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I followed the same trajectory as you from Notes to Bear, but have ended up on Craft. It might do too much for you, but I’ve honestly never used an app that is

I followed the same trajectory as you from Notes to Bear, but have ended up on Craft. It might do too much for you, but I’ve honestly never used an app that is both so featureful and some beautiful.

tptacek 5y ago
Craft is like a macOS-native Notion, right? My notes are stored serverside?
- bobbylarrybobby 5y ago
  I think craft can store your notes on-device? Not sure. The one big difference between it and Notion is the databases — craft doesn’t have them. If not for that, I’d switch to craft in a heartbeat
- blairbeckwith 5y ago
  It gets a lot of comparisons to Notion, but I don’t think that’s really accurate. It feels much more focused on writing and note taking for me than Notion - it doesn’t do all the fancy page types, etc. But yes, it is Mac native. The default storage location is their web service, but you do have the option of storing all files locally. You do lose some collaboration features if you do that.
skinkestek 5y ago
Just looked at it and it is promising. One question: the price is free but there seems to be in app purchases but I haven't found what they are despite actively looking for them. Anyone knows what they are? It makes a ton of difference if it is a mandatory monthly plan that kicks in after I migrated everything, or skins or optional collaboration features etc.
- gregd 5y ago
  https://www.craft.do/pricing https://www.craft.do/pricing lays out the pricing structure
Lerain 5y ago
My god, I haven't seen Craft before and... I haven't been so hyped about a software in a while. It's the perfect sweet-spot between Bear and Notion. Seriously... thank you! At first I was a little concerned when I saw Notions "block concept" and it doesn't feel as snappy as Bear because of that, but the way you can start a new related document super easily from each block is just really good. The Search is amazing, changes are insta-synced between devices (like... live as you type) spending a little time on cards makes your doc look pretty good (if you care) and the share-options are all I ever wanted. I also like the separation of "daily notes" and your regular documents. With Bear the sidebar always feels a little messy (despite pinning), but if daily docs are moved to a separate area that is ordered by time, it cleans up the "stage" for my more important, long-enduring notes. I just spent about an hour testing the waters with Craft, but this is love at first sight so far!
- blairbeckwith 5y ago
  I had déjà vu when I read this comment, as I think I tweeted almost word for word your first paragraph when I discovered Craft. I’m something of an unpaid evangelist for it - it’s pretty close to life changing software for me, as it’s completely changed how I think and write. Glad you love it! They have an extremely active Slack community that’s well-staffed, and their extremely responsive to feature requests. Their pace of development over the first year of their launch is incredible.

tptacek 5y ago

Craft is like a macOS-native Notion, right? My notes are stored serverside?

bobbylarrybobby 5y ago
I think craft can store your notes on-device? Not sure. The one big difference between it and Notion is the databases — craft doesn’t have them. If not for that, I’d switch to craft in a heartbeat
blairbeckwith 5y ago
It gets a lot of comparisons to Notion, but I don’t think that’s really accurate. It feels much more focused on writing and note taking for me than Notion - it doesn’t do all the fancy page types, etc. But yes, it is Mac native. The default storage location is their web service, but you do have the option of storing all files locally. You do lose some collaboration features if you do that.

skinkestek 5y ago

Just looked at it and it is promising. One question: the price is free but there seems to be in app purchases but I haven't found what they are despite actively looking for them. Anyone knows what they are? It makes a ton of difference if it is a mandatory monthly plan that kicks in after I migrated everything, or skins or optional collaboration features etc.

gregd 5y ago
https://www.craft.do/pricing https://www.craft.do/pricing lays out the pricing structure

Lerain 5y ago

My god, I haven't seen Craft before and... I haven't been so hyped about a software in a while. It's the perfect sweet-spot between Bear and Notion. Seriously... thank you! At first I was a little concerned when I saw Notions "block concept" and it doesn't feel as snappy as Bear because of that, but the way you can start a new related document super easily from each block is just really good. The Search is amazing, changes are insta-synced between devices (like... live as you type) spending a little time on cards makes your doc look pretty good (if you care) and the share-options are all I ever wanted. I also like the separation of "daily notes" and your regular documents. With Bear the sidebar always feels a little messy (despite pinning), but if daily docs are moved to a separate area that is ordered by time, it cleans up the "stage" for my more important, long-enduring notes. I just spent about an hour testing the waters with Craft, but this is love at first sight so far!

blairbeckwith 5y ago
I had déjà vu when I read this comment, as I think I tweeted almost word for word your first paragraph when I discovered Craft. I’m something of an unpaid evangelist for it - it’s pretty close to life changing software for me, as it’s completely changed how I think and write. Glad you love it! They have an extremely active Slack community that’s well-staffed, and their extremely responsive to feature requests. Their pace of development over the first year of their launch is incredible.