Easy banana breadIngredients
→Easy banana bread
3 ripe bananas
1 cup flour
Copy from the web, keep the shape
Paste a recipe, an article or a list from any website. Headings, bullet points and links come along - tidy, not a wall of text.
A note-taking app for Mac
Take notes on top of anything.
Floate floats above your videos, lectures, calls and reading - so you can write things down without pausing, switching windows or losing your place.
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ECON 201 - Lecture 7
Price elasticity of demand
Ed = %ΔQ ÷ %ΔP
Elastic if |Ed| > 1: price up, revenue down
Ask about cross-price elasticity
This week
Watch lecture 7
Flashcards: chapter 3
Midterm on Friday, 10am
You're watching something worth remembering. You pause. Open your notes. Lose the window. Scrub back to find where you were. Floate stays on top, so none of that happens.
Wherever you are
Made for the moments you can't pause.
Keep the lecture playing.
Write down what matters while the professor keeps talking. No pausing, no switching back and forth, no missed slides.
More on lectures and online classes →ECON 201 - Lecture 7
Price elasticity of demand
Ed = % change in quantity / % change in price
|Ed| > 1 means elastic: raising price lowers revenue
Problem set 3 due Thursday
- Lectures: Keep the lecture playing. Write down what matters while the professor keeps talking. No pausing, no switching back and forth, no missed slides.
- Recipes: Cook along, step by step. Jot the ingredients and tick them off as the video plays - no flour-covered fingers scrubbing back through the timeline.
- Calls: Remember what was said. Keep a note open over your video call and capture names, decisions and follow-ups while you're still in the conversation. Sharing your screen? Hide the note from the share with one click.
- Languages: Build your own phrasebook. Collect new words while you watch lessons, shows and podcasts. Your vocabulary list stays on screen, right where you need it.
- Reading: Read with a pen in hand. Pull out quotes and thoughts while you read an article, a PDF or an ebook - and still see the page you're on.
- Tutorials: Learn a skill, keep the steps. Following a guitar lesson, a watercolour class or a spreadsheet tutorial? Keep the steps next to the video and practise at your own pace.
One shortcut. A note appears.
Press ⌘⇧N from any app and a fresh note opens right where you are. Close it when you're done - it's saved automatically.
- Over full-screen videoStays visible on top of full-screen players, slides and every desktop.
- As many as you likeA shopping list on the left, lecture notes on the right. Each note floats on its own.
- Always one click awayTap the Floate icon in your menu bar for a new note. Or set your own shortcut.
- Hidden when you shareHide any note from screen sharing and recordings. You still see it - the people on your call don't.
Writing
Type / for anything.
Headings, bullet points, to-do lists, quotes, dividers, drawings and pictures - all a slash away. No menus to dig through, no formatting to fuss with. Your notes come out tidy without trying.
Weekend in Lisbon
Things to sort out before Friday:
Try it - pick a block, or type / and a word to filter
Formatting
Select. Style. Done.
Highlight any words and a small toolbar appears. Make them bold, add a link, or turn a plain line into a heading or a checklist in one click.
Canvas
When words aren't enough, draw it.
Add a canvas anywhere in a note and sketch with your trackpad or mouse. Diagrams for class, a floor plan for the new sofa, arrows that finally make it make sense.
Physics 2 - Double-slit experiment
Light through two slits makes stripes, not two lines. Why?
Bright where the waves meet in step, dark where they cancel out.
Bring things in
Paste it. Drop it. Keep it.
slide-12.png
Drop to add to your note
Screenshots and photos, right in place
Drag in a picture or paste a screenshot of the slide you're looking at. It sits inside your note, exactly where you put it.
Your library
When a quick note grows up.
Every floating note also lives in your library - a calm, full-size window with folders for each class, project or part of life. Open any note big when it's time to really think.
spani⌘K
Spanish - Week 3
Spanish - Week 2
Spanish class
- Find anythingPress ⌘K and start typing. Any note, in a blink.
- Folders for everythingOne for each subject, trip or project. Folders inside folders, too.
- Easy on the eyesLight and dark mode that follows your Mac - or pick your favourite.
Yours
Your notes live on your Mac.
Not on our servers, not in someone else's cloud. Floate keeps every note in a folder in your Documents - you can see them, back them up, or keep them in iCloud Drive. No account. No internet needed.
Economics
Spanish
Recipes
Trips
Shopping list
Call with landlord
Book ideas
Weekend in Lisbon
Compared
Why not just use Stickies or Notes?
| Floate | Apple Notes | Stickies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floats above other windows | Every note | Per note, via Keep on Top | Yes, via Float on Top |
| Shows over full-screen videos | Yes | Only with a workaround | No |
| Hidden from screen sharing | Yes, per note | No | No |
| New note from any app | ⌘⇧N or menu bar | Quick Note (Globe + Q) | Only from selected text |
| Headings and checklists | Yes, type / | Yes, from the toolbar | No |
| Drawing inside notes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Folders and search | Yes | Yes | No |
| Price | $4.99 once | Free with your Mac | Free with your Mac |
In depth: Floate vs Apple Notes · Floate vs Stickies
Pricing
Pay once. Keep it.
No subscription. Try everything for 7 days before you decide.
- Floating notes over any app
- Hide notes from screen sharing
- Type / for headings, lists and to-dos
- Drawing canvas in every note
- Images, screenshots and web pasting
- Folders and instant search
- Notes saved on your Mac
FAQ
Good questions.
What is Floate?
Floate is a note-taking app for Mac. Its notes float on top of every other window - including full-screen videos - so you can take notes while you watch, read, study or talk, without switching apps.
Can I take notes on top of a full-screen YouTube video?
Yes. Press ⌘ ⇧ N and a note appears over whatever is on your screen, even a full-screen video or presentation. Keep writing while it plays.
Will people see my notes when I share my screen?
Not if you don't want them to. Click the eye icon at the top of any floating note to hide it from screen sharing, recordings and screenshots. It stays on your screen for you, but Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and screen recordings won't show it. You can turn it on or off for each note separately.
Is Floate good for students?
Floate is made for studying from video. Keep lecture notes, checklists and quick sketches on top of online classes, recorded lectures and course videos, then organise them into folders for each subject.
Can I draw in my notes?
Yes. Type / and choose Canvas to add a drawing space right inside your note. Sketch diagrams, arrows, mind maps or quick doodles with your trackpad or mouse.
Where are my notes saved?
On your Mac, in a Floate folder inside Documents. You can choose another folder - for example in iCloud Drive so they are backed up. Nothing is uploaded to us.
Do I need an internet connection or an account?
No. Floate works fully offline, and you can start writing without signing up for anything.
How much does Floate cost?
Floate is free for 7 days with every feature included. After that it's a one-time payment of $4.99 - no subscription. If you don't buy, you can still open and read every note you wrote.
Does Floate work on Windows, iPhone or iPad?
Not yet. Floate is made for Mac and works on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
How is Floate different from Stickies or Apple Notes?
Apple Notes and Stickies can both keep a note on top, but neither shows over a full-screen video without workarounds. Floate is built around floating: every note stays on top, even over full-screen apps, and opens from anywhere with one shortcut. It also has a / menu for quick formatting, and keeps your notes as files in a folder you can open in Finder.
Don't pause it. Float it.
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