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Specs
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Pros
Pro Offline access
Pro Open source
Peace of mind that there is no malicious piece of software in the app.
Pro Encryption
Pro Cross-platform
Supports Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
Pro Supports file attachments
Pro Supports markdown
Pro Supports tags for notes
Pro Web Clipper
Browser extension saves full pages, clean content, or screen selections to new notes.
Pro Optional CLI interface
Provides a CLI interface for terminal lovers.
Pro Supports multiple languages
English, French, and Spanish, Italian, German, Czech and many others.
Pro Active user forum with support from app creators
Support, troubleshooting, and new feature requests are easy to make at the user forum and you can contact the app creator directly.
Pro Dropbox support
Can sync using Dropbox.
Pro Nextcloud support
Pro Timed alarm reminder for to-do lists
Pro Notes encrypted at rest on servers
See here.
Pro Long-term minded
Company has not raised venture capital.
Pro "Idea Execution Funnel" methodology
Schema follows sensible flow from capture to revision to prioritize to schedule.
Pro Community-driven
Team maintains a voting board at https://amplenote.featureupvote.com that drives development roadmap, ensuring calibration between note enthusiasts and the product.
Pro Publish and share notes
Publish notes to the web (with configurable URLs) or share notes with collaborators.
Pro Offline-first
Fully functional offline mode.
Pro Omniplatform
Can be installed on macOS, Linux, Windows (via PWA), iOS and Android.
Pro Task/calendar syncing (Google Calendar & Outlook)
Any task with a date/time assigned to it will be exported to calendars optionally connected. Completing the task removes it from calendar.
Pro Multi-level tagging (personal/hobbies/bike-rides) to keep organized
Any note can be assigned as many deeply nested tags as desired. The tag hierarchy can be navigated, filtered on tasks or notes.
Pro Backlinking & networked note references
Amplenote supports the same [[]] syntax popular in Roam to create a link to an existing note. Every linked note has a tab with all the references into that note.
Pro Automatically sorted task list
Every task can be marked as "Urgent" or "Important," along with the time it's due. This makes it possible for the software to automatically sort your todo list in a way that makes sense, and save you time of deciding what to work on first every day.
Cons
Con Sync issues with Android
If update on Linux then sync on Android, sometimes the Android sync will duplicate or remove some journal notes. Seems to be a bug in the Android app. The Linux app alone without sync with Android seems to work well using Dropbox. But don't expect changes you make on Android to sync properly back to Linux.
Con Sync issue under Linux
The Linux client has a bug that requires the user to click the mouse frequently in order for sync to proceed. This bug has been open for a while.
Con Gargantuan memory footprint
1GB+ of memory for taking notes.
Con Old school interface
Con Bloated
This project is suffering from feature creep and uses a lot of memory for a note-taking app.
Con App Image launches very slowly
On Linux, you can only install via App Image, which take 5+ seconds to launch. I can launch LibreOffice in under two seconds.
Con Sync issues on Windows
No way to change account settings and sync easily corrupted.
Con Weak tag searching
Joplin can currently only search for a single tag at a time. None of the boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) are available for use in searches. This greatly diminishes the usefulness of tags in Joplin.
Con Can't create tags from the mobile app
Con Not end-to-end encrypted
See here.
