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Hikari Scribe

Notes · Journaling · Research

A little more
space to think.

Keep your notes, sources and supporting files together in one calm workspace. Native to iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Join the beta Explore Hikari
Your notes. Their whole context.
The complete Hikari iPad workspace: a research note beside its records sidebar, folders and attached images.
Hikari Scribe on iPad
The complete Hikari Mac window with a formatted research note, labels and attached images.
Hikari Scribe on Mac
The complete Hikari iPhone screen with a research entry, attachments and editing toolbar.
Your ideas, in focus.
The complete Hikari iPhone folders screen with a recent entry and three project folders.
A place for every project.
The complete Hikari iPhone timeline with related entries arranged by date.
Pick up the thread.

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Public TestFlight beta

iPhone · iPad · Mac · Apple Watch

A thought, carried further

From a first thought to something you can build on.

Make room for the thought.

A reading note, a research diary, a draft. Give it shape with formatted text, then keep images, recordings and files beside the words they belong to.

Hikari on Mac with the formatting toolbar, labels, images and a research note.
Write it the way you think it.
The picture stays with the sentence.

Open an inline attachment marker to see the image over the paragraph it belongs to, without losing your place.

The full Mac window with an attached brain image opened above its paragraph.
An attachment, right where it belongs.

Keep the source with the sentence.

Find papers in PubMed or OpenAlex, bring in your Zotero library, and add citations as you write. Your folder bibliography stays close at hand.

The full Mac bibliography window: PubMed results on the left and saved references on the right.
From a paper to a reference in your writing.
Explore the reference tools

Import RIS and BibTeX. Export your bibliography as Vancouver, APA, IEEE or Harvard text, or as RIS, BibTeX and CSV. Numbered citations follow their order of appearance.

Pick up the thread.

Find an entry by date, or follow related notes along a timeline. Come back to the context, not just the title.

Related entries arranged on a dated timeline, shown on a complete Hikari screen.
A thread to come back to.
Find your way back by date

Move through your entries with the date scrubber, or choose a day in the calendar. Optional Apple Calendar integration brings your alerts into view.

App screens captured in September 2026, with sample titles tidied for presentation. The teaching material shown contains no patient data.

A thought on the go

Catch the thought
before it goes.

Record on your wrist. Send it to your iPhone. Turn voice into text on your device after the initial model setup.

The Watch companion records and hands the audio to your paired iPhone. Transcription runs on your device.

The Apple Watch recorder showing an active recording.
Capture it.
The Apple Watch sending its recording to the paired iPhone.
Carry it with you.

Made for your everyday

A place for
the details, too.

Your own order.

Shelves, folders and labels for the way you work.

Ready for the next entry.

Templates for the notes you write again and again.

Comfortably yours.

Light and dark appearances, with workspace backgrounds you can choose.

A workspace that feels like you.

Find your light. Settle into your work.

The complete iPad workspace in its light appearance.
Light appearance
The complete iPad workspace in its dark appearance.
Dark appearance
For research: your own journal table

Your reading, in context.

Bring in your own SCImago CSV and keep a journal table for each year. Search the SJR value, quartile, subject area and publisher from your imported file.

Hikari shows what your table contains. It does not connect to an external metrics service.

The complete iPhone Journals view with imported journal names, SJR values and quartiles.
Your imported journal table.

Why Hikari exists

Built from a real need to keep things together.

I’m a neurosurgeon and researcher. I started Hikari because my notes, papers, images and drafts kept ending up in different places. I wanted a calmer way to work with them together, across the Apple devices I use every day.

Hikari is now in public beta. If it fits the way you think and work, I’d love your help shaping what comes next.

László HalászNeurosurgeon and researcher

An invitation to try

Make room for
your next idea.

Try Hikari Scribe in the public TestFlight beta.
Choose your device and help shape what comes next.

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Requires iOS, iPadOS or macOS 26 or later. Apple Watch is included with the iPhone app.
No separate Hikari account needed.

Before you begin

A few small things.

How do I join the beta?

Open the link for your device. TestFlight will guide you through installing Hikari Scribe. This is a beta, so you may encounter bugs as you explore.

Which link should I choose?

Choose iPhone, iPad or Mac on the device you want to use. Each app has its own TestFlight invitation. The Apple Watch companion comes with the iPhone app.

Where can I report a problem?

Send feedback through TestFlight or write to feedback@hikariscribe.app. Include your device, system version, app build and the steps that led to the problem.

You can also check the known issues or visit Support.

Hikari Scribe · a closer look