The 8 best Tana alternatives
Tana scores 7.7 out of 10 here, and its weak spots are specific: steepest learning curve of any app on this list. 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: connected apps for ai, ai memory, scheduled ai tasks. Same territory: all-in-one workspace.
$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
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, flashcard generator. 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: connected apps for ai, scheduled ai tasks, ai job notifications. 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, mind maps, find and replace. Same territory: linked thinking / pkm.
$11.99/mo
Capacities
A studio for your mind, organised by object type instead of folders.
Web / Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Gains you: connected apps for ai, find and replace, custom themes. Same territory: linked thinking / pkm.
$12.99/mo
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