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Reminds me of Simple Note, which I've been using ever since Evernote became slow and bloated (https://simplenote.com/ https://simplenote.com/).
by corbinpage 10y ago
Reminds me of Simple Note, which I've been using ever since Evernote became slow and bloated (https://simplenote.com/ https://simplenote.com/).
- d0vs 10y agoDoes this do reminders?
- _bearMountain 10y agoI don't think it does yet. But there's an extension system built for Standard Notes so 3rd party can add.
- kmf 10y agoBear App (http://www.bear-writer.com http://www.bear-writer.com) is pretty neat too - it has Markdown support and uses iCloud Sync, which is probably the best part of Apple's Notes app.
- SirensOfTitan 10y agoHave started using and has become my daily driver (for notes and lite GTD work). The developers also actively engage with the community over at reddit.com/r/bearapp
- hendersoon 10y agoIt's neat, but only if you live completely inside the Apple ecosystem.
- dvcrn 10y agoI on the other hand find Bear horrible. You are completely locking yourself into their system and if you stop paying the monthly fee, you even loose the ability to sync your things to your phone or Mac. On top of that, I find their organization features not very good. The ability to tag notes seems neat at first but it can become very messy very fast. Completely freeform tagging requires a lot of discipline to not get out of hand, nested tags make this even more difficult. This is especially true for a notes app that is supposed to last you over many many years and possibly hold thousands of notes at some point. I personally bought Ulysses and use that as my notes taking app for text-only documents, and Apple Notes for short-lived image related notes.
- sridca 10y agoUlysses is interesting, but what justifies its high purchase cost (the Mac app costs over 60 CAD)?
- gglitch 10y agoI own, use, and enjoy Ulysses, but I wouldn't buy it at its current price.
- dvcrn 10y agoIt's more a full blown, fully customizable writing app targeted at writers. Using it only for notes is probably not doing it justice. In any way, my point is, I personally rather pay a price and own the piece of software than renting an app. In the case of Ulysses, I can still use the same version that I currently own in 10 years even if the company behind it goes out of business (given it will still run on our machines that we use at that point) + updates until the next paid upgrade (if that happens). I am not locked into a sync solution and can freely switch from iCloud to Dropbox to <other folder sync technology> to make it future proof. Bear on the other hand is even more uncertain. Sure, the subscription is helping the developer to keep the app running but once I stop paying that, I will loose crucial features. Also a subscription doesn't guarantee that something unexpected will happen to Shinyfrog (the company behind it).
- creativityland 10y agoFound myself in a similar situation with Wunderlist slowing down over the past year. Found Taskcade (http://www.taskcade.com http://www.taskcade.com) to be a good alternative, but it is web only right now.
- febed 10y agoAfter being a heavy SimpleNote user I finally migrated to Onenote. Simplenote is excellent for basic notetaking but having used Onenote I'm spoiled by it's ability to search within images. This is a lifesaver if you have to quickly search for a scanned receipt or a screenshot.