Beatrice is a personal knowledge librarian built on a radical premise: your ideas belong to you. Semantic search, on-device AI, and direct device-to-device sync — no cloud, no account, no middleman.
Spaced repetition is an evidence-based learning technique that incorporates increasing intervals of review. Material is revisited at strategically expanding gaps — first after minutes, then hours, days, and weeks.
The algorithm adapts to individual performance, presenting harder material more frequently and easier material less often.
Beatrice adapts to your workflow — not the other way around. Here's how people use it every day.
Connect papers, theories, and notes. The Synapse engine surfaces contradictions and related work. Semantic search finds citations by meaning, not exact text.
Store architecture decisions, API patterns, and debugging learnings. Link related code snippets across projects. Share URLs directly from Safari.
Build character bibles, world-building documents, and plot outlines. Connect themes and motifs visually. Radial Focus lets you deep-dive one topic at a time.
Link meeting notes to project docs, action items to decisions. See the full context of any decision with one tap. No more digging through folder hierarchies.
Save important emails as nodes. Connect related threads. Build a searchable archive of conversations, decisions, and commitments.
Save articles from any app. Link new ideas to existing knowledge. Beatrice auto-discovers connections you missed. Your second brain, always growing.
Beatrice doesn’t just store your notes. She understands them — and helps you see connections you didn’t know existed.
Ask questions in plain language. Beatrice finds relevant nodes by meaning, not keyword matching. “What did I write about spaced repetition?” — answered instantly.
Embeddings are generated locally using Apple’s NaturalLanguage framework. No API calls. No data leaving your device. Intelligence that respects your boundaries.
Link nodes with typed connections — supports, contradicts, expands, summarizes. Your knowledge becomes a living structure, not a flat pile of notes.
Text-to-speech reads your notes aloud. Review ideas while commuting, exercising, or resting your eyes. Your knowledge, voiced.
Notes, documents, code snippets, images, emails — every piece of knowledge becomes a node in the same graph. No silos. No fragmentation.
SwiftUI on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The interface adapts to each device — canvas on iOS, split view on macOS. One app, three native experiences.
Deep-dive into one topic at a time. A central node with its related ideas orbiting around it — tap to drill deeper, breadcrumb to navigate back.
You shouldn’t have to choose between privacy and access. Beatrice offers two direct sync methods that keep your knowledge graph consistent across your devices — without a cloud provider ever seeing a single byte.
Your Mac, iPhone, and iPad discover each other directly over your home WiFi. Data flows peer-to-peer — device to device, with no intermediary. No server. No relay. No internet connection required at all.
For when your devices aren’t on the same network. Beatrice uses your own email account as a private data carrier — encrypted payloads travel through your existing IMAP/SMTP infrastructure. You own the pipe. You own the data.
Beatrice is the only knowledge graph that’s local-first, AI-powered, and entirely yours.
| Feature | Beatrice | iXnote | Obsidian | Roam | Logseq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graph-First Interface | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ⚠️ |
| Semantic Search | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| On-Device AI | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Typed Relationships | 11 types | Generic | Plugin | ❌ | Basic |
| Color-Coded Edges | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Auto-Discover Connections | Synapse | ❌ | Plugin | ❌ | ❌ |
| Contradiction Detection | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| 100% Local-First | ✅ | iCloud | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| No Subscription | ✅ | $40/yr | $4/mo sync | $180/yr | ✅ |
| Native Apple (SwiftUI) | ✅ | ✅ | Electron | Web | Web wrapper |
| Guided Note Creation | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Text-to-Speech | ✅ | ❌ | Plugin | ❌ | ❌ |
| Import (JSON / MD / TXT) | ✅ | CSV | ✅ | Limited | ✅ |
| We Don’t Know You Exist | ✅ | iCloud | Telemetry | ❌ | Analytics |
No learning curve. No account setup. Just open and think.
Create a node for any idea — a quick note, a detailed document, a code snippet, or a concept you want to remember. Choose a type and start writing.
Link related nodes together. Define what each connection means — does one idea support another? Contradict it? Expand on it? The relationships give your graph structure.
Use semantic search to find connections you didn’t know existed. Ask a question in natural language and Beatrice surfaces the most relevant nodes — by meaning, not just words.
Your graph evolves with you. Add nodes daily, refine connections over time, and sync across devices with Sovereign Sync — direct, private, and entirely yours.
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