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Notepd: Offline-First Note-Taking PWA That Runs Like a Native App

Product Founder, United StatesProductivity / Mobile8 weeks
Notepd — product screenshot

Overview

The product needed to compete with established tools like Notion and Bear — working seamlessly across mobile and desktop with real-time sync, full offline access, and a distraction-free writing experience. The key constraint was performance on low-powered Android devices where competitors struggled..

The Challenge

The product needed to compete with established tools like Notion and Bear — working seamlessly across mobile and desktop with real-time sync, full offline access, and a distraction-free writing experience. The key constraint was performance on low-powered Android devices where competitors struggled.

Our Solution

We built on React and Firebase with an offline-first PWA architecture that installs natively on both iOS and Android home screens. Background sync keeps notes updated without user interaction, push notifications handle shared note updates, and every UI decision was optimised for sub-100ms response on mid-range hardware.

Results

Installs natively on iOS and Android home screens straight from the browser

Background sync keeps notes updated with no user interaction

Sub-100ms sync on mid-range Android devices

Full offline access — installs and runs like a native app

“The app installs like a native app and works entirely offline. Users can't tell it's a web app. That was the brief and they delivered exactly that.”

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Founder

Notepd

Tech Stack

ReactFirebasePWATypeScript

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