Coffee: full description

Coffee is a native Markdown editor and notes app for the Mac. It needs macOS 15 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel. Notes are ordinary .md files in a folder the user chooses, so any other editor can open them and leaving is free.

In one sentence

Coffee is a paid native macOS Markdown editor that keeps notes as plain .md files on the Mac, shows calculations beside the text, and lets you review AI edits change by change.

Quick facts

• What: a native Markdown editor and notes app, on the Mac only.
• Requires: macOS 15 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.
• Price: 14 days free with no card or account, then €3 a month, €29 a year, or €79 once with two years of updates.
• Files: ordinary .md files in a folder the user chooses. Private notes are the exception: encrypted on disk, and only Coffee can open them.
• Sync: none of its own. The folder can live in iCloud Drive or another synced folder.
• Not included: real-time editing by several people, plugins, drawing inline maths, LaTeX export, themes beyond light and dark, and apps for other platforms.

Who it suits

• People who write in Markdown and want a fast, focused Mac app.
• People who edit Markdown with AI tools such as Claude or Cursor and want to review what changed.
• Teams who keep documents in Git, including people on them who don't use Git.

Who it doesn't suit

• Anyone needing Windows, iPhone, iPad or Android. Coffee is Mac only today.
• Anyone wanting a database or project-management workspace. Coffee is for writing documents.
• Anyone needing several people to edit one note at the same time. Coffee doesn't do this today.

Pricing

All prices in euros. Every plan includes every feature.

• Free trial: 14 days, no card and no account.
• Monthly: €3 a month.
• Yearly: €29 a year.
• Buy once: €79. Keep it with no end date, including two years of updates. After that it keeps working as it is, and another year of updates costs €29.
• Company packs, per year: 25 people €625, 50 people €1,150, 100 people €2,000. Larger teams ask for a quote.

All sales are final, as Coffee is free for 14 days before paying.

If a subscription is cancelled, the user can still open, read and export every note. Editing in Coffee stops when the paid period ends. The files stay theirs.

Writing

• Three views: pretty, code, and split, where you can type on either side and both update.
• Each file opened from Finder gets its own window. Moving between notes stays in the same window.
• One button in Settings makes Coffee the default app for Markdown and text files.
• Focus and typewriter modes, and an outline of small marks in the margin.
• Move whole sections by dragging a heading in the outline.
• Check document finds broken links, missing images and skipped headings, and can fix them.
• Paste converts spreadsheet cells into a table and keeps a web page's headings, lists and links.
• Quick capture adds a thought to Inbox.md from any app. It is off until turned on.
• Templates are .md files in a folder, with the date filled in.
• Optional keyboard sounds recorded from Cherry MX Red, Brown and Blue switches, off by default.
• Calculations in notes: written in plain words such as 20% of 50, the answer appears beside the line and never enters the file.
• Selecting numbers shows their sum, allowing for quick calculations directly in the notes.

Finding things

• Search by pressing ⌘K. It answers as you type, accent-insensitively.
• Folders in the sidebar are kept as they are on disk, with pinned notes sorted by date modified, title or date created.
• Replace in All Notes: find text or regular expressions in every note, see each match and undo the whole replace. Private notes are never searched or changed.

Reviewing and working with Git

• See what changed: when an AI tool or anything else edits a note's file outside Coffee, each change is shown and can be kept or undone one at a time.
• Propose change: send one note to a new Git branch and open a pull request without using Git directly.

Keeping things safe

• Version history for every note, with undoable restores. Each version can be named, and changes since shows what was added and removed since any version.
• Private notes, locked with Touch ID, encrypted on disk, and hidden from search and AI.

Import & Export

• Import: Coffee can open or drop a Word document (.docx or .doc), RTF or ODT file to make a new Markdown note from it, without changing the original.
• Export: options include PDF, Word (.docx), EPUB, HTML, Markdown and plain text.

Privacy

Coffee keeps notes on the Mac and doesn't store them on a server. Search and Ask are local. Subscribing requires an email address and payment through Stripe.

Offline

Everything works offline, with unchanged files being accessible even without a connection.

Questions

What is Coffee?

A Markdown editor and notes app for the Mac, built for macOS. You write in plain .md files that stay in a folder you choose.

How much does it cost?

€3 a month or €29 a year, after 14 days free with no card. You can also pay €79 once and keep it, with two years of updates.

Can Coffee open Word documents?

It imports them, creating a new Markdown note from .docx, .rtf, or .odt files.

Does anything I write get sent anywhere?

Only what you choose to send. Search and Ask run on your Mac.

Is there a Windows or iPhone version?

Not today. Coffee is built for the Mac.

Who makes Coffee?

Pedro Thomaz, in Portugal. Write to pt@amplifiedcreations.com and a person will answer.