From scribble
to to-do,
automatically.

Notom is a thin layer between your half-formed thoughts and your actual to-do list. Here's the loop, end to end.

STEP 01 Capture

Drop in whatever you've got.

Open the app, type. Or paste a URL. Notom fetches the title and a summary so your reference shelf isn't a wall of raw links. Or upload a screenshot or short video clip from your phone.

On mobile, install Notom as a PWA and it shows up in the iOS/Android share sheet. Forward an article from Safari, send a selection of text, drop a screenshot. It lands as a note in your space without leaving the app you're in.

Plain text note

"Need to call the bank Monday about the wire"

URL note

arxiv.org/abs/2501.04519. Auto-titled

Mobile share

Forwarded from iOS Safari → here in 2 taps

Screenshot

Whiteboard photo from this morning

STEP 02 Extract

Notom reads it.
Pulls out the to-dos.

Every saved note is read by AI. Notom asks one question: what commitments are hiding in this? Each one becomes an action with a due date, linked back to the source note so you can always see where it came from. The note itself never goes anywhere. It stays in your space, fully searchable, long after the to-do is done.

Inferred actions and manual ones live side by side. Edit a note, the actions you've curated stay put. Nothing destructive ever happens behind your back.

From this note:

"Caught up with Anna at coffee. She's sending the Q4 deck before Friday, then we both need to read it before the board meeting on the 18th. Also. Book the venue for the offsite, end of the month."

Notom extracted:

AI Read Anna's Q4 deck 17 Nov

AI Book offsite venue 30 Nov

STEP 03 Schedule

Due dates that mean something.

Say "end of the week", "eod", "next month". Notom resolves them against your working week and end-of-day. If you stop work at 5 pm on Friday, "this week" means by 5 pm Friday, not midnight Sunday.

Saved a URL? Notom can auto-create a "review this" action. Due today, this week, fortnightly, or never. Unread links become a managed queue instead of a black hole of open tabs.

Working week: Mon – Fri, ends 17:30

"eod" Today, 17:30

"end of the week" Friday, 17:30

"next month" First working day, next month

"in 3 days" 3 working days from now

STEP 04 Work

Get the next thing done.

Six filtered views: Overdue, Today, This Week, Upcoming, All, Completed. The next action on each note also surfaces inline in the note list, so you see what's next without clicking through.

Mark done, reopen, cancel, uncancel. Each with one click. Open Notom in a second browser tab or on your phone and the changes show up in real time, no refresh needed.

Notom's Actions view: extracted to-dos with resolved due dates across Upcoming, Overdue, Today and This Week filters

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A note on the AI

Yes, it reads your notes. No, it doesn't keep them.

Notom sends each saved note to an AI model to extract actions. That's the only call. Nothing is sent for any other purpose. We don't sell, mine, or train models on your notes, and the inferred action stays linked to the source note so you can always see why it appeared.

If you'd rather not use the AI, leave the action-extraction toggle off in space settings. Manual notes and actions still work end-to-end.

If you're coming from another tool, here's how Notom is different in your context: vs Notion, vs Apple Notes, vs Evernote, vs Obsidian, vs Todoist. Or read about Notom for ADHD, for founders, for parents, or all use cases.

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From scribble to to-do, automatically.