Best note taking app

Hi,
I want to move to a good note taking app.

It should either be free or have fixed fee (no monthly subscription)
Sync across Mac, PC and Android must! (3 devices)
Online backup.
Good user interface (something simple and intuitive). I dont want crap that is one note.
It should have markdown support (headings, hyperlinks, images and should be easy to use).

Plan to use it both for work + personal usage.

I am using Apple notes atm and it does its purpose except I dont have access to it on PC or android and it has 20 notes limit. Evernote is OK but free version has a 2 device limit.

Another option is Bear Notes app, I find its UI to be very good. but again its only available for Mac and IOS.

Let me know if you guys know of any good alternative.

Have you tried obsidian Obsidian

It is a free app. You can create .md files and load folder to read. It has apps for android and ios but doesn't have sync in free version . You can manually sync the folders using google drive or one drive and it will open in phone. I tried their android app.
It takes some time to setup but i feel it is ok.

I setup this to store some information but later moved to owing a domain and stored everything in git and in phone viewing from static website.

Also have you tried notion Notion for Personal Use

wow both pretty nice recommentation. ill check it out.

*standardnotes.com/plans

*www.remnote.com/pricing

*www.amplenote.com/subscriptions/new

*www.athensresearch.org/

Not a heavy note taker, but google notes works for me via app on phone & browser on PC.

Joplin seems like a good one too, when i looked up it has sync support and is cross platform

I still havent decided, trying new app everyday from these list of suggestions, keep em coming bois, and thx!

K_akash_i said:
Joplin seems like a good one too, when i looked up it has sync support and is cross platform

wow joplin is fantastic, simple and effective. Also can sync to my NAS, or my dropbox and onedrive.

I am trying Joplin, I love the user interface and I almost am ready to adopt it full time but I found a major issue. The sync is extremely slow, especially if you use multiple devices. And it doesnt intelligently resolve conflicts.

Trying remnotes next

Some privacy oriented

*joplinapp.org/

*standardnotes.com/

*turtapp.com/

*crypt.ee/

*logseq.com/

I just wanted to give a quick FYI. I have successfully transitioned to joplin and it has been invaluable to me in keeping notes. thanks so much. everyone.

Id also recommend you guys to develop a habit of taking notes (especially for work)

Yup, a note will always be like Diary which you can always go back and refer (in case you forget something)

How much storage it is giving for online backup ?

Zangetsu said:
How much storage it is giving for online backup ?

im using my dropbox.

Nerevarine said:
im using my dropbox.

Free or Paid ?

Zangetsu said:
Free or Paid ?

Free ofcourse, 5 GB is enough for notes.
I got a nice deal with office365 subscription thanks to @whitestar_999, so thats 6 TB for other data usage.

Have you tried Notion?

The best note-taking apps for Android make it simple and easy to make and manage notes on the go with your Android smartphone or tablet.
1. OneNote
2. Evernote
3. Google Keep
4. Material Notes
5. Simplenote

I use Google Keep

I liked Joplin and Notion finally. Joplin is real simple and does it's job well but there are sync issues. notion is slightly complicated but it has very good MD syntax where you can even embed videos to your notes and share notes publicly on the fly.

khalil1210 said:
Have you tried obsidian Obsidian

It is a free app. You can create .md files and load folder to read. It has apps for android and ios but doesn't have sync in free version . You can manually sync the folders using google drive or one drive and it will open in phone. I tried their android app.
It takes some time to setup but i feel it is ok.

I coincindently been also going through the journey of finding a note taking app that resonates with me recently too, and I finally settled on obsedian. I had been already using it to edit md files(a quick cursory Google search gave this as one of the better md editors on mobile) so I was pretty familiar with the UI already. It was one which had best performance on my phone(notion sucked at that btw).
I'd say the initial process of choosing a location for a vault is the most daunting task in getting started. After that you can basically chose your own path. I had to learn none of its quirks and basically currently just use text styling, and headings as the "advanced features". The polar opposite to this use is someone like CGP grey(youtuber) who has all shorts of connections between each of his files and custom keybindings to add footers utilising tag based searching to get to something absurdly specific.

You can use obsidian sync to get your notes synced btw desktop, but since I usualy take most of my notes on mobile, I never bothered with it and just set up G-drive syncing. They could have definitely put a rather simple integration for that, but they didn't.

All in all, I won't recommend upending your workflow if you settled on Joplin(it's pretty good too) but if you haven't, don't sleep on this one

- A former Google keep user

Bumping an old thread, I finally adopted Notion, it is the be all, end all for note taking. Powerful and flexible. You can even publish notes on the web, like making holiday plans and sharing it with a group.
I use it daily for my work, my personal life like expenses, to do list, vacation planning, workout tracking.

I personally started using Joplin. I keep it synced with my own server.

Desmond said:
I personally started using Joplin. I keep it synced with my own server.

Look like heavy for me...Any alternative?

Keep Notes from Google is simple. I access if often through phone and sometimes on PC too. But I sometimes want to make a table which is not supported in Keep Notes, would be nice to have it.

shreeux said:
Look like heavy for me...Any alternative?

Well, it's an Electron app after all. Though IMO it's not too bad. You can sync to most cloud services as well.

Otherwise like others have suggested, use Google Keep.

TheSloth said:
Keep Notes from Google is simple. I access if often through phone and sometimes on PC too. But I sometimes want to make a table which is not supported in Keep Notes, would be nice to have it.

Same for me is very convinent