Bear
Beautiful, feature-filled writing app to stay organized and focused.
What is Bear?
Bear is a beautiful and flexible writing app for note-taking and prose, both on the go for iOS devices and for the Mac OS desktop.
KEY FEATURES
- Stay organized by linking notes to each other.
- Use hashtags to organize and add context to notes.
- Notes are stored in plain text, easily portable.
- Focus mode to keep you on track.
- Advanced markdown with full in-line image support
- Powerful search to easily find notes with Search Triggers.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
• Rich previews while writing so you see prose, not code • Advanced Markup Editor that supports and highlights over 20 programming languages • Use Cross-Note Links to build a body of work, quickly reference other notes, and more • Quickly add todos to individual notes to keep yourself on task • Multiple export options including HTML, PDF, DOCX, MD, JPG, and more • Smart Data Recognition of elements like links, emails, addresses, colors, and more to come • One-tap formatting on iPhone and iPad with a custom shortcut bar • Focus Mode hides notes and other options when it matters • All your notes are stored in plain text for the ultimate in portability • Effortless, secure, and private multi-device sync via iCloud • Regular updates to keep you and your writing current
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Supported Languages
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Chinese
- Spanish
Apple AppStore
- Updated
- 4.72 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
Tags
- Note-taking
- Encryption
- Productivity Tool
- Google Chrome Extension
- Firefox Extension
- inline-tags
- Todo List Manager
Recent user activities on Bear
- ilattor liked Bearil
cristianm added Bear as alternative(s) to Notion
RemovedUser added Bear as alternative(s) to TiddlyWiki
It's a very beautiful app with Markdown support and export to PDF.
how it just likes makes you feel welcome
I am amazed that they have the audacity to charge for plain text notes!! May be Mac users are more gullible. Windows users will never pay for plain text notes.
It's abundantly clear you haven't given Bear much of a try. First of all, Bear is free. The (very affordable) paid version has additional features that cost the developer to maintain. Secondly, it has features I've not found in any other app, especially not on Windows or Android (unfortunately, because I use both) — not the least of which are inline tagging, multi-word tagging, and nested tagging, and super-simple linking between notes. Several apps have some of these features (Evernote has nested tags and multi-word tags, but no inline tags). Yes, it doesn't have rich text, and that would be nice to have. But its more simple, elegant and user-friendly than the literally dozens of alternatives I've tried, and it has a feature set that isn't found anywhere else. Giving software a bad review because it doesn't fit your needs — without actually exploring all its features — and insulting its users for no reason to boot, now that's "audacity." No wait, that's just being a jerk.
[Edited by 100WattWalrus, December 22]
[Edited by 100WattWalrus, December 22]
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Only one similar app in Andoid - Butterfly I can say that as user, who use Bear a lol.
Bear is an awesome choice for Apple enthusiasts. I love the watch app for a quick and dirty note. The iPhone app and the Mac app all synced and good to go.
Worth every penny of my subscription. It’s so beautiful, so comfy to use... I love this app, much better than Notes. Tags organization are great, includes encrypted notes option and syncing with a very affordable subscription.
The dark theme is awesome and the free version has lots of functionnalities! The perfect tool to be a writer