NotesText note
Workshop ideas
Start with a short demonstration.
Leave time for people to try it themselves.
Day Planner + Notes
The world is noisy.
Ideas, messages, reminders, things you want to do. They all compete for your attention. We built Backpack to help you navigate it, with a place to explore your thoughts and a way to choose what matters today.
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BPKplannerExample day
Monday TODAY
Today's commitments
2 / 3Send the project outline
Prepare the workshop
Day Logger
TimePlanActual
9 AMProject outlineOutline sent
9:00–9:45
9:00–9:45
10 AMWorkshop prep—
Notes / Web interface
A place to return to your thoughts.
Write a note, find an earlier thought, or pick up where you left off. Your words stay at the centre, with a recap there when you want it.
BPKnotesExample library
Your notes
Search your notes
Today
9:41
Workshop ideas
NoteStart with a short demonstration.
8:15
A thought from the walk
AudioWhat if we gave the idea more room?
Yesterday
16:20
Things to explore
NoteA few questions to come back to.
BPKnotesExample written note
Note · Ready
Workshop ideas
Start with a short demonstration.
Leave time for people to try it themselves.
I want the workshop to feel practical, with room for people to discover their own approach.
Your words, saved as you wrote them.
RecapGenerated from this note
Privacy vision
Your thoughts should stay yours.
Your ideas and plans are personal. Using AI shouldn’t mean giving someone else permission to train on them or read them.
Our vision for Backpack is to bring the power of AI into your life while keeping that space private—so you can think freely, explore unfinished ideas, and plan your day on your own terms.
Notes + Planner
Two sides of one brain.
Backpack brings a creative space and an executive space together. One helps you explore what is on your mind. The other helps you decide what to do with your day.
Notes
The creative side.
Room for ideas, unfinished thoughts, and unexpected connections. Write or speak a note, explore what connects, and keep the passages you want to return to.
Day Planner
The executive side.
Choose what needs your attention. Turn intentions into commitments, give work time in your day, and keep the rest for later. Then record what you actually did.
01 / Day Planner
Choose what belongs today.
Pick up to three commitments. Put work on your timeline, keep the rest for later, and record what you actually did.
02 / Notes
Write it down. Or say it.
Capture a note or speak a thought. Return to the original, search your notes, and keep building on the ideas that matter.
Backpack Brain
Different apps. One Brain.
Notes and Planner have their own interfaces and their own jobs. They talk to the same Brain, so a thought you capture can become useful context or a suggestion for your day.
Brain looks for things worth remembering and actions worth considering. You review what it finds, choose what to remember, and decide what belongs in your plan.
Capture + ExploreNotes
Decide + Follow throughPlanner
Notes / iPhone + Android + Apple Watch
Capture away from your desk.
Notes has apps for iPhone, Android, and Apple Watch. Record a thought when it arrives, then return to it in Notes.
A workshop idea on a walk. A reminder between meetings. Something you want to think through out loud.
BPK9:41
Notes
A thought worth keeping.
Recording
00:28
Your notes
Workshop ideasVoice note
Notes9:41
Recording
00:28
Notes / Transcription + Highlights
Read back what you said.
Find what matters in it.
Notes transcribes your recordings so you can read and search them, with the original audio kept alongside the text.
It also looks for useful passages to suggest as highlights. Review what it finds, keep what matters to you, and dismiss the rest.
NotesExample note
Workshop ideas
Original recording0:28
Transcript
Start with a short demonstration. Leave time for people to try it themselves. I want the workshop to feel practical, not just like a presentation.
Suggested highlight
Leave time for people to try it themselves.
You choose which suggestions to keep.
Time tracking / Mac app + Controller
Track time from your desk.
Backpack also has a time tracking app for Mac, with a physical controller: three buttons and a knob.
A separate app for tracking your time, alongside Notes and Planner. This is already part of Backpack.
Example session
00:45:12Mac app
Three buttons. One knob.
More Backpack apps
Coming soon.
Two more products are on the way. Each will have its own focused interface and connect to the same Backpack Brain.
Coming soon
Health + diet tracking
A place to track what you eat and how you feel, and notice patterns over time.
BPKhealthExample day
Monday
Daily log2Meals logged
25 minMovement
Meals
8:10
Breakfast
Oats, berries, and yoghurt
12:30
Lunch
Rice bowl with vegetables and tofu
Daily check-in
- Energy
- Steady
- Mood
- Good
- Movement
- 25-minute walk
Felt better after getting outside at lunch.
Coming soon
Budgeting
A place to track spending, plan a budget, and see where your money is going.
BPKbudgetExample month
September
Monthly budgetSpent$1,460
Remaining$940
Monthly budget $2,400
| Category | Spent | Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $900 | $1,200 |
| Food | $320 | $500 |
| Transport | $140 | $250 |
| Other | $100 | $450 |