When comparing CintaNotes vs Boostnote, the Slant community recommends Boostnote for most people. In the question“What are the best offline note-taking apps for Windows?” Boostnote is ranked 1st while CintaNotes is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose Boostnote is:
Supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Automatic link capture
CintaNotes automatically captures links from webpages and local documents, so you can quickly go back to the note's source.
Pro Clips text from any application that works with the clipboard
Create notes by clipping text from any application that works with the system clipboard. Just select the text and press CTRL+F12.
Pro Quick and performant
The program rarely crashes and is extremely quick.
Pro Advanced search
You can search your notes by titles, fields, text, links etc.
Pro Hierarchical tags
Notes in CintaNotes are organized into a crystal clear hierarchy tags. A hierarchy consists of 2 or more tags where the top tags is a parent tag and the one at the bottom is a child tag. This makes it easy to find your notes.
Pro Attach files to notes
CintaNotes stores all attachments in the notebook file so you can remove the original file after it's been attached.
Pro Password protection of separate notebooks
If you want to keep your notes private you can encrypt notebooks with sensitive data using AES-256 algorithm.
Pro User friendly interface
The app is really easy to use and the interface is extremely simple.
Pro Separate notes through sections
Notes are organized into sections or tabs. This is done to keep notes on the same topic separate while still having them in one notebook file.
Pro Advanced synchronization options
CintaNotes can be synchronized with Simplenote or Dropbox. The first option makes you notes available on mobile devices via the Simplenote app and the second one allows you to share you notebooks with other people.
Pro Cross platform support
Supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
Pro Markdown support
Pro Free
Pro Open source
See here.
Pro Great for developers
Boostnote is great for developers looking to take programming notes with code snippets and such.
Pro Supports code snippets and syntax highlighting
Boostnote has the ability to store code snippets and comes with syntax highlighting out of the box, supporting many languages.
Pro Works offline
Boostnote doesn't require an internet connection to work. You can write notes offline and sync later.
Pro Global search, tag feature
Pro Comes with many themes
Boostnote comes with many themes out of the box, most of which are popular themes and color schemes for code editors: e.g. 3024, base16, solarized, tomorrow.
Pro vim/emacs key bindings available
Boostnote supports vim/emacs key bindings. If you're a developer familiar with either of them, navigation should be easy to pick up.
Cons
Con No Markdown support
Can't store, edit or export notes in Markdown, the program uses "RTF (in editor) + Internal format (for its database) + HTML (export)" instead. More info on the issue tracker.
Con No Apple support
You can't use the app on MAC computers and Apple mobile devices,
Con No mobile version
You can't use the app on you mobile platforms such as Android. But you can use the third-party solution "Simplenote" for syncing your CintaNotes data to mobile platforms.
Con Some of the features are not consistent
Con Must use third-party service for sync-ing (Dropbox, etc.)
Boostnote does not have sync-ing capabilities and relies on third-party services to fulfil notes storage. There are additional steps involved to set this up.
Con Can't work in "real" offline mode
Con Very poor syncing
Data loss may occur on syncing.
