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24 alternatives to conotes 2.0
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. conotes 2.0 launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Handwritten notes and a whiteboard in your browser. Write with a pen, keep the pdf next to your notes. No account, nothing leaves the browser. - swimmingbrain/brainotes
11d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ghostnote▲132Add contextual notes to websites, folders, docs, apps
2015 · ghostnoteapp.com · its alternatives →
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Everything you need to take beautiful and effective notes
2021 · chiichan.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Paper 4.0▲181Arrange sketches and notes in your online journal
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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With this plugin you can create literature notes from BibTeX entries, display formatted reference lists, and instantly generate citations.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Productivity highlighter for any website & PDF - free to use
2024 · web-highlights.com · its alternatives →
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Grid Note▲130A smart way to note with structured layouts 📝
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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This lets you talk to local LLMs in Apple Notes. I saw Obsidian Ollama (https://github.com/hinterdupfinger/obsidian-ollama) and thought it was handy, but I'm too lazy to migrate away from the Apple ecosystem, so I quickly hacked this together. I tend to use Notes as a scratchpad for prompts, so it's nice to do some quick inference without leaving the app. Notes doesn't really support plugins so I'm using the macOS accessibility API for reading selections and then stream responses using the clipboard (not ideal but it works).
2024 · smallest.app · its alternatives →
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Browser Notes▲128Your ideas, organized - not uploaded
Jul 2026 · browsernotes.xyz · its alternatives →
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The app started as my wishful thinking that flashcards should really be derived from notes. I've been constantly writing things down and wishing to remember them. However, I never could convince myself to populate a flashcard app with them. I really tried (Anki, Supermemo), but I guess regular form filling is not for me. So I've started experimenting with flashcards derived from structured notes. Writing the 1st MVP was fast, but productionising it was way harder. Content synchronisation when the user can work from tube/plane and use multiple devices and content is text is… not trivial.…
2024 · flashnotesapp.com · its alternatives →
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Note It▲59A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AS Notes▲68Turn your IDE into a personal knowledge management system
Apr 2026 · asnotes.io · its alternatives →
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Draw on your pdf online
2020 · goodannotations.com · its alternatives →
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Donote▲13Turn audio, PDFs, and videos into perfect notes instantly
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Convert physical books into digital notes
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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