Reflect Open
Local Markdown notes in an open-source app with your own AI key.
Category: Productivity · Meetings, notes & planning
Features
Reflect Open is an open-source Mac app for local Markdown notes with backlinks and tasks that needs no proprietary cloud and handles AI capabilities such as chat, rewriting, summarising, and translation exclusively through the user's own API key.
The Mac app is free and available in Stable or Beta versions. Sync uses iCloud or Git by choice; AI and transcription use your own provider accounts. The classic Reflect cloud app remains a different, still-available product.
- Store local Markdown notes, tasks, and backlinks on your Mac without mandatory cloud sync
- AI chat, rewriting, summarising, and translation using your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or OpenRouter)
- Sync via iCloud or Git/GitHub of your own choice
- API keys are managed in the operating system keychain
- Open-source code reviewable; Mac beta free to use without a credit card
Prices and plans
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac app (Stable/Beta) | free | Beta and Open Source | Local Markdown notes, search, tasks, and backlinks AI chat, rewriting, summarising, and translation Own model key required iCloud or Git/GitHub sync |
| iPhone TestFlight | free | Beta | Limited TestFlight places Planned to become paid later Price and timing undecided |
| AI usage | direkt beim gewählten Provider | Usage | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or OpenRouter No Reflect-included tokens Keys stored in the operating-system keychain |
| Reflect Cloud (separate product) | $10 | month, billed annually | One plan, one price on reflect.app/home#pricing billed annually 14-day trial mentioned |
Limits
Reflect Open is a different app from the still-available Reflect cloud app. The Mac client is free; AI and transcription costs are charged by the provider you choose. Notes can be explicitly marked private, which blocks them from AI and other services that read note content. This does not mean all notes automatically stay local during ordinary AI use.
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FAQ
Is Reflect Open available for free?
Yes. A permanently free plan is published, not a time-limited trial. Mac app is free and open source; own AI key and provider charges required.
Where is Reflect Open's vendor based?
Reflect App LLC, based in USA. For data processing and privacy terms the vendor's own contract governs.
Is Reflect Open still active?
Active Mac beta and iPhone TestFlight; new development is in Reflect Open while the old Reflect app remains available.
How many plans are documented for Reflect Open?
The catalog documents 4 plans with price, billing period, and included features.
Which use case is Reflect Open categorized for?
Reflect Open is listed in the catalog under “Productivity.”
Where do the details about Reflect Open come from?
Prices, limits, and product details are documented against the listed official vendor page.
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Sources
- https://reflect.app/blog/reflect-open
- https://reflect.app/home#pricing
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