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Notes app prompt — copy, paste, build
A focused prompt for a native notes app — Markdown editor, folders, full-text search, and a quick-capture sheet. Designed to feel fast on cheap Android devices and stay calm on iOS.
The prompt
Build a native iOS and Android notes app with: (1) a folder list tab with note counts per folder and a default "Inbox" folder, (2) a folder detail screen showing notes sorted by last-edited, (3) an editor screen with a Markdown text input, live preview toggle, and autosave on every keystroke, (4) a quick-capture floating button accessible from any tab that creates a new note in Inbox, (5) a search tab with full-text + tag filter. Use Expo, React Navigation, twrnc for styling, AsyncStorage for notes (one row per note), and Expo KeepAwake disabled by default. Default to a serif body font, generous line height, and a soft cream background in light mode.
Variants
Lite
Build a notes app with a single Inbox, Markdown editor with autosave, and full-text search. Skip folders.
Pro
Build a notes app with folders, Markdown editor with live preview, tags, full-text search, quick capture, attachment support (images via Expo ImagePicker), iCloud / Google Drive sync placeholder, and an export-to-Markdown action.
What you get
- Expo + React Native project ready for Snack live preview
- Markdown editor with autosave
- Folders + Inbox structure
- Full-text search
- Quick-capture floating button
- Local-first storage with AsyncStorage
Screens included
- Folders
- Folder detail
- Editor
- Quick capture
- Search
- Settings
Why this prompt works in AppGenie
Notes apps win on typography and editor feel — line height, font weight, save indicator latency. AppGenie's twrnc styling lets you tune those in chat ("widen the line height to 1.7, ship a serif headline font") without touching the storage or search code.
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Does the editor support Markdown live preview?
The Lite variant ships a plain Markdown editor. The Pro variant adds a live preview toggle. Either way, autosave runs on every keystroke so nothing is lost.
Where do notes live?
Local AsyncStorage by default. Cloud sync is left as an explicit follow-up — pick iCloud, Google Drive, Supabase, or your own backend, and the diff-aware pipeline patches just the storage layer.
Ready to ship a notes app?
Paste this prompt into AppGenie. The diff-aware multi-agent pipeline produces a real Expo + React Native project you can preview live, iterate in chat, and own end-to-end.