Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Zim Alternatives
Apps similar to Zim include Obsidian, which has a free version. Other options are Joplin, Anytype, Notion and Notesnook. Note-taking Tools like Zim are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.
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Simple syntax highlighted Notes manager with incremental full-text search and GMaill like tags as folders.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
The little personal wiki. Scribbleton is your own personal wiki, where you can store everything from quick notes, to detailed checklists for work, to the outline for that next bestseller novel. Place your wiki file on a shared drive, and you can access and edit your data from...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United States
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
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Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
United Kingdom
Zoot XT is a next generation information processor.
The most powerful PIM on Windows OS. Simple to get started, but will grow with you as your needs grow.
Has extensive built in support for Getting Things Done.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
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Record and save important information, brilliant ideas, and moments of everyday life easily and securely with SomNote.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Google Chrome
An AI-powered goal execution engine that transforms unstructured user intent into actionable, calendar-synced daily plans and isolated focus environments.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
India
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Terminal-based markdown note manager to view statistics, explore connections and launch editing and viewing applications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Productivity app. Save information like a sticky notes. You can create notes with images, videos or whatever you want. Save pages to read later or capture any web content with the chrome or firefox extension. Share boards with your friends. Create public boards.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
Criene is an AI execution engine that automates goal planning and enforces discipline through high-stakes gamification and data-driven behavioral auditing.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- India
Forensic Notes - Digital documents are easy to fabricate, lose or get hacked. Take you digital documentation into the 21st century with Forensic Notes. Secure. Private. Credible.
Court-verifiable documentation - Replicates paper notebooks.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Windows Mobile
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Microsoft Azure
Canada
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