![]() When I am looking for the best note-taking app for the Mac, I am looking for a few different things: sync to iOS (and web if possible), easy to add new notes, and easy to look up existing notes. I’ve used dozens of apps over the years, and I have opinions on what a note-taking app for Mac should look like for my use cases. Most of the apps offer free trials, so I advise you to check them all out. I’ll run through a few of the apps, and then I’ll help you figure out which will be the best note-taking app for you to try. When looking at macOS note-taking apps, your needs may look drastically different from what you’ll want on iPhone and iPad. On the iPhone, speed of starting a new note might take priority. On the iPad, handwriting integration with Apple Pencil might take priority. When looking at the best note-taking app for the Mac, the factors that are important for me are: ability to organize in folders/tags, speed of search, and ease of adding new notes from other apps. Based on the experience I’ve had with note-taking apps for the Mac, I came up with six great options depending on what’s important to you. EvernoteĮvernote is one of those apps I sort of don’t remember not existing. It originally launched in 2008 as a web service and has added clients to pretty much every platform over the years. It’s a perfect example of the everything bucket. You can load anything you want into Evernote, and it will sync it everywhere else you use Evernote. I used to hate Evernote, and then I loved Evernote. My problem with Evernote has a lot less to do with Evernote, but more than there are just more polished alternatives. I feel like OneNote is a better everything bucket, and Apple Notes is built into every Mac and iOS device. Evernote isn’t bad, but I just don’t love it. For me, it’s just a service that stayed stagnant while others around it evolved. One aspect of Evernote that’s really well done is its web clipper for saving information from webpages.Įvernote offers a free version, but I would advise the paid upgrade if you plan on using it. Upgrading gets you 10 GB of monthly uploads, offline notebooks, forward emails into Evernote, and automatic OCR scanning of your documents.Įvernote can be downloaded for free on the Mac App Store. Apple NotesĪpple Notes is built into every new Mac, and your storage is included with your iCloud account (5GB for free). It has some nice integrations built into macOS where you can add Safari items right to Notes. Like Evernote, you can add text, files, images, and more to notes. You can organize notes in folders (and subfolders), but it does lack the ability to create new notes via email like Evernote. That feature alone makes me consider Evernote from time to time. Is Apple’s Notes perfect? No, but it’s hard to see where it won’t fit the needs of most people. If you have somewhat basic note needs, then Apple Notes will probably work for you. The cost of storage is built into the cost of iCloud, so you can create thousands of notes with images, files, etc. #Simplenote for mac launchpad for free#.Web Scrapbook is the current current successor to the old open source Scrapbook X, and also designed to transform websites into HTML files. Looks like it is also not compatible with Firefox Quantum. I’ve heard good things about it as a stand-alone tool. WebtoPDF is an open source add-on that will convert web pages to PDF. Haven’t tested Laverna yet, but I know a lot of people are recommending it as a self-hosted solution with end-to-end encryption. ![]() ![]() Tagspaces application has a lot of useful features, some notably superior to Nextcloud, but also needs more time to develop. Not sure if you can use it without Tagspaces webdav client, which is currently in development for functional connectivity to Nextcloud. Tagspaces web clipper does a good job of saving data, but I see it is not yet compatible with latest Firefox Quantum. For now you have to browse to the resources directory and search for the associated file id number in order to export an attachment such as a picture… no download button, etc. Joplin does the best job of exactly rendering your many thousands of exported Evernote files, but it is still missing the ability to easily export attachments, location data, and other features. No built-in web clipper that I’m aware of. Zim even includes it’s own little html server for hosting content… it is amazing, and in some ways kicks the pants off Evernote. Supposedly you can host it via PicoCMS application for Nextcloud, but I’m still testing it. Zim is extremely well designed + makes it easy to link files of any size. Hey, I’ve also been looking for a proper Evernote replacement over the last three years.Ĭlosest actual system to Evernote I’ve used is Zim Wiki, which includes most all features you want besides the web clipper.
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