Hi everyone,
I'm a product manager from the aviation industry, not a software engineer. In my previous work, I collaborated with development teams on aviation products, but I'd never written code myself.
When AI became capable enough, one question kept coming back to me:
Could someone with no coding experience actually turn an idea into a real app with AI?
So I decided to find out.
That experiment eventually became WideNote, a small AI note app that's now available on the App Store.
Why this exists
This wasn't inspired by some ambitious startup vision.
It started with becoming a dad.
My wife and I spent the last couple of years preparing to welcome our daughter into the world. During that time, life became filled with countless little things to remember: prenatal checkup records, hospital paperwork, vaccination schedules, feeding logs, shopping lists, reminders from family members, receipts, photos, and random thoughts that showed up at two in the morning.
Everything felt scattered.
I realized I didn't need another productivity tool. I wanted something that could act more like a personal assistant—or maybe a curator for life's information. Somewhere I could casually tell it anything worth remembering, whenever it came to mind, without worrying about folders, tags, or organization. I just wanted to capture things naturally and let the AI take care of the rest.
That's the idea behind WideNote.
One thing I'd like to emphasize: I don't recommend using it for work. It wasn't designed for that, and I intentionally avoided turning it into another productivity app. There are already plenty of excellent tools for professional workflows.
Instead, I wanted this to feel like a companion for everyday life—a place for the little moments, memories, and pieces of information that don't belong in spreadsheets or project management software, but still deserve to be remembered.
Before this project, I'd never written a single line of code.
I'm genuinely curious whether this idea resonates with other people, so I'd love to hear any voice—positive or negative. The product is still very early, and every comment will help shape where it goes next.
P.S. It's completely free right now. No ads, no subscription, and you don't even need to create an account. Just download it and start using it. Right now, it's only available on iOS.
If you decide to give it a try, I'd really love to hear what you think—whether it's about the concept, the experience, or how the AI performs.
I'll be here reading every comment. Thank you for helping make WideNote better.
Thanks for reading. ❤️
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