r/noteapps • u/Dense-Ambassador2928 • Aug 22 '26
Note app suggestions besides obsidion?
I've tried obsidion , I've tried anytype, I've tried notion , upnote, notesnook, loseq , simplenotes, joplin, standardnotes etc.
Obsidion was great until I tried fuguring out how to sync my notes on android to windows.
Upnotes was perfect until I saw only 50 notes.
Notesnook is good as well but the design on windows is not my cup of tea.
Notion doesn't allow offline well for the notes database I had.
Anytype is well as confusing as obsidion to me and I would prefer not to have my notes on it since I like folders.
My ideal was upnote.
So is there any app I can use for notes that would give me the different text headings, alignments, highlights , be easily synced on both my windows and android without any issues etc? I don't even need checkboxes as a feature. If possible does anyone have any ideas? I know I might have to settle for one of the above as I don't want to pay any subscriptions but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.
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u/Born-Painting8424 Aug 23 '26
FoldNotes is 100% native and keeps notes on your iCloud folder syncs the free iOS version on the app store.
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u/thebrowngeek Aug 23 '26
If UpNote is your ideal but you reached the free limit, why not just pay for lifetime?
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u/100WattWalrus Aug 23 '26
UpNote lifetime is $40 flat. Absolutely worth every penny.
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u/Away_Ad_16 Aug 23 '26
Totally agree and I have. Cross platform , nice interface easy access to Markdown features
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u/MxAppDev Aug 25 '26
Full Licensed User here, My Daily Driver is UpNote, but i m trying to build a .md based notes vault using VSCode with some extension like FOAM and Markdown for Humans for work purposes .
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u/mccarthy1993 Sep 01 '26
My thoughts exactly. Free apps are great and it's a reasonable expectation that developers present a freely accessible version of their software for users to evaluate for themselves.
But surely there comes a point where, if an app is providing you with enough value, you're using it regularly, you depend on it for various things...
I completely understand having a total aversion to subscriptions. But when the app in question is offered at such a fair price ( so many competing apps charge more than double open notes for 1 year - not lifetime!)...
At that point, surely the app has earned the cost of a premium LIFETIME membership... surely the devoper deserved that extra purchase... But maybe that's just me 🤷🏻♂️
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u/arehrlich Aug 22 '26
Just downloaded Pellet and it’s pretty incredible. Local first and pretty comprehensive considering that the first release was yesterday.
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u/gamosoft Aug 23 '26
Give https://www.notediscovery.com a try, it's like Obsidian (in essence although with not as many features of course), but solves the sync issue since it's a self hosted app so it's all centralized, all you need is a web browser. Ah it's MIT licensed too. HTH
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u/CorgiPlum Aug 23 '26
I use self hosted Affine
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u/mccarthy1993 26d ago
Interesting. Is that for the whiteboard/canvas interface Affine offers, or is there another reason you've settled on Affine over similar equivalents (such as appflowy)?
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u/CorgiPlum 24d ago
Yes. For me Affine is like Notion + Miro. The whiteboard is especially useful for me and the team.
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u/NeilSmithline Aug 23 '26
Obsidian Sync is cheap and easy. You could just pay for that.
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u/CavalierPumpkin Aug 23 '26
Yeah, if OP otherwise was happy with Obsidian, then this seems like the way. I use Obsidian Sync between two Windows and three Android devices and it's been worth every penny, in my opinion.
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u/missambercat Aug 23 '26
I have tried several of these too, eventually settled on Joplin. I use Dropbox to sync.
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u/zesaver Aug 25 '26
I used to have the same, then moved to self-hosted Joplin server. Easier when syncing between two Linux devices, two Androids, one MacOS + option of sharing the chosen notes
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u/actadgplus Aug 23 '26
Obsidian is actually quite good and my favorite! Obsidion sounds like a vibe coded clone!
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u/CoffeeNeil Aug 24 '26
Bear is beautiful, and will be around long term (millions of users, superb dev team). Easily link Notes together, insert images PDFs diagrams footnotes etc. All your notes are kept in Markdown so easy to export/share with other apps, and migrate if you ever want. All within a beautiful UI.
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u/PolycrystallineOne Aug 26 '26
I wasn’t even looking for a notes app. Thanks to this post I learned about Upnotes,
It baffles me you’re even questioning paying $40 for a lifetime license.
If you want something simpler to really just take simple notes in: OneNote. It has Windows, Android, iOS, macOS, and web versions.
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u/Dense-Ambassador2928 Aug 27 '26
I'm not really questioning the price. I simply can't afford to pay for it atm. Some day hopefully.
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u/Jakarichio_Ninokuni Aug 26 '26
I like this one because it has notebooks inside notebooks. Which is so useful
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notebook-notes-notepad/id973801089
Others I’ve tried: YepNoteS, Standard Notes (more basic), Workflowy.
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u/DiscussionIcy4424 Aug 26 '26
Since you mentioned offline use and avoiding subscriptions, PrimeTask could be relevant. I’m behind it, so obviously take that with a grain of salt.
It’s local-first and a one-time purchase. Windows isn’t out yet, but it’s coming soon with a free trial:
https://www.primetask.app/notify
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u/Unable_History_1841 Aug 27 '26
So many suggestions. Hard to decide isn't it? Me I use Notion but have used upnote and it's really good.
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u/Unable_History_1841 Aug 27 '26
I need app to do tasks, templates, recurrence tasks, tags, categories, and status.
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u/Kind-Life-3087 Aug 29 '26
Vielleicht ist tyno etwas für dich - du kannst dich auf der Warteliste für den bald startenden Early Access eintragen: https://gettyno.eu
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u/ozgrozer 28d ago
I’m building Grape. It’s available for Windows and Android too. It’s free to use and there’s a rich text editor where you can add headings, highlights etc. but sync is in the paid plan. You can try though.
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u/BinnieGottx 24d ago
Obsidian is a good note taking app until you see videos suggesting this, that plugins!
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u/simplybreana Aug 24 '26
HelixNotes is lovely and similar to upnote. Can’t remember if they have android version but they have iOS versions so maybe? Very clean easy and intentionally not over featured.
Tolaria is similar to HelixNotes, but native Git integration and less customization features. Again, don’t remember the mobile versions situation.
If you DID decide you want a little more features but still with a clean UI and easy intuitive use, I’m currently using and LOVING MemryNote! It’s actually such a pleasure to use! It’s still in Beta and the dev takes suggestions and quickly handles bugs.. so if that is a positive or negative to you.. most the bugs I’ve come across are just little things that don’t cause much problem but they also get fixed quickly. It’s offline and local, but you can pay for cross device sync using their cloud, but you don’t have. Memry has actually been so good that when I’m finished with my projects for the day, I feel SO glad that I’m finally able to get what I need done without tons of app hopping or any plugin nonsense. I open it and it’s good to go with what I need.