The notepad that keeps up with the room
LiveNote is a free online notepad. Start typing, share the link, and edit together in real time. No signup required.
From blank page to shared page in three steps
Start typing
One click opens a fresh page with its own link. No signup, no setup, and the cursor is already where you need it.
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Share the link
Send the URL to anyone. They open it in a browser and see your page, read-only or with edit rights, your call.
Watch it come alive
Everyone on the page sees edits as they happen, with live cursors showing who is writing where.
Small tool, serious toolkit
Everything in this tour ships today, no coming-soon placeholders. It turns on its own — or click a row.
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An AI assistant you opt into
Summarize, rewrite, improve, translate, or pull tasks and key points out of a page — results stream in and insert on click. Off until you connect a provider.
See the AI feature listFeature 1 of 4: An AI assistant you opt into
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AI assistSummary
Insert
Also: generate a title, extract tasks, ask questions about the note — off until you connect a provider.
- Read-only links
- Editable links
- One-time links
- Burn after reading
- Expires by days or views
- Password-protected links
- Lock note, link, or content
- QR code sharing
- Custom note URLs
- Branch pages
- End-to-end encryption
- Hardened: CSRF · XSS · rate limits
- Anonymous notes
- Two-factor (TOTP)
- Dashboard + trash
- Full-text search
- Star shared notes
- Command palette (⌘K)
- Export TXT · MD · PDF · DOCX
- Attachments · 20 MB free, 50 MB paid
- Installable app (PWA)
- Dark & light themes
- Optional AI assist
- Free to use, no signup
LiveNote vs the alternatives
The difference is the first click: no account, no setup — the page is already open and already shareable.
| What matters for a shared note | LiveNote | Google Docs | Notion | Basic online notepad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start writing without an account | Yes | Account required | Account + workspace setup | Yes |
| Real-time shared editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Live cursors & viewer count | Yes | Yes | Limited | No |
| End-to-end encrypted notes | Yes | No | No | No |
| One-time & burn-after-reading links | Yes | No | No | No |
| Built-in AI writing assistant | Yes | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | No |
| Markdown & code modes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Plain text only |
| Images & video in notes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Version history on the free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| One-click export (TXT, DOCX…) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Ships today, out of the box | 10/10 | 5/10 | 5/10 | 1/10 |
Moments LiveNote is made for
Meeting notes, exam nights, shopping lists, incident rooms — real situations, one shared page each.
Everything above is free. Premium removes the ads — and adds branch pages.
Premium hides every ad placement for your signed-in account, on all your devices, and unlocks branch pages — git-style forks of a note, each under its own URL. Notes, sharing and collaboration stay exactly as they are. Renews automatically — cancel any time.
₹49 / 30 days₹399 / 365 days
Questions people actually ask
Is LiveNote free?
Yes. Creating notes, sharing them, and editing together in real time are free, and you can use LiveNote without an account.
Do I need to sign up?
No. Notes work anonymously from the first click. A free account is optional: it keeps your notes in a dashboard, syncs them across devices, and adds two-factor authentication.
Who can read my notes?
Anyone with the link can open a note; lock it and only you can edit it. End-to-end encryption goes further: the note is encrypted in your browser, and the server stores only ciphertext it cannot read.
Can other people edit my note?
Only if you give them an editable link or share the note with edit rights. Plain links are read-only, and you can hand out one-time or burn-after-reading links for anything sensitive.
What happens when I stop typing?
Your note is saved automatically; a status indicator in the header shows Saving… / Saved. Made a bad edit? Undo and redo are one click away in the toolbar.
Does LiveNote work on my phone?
Yes. It runs in any mobile browser, and you can install it as an app (PWA) straight from the browser menu. Edits sync live, so your phone and desktop always show the same page.
What happens if I lose the link?
You're covered if you saved the note's Owner Key (LNK…): 'Recover a note with its key' on the login page restores owner access from any browser. Without it, anonymous notes are unlisted — no URL, no way back — so save the link somewhere safe. A free account keeps every note in your dashboard, with a trash for anything you deleted.
Can I control how long a shared link works?
Yes. Beyond plain read-only or editable links you can set an expiry date or a view limit, hand out a one-time link that burns after reading, or share via QR code.
Can I get my notes out later?
Anytime. Export any note as TXT or DOCX with one click — your writing is never locked into LiveNote.
How is LiveNote different from Google Docs or Notion?
No account and no setup. One click opens a page that is already shareable, with optional end-to-end encryption and burn-after-reading links. Docs and Notion are workspaces you organize; LiveNote is the page you share right now.
Your next page is one click away
Open a fresh page, write the first line, and send the link. That is the whole onboarding.
Start writing