Alternatives

Products that do what Essays does

Native macOS client for the Memos.

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EssayKraft▲99
Native essay writing app for Mac and iPad
Aug 2026 · apps.apple.com
2
Compose for macOS▲280
Your personal writing assistant to increase productivity
2025
3
Craft Docs▲451
Cross-platform AppleOS document editor built with Catalyst
2020
4
Paragraphs▲272
A minimalist writing app for Mac
2015
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Polymail▲1,554
A simple, beautiful, and powerful email client for Mac
2015 · polymail.io
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NotePlan 3▲264
Native (Mac & iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files
2020
7
Letterspace▲449
A simple note-taking app on iOS & Mac
2015
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Notion for iOS▲861
A collaborative editor for notes, tasks, and wikis
2017 · notion.so
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Journal App▲332
A beautiful journal app for macOS
2023
10
Bear▲596
A beautiful, flexible writing app for notes and prose
2016
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Notea▲288
Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion
2021
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NoteTabs▲129
Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore
Jan 2026
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MinkNote▲157
Private macOS notes built on plain Markdown files
Jul 2026 · muse23.com
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Memo▲128
Simple and elegant notes app on your Mac
2017
15IW
I wrote a local-first notes app for Mac, with data longevity in mind▲128
2021 · noteship.com
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Writer▲134
Beautiful, fast, native notes app with Markdown
2021
17
Paper 3.0▲781
The new sticky note
2015
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Scratchpad▲384
Quick notes, always available
2024
19
Notebook for Mac▲340
The beautifully simple note-taking app from Zoho. Now on Mac
2017
20CN
Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made▲457
2020 · collectednotes.com
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note.md▲280
your notes and research documentation now a local LLM Memory
Jun 2026 · notemd.org
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Noteship for Mac▲117
From notes to knowledge
2021
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Writer▲81
Beautiful, secure and fast text editor and notes app.
2021
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note.md▲243
Local-first markdown based workspace for research writings
May 2026 · notemd.org

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