recollectr.io

Product: recollectr.io

What It Is

Recollectr is a desktop note-taking app from Recollectr LLC, positioned around the idea of “record and recall without breaking your flow.” Its core focus is quick capture and retrieval without interrupting your current workflow. It currently supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, while the mobile version is still in Alpha/Private Alpha. The product itself is also labeled as Beta.

Core Features

Recollectr’s key differentiator is its keyboard-first design: it can be shown or hidden via the global hotkey Ctrl+Shift+Z, and custom shortcuts are supported. The Search/Create Omnibox lets you quickly search for or create notes, reducing duplicate entries. The editing experience supports inline Markdown, a subset of GitHub Flavored Markdown, syntax highlighting for code blocks, pasting images from the clipboard, smart checklists, and natural-language reminders. For data migration, it supports importing from Markdown, HTML, and plaintext, and also mentions migration from services with exportable formats such as Simplenote and Google Keep. Export options include Markdown, HTML, and plaintext, offering good data portability.

Pricing and Security

The free version is permanently free for local use, but does not include cloud storage or zero-knowledge encryption. Local data is stored as unencrypted HTML. Premium is priced at $4/month as the standard rate, with a Beta early-bird price of $2/month, billed annually. It includes background sync, zero-knowledge encryption, note links, navigation history, and priority support, along with a 60-day money-back guarantee. On the security side, Premium offers AES-GCM 256-bit zero-knowledge encryption, TLS for data in transit, and at least AES-128 for cloud data at rest. However, there is no visible mention of enterprise compliance such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.

Pros and Cons

The advantages are its fast launch and capture flow, rich shortcut support, compact Markdown experience, and a free version that can be used locally over the long term. The drawbacks are also clear: it is still in Beta, with officially acknowledged issues yet to be fixed; the mobile version is immature; the free version stores data in plaintext; and the available information does not show team collaboration, permission management, APIs, or enterprise-grade integrations.

Who It’s For and Access in China

It is better suited to individual productivity users, developers, Markdown users, and knowledge workers who want to capture ideas quickly. It does not appear to be a SaaS product aimed at enterprise team collaboration. Access from mainland China is not covered in the source text, so its availability is unknown.