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Notion is a note-taking application. It aims to be an all-in-one workspace for note-taking, project and task management.
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Pros
Pro Unlike anything else
One of the most complete applications one can use to build a personal dashboard (or professional) and migrate all other services to it. No more calendar, task, notes, financials, lists, writing and wiki apps, just Notion.
Pro Great spreadsheet functionality
You can use calculation/formula, links, attachment, inter-referencing of data from other pages or tables, embed documents and images in the table cells.
Pro Amazing view flexibility
You can create different views for a page's content and easily toggle between kanban, table, etc. (As long as the content is able to allow different views.)
Pro Full-featured on desktop, mobile and web
Even the right-click menus on the web are the same as the app.
Cons
Con no true backup
true backup can only exist if it's automated and easily recoverable. else, it's just an outdated copy or useless scrambled data.
Con Not a good alternative to roam because it's links are unidirectional
I suggest Obsidian if you want a good free alternative to Roam Research. If they don't have a feature you wan't yet, they will soon. WYSIWYM editing is coming.
Con Not very secure and can be hacked via remote file incursion and web app link spoofing
The encryption only exists in transit, but not end to end. This makes the app more vulnerable to security threats. If you do happen to get hacked, watch data being changed in real time and then get locked out of your workspace. Good luck with trying to find a solution. The Notion team does nothing to solve the problem.
Con No lightweight tables like Markdown
Every table is some sort of database with a default view and every row is a data set with attributes and it's own page. Simple tables as in Markdown are missing.
Con Designed with teams in mind, and less formatting than Evernote.
Evernote may be more individual-oriented and has more formatting and such options available, but whether that affects you is down to personal preference. Try both and see which you prefer.
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