Bardo for Android
Offline-first notes with Graph View, Lumen, Personal Space, drawing and spreadsheets — the complete app, running entirely on your phone.
We believe privacy can be comfortable.
And that it belongs to everyone.
// The idea
Bardo brings the functions of every app you reach for into one place, with the design you would expect from the best of them. And behind that comfort sits privacy that is deliberately paranoid: your notes stay on your device, protected by default.
01
Everything, in one place.
Notes, spreadsheets, voice memos, drawing, presentations, to-do lists and boards. No more switching apps to finish one thought.
02
Beautiful, because it should be.
Themes, note backgrounds and a Marketplace of widgets. Bardo is meant to be something you enjoy opening, not just something you tolerate.
// Bardo today
Private notes for
Private notes for
Android, Windows and the web.
Spreadsheets, voice memos, drawing and attachments — stored on your device, not in someone else's cloud.
// Three ways in, more on the way
Native on Android.
Native on Android.
Instant in the browser.
Now on Windows.
The same private workspace, whichever screen you reach for.
Bardo Web
Local browser storage, no accounts, Personal Space and on-device OCR. Open the page and start writing — nothing to set up.
Bardo for Windows
Native support for Windows 11–10 with notes in multiple windows, local encryption of regular notes and folder-based storage for notes and to-do lists.
Also planned
Linux — Soon
iOS — 2027
macOS — 2027
// Privacy
Paranoid,
Paranoid,
by design.
Comfort is the surface. Underneath, Bardo is built as if someone were always trying to read your notes.
01
Local by default
Everything lives on your device or in your browser. Cloud sync is optional, never required.
02
No accounts
No sign-up and no identity stored on a server. Open it and start writing.
03
No analytics
All analytics were removed in Bardo 1.1 Stable.
04
Personal Space
A password-protected area for the notes and lists you keep to yourself.
05
Sensitive Mode
A stricter local-first profile for material that needs extra care.
06
Encrypted on Windows
Local encryption of regular notes in Bardo for Windows.
// Android · out now
Bardo 1.2
A refreshed interface, richer custom themes and a completely redesigned Marketplace. And a release spent refining what is already there.
- 01
Refreshed interface
A new look across the whole app, calmer and clearer in daily use.
- 02
Custom themes
Enhanced theme creation, so Bardo looks exactly the way you want.
- 03
Redesigned Marketplace
Expanded customization, plus widgets you build yourself and publish for the community.
- 04
Echo sends whole notes
Text, photos, presentations, drawings and voice recordings in a single transfer.
- 05
Folders and Trash
Sort folders right in the main menu. Trash gets better controls and automatic deletion.
- 06
Newer AI models
More capable models under the hood, across the app.
- 07
Security and fixes
Stronger overall system security and numerous bugs resolved.
Bardo Web gets the Marketplace too, without the Bardo Plus purchase option, so Plus stays exclusive to Android. Bardo for Windows follows after the Android and Web updates.
// Bardo Plus · Android
For the people who
For the people who
never close the app.
An optional upgrade for power users, back with 1.1 Stable.
100k characters
Notes up to 100,000 characters each — long enough for whole chapters.
Graph View
See how every note connects, in an interactive graph you can walk through.
Lumen agent
AI memory, in-app actions, auto-cleanup and the premium theme set.
Start writing.
Pick where you write — both are private by default.