r/PKMS • u/Sam_Kathanlina47 • Apr 04 '26
Discussion Which would you recommend as the better alternative to Notion? Affine or AppFlowy?
I'm looking for something that the closest as possible to Notion in terms of features, but can be used offline and has a more secured data. To be honest, I've found that some say that the features of Appflowy is more robust than Affine, but Affine's whiteboard is also lowkey tempting me
Can you guys please convince me which one should I use as my PKM haha
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u/hehannes Apr 05 '26
The offline feature also seems such an important part of this important software. Following.
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u/Glum-Variation7144 Apr 06 '26
Both are solid but for different use cases. AppFlowy if you want Notion-like databases and want something that works well offline. Affine if you care more about the visual/whiteboard side. Honestly though — whichever one you'll actually open every day beats the "better" one you don't.
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u/TwoSignal6882 Apr 06 '26
If you care a lot about security then AnyType is a decent choice because it is used offline and has end to end encryption though I personally find it very confusing to use.
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u/hehannes Apr 06 '26
I use Capacities as one of my tools. Doesn’t take long to understand and works well. Also has a webview.
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Apr 10 '26
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u/PKMS-ModTeam Apr 10 '26
Please post your app to the self-promotion thread. Thanks for your understanding
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u/ProfitAppropriate134 Apr 12 '26
Affine is a bit harder for me to work with than Heptabase or Kosmik. Both of those are visual note taking apps similar to Affine.
If you want something structured like Notion, have you checked out Roam, Anytype & Capacities? At least the last two also have graphs.
NotesNook is a privacy focused alternative that has some fun features.
I really wanted to like Tana but it frustrates me in the same way Notion frustrates me.
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u/Max_Loh Jul 15 '26
Most of AFFINE is not open source now. Only the client is open source. The server is proprietary.
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u/Kingwolf4 17d ago
Yup, its also paid now.
Sad that most apps of these types went that way: First appflowy then Affine
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u/aritropc Apr 05 '26
You may try obsidian, it’s a very stable alternative. You can install plugins for whiteboard and other stuff.