Alternatives to DEVONthink for all platforms with any license

Microsoft OneNote

A digital notebook application that gives people one place to gather notes and information. .
- Devonthink is a document management system. Guest • Dec 2017 • 20 agrees and 1 disagrees
- DevonThink is for managing documents, OneNote is for taking notes. Guest • Apr 2018 • 12 agrees and 2 disagrees
- DevonThink is for managing documents... Guest • Jan 2019 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees
- One Note only allows for to nested folders. Guest • Apr 2019
Free Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Kindle Fire
Handwritten Notes Support for styluses Cloud sync Hierarchical structure ... Visual Organization Web clipper Audio Recording Auto-saving Automatic Tagging Better formatting Data Import and Export Embedded media File-sync Handwriting recognition Hyperlinks IFTTT integration Integrated Search Latex Math Legacy Firefox Addon Multiple Account support No dependencies Works Offline OneLogin integration PDF OCR Photo Import Screenshot OCR Search by tags Sections Subtasks Tabbed interface Text formatting Voice recognition WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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Zim

Zim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Store information, link pages and edit with WYSISYG markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
File Versioning Portable Text formatting Wiki-like interface ... Sync with Dropbox Git integration Hierarchical structure Latex Math Lightweight Nested Notes Plain text file Save as txt WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

383 Like
Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome Safari ... Microsoft Office Word Google Drive - Docs LibreOffice Firefox
Browser integration Export to CSV Firefox Extensions Importing from webpages ... Libre Office Integration Compatible with Microsoft Office Microsoft Office integration Multiple languages Save web page for offline use Sync between devices Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Notezilla

Colorful & powerful sticky notes app for Windows & Phones. Set reminder alarms, attach them to any website or document, organize them using folders/tags, sync...

Commercial Windows Web Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Android Sync Auto-saving Clean design Cloud sync ... Compatible with touchscreen Drag n drop Encrypted Notes Goal Tracking Import from Google Reader Hierarchical structure Sync with iCloud iPhone/iPod sync Kanban boards Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Lightweight List management Works Offline Optimized for Windows Password encryption Protected by Password Periodic reminders Photo notes Real time collaboration Recurring tasks Search by tags Share notes Skinnable Sync across Devices Sync between devices Sync on many devices Sits in the System Tray Tag based Task assignments Text formatting Timer for tasks Add a feature

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Qiqqa

Qiqqa is free award-winning knowledge-, research- and reference management software. If you're serious about getting the most from managing your publications, PDFs...

Freemium Windows Web Android Android Tablet
PDF annotation Bib Tex Sniffer Automatic Tagging Brainstorm mode ... Citation detection Cloud sync Content analysis Document annotations File Searching Library section Metadata Search PDF OCR Plaguarism detection Portable Qualitative Data Analysis Real time collaboration Optimized for Touch screen Add a feature

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RedNotebook

RedNotebook is a graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Xfce
Auto-saving Add a feature

100 Like
wikidPad

wikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down. What makes wikidPad different...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Cross Linking Wiki-like interface Add a feature

158 Like
CintaNotes

CintaNotes is an ultra-ergonomic, productivity-boosting notetaking app for Windows. It will help you collect, organize, and find any information.

Freemium Windows PortableApps.com
Hierarchical tagging Portable Sync with Simplenote Add a feature

208 Like
Flamory

Flamory remembers things, so you don't have to. Make snapshots of web pages, files and desktop apps. You can find snapshots later using full-text search and...

Free Personal Windows Internet Explorer Chrome Microsoft Office Powerpoint Microsoft Office Word ... Adobe Reader Notepad++ Firefox Adobe Acrobat
Google Chrome Extensions Windows Explorer integration Firefox Extensions Full text search ... Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots Add a feature

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nvALT

A fork of the original Notational Velocity with some additional features and interface modifications.

Free Open Source Mac
Integrated Search MarkDown support Sync with Simplenote Add a feature

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NoteLedge

NoteLedge Cloud is the world's most versatile multimedia note-taking app that allows you to take notes, sketch your ideas, record audio and video, organize...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Android Tablet iPad
Audio Recording Drag n drop Web clipper Apple Pencil support ... Cloud sync Handwritten Notes Live screen recording Export to PDF Slideshow mode Stickers Texture for brushes Trace references Video import Add a feature

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Zoho Notebook

Online Notebook application: Zoho Notebook lets you combine text, images, audio, video, RSS feeds, documents and much more. Online Collaboration: You can share a single...

Free Personal Mac Web Android iPhone Apple Watch
Audio with notes Cloud sync Handwriting recognition Lock individual notes with fingerprint ... Outline organization Two factor authentication Web clipper Add a feature

44 Like
NixNote

NixNote, formerly Nevernote, is an open source client for Evernote .

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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Piggydb

Piggydb is a Web notebook application that provides you with a platform to build your knowledge personally or collaboratively. With Piggydb, you can create highly...
- Discontinued Development has shifted from Piggydb to Cotoami. https://piggydb.net/2017/04/04/piggydb-oinker-cotoami-we-need-your-help/
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
Real time collaboration Add a feature

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AllMyNotes Organizer

AllMyNotes Organizer is a multi-functional hierarchical information manager for Windows. Store all your Notes in virtual folders in one file! Everyone is unique...

Freemium Windows
Ad-free Multiple languages Protected by Password Portable ... Skinnable Tree view Add a feature

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Comment by paulhenrys

about DEVONthink · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 15 Helpful Report as spam

All the alternatives here are "note taking" applications. That doesn't really describe what DEVONthink is. It's a data-driven writing and research tool that is designed for large, robust writing projects: novels, research reports, theses, etc. It has powerful relational search capabilities. You need to start this list over again.

Comment by rastern

about DEVONthink · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 5 Helpful Report as spam

I agree with paulhenrys, this is not a simple note taking application. Unsure if this is the cause, but since installing the Pro Office version my system now suffers from constant spinning beach ball syndrome. Nice organization and information management tool, but I suspect it is causing some tremendous system-wide slowdown.

Comment by menace97

about DEVONthink · Apr 2018 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

I agree with the posters saying that DEVONthink really shouldn't be categorized with note-taking applications, as it is more of a document management system. It seems to be for actually storing every type of document one might use for a project and making it easily searchable and retrievable. While it does share some aspects, it seems like a very different type of application.

Being that it is quite different than a note-taking application, I came here looking to find a Windows alternative to this robust program. I'm quite disappointed it is Mac-only, and I would appreciate if anyone knows of a true alternative to this type of program.

Thanks! :)

Comment by cts

about DEVONthink · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

It shows up as an alternative to Eaglefiler; that program is quite analogous to DevonThink. Better, IMHO.

Comment by Guest

about DEVONthink · Apr 2017 · Report as spam

It's the most intelligent document management system.

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Microsoft OneNote

Zim

Zotero

Notezilla

Qiqqa

RedNotebook

wikidPad

CintaNotes

Flamory

nvALT

NoteLedge

Zoho Notebook

NixNote

Piggydb

AllMyNotes Organizer

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