Apple Notes has jumped the shark, what should I replace it with?

Question

Apple continues to lose the plot with regard to user interface, e.g., making right-swipe-from-edge increase an indent instead of go back, and making all monospaced text low-contrast with an absurd gray background.What's the best thing out there to replace it with? Must be open source or freeware, limited rich text and images, no bloat.

Brajeshwar · Accepted Answer

I'm still happy with Apple Notes for its integration with all of Apple Apps, easy sharing with family members, etc. I have tamed it more as an ephemeral and quick Notes App. The notes that starts there are usually transferred to a more permanent and organized Plain-Text setup[1] (currently guardian-ed by Obsidian).
If I had to replace Apple Notes, I'd look at either one of these;
- https://simplenote.com
- https://bear.app
- https://www.craft.do
- https://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/
1. https://brajeshwar.com/2022/plain-text/

technoape · Answer

I&rsquo;ve used Logseq with great success but it has a very different model of notes.