> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://grizzlyray.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # GrizzlyRay Notes Is in Public Beta: Here's How to Try It - URL: https://grizzlyray.com/grizzlyray-notes-public-beta/ - Published: 2026-10-21T21:27:20.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-21T21:27:20.000Z - Description: GrizzlyRay Notes is now in public beta on iPhone through TestFlight. Plain Markdown notes in iCloud, [[links]], a graph of your notes, and AI that stays out of your personal notes. - Author: Jacob Warren - Tags: Projects, #productivity, #practical-tech, #technology A couple of days ago I [introduced GrizzlyRay Notes](https://grizzlyray.com/meet-grizzlyray-notes/) and said I'd open the beta to readers soon. It's open. Anyone with an iPhone can try it today through TestFlight: [**Join the GrizzlyRay Notes beta**](https://testflight.apple.com/join/kDr2RD5f?ref=grizzlyray.com) Here's what you're getting, what's still rough, and what I'd love to hear back from you. ## What GrizzlyRay Notes Is, in 30 Seconds It's a notes app built around a few simple ideas: - **Your notes are plain Markdown files in iCloud.** They live in the app's own iCloud folder, not locked inside some database. If you ever stop using the app, your notes are still right there. - **Notes link with \[\[Note Name\]\].** If you've used Obsidian, you already know how this works. Type two brackets, a note name, and two more brackets, and the notes are connected. - **A graph shows how your notes connect.** You can actually see your ideas link up instead of digging through folders. - **Brains, not just folders.** Notes are organized into a few top-level "brains," like AI Knowledge and Personal Knowledge, plus whatever areas matter to you. Each brain is its own center in the graph. And the rule I care about most: **AI only ever writes into the AI Knowledge brain. Never into your personal brains.** That line doesn't move. ## What's in the Beta Right Now The iPhone app is V1.1, and it made it through Apple's TestFlight review. It has what I need to use it every day: - A live editor, so you see formatting as you write - Tables - Subfolders inside each brain - Search - Built-in Help, so you don't have to go hunting for docs I've been using it myself. It's still early, but it's real, and it's mine. Now I want to know if it works for you too. ## The Mac Version Is Coming I built the Mac version on October 19 with Grok Build, and I wrote up [how that compared to building the iPhone app with Cursor](https://grizzlyray.com/grok-build-vs-cursor/). It's a real Mac app, not a stretched iPad app. It has a sidebar of your brains, a note list, a backlinks panel, a local graph that shows the open note's neighbors, a Command-K quick switcher, and hover previews on links. It uses the same iCloud folder, so a note you write on the Mac shows up on your iPhone. It's not in the beta yet. I want the iPhone and Mac versions lined up and released together, so I'm finishing my own testing first. When it's ready, beta testers will be the first to get it. ## What I Need From Beta Testers I'm not looking for perfect bug reports. I'm looking for honest ones. - **Tell me what confused you.** If you had to stop and think, that's on me, not you. - **Tell me what broke.** A screenshot and one sentence about what you were doing is plenty. - **Tell me what's missing.** What would make you switch from the notes app you use now? You can send feedback right from TestFlight. Take a screenshot while you're in the app and TestFlight will offer to send it to me with a note. You can also just reply to my newsletter or find me on X at [@GrizzlyRay](https://x.com/grizzlyray?ref=grizzlyray.com). > **The takeaway:** GrizzlyRay Notes is in public beta on iPhone through TestFlight. Your notes are plain Markdown files in your own iCloud, they link with \[\[Note Name\]\], and AI never touches your personal notes. The Mac version is close behind. If you try it, tell me what confused you, what broke, and what's missing. ## How to Join 1. Install Apple's free **TestFlight** app from the App Store. 2. Open the beta link on your iPhone: [testflight.apple.com/join/kDr2RD5f](https://testflight.apple.com/join/kDr2RD5f?ref=grizzlyray.com) 3. Tap **Accept**, then **Install**. That's it. Beta builds expire after a while, and TestFlight will let you know when there's a new one. Here's my question: what's the one thing you'd want a notes app to do that yours doesn't?