The 8 best Simplenote alternatives
Simplenote scores 6.6 out of 10 here, and its weak spots are specific: text only: no images, files or attachments. 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: voice recording, audio transcription, speaker identification. Same territory: minimal & fast.
$3/mo
Obsidian
Plain markdown files on your disk, with a plugin ecosystem bolted on top.
Win / Mac / iOS / Android / Linux
Gains you: voice recording, audio transcription, meeting recording. Same territory: minimal & fast.
$4/mo
Apple Notes
Already on your phone, and better than it has any right to be.
Mac / iOS / Web
Gains you: voice recording, audio transcription, meeting recording. Same territory: genuinely free.
Free
Craft
Documents that look designed before you touch anything.
Mac / iOS / Win / Android / Web
Gains you: voice recording, handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas. Same territory: minimal & fast.
$10/mo
Microsoft OneNote
An infinite paper notebook that has quietly been free for twenty years.
Win / Mac / iOS / Android / Web
Gains you: voice recording, audio transcription, speaker identification. Same territory: genuinely free.
Free
Day One
A journal that has been quietly perfecting one job since 2011.
iOS / Mac / Android / Win / Web
Gains you: voice recording, audio transcription, handwriting / stylus. Same territory: minimal & fast.
$49.99/yr
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: voice recording, handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas. Same territory: genuinely free.
$3/mo
Supernotes
Every note is a card, and cards were built to be shared.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: web clipper, quick capture, images. Same territory: minimal & fast.
$10/mo
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