The 8 best Notion alternatives
Notion scores 8.5 out of 10 here, and its weak spots are specific: offline is still the weakest part of the product. 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
Craft
Documents that look designed before you touch anything.
Mac / iOS / Win / Android / Web
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, document scanning. Same territory: all-in-one workspace.
$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, graph view. Same territory: ai-first.
$8/mo
Granola
Meeting notes that write themselves, with no bot in the call.
Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Same territory: ai-first.
$14/mo
Capacities
A studio for your mind, organised by object type instead of folders.
Web / Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Gains you: graph view, find and replace, custom themes. 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: graph view, merge notes, focus mode. Same territory: ai-first.
$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, mind maps, slide deck generator. Same territory: all-in-one workspace.
$8.90/mo
Amplenote
Notes and tasks that argue with each other until your day is planned.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: merge notes, find and replace, end-to-end encryption. Same territory: all-in-one workspace.
$7.99/mo
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