[jiaweihli]

If you live in the Apple ecosystem, I highly recommend mweb[1]. It ticks all the boxes I've been looking for:

  - intuitive UI: lets me see 1) raw markdown syntax or 2) formatted preview... no weird in-betweens
  - sync to/from mobile, with preview & edit support
  - markdown support with nice preview and support for code (similar to github style)
  - search
  - support for folders (and potentially tags, if I ever find a good use case for them)
  - pdf export
  - no subscription model

Alternatives I've tried which haven't done as well for one reason or another:

  - Bear: confusing preview/editing mode
  - Evernote: no markdown
  - Ulysses: subscription model shift
  - Standard Notes: confusing/buggy UI
  - Quiver: poor mobile support

[1] https://www.mweb.im/