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24 alternatives to Collate Notes

A flexible cross-platform note-taking application

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Collate Notes launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1CC
   Collate: Cross platform note taking app based on plain text data format▲85

   2017 · collatenotes.com · its alternatives →

2. 2TN
   Trilium Notes – Scriptable note-taking application▲328

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3VA
   VNote, a fresh Markdown note-taking app▲80

   2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Paragraphs▲272

   A minimalist writing app for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Box Notes▲196

   A note-taking app built for teams

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6BA
   Boostnote – An open-source note taking app designed for programmers▲68

   2017 · boostnote.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Better Notes▲359

   Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8OS
   Open source non-linear notepad app▲222

   2018 · getmicropad.com · its alternatives →

9. 9YA
   YourNote, a note-taking app that puts users’ data first▲68

   2018 · yournote.app · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Stack▲120

    A beautiful and smart key-value based writing app

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11GC
    Ghostnote – Contextual notes and todo app▲301

    2015 · ghostnoteapp.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Curator▲95

    A visual notes app for iPad

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13FA
    Falcon – A markdown based note-taking app for Mac▲6

    2016 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14TN
    Technical note app that builds a knowledge base▲180

    2018 · monocorpus.com · its alternatives →

15. 15UN
    Umbrella Note – Simple app for notes and journals▲71

    2018 · umbrellanote.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Bullet Journal▲86

    An analog note-taking system for the digital age

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Liquid Text 2.0▲157

    A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18SN
    Simple note-taking and blogging▲57

    2018 · notepin.co · its alternatives →

19. 19NC
    Nimble collaborative note-taking▲5

    2018 · rexpad.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AA
    AlephNote – A Simplenote/Standardnote client▲44

    2017 · mikescher.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21HN
    Headcache: note-taking program with markdown, search, external editing▲7

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22NS
    Notes. Simple flexible unix-y note taking▲15

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CO
    CrushPaper – Open-Source Workflowy and Evernote for Writers, Students▲56

    2015 · crushpaper.com · its alternatives →

24. 24VA
    VNote, a Note-Taking App Knowing Markdown and Programmers Better▲6

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →