Bear
Flexible note-taking and writing tool featuring advanced markdown with in-line images, cross-note links, live preview, hashtags, Focus Mode, plain text storage, iCloud sync, one-tap formatting, smart data recognition, and multiple export formats for portability.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Online
- iPhone
- iPad
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Support for MarkDown
- Cloud Sync
- Syntax Highlighting
- Distraction-free Writing
- No registration required
- Nested tags
- Ad-free
- Works Offline
- WYSIWYG Support
- Web Clipper
- Dark Mode
- Search by tags
- Safari extension
- Export to HTML
- Note Manager
- Export to PDF
- Tagging
- Sync with iCloud
- Opera extension
Bear News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Bear
Bear Introduces Live Mermaid Diagrams for Seamless Chart Creation in NotesBear now supports Mermaid diagrams, allowing users to create and edit charts and diagrams with plai...
- POX published news article about Bear
Bear 2.9 launches with tag-based workspace feature and note scoping for the MCP serverBear 2.9 brings major updates for users seeking refined organization and more controls in their Mar...
- POX published news article about Bear
Bear 2.8 released with Bear CLI, Claude Connector, and MCP server for advanced workflowsBear 2.8 delivers expanded access and integration options for users of this Markdown note-taking ap...
Recent activities
whyubel1eve added Bear as alternative to Folding Mirror
CreatedbyBhavesh added Bear as alternative to Tolstoy Compose
mi0772 added Bear as alternative to Inkiostro Markdown Editor
bulholabs added Bear as alternative to Kept - Voice Relationship Journal
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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
Bear information
Developed by
Shiny Frog Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
Subscription that costs up to $1 per month + free version with limited functionality.Rating
Average rating of 4.3Alternatives
298 alternatives listedNews
16 news article related to BearSupported Languages
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Chinese
- Spanish
AlternativeTo Categories
Web Browsers, Office & ProductivityApple AppStore
- Updated
- 4.68 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
It's a very beautiful app with Markdown support and export to PDF.
Great to write in, and everything is plain Markdown so I can take my notes elsewhere whenever I want. That matters more to me than most features. Search is the one thing that has never worked for me. I know a note exists and still cannot surface it quickly unless I remember the exact tag.
there are better alternatives for Mac users
how it just likes makes you feel welcome
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.
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]