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Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Re: Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Post by thiht »

runjake wrote: post #4

Bear Notes is almost there at 99%. Good: - Elegant - Fast - Excellent sync - Excellent export abilities - Excellent markup and code markup support - Good automation possibilities (iOS Shortcuts, x-callback-url, AppleScript) Bad: - iOS/macOS only. There's a web version in the works, but I would not count on that ever seeing the light of day. https://bear.app/

Does it finally handle tables? I tried it but found it way over hyped, it's just not any good (yet?). And its inferior pseudo markdown is infuriating.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Post by riidom »

st1x7 wrote: post #6

- For knowledge-base organisation - Obsidian. It's a nice program and it works with markdown files with some nice features like a graph view and support for LaTeX equations. I don't need to access these notes on my phone/tablet. - Anything else i.e. shorter form notes that I want to sync across devices and which don't require fancy formatting or organisation - Apple Notes. Perfectly happy with both of these for their…

I use Obsidian as well, but funnily, the knowledge-base related features don't interest me at all.

I like it for it's well-done "90% of preview-mode inside edit-mode already" approach, and the BSP-style window separation.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Post by luckman212 »

Another Obsidian user here. Pretty happy, but they have some rough edges to overcome still.

Surprised nobody's mentioned Craft[0]. Pretty amazing what they've managed to do in such a short time. Doesn't replace Obsidian for me, but I think for the "need a replacement for Evernote" crowd, there isn't a finer choice.

[0]: https://www.craft.do

Re: Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Post by mindhash »

Just sharing my flow for those looking to build note taking apps:

I use whatsapp for note taking. It solves a similar problem for notes as drop box did for files.

My notes are usually pointers. I don't track tasks in there. Tasks go into a separate app. I use apple mac reminders for task tracking. The way I use it is - I ask siri to set a reminder with task desc.

My tasks are reminders that I extend if they are not done by the expected time.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Post by knowhy »

org-mode

It's the most flexible software I know. It was a pain getting used to Emacs. I used it for a decade now and it was probably the best decision I ever made. I believe it is worth some effort to find a way to organize yourself and with Emacs + org-mode I feel save that I won't ever need to adapt to something new.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a note taking app you're 100% happy with?

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Post by Tomte »

mindhash wrote: post #24

Just sharing my flow for those looking to build note taking apps: I use whatsapp for note taking. It solves a similar problem for notes as drop box did for files. My notes are usually pointers. I don't track tasks in there. Tasks go into a separate app. I use apple mac reminders for task tracking. The way I use it is - I ask siri to set a reminder with task desc. My tasks are reminders that I extend if they are not d…

I use a Whatsapp group where I'm the only member. You cannot create such a group, but you can create a group with two people and then remove the other one.
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