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24 alternatives to FSNotes 5

Notes manager and text editor for MacOS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FSNotes 5 launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
FSNotes 5 for iOS▲83
Notes manager to make your life easier
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
FSNotes v3▲79
Notes manager for macOS
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
FSNotes▲101
File system notes manager
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
FSNotes 6▲9
Notes manager and text editor for macOS
2022 · fsnot.es · its alternatives →
5
Notebook for Mac▲341
The beautifully simple note-taking app from Zoho. Now on Mac
2017 · zoho.com · its alternatives →
6
NoteTabs▲129
Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore
Jan 2026 · notetabs.azurewebsites.net · its alternatives →
7
PopNotes▲96
The notes app that lives in the menu bar of your Mac
2020 · serialcoder.dev · its alternatives →
8
Supernotes 3▲427
Take notes everywhere
2023 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →
9
FSNotes▲1
Notes manager for iOS
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Writer▲134
Beautiful, fast, native notes app with Markdown
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
11
MinkNote▲157
Private macOS notes app built on plain Markdown files. No databases, no lock-in. Native, keyboard-first, and designed for knowledge organization.
Jul 2026 · muse23.com · its alternatives →
12
SideNotes▲311
A beautiful note taking app with superpowers. It shows and hides on the side of your monitor to manage your notes distraction-free. Keep your notes organised, personalised and always at your fingertips. Markdown, tasks, pictures, colors, folders included.
2025 · apptorium.com · its alternatives →
13
Alternote ▲263
Gorgeous OS X note-taking app with Evernote integration.
2015 · alternoteapp.com · its alternatives →
14
SnipNotes for macOS▲82
A versatile note-taking app. On all your Apple devices.
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
Good Notes 5▲88
Note-Taking & PDF Markup
2022 · goodnotes.com · its alternatives →
16
xNotes▲80
For those who browse and write notes a lot 📝
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
17
UpNote▲161
The most pleasant app for writing and organizing notes
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
PeekNote▲176
Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
NotesOllama – I added local LLM support to Apple Notes (through Ollama)▲156
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 →
20
Boostnote▲164
An open-source cross platform notes app 📝
2019 · its alternatives →
21
Standard Notes▲164
A simple and private notes app.
2017 · standardnotes.com · its alternatives →
22
Writer▲81
Beautiful, secure and fast text editor and notes app.
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
Memo▲128
Simple and elegant notes app on your Mac
2017 · memo-app.net · its alternatives →
24
Evernote for iOS▲142
The most popular note-taking app, reengineered.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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