![]() Text, HTML, MD, some open source note apps But this is often advertised by note taking apps, so I’ve included the comparison. I want an interface I can tailor to me, quick command palettes and keyboard shortcuts. The app needs to be usable without spending a lifetime learning its quirks, and work on Windows and ideally also Android. I’ve included extra info in the comparison about how the app is built (people often love to hate electron apps, so that seems important to bear in mind), the status of its manual and help pages, and whether it is still being developed. Appĭeveloped by Microsoft, OneNote (from the Desktop Office suite, not the standalone or web app) is hands down the best note taking app I’ve found.įormatting is everything you would expect from an office document editor, with styles and fonts and inline formatting. It has a built-in equation editor, table editor, you can easily attach images, which can searched through OCR. ![]() Ink support is excellent and it has decent handwriting recognition. Context switching between ink and keyboard/mouse makes it easy to use. The interface is clean, intuitive, and easy to use, while also being extremely customisable. The WYSIWYG editor means I don’t have to fiddle around with HTML or Markdown, I can just write my notes exactly the way I want them. There is little restriction to how I can lay things out, which is much more freeing for quickly jotting something down. It relies on synchronising to OneDrive so if you don’t have a Microsoft account you’re out of luck. Joplin vs qownnotes portable#Īnd there is no portable note format, so your notes are stuck in the Microsoft ecosystem, at their mercy should they ever want to break OneNote (which they have already tried to do on one occasion). The big killer is it doesn’t support Linux Desktops, I’ve only been able to use it on Android or Windows.įrom my experimentation, Zim, CherryTree and Joplin look to be the most promising of the apps I’ve tried at this time. But all of them still lack the polish and depth that OneNote has, and some key features like arbitrary element placement with easy editing and formatting, and some more advanced features like OCR for attached images.įor now though, I think I’ll probably just stick with OneNote. And until it doesn’t, it’s by far the best choice for me.As explained in my previous blog post, I have started an experiment on my notetaking methods.īefore I had the idea for that experiment I dived into using Microsoft OneNote, because I was so excited to try out P.A.R.A. encryption of notes (AES-256 is built in or you can use custom encryption methods like Keybase.io (encryption-keybase.qml) or PGP (encryption-pgp.I did that because I’ve used OneNote in the past, so it was familiar.manage your ownCloud todo lists (ownCloud tasks or Tasks Plus / Calendar Plus) or use an other CalDAV server to sync your tasks to.compatible with ownCloud's selective sync feature by supporting an unlimited amount of note folders with the ability to choose the respective folder on your server.compatible with the notes web-application of ownCloud and mobile ownCloud notes applications.notes are getting their name from the first line of the note text (just like in the ownCloud notes web-application) and the note text files are automatically renamed, if the the first line changes.markdown highlighting of notes and a markdown preview mode.differences between current note and externally changed note are showed in a dialog.trashed notes can be restored from your ownCloud server.older versions of your notes can be restored from your ownCloud server.external changes of note files are watched (notes or note list are reloaded).application can be operated with customizable keyboard shortcuts.sub-string searching of notes is possible and search results are highlighted in the notes.the notes folder can be freely chosen (multiple note folders can be used).Of course other software, like Dropbox, Syncthing, Seafile or BitTorrent Sync can be used too. The notes are stored as plain text files and you can sync them with your ownCloud sync client. So you are able to write down your thoughts with QOwnNotes and edit or search for them later from your mobile device (like with CloudNotes) or the ownCloud web-service. QOwnNotes is a open source (GPL) plain-text file notepad with markdown support and todo list manager for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, that (optionally) works together with the notes application of ownCloud (or Nextcloud).
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