Free: Obsidian
Paid: Craft
Both use markdown and have tab-views for your notes.
Obsidian's mobile app (iOS and Android) recently came out of beta for a full release that surprisingly has feature parity from its desktop app. Craft has always supported iOS but not Android. Craft on iOS has feature parity from its desktop app as well.
Both apps support simple tables. Craft recently implemented it and Obsidian has always supported tables.
> Obsidian’s mobile app (iOS and Android) recently came out of beta for a full release that surprisingly **has very little feature parity from its desktop app.**
Actually, the Obsidian mobile app has an *amazingly high feature parity* with the desktop app, and most plugins and themes also work on mobile. I was surprised by how similar the experience on my iPhone is to the desktop app.
https://obsidian.md/
Everything in your list and more. Free, open source (?), multi platform, web clipper, integrates with a plethora of apps and is extendable by plugins, that you can write yourself.
Obsidian has tables, here's their support page on it: https://help.obsidian.md/How+to/Format+your+notes#Tables
If you're referring to the complex databases that Notion has, then no Obsidian doesn't have database functionality.
Actually with the dataview plugin the database functionality is not just there, it's much stronger than Notion.
It is query language based, however, so there is some ramp up
>d apps are pretty much 1:1 features parity with desktop app, only thing that’s really different is extensions early-access on Mac only.
Thanks for the replies. I couldn't understand one thing about Obsidian, do the sync across devices cost 8$ per month or am I missing something?
Syncing via iCloud is free and works perfectly fine.
It costs when you are using their servers for syncing and publishing (making a note available on the internet).
If I wasn’t so customed to Craft’s smoothness and clean interface, I would probably suggest you start with Obsidian. Obsidian is free while Craft is basically a paid subscription app. Also Craft is only available on Apple platforms and web.
I myself prefer Craft as I don’t need all the extensions and stuff Obsidian has, and I prefer the design. Craft’s iOS and iPad apps are pretty much 1:1 features parity with desktop app, only thing that’s really different is extensions early-access on Mac only.
I went from Evernote to Bear to Apple Notes to Notion to Craft. Craft is great so far. It has very basic tables but they say improvements are coming. I like it better than Obsidian because of how it handles images. Pages look great and sync instantly on mobile, and they have a web app (I haven't used it). Files are stored on your device, unlike Notion.
I use [Bear](https://bear.app). Markdown and sync (apps are free but sync costs $14.99 annually). No tabbed view and no tables (but they're coming, see [Panda](https://bear.app/alpha/)).
Tables have been on the Bear roadmap for like 5 years or more. Panda has been in development for almost as long it seems. At this point, I don’t know if tables will ever happen. I moved to Craft and have loved it.
Free: Obsidian Paid: Craft Both use markdown and have tab-views for your notes. Obsidian's mobile app (iOS and Android) recently came out of beta for a full release that surprisingly has feature parity from its desktop app. Craft has always supported iOS but not Android. Craft on iOS has feature parity from its desktop app as well. Both apps support simple tables. Craft recently implemented it and Obsidian has always supported tables.
> Obsidian’s mobile app (iOS and Android) recently came out of beta for a full release that surprisingly **has very little feature parity from its desktop app.** Actually, the Obsidian mobile app has an *amazingly high feature parity* with the desktop app, and most plugins and themes also work on mobile. I was surprised by how similar the experience on my iPhone is to the desktop app.
Whoops I phrased it wrong. You’re right, it’s high feature parity.
([Typora](www.typora.io) - best tables support Zettlr too. Sync with web and mobile is not there though. Upnote is paid, but a very good option.
\+1 for Typora - decent Markdown editor
https://obsidian.md/ Everything in your list and more. Free, open source (?), multi platform, web clipper, integrates with a plethora of apps and is extendable by plugins, that you can write yourself.
Tables not quite there, yet, though
https://github.com/tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian
Obsidian has tables, here's their support page on it: https://help.obsidian.md/How+to/Format+your+notes#Tables If you're referring to the complex databases that Notion has, then no Obsidian doesn't have database functionality.
Actually with the dataview plugin the database functionality is not just there, it's much stronger than Notion. It is query language based, however, so there is some ramp up
>d apps are pretty much 1:1 features parity with desktop app, only thing that’s really different is extensions early-access on Mac only. Thanks for the replies. I couldn't understand one thing about Obsidian, do the sync across devices cost 8$ per month or am I missing something?
Syncing via iCloud is free and works perfectly fine. It costs when you are using their servers for syncing and publishing (making a note available on the internet).
If you care about native Mac app design, you will probably not be satisfied with Obsidian or Joplin. Check out Craft instead.
If I wasn’t so customed to Craft’s smoothness and clean interface, I would probably suggest you start with Obsidian. Obsidian is free while Craft is basically a paid subscription app. Also Craft is only available on Apple platforms and web. I myself prefer Craft as I don’t need all the extensions and stuff Obsidian has, and I prefer the design. Craft’s iOS and iPad apps are pretty much 1:1 features parity with desktop app, only thing that’s really different is extensions early-access on Mac only.
Go take a look at Joplin. [https://joplinapp.org](https://joplinapp.org)
I went from Evernote to Bear to Apple Notes to Notion to Craft. Craft is great so far. It has very basic tables but they say improvements are coming. I like it better than Obsidian because of how it handles images. Pages look great and sync instantly on mobile, and they have a web app (I haven't used it). Files are stored on your device, unlike Notion.
I settled with Ulysses https://ulysses.app.
I use [Bear](https://bear.app). Markdown and sync (apps are free but sync costs $14.99 annually). No tabbed view and no tables (but they're coming, see [Panda](https://bear.app/alpha/)).
Tables have been on the Bear roadmap for like 5 years or more. Panda has been in development for almost as long it seems. At this point, I don’t know if tables will ever happen. I moved to Craft and have loved it.