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Stick.<br>Tack.<br>Go.

The file isn't lost. The context is. Sticky notes that pin to any window, tab, document, folder, conversation, or task — each appears only when you're looking at it, hides when you leave, and returns when you come back. No clutter, no lost notes.

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macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon + Intel · 7-day free trial · $24.99 one-time · 3-Mac license · end-to-end encrypted

Safari

Chrome

Firefox

Brave

Dia

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Mail

iMessage

Slack

Teams

Discord

Photoshop

Illustrator

Affinity

Lightroom

DaVinci

Fusion

Logic Pro

Motion

Blender

Notion

ClickUp

Photos

Finder

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The problem

Every notes app puts notes on top of your work.

You know this feeling:

Why did I save this file?<br>What was I supposed to do with this folder?<br>What was the status of this project?<br>Why is this tab open?

Or the folder full of Client_Final · Client_Final_2 · Client_Final_REAL — and six months later, no memory of which one shipped.

The work remembers nothing. Regular sticky-note apps just dump everything on your desktop at once. Tack flips it: each note lives with its context — so the answer is already there when you come back.

Leave a note on a client's email thread, a specific Notion page, a court file in Finder, a DaVinci color page — and it quietly reappears the moment you return, then gets out of your way when you leave.

It's the difference between a wall of forgotten stickies and a note that's waiting for you exactly when and where you need it.

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Notes that live in your spreadsheet

Open a Google Sheet and its notes appear. Switch to another sheet — different notes. Close it and they wait exactly where you left them.

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A reminder stuck to the right thread

Talking points anchored to a specific iMessage conversation. Surface the moment you open that chat. Never blank on what you needed to say.

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Context-aware, everywhere

A note on a Finder folder, a ClickUp task, a Discord thread, a DaVinci color page. Each one waiting exactly where you need it.

"TackNote started as a sticky note I needed to write on a browser window. I couldn't. So I built the tool that should have existed."

It was early in the day. I needed to remind myself to push a sandbox site to production, but I didn't want to take the site down at peak traffic. I had nowhere clean to write it — not on the window I was watching, not tied to the moment I needed to act. A floating sticky note wasn't the answer. It would just get buried.

So I built TackNote.

I forgot to push the site anyway. But that won't happen again.

App compatibility

Works with every app.<br>Goes deeper where you live.

Tack works with every app at the window level. With the apps you use most it goes further — scoping to the exact tab, file, folder, conversation, or task.

Pro tip: the web version of an app often integrates more deeply than its desktop app — used in a browser, Teams, Outlook, Slack, and Notion are all Full automatically.

Full integration

Scopes to the exact tab, file, or folder — and Reveal jumps you straight back to it.

🌐<br>All web browsers<br>Safari · Chrome · Brave · Arc · Firefox and any web app. Per tab, exact URL, full per-sheet scoping in Google Sheets and Slides.

🖼️<br>Photoshop · Illustrator · Affinity<br>Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator plus Affinity Photo, Designer & Publisher. Per open document — Reveal reopens the file.

📄<br>Microsoft Word · Excel · PowerPoint<br>Per document, workbook, or presentation. Reveal reopens the file (handles local & OneDrive paths).

📁<br>Finder<br>Per folder and per file. Reveal opens the exact location.

Deep integration

Scopes to the exact item and jumps back — best effort.

🎬<br>DaVinci Resolve<br>Per project and page — Edit, Color, Fairlight, Fusion. Reveal jumps to the page when the project's already open; otherwise it opens Resolve so you pick it (no crash-prone force-load).

💬<br>iMessage · Notion · ClickUp · Discord · Apple Photos<br>Per conversation, page, task, channel, or album / photo.

Basic integration

Scopes to the exact conversation or folder. Reveal opens the app.

📧<br>Microsoft Teams · Outlook · Slack<br>Per conversation or folder. Use the web version for Full integration automatically.

Window level

Anchors to the app window — hides when you switch away, returns when you come back. Works with every macOS app, no setup.

💻<br>VS Code · Xcode · Terminal<br>Per app window.

🎵<br>Logic Pro · Ableton · Spotify<br>Per app window.

📹<br>Zoom · FaceTime<br>Per app window.

Every other macOS app<br>If it has a window, Tack can stick to it.

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Smart Viewing

Notes appear only when you're looking at what they belong to.

This is the heart of TackNote. A note tacked to a window,...