Slant community chat on Discourse| 9 Recommended Products | Recommendations | Platforms | API | Collaborative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Simplenote· · · | 5 | 0 | Android / iOS / OSX / Windows / Linux | yes | yes |
| #2 Turtl· · · | 4 | 2 | – | – | – |
| #3 Google Keep· · · | 2 | 1 | Android / iOS / Chrome / Web | no | yes |
| #4 Notes (formerly known as Bijiben)· · · | 3 | 0 | – | – | – |
| #5 Simplenote official app· · · | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
| #6 gNote· · · | 1 | 0 | – | – | – |
Pro "Time machine" style revision control on the notes
Each edit of a note is saved in order to allow the user to go back to a previous version of a document. This way, if mistakes are made or something is deleted, you can go back to the previous version without any hassle.
Pro Very simple and clean interface
Simplenote takes a minimalist approach to its interface. There are no toolbars full of formatting options or extra features like notebooks to group notes. The entire desktop interface consists solely of a sidebar with your tags and trash filters, the list of existing notes with search, a button to...
Pro Markdown support via web interface
There is support for Markdown when using the web app. This can be convenient for those who want to use Markdown in a particular note.
Con No way to bulk-apply a tag
This is a typical workflow action in other apps: Do a search, multi-select notes among the matches, then apply or de-apply one or more tags to all these notes at once. There's no way to do this in Simplenote. The only bulk operations are Delete and Pin-to-top.
Con No support for file attachments
Simplenote doesn't provide support for embedded attachments. This can limit the use for some as many other note-taking apps do support this type of feature.
Con Search is limited to one tag
There seems to be no way to find notes that have both tag X and tag Y. This isn't a big deal until you have a large library of notes, and want to cross-search for two things at the same time to vastly narrow down your search.
Pro Native and offline-capable on many platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS, Android)
Turtl can be used across all the major computer operating systems and also on Android. In addition, the APK for Android doesn't have to be downloaded from Google Play store, for those who do not like it.
Pro Free and Open Source
Turtl is licensed under the GPLv3, which makes the application very transparent and encourages good practices.
Con Installation & Permission Problems are common
Requires terminal commands to configure and root to run.
Con No offline access
Turtl is a very great note-taking app that supports privacy and availability except it does not work without internet connection. If you are out on a job, and your phone is dead or has no wireless tether, you lose the ability to perform the initial decryption necessary to access your Turtl accoun...
Pro Free and platform independent
Can run on Windows, Linux and Mac that has Java 6 or higher running
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