[docmars]

I'm curious — as someone who's had a hard time with Notes' maybe... lack of features and less-than-friendly formatting IMHO (no Markdown, unconventional keyboard shortcuts, layout formatting quirks...) — what about Apple Notes appeals to you more than other popular tools? I feel I may be missing something :)

[swalling]

Just works: fast to load, works offline, I don’t have to think about sync

Just notes: It’s not trying to be a programmable networked knowledge engine or a no code app builder or a toaster.

Not ugly: You can technically change fonts and crap but it uses clean system styles out of the box, so even as a font snob I don’t get distracted changing formatting instead of writing.

Free, or at least really cheap if you have a lot of stuff in iCloud

[docmars]

Fair points! Thanks for sharing that :)