The 8 best Capacities alternatives
Capacities scores 7.7 out of 10 here, and its weak spots are specific: offline support is limited. These are the apps that fix that, ranked by overall score.
Grape
Take the note. The AI does the filing, the studying and the searching.
Mac / Win / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: speaker identification, handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas. Same territory: ai-first.
$3/mo
Notion
The all-in-one workspace that swallowed the note app category.
Win / Mac / iOS / Android / Web
Gains you: speaker identification, multi-level folders, ai agent with tools. Same territory: ai-first.
$12/mo
Obsidian
Plain markdown files on your disk, with a plugin ecosystem bolted on top.
Win / Mac / iOS / Android / Linux
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, ocr / handwriting search. Same territory: linked thinking / pkm.
$4/mo
RemNote
Take notes and generate the flashcards in the same keystroke.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, multi-level folders. Same territory: linked thinking / pkm.
$8/mo
Granola
Meeting notes that write themselves, with no bot in the call.
Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Gains you: speaker identification, ai agent with tools, scheduled ai tasks. Same territory: ai-first.
$14/mo
Heptabase
Notes on whiteboards, for when the outline is not the shape of the idea.
Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android / Web
Gains you: drawing canvas, multi-level folders, mind maps. Same territory: linked thinking / pkm.
$11.99/mo
Tana
Supertags turn loose bullets into a structured database as you type.
Web / Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Gains you: speaker identification, multi-level folders, merge notes. Same territory: linked thinking / pkm.
$10/mo
AFFiNE
Docs and an infinite whiteboard that are the same document.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android ยท Open source
Gains you: drawing canvas, ai agent with tools, mind maps. Same territory: linked thinking / pkm.
$8.90/mo
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