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24 alternatives to Bear

Bear is a beautiful writing app for crafting notes and prose

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bear launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Bear▲596
A beautiful, flexible writing app for notes and prose
2016 · its alternatives →
2
Bear▲38
Beautiful writing app for notes and prose
2016 · its alternatives →
3
Bear 2▲410
Simple, powerful, private Markdown notes
2023 · its alternatives →
4
Koala▲117
Free, open source and web based bear alternative.
2022 · its alternatives →
5
Paragraphs▲272
A minimalist writing app for Mac
2015 · its alternatives →
6
Stack▲120
A beautiful and smart key-value based writing app
2017 · its alternatives →
7
s'More▲265
A desktop app for writing Medium stories
2016 · its alternatives →
8
Timber Note▲66
Easy to use, beautifully crafted notes app
2020 · its alternatives →
9
Typed▲256
The stunning markdown and writing app for Mac
2014 · its alternatives →
10
Hemingway Desktop App▲218
An editor that makes your writing bold and clear.
2014 · its alternatives →
11
Scratchpad▲384
Quick notes, always available
2024 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →
12
Better Notes▲359
Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Typewrite▲103
Real-time collaborative writing
2014 · its alternatives →
14
Writer▲81
Beautiful, secure and fast text editor and notes app.
2021 · its alternatives →
15
GomScope▲63
Supercharge your Bear notes
2021 · its alternatives →
16
Writer▲134
Beautiful, fast, native notes app with Markdown
2021 · its alternatives →
17
Chunks▲138
A new way to write a whole bunch of stuff
2018 · its alternatives →
18
Frost 5.0▲126
Beautiful mood inducing writing app
2022 · its alternatives →
19
UpNote▲161
The most pleasant app for writing and organizing notes
2020 · its alternatives →
20
Writers brew AI▲129
An AI writing assistant app that is perfect for everyday use
2023 · its alternatives →
21
Breveto▲163
A Beautiful Writing App
2023 · its alternatives →
22
Muse▲252
Turn your iPad into a tool for thought.
2020 · its alternatives →
23
Write▲117
📝 A writing app to combat writer's block, distractions, etc.
2017 · its alternatives →
24
Ulysses for iPhone▲165
Write. Anything. Anywhere.
2016 · its alternatives →

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