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Bear
Free · $3/mo · ranked #21 of 25
★ 4.7 / 5 · 6.7k user reviews
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SoftwareScore · ranked #21
An elegant Apple-only markdown notes app — a joy to write in, best for people living in the Apple ecosystem.
Value (price vs features) 6
Ease of use 8
Feature depth 6
Cross-platform & sync 6
Data ownership / privacy 6
Collaboration 2
AI capability 3
Compare Bear head-to-head
Amplenote 59
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Tana 58
A supertag-powered AI outliner for structured knowledge work — very powerful, with a steep learning curve.
Mem 56
An AI-native notes app that auto-organizes and answers questions across your notes — best-in-class AI, lighter on ownership.
Evernote 55
The classic web-clipping notebook — reliable capture and search across devices, though pricing has climbed and the free tier is thin.