Bearīear is by far my favorite note taking app in recent years. I’ve spent the last few weeks doing in depth testing, and still haven’t found anything that checks all of the boxes. And I’ve used it off and on for nearly a decade (being somewhat pragmatic), but I really want a better solution. But, it’s an app that I don’t enjoy using, has a whole host of privacy concerns, and as of late has some reliability issues. There is really only one app that comes close to meeting most of those requirements: Evernote. Code block support with syntax highlighting.OCR of images/files (for search ability).File attachment support, preferably with inline previews.Good export/share options (at least Markdown and PDF).Reasonable backup options, preferably in a format that is readable by other tools if needed (such as Markdown).Website access, for cases where I don’t want to sync my entire notes database to the machine.Cross-platform support (can be native apps or Electron, I don’t care, as long as they are responsive), for desktop and mobile.However, unless I’ve completely missed a solution somewhere (in which case, PLEASE let me know!), no single solution is capable of everything I want. I feel like I don’t have particularly complex requirements, at least conceptually. I’ve been trying out different solutions for over a decade at this point, but have yet to ever feel perfectly at home with any system I’ve tried, which leaves me constantly looking for improvements instead of just settling in and using my system. I have a love/hate relationship with note-taking apps. These are just my somewhat-rambling thoughts on a topic that I spend way too much time thinking about. Warning: I have no conclusions in this blog post.
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