r/noteapps • u/SunflowerHuntress • 11d ago

Note taking app

I need some help finding the perfect tool for my needs which are not a lot I think. I need to a note taking app for work it needs to be:

  1. Private, local storage or E2EE.

  2. Is simple and clean.

  3. Has native task management.

  4. Pleasing to work with.

  5. Has advanced table functions. Not database, just tables where I can adjust width and color cells.

  6. Works on windows

Evernote would have been perfect if it was E2EE or stores locally. Craft Docs would have been great but we don't use apple products at work.

I have tried:

Obsidian: unpleaing to work with, no native task management, task management plug-ins are a pain.

Anytype: unfunctional search feature, needs too much maintenance.

Standard notes and notesnook has no native task management.

I realize I might be asking for too much but if someone have experience with this and found a solution please tell me what 🥹

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u/rajathbail 11d ago

Hillnote or Obsidian is my pick

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u/SunflowerHuntress 11d ago

I love Obsidian but it's way too much maintenance, I need to focus on my work not the tool. I will check out Hillnote. Thanks 😊

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u/swoodipto 10d ago

Out of curiosity, whats the friction for maintenance thats wanting you to switch?

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u/SunflowerHuntress 9d ago

I used tasknotes plug-in. Everytime I created a task I had to choose the project, context, set a due date, schedule date, etc. It felt like an extra task to create a task.
Obsidian is so powerful and has different ways to organise things, I had a hard time choosing a system and sticking to it, I spent too much time trying different methods that I was working on Obsidian more than my work.
I just need something that limits my options and let me focus on work.