| Do baby beavers grow up to be bears? Kagi Summarized home page: "Bear is a simple yet powerful note taking app that allows users to capture, write and organize notes using Markdown. It offers a minimal and beautiful interface that stays out of the user's way while providing powerful tools for taking notes, planning and writing. The app has won an Apple Design Award for its universal beauty. Bear offers both free and paid PRO versions, with the PRO version providing extra features like OCR search, more export options and iCloud syncing across devices. Overall, Bear aims to provide a simple yet elegant solution for users' note taking needs." -- https://bear.app/ Kagi "Key Moments" or takeaways from home page: - Bear is a note taking app that allows users to capture, write and organize notes using Markdown. - It has a simple and minimal interface that stays out of the user's way. - Notes are encrypted for privacy and Bear claims they cannot see user notes. - Users can organize notes with tags and folders. - Bear has features like sketching, image resizing and cropping, and outlining. - Bear is available on Mac, iPhone and iPad. - There is a free version with basic features and a PRO version with more features for a subscription fee. - Reviews praise Bear for its simplicity, power and organization features. - Users can export notes in multiple formats like PDF, HTML and DOCX. - Bear aims to provide a beautiful and simple tool for users to capture and organize their ideas. -- https://kagi.com/summarizer/index.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbea... For Windows and Linux consider apps such as Typora: - Typora is a markdown editor and reader that aims to provide a distraction free writing experience with seamless live previews. - It offers a simple yet powerful set of markdown features like images, headers, lists, tables, code highlighting, math support, and diagrams. - It focuses on helping users concentrate on the content by handling accessibility, organization, and export/import of files. - Features like the outline panel, word count, focus mode, and auto pair help improve the writing experience. - Users can customize Typora with their own themes using CSS. - Typora is available for macOS, Linux, and Windows operating systems. - There is a 15 day free trial available, after which users can purchase a license for $14.99 instead of having to subscribe. - The app aims to provide a natural writing experience according to positive user feedback. - Typora is updated regularly, with version 1.6 released on May 22. - The development team can be reached via email, Twitter, or their issue tracker for support and feedback. -- https://typora.io/ Or jump right to Obsidian if you want the kitchen sink. The point of Markdown with "frontmatter" is that your files are your files, fully portable, to most any tool. For example, an Obsidian vault can also be edited with Foam in VSCode after some tuning of Foam and Obsidian settings. |