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This is a great, great app. I use it and love it.

dan_can_code 6y ago
I agree, bear is great. I miss it - I no longer have an iPhone and am Windows dependent :-(. I have made the best use of OneNote as I can - but the ease of categorisation of thoughts within the bear app will always be the best imo.
- rgrs 6y ago
  Try Joplin. As a heavy user of markdown for notes, i wanted something cross-platform across OSes and devices. Joplin fits my requirements perfectly.
  - apozem 6y ago
    I want to love Joplin (open source! markdown!) but I just can't get past how ugly it is. Its iPhone app is just a horrendous mishmash of colors and non-native UI elements.
    - PascLeRasc 6y ago
      I'm only a week into using it, but check out Notion. I really love it so far. The UI has blown me away in both beauty and how it gets out of the way.
      - 1f60c 6y ago
        Notion is amazing, and they recently removed the cap on the amount of "blocks" you're allowed to use on the free plan[0]. No affiliation, just a happy customer. :-) [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23236786 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23236786
        chrisweekly 6y ago
        Agreed, Notion is awesome. I have even stronger feelings about Roam though. Notion is "better" than just abt anything else like it, whereas Roam is different -- there is nothing else like it.
        1f60c 6y ago
        Roam as in https://roamresearch.com/ https://roamresearch.com/?
        chrisweekly 6y ago
        Yes!
        michaelmrose 6y ago
        What about org-roam https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-server https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-server
        chrisweekly 6y ago
        Might be nice for Emacs / orgmode users?
        johntash 6y ago
        I wish Notion had a self-hosted version. I store a lot of things in Joplin (previously Evernote) that I'm just not comfortable having on 3rd party servers :(
    - uxamanda 6y ago
      Joplin is cool because you can add your own css to customize the desktop app. I realize not every is interested in doing that, but I’ve been an advocate once I tweaked the styles to my liking [0]. Agree with you that the mobile app styles are very rough, but the community is very active and open to suggestions / improvements [1]. [0] https://github.com/amandamcg/joplin-theme https://github.com/amandamcg/joplin-theme [1] https://discourse.joplinapp.org/ https://discourse.joplinapp.org/
  - dan_can_code 6y ago
    Joplin looks really interesting - thank you for the recommendation!
- arvinsim 6y ago
  Try out Notion. They recently changed their free plan to have unlimited blocks.
  - dan_can_code 6y ago
    I have given them a go - but I had some privacy concerns. I may look into this again, thank you.

I agree, bear is great. I miss it - I no longer have an iPhone and am Windows dependent :-(. I have made the best use of OneNote as I can - but the ease of categorisation of thoughts within the bear app will always be the best imo.

rgrs 6y ago
Try Joplin. As a heavy user of markdown for notes, i wanted something cross-platform across OSes and devices. Joplin fits my requirements perfectly.
- apozem 6y ago
  I want to love Joplin (open source! markdown!) but I just can't get past how ugly it is. Its iPhone app is just a horrendous mishmash of colors and non-native UI elements.
  - PascLeRasc 6y ago
    I'm only a week into using it, but check out Notion. I really love it so far. The UI has blown me away in both beauty and how it gets out of the way.
    - 1f60c 6y ago
      Notion is amazing, and they recently removed the cap on the amount of "blocks" you're allowed to use on the free plan[0]. No affiliation, just a happy customer. :-) [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23236786 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23236786
      - chrisweekly 6y ago
        Agreed, Notion is awesome. I have even stronger feelings about Roam though. Notion is "better" than just abt anything else like it, whereas Roam is different -- there is nothing else like it.
        1f60c 6y ago
        Roam as in https://roamresearch.com/ https://roamresearch.com/?
        chrisweekly 6y ago
        Yes!
        michaelmrose 6y ago
        What about org-roam https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-server https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-server
        chrisweekly 6y ago
        Might be nice for Emacs / orgmode users?
      - johntash 6y ago
        I wish Notion had a self-hosted version. I store a lot of things in Joplin (previously Evernote) that I'm just not comfortable having on 3rd party servers :(
  - uxamanda 6y ago
    Joplin is cool because you can add your own css to customize the desktop app. I realize not every is interested in doing that, but I’ve been an advocate once I tweaked the styles to my liking [0]. Agree with you that the mobile app styles are very rough, but the community is very active and open to suggestions / improvements [1]. [0] https://github.com/amandamcg/joplin-theme https://github.com/amandamcg/joplin-theme [1] https://discourse.joplinapp.org/ https://discourse.joplinapp.org/
- dan_can_code 6y ago
  Joplin looks really interesting - thank you for the recommendation!
arvinsim 6y ago
Try out Notion. They recently changed their free plan to have unlimited blocks.
- dan_can_code 6y ago
  I have given them a go - but I had some privacy concerns. I may look into this again, thank you.