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Come back to center.
centered space is a small, calm toolkit for the moments that knock you off balance โ racing thoughts, a tight chest, an urge you don't want to act on, feeling stuck. No library of 1000s of options, no long programs. Just a few grounding tools that actually help, when you need them.
Try everything free for 14 days. No credit card required.
HOW IT WORKS
Choose how you feel. Get a few tools that fit โ a short, grounded set, not a hundred options. Use it your way, then carry the practice with you. A FEW OF THE TOOLS โข Patterns โ a gentle mood check-in with history โข Physiological Sigh โ settle your body in a couple of breaths โข Body Scan โ release tension head to toe โข Grounding โ come back to the here and now โข Urge Surf โ ride out a pull or craving โข Card Decks โ steady words for urges, shame, anger, anxiety, comfort, connection โข Guided Gratitude โ shift toward what's steady โข Brain Dump โ empty a racing mind โข One Thing โ narrow the noise to the next small step โข Mantra โ steady phrases to hold onto โข Plus Tones, Connection, and more
FOR THE HARD MOMENTS Anxiety, panic, urges or cravings, everyday stress, or a scattered mind โ centered space gives you simple, evidence-based ways to breathe, ground, and find calm in two to ten minutes. Sensory, body-based, and reflective practices, all in one quiet place.
centered space is a wellness tool, not medical or mental health treatment, and not a substitute for professional support.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN We never sell your data. What you create โ notes, cards, mood logs โ stays on your device. Sign in with just your email (no password) to unlock your subscription and sync favorites across devices. Anonymous, aggregated usage helps us improve the app, never tied to who you are.
centered space is a quiet place to steady yourself, then carry that calm back into your day.
PrivacyNotes is a zero-knowledge encrypted workspace that brings your notes, tasks, journals, files, and passwords into one app, so you stop juggling four separate subscriptions.
Everything is encrypted on your device with XChaCha20-Poly1305 before it ever syncs. Your keys are derived from a recovery phrase that never touches our servers, so we cannot read your content, your filenames, or anything else. This is real zero-knowledge, not a marketing label.
Five pillars, one encrypted app:
Built for privacy, not surveillance:
Pricing that respects you:
Works on web, macOS, and soon iOS, Android, Windows and Linux with a responsive mobile layout. Import from Apple Notes, Standard Notes, Google Keep, Obsidian, and markdown in a few clicks.
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PrivacyNotes's answer:
Honestly? We have no idea, and that is the entire point. Signup is anonymous (a recovery phrase or Google, no email or personal details), the app ships zero analytics and zero trackers, and zero-knowledge encryption means we cannot see who you are or what you store. We could not name a single customer if we tried. A privacy product that tracked its users closely enough to brag about them would be missing the plot.
PrivacyNotes's answer:
PrivacyNotes is the only zero-knowledge encrypted workspace that keeps notes, tasks, journals, files, and a password vault behind one set of on-device keys. Most privacy apps do one of those well and rent it to you monthly. We do all five, encrypt everything with XChaCha20-Poly1305 before it leaves your device, and charge once instead of forever. The encryption core is open core, published so the claims can be verified rather than trusted.
PrivacyNotes's answer:
Three reasons:
PrivacyNotes's answer:
Privacy-conscious individuals and independent professionals who handle information they would not want a vendor reading: lawyers, journalists, healthcare and mental-health practitioners, developers, security specialists, researchers, and founders. It also fits anyone who simply wants one private home for their notes, tasks, journaling, and wellness tracking instead of spreading them across surveillance-funded apps.
PrivacyNotes's answer:
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PrivacyNotes's answer:
PrivacyNotes started from a simple frustration: staying organized meant scattering your life across half a dozen apps, most of which could read everything you typed and billed you monthly for the privilege. We wanted one place for notes, tasks, journals, files, and passwords, encrypted so thoroughly that the people running the servers could not read a word of it, and paid for once rather than forever. So we built the encryption first, made the keys live only on your device, and published the crypto as open core so the promise could be checked, not just believed. Everything else grew from one rule: your data is yours, and no one else's to mine.
This app checks every box for me. Clean interface, no learning curve, local-first encryption, and secure sync across all of my devices.
The biggest surprise is how many apps it replaced. Instead of juggling separate apps for notes, habits, mood, activities, and important dates, everything lives in one place now. It's made staying organized a lot simpler.
Paying once and knowing I won't lose access to my workflow because I canceled yet another subscription is incredibly refreshing. That peace of mind is worth a lot to me.
The best thing about this: No subscription model, it's a one-time fee for a lifetime license. But you can start for free with the generous freemium model. I only needed to upgrade to pro because I wanted to use the app on my phone, laptop and desktop. Highly recommended! Btw, it's a perfect markdown editor as well, not sure why they don't emphasize this more.
Headspace - Meditation made simple. Brilliant things happen in calm minds.
Obsidian.md - A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
Present Sense - Use mindfulness to find peace and reduce stress & anxiety
Standard Notes - A safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work
Sanity & Self - Guided-wellness for your mind, body and soul
Apple Notes - Apple Notes functions as a service for making short text notes.