SEO and marketing aside, I want to keep this genuine — I was tired of spending $12 a year for what is supposed to replace paper notebooks and pencils. Then I noticed that the app I was using (a popular notebook company) started forcing AI down my throat.
Oh hell no. The enshittification was getting to me.
I couldn't spend any more money on what was presumably the best note-taking app on the market. Furthermore, why are we risking giving these corporations our data? What good does it do us? Just to download a note-taking app and be met with a sign-up screen? Screw that.
As a software engineer, I saw the ingenuity. As a visionary, I saw the creativity. I truly care about what people need — not gimmicky AI features that would only be useful half the time.
AI itself is really good. LLMs can practically complete a homework assignment or code a solution in minutes. Sometimes the lines between augmentation and replacement are blurred. Considering that every corporation is doubling down on AI investments, it started to feel like a "top" signal.
Then I realized... you'd think this actually was the top signal — the tech industry crashes, the stock market goes down, and AI isn't being shoved in our faces anymore. We can finally enjoy useful, simple technology like we used to!
But actually, it's quite the opposite. The tech industry, corporations, the top percent — they have the capacity to continue investing R&D into AI features, even if no one uses them. Like, why the hell do AI features exist in a notebook app?
At least Fácil charges you a smaller amount for only what you need. The AI in Fácil is genuinely useful, but this is not an "AI note-taking app." It's simply a notebook app. Exactly what it should be.
I think the price is reasonable — I tried to match what other notebook apps charge. Nothing more, nothing less.
Taking notes in class shouldn't feel like you're being exploited. Students deserve to feel comfortable, ready to learn, and capable while taking notes — not nickel-and-dimed by corporations.
Anyway, check out the app on the App Store. Android is coming soon.
— Ramon