Export from your current app
Use your app’s export: Evernote and Simplenote both offer note exports, and an Obsidian vault is already a folder of Markdown files. Keep the export somewhere findable.
Import & migration
How to move your notes from Evernote, Obsidian, or Simplenote to a floating notes app
You do not have to abandon your note system to get floating, always-on-top notes for calls and presentations. Lucid Notes imports from Evernote, Obsidian, and Simplenote — the sane move is bringing over the notes you present with, not your entire archive.
Free on the Mac App Store · macOS 14+
How do you move notes into Lucid Notes?
Export from your current app, then use Lucid Notes’ built-in import, which accepts Evernote, Obsidian, and Simplenote exports as well as Markdown and JSON. Your notes land as rich text — headers, lists, bold — organized into folders you can rearrange, and every note can float in the transparent window or run as a teleprompter script.
Be honest about scope before you start: the free tier holds up to 5 notes, which is exactly right for trying the workflow with your meeting notes and scripts, and deliberately wrong for dumping a 2,000-note Evernote archive. If the floating-notes workflow sticks and you want a bigger library on board, Pro removes the note cap. Many people simply keep both apps: the old one as the archive, Lucid Notes as the layer that floats over calls.
Migrate in four steps
Run the import in Lucid Notes
Open the importer, choose your source — Obsidian, Evernote, Simplenote, or plain Markdown/JSON — and point it at the exported files.
Curate, don’t hoard
Start with the notes you actually present, pitch, or interview with. Organize them into folders and pin the ones you reach for weekly.
Put one to work
Float a talking-points note over your next call, or run a script in teleprompter mode. The migration pays off the first time a note is on screen when you need it.
Which notes are worth moving
Migrations fail from over-ambition. The notes that benefit from Lucid Notes are the ones you need visible while doing something else: meeting agendas, demo scripts, interview prep, standing talking points, launch checklists. Archives, research vaults, and years of clippings are better left where they are — those apps are built for storage and search, and your notes are not trapped either way.
A practical filter: anything you opened during a call in the last month moves; anything you have not opened this year stays.
No lock-in, by design
Portability should survive the move in both directions. Lucid Notes exports to JSON, Markdown, RTF, PDF, and plain text on both Free and Pro — so the notes you bring in can always leave again in a format any other app reads. Notes are stored locally on your Mac by default, and with Pro they sync through your own iCloud account rather than a proprietary cloud.
Keeping two apps is a valid endgame
Obsidian remains stronger for linked, plugin-heavy knowledge vaults; Evernote for a searchable everything-archive. Lucid Notes is deliberately narrower: transparent, always-on-top, teleprompter-ready notes for the moments you are on camera or presenting. The apps do not compete for the same job, so "archive there, present here" is not a compromise — it is the setup working as intended.
Free on the Mac App Store
Bring the five notes that matter.
Download Lucid Notes free, import your meeting notes, and float them over your next call.
Frequently asked questions
Does importing keep my formatting?
Notes import as rich text — headers, lists, bold, and code blocks map to Lucid Notes’ editor. App-specific extras from your old tool, like plugin syntax or embedded databases, do not carry over; the text itself does.
Is there a limit to how many notes I can import?
The free tier holds up to 5 notes, which suits a trial with your active meeting notes. Importing a larger library needs Pro, which removes the cap and is sold on the Mac App Store as a monthly, yearly, or one-time lifetime purchase.
Can I get my notes back out later?
Yes — export to JSON, Markdown, RTF, PDF, or plain text is available on both Free and Pro plans, so nothing you import is locked in.
Do imported notes sync between my Macs?
With Pro, notes sync through your own iCloud account using Apple’s encryption. On the free tier notes are stored locally on your Mac, and everything works offline either way.
Can imported notes be used as teleprompter scripts?
Yes — any note, imported or written in place, can run in teleprompter mode with adjustable auto-scroll and line highlighting, or float in the transparent always-on-top window.