Setting up your account

Surfc opens with a clean slate: no passwords to invent, no waitlist to wait on. The first time you visit app.surfc.app you can be capturing notes inside three minutes.

Step 1: Sign up

From the marketing site or directly at app.surfc.app, pick either Continue with Google or Sign up with email.

• Google. One redirect, you're back signed in. No password, no email round trip.
• Email. Enter your address — Surfc sends a six-digit code (or a magic link, depending on your device). Type the code in the same screen and you're in.

TIP

If you already have an account, the same buttons work for signing back in. The OTP endpoint figures out whether you're new or returning automatically.

Step 2: Verify your email

If you signed up by email, the code in your inbox is also your verification step. Email-verified accounts have full access immediately; until that's confirmed, sign-in attempts that don't include the verified code will be rejected.

Inbox not arriving?

Check spam, then make sure you used the exact same address you signed up with. The send-rate is generous but not unlimited — wait 30 seconds between resends.

Step 3: Enrol your encryption passkey

Surfc encrypts the text of your notes end-to-end. Your device handles encryption with a passkey — a piece of cryptographic material your phone or laptop holds on your behalf, unlocked by Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello, or your PIN.

When you first sign in, Surfc will walk you through enrolling that passkey. Accept the system prompt to register it. From then on, unlocking your notes is as quick as glancing at your phone.

Adding a second device

You can add more devices later from Settings → Linked devices. Surfc will issue a six-digit transfer code from your working device that your new device types in to enrol its own passkey — the master key never leaves your control.

Step 4: Make your first capture

You're done with setup. Open the camera from the Home screen and walk through Capture your first page to capture, transcribe, and tag your first note.

Reader plan

You get 50 managed-AI calls per month on the Reader plan — enough to comfortably index a couple of dozen pages. Heavier indexing schedules can upgrade to Practitioner from the Settings page when you're ready.