Some text is only meant to be useful for a moment. A message before you send it. A few words you want to hold on to. Something you need to get out of your head before you know what it is.
That’s the space I’m building Wisp for: a quiet scratchpad on iPhone and iPad.
Start with a page
The first screen is the product. Open Wisp and there’s a place to type. No title to come up with, folder to choose, or notebook to organize. The starting point is a single sheet and a little room to think.
That simplicity gives the details more weight. The margins, the type, the way the keyboard comes and goes, and the position of a small control all shape how it feels to use.
Temporary doesn’t mean disposable
A scratchpad should feel lightweight without making your words feel fragile. The active sheet stays put when you close the app. Clearing it is an explicit action, with an undo available afterward.
Recent sheets have a quieter home, away from the writing surface. They remain recoverable for 30 days. The idea is to make starting fresh easy while leaving room to change your mind.
Sharing is just as central. Sometimes the scratchpad is where a piece of text starts, and another app is where it belongs.
Keep the center of gravity small
Wisp is a native SwiftUI app. The project also includes widgets and system integrations, but the central interaction stays the same: open, write, clear, or share.
The question I keep coming back to is whether a feature helps that interaction. A quick route into a fresh sheet makes sense. A second organizational system to manage is a different product.
Wisp is still in development. For now, the work is in making that small experience feel considered, and making sure the quiet surface rests on dependable behavior.