A beautifully designed, native plaintext note-taking app for macOS 13+. No rich text errors, no distractions—just fast, lightweight notes that stay private.
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WriteOn Alternatives
WriteOn is described as 'Simple Notes Jetpack Compose - Clean, intuitive note-taking open source app' and is a Note-taking tool in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to WriteOn for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Android, Windows, Linux and Web-based apps. The best WriteOn alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like WriteOn are Joplin, Logseq, Notion and Anytype.
Alternatives list
65 Glassnote alternatives
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Frontdoor is an AI bookmarking assistant that helps you save knowledge from anywhere on the internet, automatically tags and takes notes it for you, and intelligently resurfaces it based on what your currently reading on the web
80 Quillpad alternativesQuillpad is a fork of an original app called Quillnote. The development stopped on the original app and PR backlogs were not cleared up. The community showed much interest in the app for continued development and so this fork was created.
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Noto is an opensource minimal Note-Taking app that meets customer expectations with privacy in mind.
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51 Prism Notes alternativesPrism is for quick thoughts and links. It feels like texting, rather than writing in a document. Capture easily, organize with tags, develop ideas across threads, review to keep only what matters. Free — unlimited notes, AI tags, and sync.
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Minimal - Writing & Notes is a writing app inspired by meditation. It includes features such as note lifetime, collaborative writing, note-to-website publishing, Todo integration, and cross-device syncing, with a focus on spacious and modern design.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Apple Messages
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Collectives is a Nextcloud App for activist and community projects to organize together. Come and gather in collectives to build shared knowledge.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Nextcloud
- Self-Hosted
Notedrafts is a powerful note-taking app that lets you write, draw, and organize your thoughts across different types of documents. Whether you're marking up a PDF, writing on a large canvas, or taking notes in a long vertical layout, Notedrafts adapts to your workflow.
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Opens in less than 400ms via global shortcut, offers overlay notes on top of all windows, extracts text from screenshots using OCR, stores data offline by default, auto-pauses on lock and resumes, all in a minimal, clutter-free and distraction-free writing surface.
Noteup is a free, open-source Github-flavored markup note-taking app for the web, mobile(PWA), and desktop. Your notes are saved in the local storage but are available for import/export.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Alerts
- Warning
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
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