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Can anyone recommend a better note taking app than the default? (aussie.zone)
submitted 11 months ago by Fluid@aussie.zone to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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I’ve been using the notes app to write short thoughts, notes, poems, random ideas, etc and have found it really clunky for this. It has no simple way to edit formatting while typing or after, and a few other designs that seem to distract me. Wondering if anyone else had found this also, and maybe looked around for a better app?

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[–] brewbart@feddit.de 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Obsidian has very rich support scripts and workflows documented for MacOS - I highly recommend it

[–] Fluid@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Sounds good, I’ll check it out too. Presume it plays nicely with linux as well then, do ya know?

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There’s an official flatpak in flathub so yes.

Also it uses plain text markdown files so you can see the notes in whatever. So yeah Linux friendly.

Edit: you may need to get obsidian sync. Haven’t looked into this in awhile.

[–] Fluid@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Good to know, thanks!

[–] brewbart@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

It does! Basically any package is offeted. There's also a mobile app for Android and iPhone. Just take a look at obsidian.md

[–] Calyhre@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Shameless plug, but I work for Slite.com and you should try it. We also made a browser extension that replace your new tab with our editor, no strings attached: For Firefox and for Chrome

[–] blacksoul@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I use Joplin. I sync it with my nextcloud instance.

[–] 7provincien@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

Notability for handwritten notes. Obsidian for everything else

[–] Creatortray@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It really depends what all you want to do with it. One of my favorites is craft. Their website is craft.do. They’re very feature rich, and offer almost as much versatility as notion, but unlike notion it lets you sync with your iCloud storage. If you can afford it therir premium plan is even better.

[–] BMT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Try workflowy. It is the most simple and effective way for me to store my thoughts.

[–] jonnyblue@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I tried every app under the sun, I just need an app that can scan documents as well as Notes do; and that can do file versioning. I haven’t found anything like that yet.

[–] araknyd@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Try Notion.

[–] Fluid@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Will do, cheers 👍

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 0 points 11 months ago

Seconding Notion. It's infinitely configurable, which can be a bit of a learning curve. Once you get the hang of it though, there's nothing I can find to replace it. Literally. I have tried.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People seem to enjoy Bear

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I actually went back to the default notes app, it’s gotten really good and I‘m getting tired of expensive subscriptions.

[–] androidul@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

How about AnyType? https://anytype.io/

Although, no pencil support 😞

[–] Stylus2650@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I've been through Evernote, Apple Notes, OneNote, and Notion.

I highly recommend "UpNote" which is cross platform and has awesome sync. You can pay a small monthly fee or grab it for the lifetime fee which is incredibly affordable. I recently switched over for work and personal and I'm so glad I did.

[–] wagnerst@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you take notes on many meetings, Agenda has been the best for me.

[–] Pepesueco@mastodon.social 1 points 11 months ago

@wagnerst @apple_enthusiast Did you taste other options? Which one?