The 8 best Granola alternatives
Granola scores 7.8 out of 10 here, and its weak spots are specific: notes older than 30 days lock until you pay. 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: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, ocr / handwriting search. 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: web clipper, share extension, pdf & documents. Same territory: teams.
$12/mo
Craft
Documents that look designed before you touch anything.
Mac / iOS / Win / Android / Web
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, web clipper. Same territory: teams.
$10/mo
RemNote
Take notes and generate the flashcards in the same keystroke.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, web clipper. Same territory: ai-first.
$8/mo
Capacities
A studio for your mind, organised by object type instead of folders.
Web / Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Gains you: web clipper, share extension, pdf & documents. Same territory: ai-first.
$12.99/mo
Tana
Supertags turn loose bullets into a structured database as you type.
Web / Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Gains you: web clipper, share extension, pdf & documents. Same territory: ai-first.
$10/mo
Supernotes
Every note is a card, and cards were built to be shared.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: web clipper, share extension, pdf & documents. Same territory: teams.
$10/mo
NotebookLM
Not really a note app. It reads your sources and studies them with you.
Web / iOS / Android
Gains you: web clipper, share extension, pdf & documents. Same territory: ai-first.
$19.99/mo
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