The idea for a modular disk golf rack showed up while I was driving. A book I wanted to write showed up in the shower. “Buy SpaceX the day it opens” showed up somewhere between two lectures. None of them waited for me to be at my desk, and by the time I was, most of them were gone.
I tried the obvious tools. Notes wanted a title. Reminders wanted a date. Every real note-taking app wanted me to decide, right then, where this thing belonged — which folder, which project, which tag. That’s a fine question to answer later. It’s a terrible question to answer in the four seconds before the idea evaporates.
So I built the app I actually wanted: one where capture costs nothing and structure is something you opt into afterward, if you ever want it at all. Open Cashé, the sheet is already waiting — type it or photograph the whiteboard, and it’s saved. No title, no folder, no decision. The idea is caught. You can sort it into a Space later, or let Smart Sort suggest one, or leave it in the Library forever. Nothing is lost while you make up your mind.
I’m one person — an engineering student building this alongside a handful of other apps. That’s not an apology; it’s the reason Cashé is small and stubborn about what it won’t do. It won’t nag you, it won’t gamify your notes, and it won’t train a model on your ideas. Your captures live on your device first and sync to your account through Sign in with Apple. That’s the whole deal.
Cashé Pro — unlimited Spaces, Reminders import, Markdown export, Smart Sort — is sold on the web at $4.49 a month or $35.99 a year. It’s what pays for the next version, and the one after that. If you’ve ever lost a good one, I think you’ll get it.