The 8 best Samsung Notes alternatives
Samsung Notes scores 7.2 out of 10 here, and its weak spots are specific: samsung devices only, effectively. 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: meeting recording, web clipper, internal links. Same territory: students & study.
$3/mo
Apple Notes
Already on your phone, and better than it has any right to be.
Mac / iOS / Web
Gains you: meeting recording, web clipper, internal links. Same territory: genuinely free.
Free
GoodNotes
Handwriting on a tablet, done better than anyone else.
iOS / Mac / Win / Android / Web
Gains you: internal links, daily notes / journal, semantic search. Same territory: handwriting & tablets.
$9.99/yr
RemNote
Take notes and generate the flashcards in the same keystroke.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: web clipper, internal links, backlinks. Same territory: students & study.
$8/mo
Heptabase
Notes on whiteboards, for when the outline is not the shape of the idea.
Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android / Web
Gains you: web clipper, internal links, backlinks. Same territory: students & study.
$11.99/mo
Microsoft OneNote
An infinite paper notebook that has quietly been free for twenty years.
Win / Mac / iOS / Android / Web
Gains you: meeting recording, web clipper, internal links. Same territory: handwriting & tablets.
Free
Joplin
Open source, end-to-end encrypted, and it syncs wherever you tell it to.
Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android / Web ยท Open source
Gains you: web clipper, internal links, backlinks. Same territory: genuinely free.
$3/mo
Noteshelf
Handwriting on every platform, with an AI that reads your pages.
iOS / Mac / Android / Win
Gains you: web clipper, semantic search, sync through your own cloud. Same territory: handwriting & tablets.
$9.99/mo
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