18.2
Mem Agent is an AI workspace for capturing ideas, meetings, and research and retrieving them later.
Free planiOSWebAPI
Best Note and Writing Apps in 2026
28.2
yWriter is novel-writing software that organizes writing into chapters and scenes.
Free planAndroidiOSLinux
38.1
Obsidian is a note-taking and knowledge-work app whose core software is free, requires no sign-up, and stores notes on the user's device for offline access.
Free planAndroidiOSExtension
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Notesnook
Notesnook is a note-taking app available on web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux8.0From $1.99 a month - 5
Logseq
Logseq is a free, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration, with tools for notes, task management, and PDF annotation.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux7.7From $5 a month - 6
Novlr
Novlr is a creative writing workspace for planning, drafting, and publishing projects.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb7.7From $8 a month - 7
Google Keep
Google Keep is a free app for creating and sharing notes, lists, photos, drawings and audio.
Free planAndroidiOSWebExtension7.6From $7 a month - 8
Joplin
Joplin is an open-source note-taking app for creating and organizing text and multimedia notes.
AndroidiOSWebExtension7.6From €2.99 a month - 9
Bear
Free planiOSWebAPIExtension7.5From $29.99 a year - 10
Reflect
Reflect is a note-taking app for daily notes, linked thinking, and private AI work with your own files.
Free planiOSWebExtensionmacOS7.5From $99 a year - 11
Dabble
Dabble is a writing tool for fiction authors, especially novelists, ranging from first-time hobbyists to professional writers.
AndroidiOSWebLinux7.4From $19 a month - 12
Heptabase
Heptabase is a visual knowledge base for students, researchers, and lifelong learners.
AndroidiOSWebLinux7.4From $8.99 a month - 13
Capacities
Capacities is a note-taking and knowledge-management app with offline access and note sharing.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux7.3From $8.33 a month - 14
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote is a digital notebook for capturing ideas, organizing projects, and keeping information together across devices.
AndroidiOSWebmacOS7.3 - 15
Roam Research
Roam Research is a paid note-taking tool built for networked thought.
AndroidiOSWebExtension7.3From $15 a month - 16
Standard Notes
Standard Notes is a note-taking app with offline access across web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux7.3From $90 a year - 17
Tana
Tana is an agentic meeting platform that proposes work for AI agents to carry out during native video calls.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows7.3From $2,030 a month - 18
Scrivener
Scrivener is a long-form writing app for macOS, Windows and iOS, designed for projects that can be composed in sections of any size.
iOSmacOSWindows7.2 - 19
NotePlan
iOSWebmacOS7.1From $99 a year - 20
Craft
Free planAndroidiOSWebmacOS7.0Free plan - 21
Simplenote
Simplenote is a note-taking app that syncs notes across Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux7.0Free plan - 22
Write.as
Write.as is a publishing service for blogs and posts, with Markdown and Rich Text editing.
Free planSelf-hosted7.0From $6 a month - 23
bibisco
bibisco is a novel-planning and writing app for organizing projects across desktop, web, and mobile platforms.
AndroidiOSWebWindows6.9From €29.99 a year - 24
Evernote
Free planAndroidiOSWebmacOS6.9Free plan - 25
Storyist
Storyist helps novelists and screenwriters organize writing, plots, characters, settings, and publishing work on macOS and iOS.
iOSmacOS6.8