would be offensive in that context

by hermanzegerman

3/22/2026 at 7:15:18 AM

I actually despair sometimes.

by ifh-hn

3/21/2026 at 7:53:09 PM

Cool idea, lock screen notes actually solve a real annoyance. But yeah, you might want to rethink the name—it’s likely to turn people off before they even try it.

by lucasay

3/21/2026 at 7:16:27 PM

Great demo video as well, I appreciated that it didn't waste time. I'll echo the comments here though, the name doesn't sit well with some audiences.

by politelemon

3/21/2026 at 10:27:41 PM

ya I'm totally open to change it, but do you think its too late now?

by kilgarenone

3/22/2026 at 1:51:39 AM

Not too late. Just change it.

by sam345

3/21/2026 at 6:59:12 PM

Simple idea, right surface. Lock screen is the most underused real estate on a phone. Curious how you handle the note limit before it gets cluttered.

by ashwinnair99

3/21/2026 at 10:43:25 PM

You can turn on the "Combine Notifications" setting in the Settings page. This will have the individual notifications live under a single so-called summary notication.

by kilgarenone

3/21/2026 at 6:55:08 PM

That is a poor choice of naming. Sounds like JewNote.

by __turbobrew__

3/21/2026 at 7:02:14 PM

I was going to say that too. Perhaps it came from a non-native English speaker. Please change it.

I like the idea, if it's actually safe and you can't use this to get into your phone through some tricky means like a buffer overrun.

by --_--

3/21/2026 at 7:40:41 PM

As a non native speaker, it never crossed my mind and I was quite confused at the first comments...

by rjtavares

3/21/2026 at 10:30:33 PM

ya...totally didn't occur to me. Probably would've been obvious to me if English was my first language..

by kilgarenone

3/21/2026 at 11:03:16 PM

Any plans on possibly making the notes be local markdown files similar to how Obsidian does it?

by bryanhogan

3/22/2026 at 7:58:31 AM

Yeah I will add Markdown support. Added to the roadmap :)

by kilgarenone

3/22/2026 at 9:30:16 AM

The name could have been better

by SachitRafa

3/21/2026 at 8:28:47 PM

I believe the politically correct phrasing would be Jooishnote.

by anonym29

3/21/2026 at 6:51:42 PM

First they controlled Hollywood.

Then they controlled all of Politics.

Then they controlled when we went to war.

Now you want them to control your notes???

/s but “Joo” is filterspeak for “Jews”. Sounds antisemitic as fuck.

by analognoise

3/21/2026 at 7:25:55 PM

Joo is also Finnish for "yes" or "yep", name sounds like "yes-note".

by mireofthedeep

3/21/2026 at 7:31:39 PM

You are totally right but the name may still be an unfortunate choice for native English speakers

by Vaslo

3/21/2026 at 10:51:18 PM

I'm not a native english speaker. Totally didn't occur to me. My tongue somehow rolled like "zoo-note" to my mind at the time lol

by kilgarenone

3/21/2026 at 11:44:18 PM

I am a native English speaker and it has taken me reading all these comments about the name and a Google search to figure out people are equating joo with Jew. I still don't get what the issue is...

by ifh-hn

3/22/2026 at 1:23:21 AM

I'm a native English speaker and it's the literal first thing I thought of when I read the name.

> I still don't get what the issue is...

The word "jew" (as a verb) has roots in stereotypes about Jewish people and money; it's an ethnic slur. The word "jew" (instead of "a Jew" or "Jewish") is a dismissive insult. The word itself isn't inherently offensive, but it's often weaponized in English, which is why it has a lot of historical baggage that makes people very wary when they see it.

by nozzlegear

3/22/2026 at 7:19:16 AM

Thanks. After searching I thought it might be that but wasn't sure because it seemed so ridiculous.

It certainly wasn't my goto when I read it, but the fact it was for some people might suggest the developer should change it, if only for the fact that it might put off potential customers.

What a weird world we live in.

by ifh-hn

3/22/2026 at 8:03:17 AM

Yeah I might just have to change it and embrace the repercussion from that...

by kilgarenone

3/21/2026 at 10:35:24 PM

oh man, I swear it had nothing to do with Jews lol. But now i know how it sounds like. Sorry! love you all.

by kilgarenone

3/21/2026 at 6:55:13 PM

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3/21/2026 at 6:45:48 PM

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by BloodAndCode

3/21/2026 at 8:27:32 PM

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