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24 alternatives to Gravity Notes For Mac

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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.

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Notebag▲298
A keyboard-focused note-taking app that gets out of your way
2020 · notebag.app · its alternatives →
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Scratchpad▲382
Quick notes, always available
2024 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →
3
Letterspace▲446
A simple note-taking app on iOS & Mac
2015 · programmerbird.com · its alternatives →
4
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 →
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Quick Note▲149
Colorful sticky notes for Mac
2024 · quicknoteapp.com · its alternatives →
6
Hints▲492
Valuable info is quickly captured and self-organized
2022 · hints.so · its alternatives →
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Stupid Notes▲337
Minimalist note taking app
2025 · stupidnotes.com · its alternatives →
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I made a Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves▲219
This project began when I realized that despite trying many fantastic note-taking apps, I often defaulted to dumping notes into chat apps like Slack or iMessage. I wanted to bring that effortless “text yourself” note-taking experience to a dedicated note-taking app. Originally developed as a macOS app, Strflow is now also available for iOS. Strflow is designed to make note-taking as quick and intuitive as possible, centered around a chronological timeline UI. Here are some of its features: * Tag system * Rich editor with text formatting, images, and note linking * Global shortcuts for quick…
2024 · strflow.app · its alternatives →
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new.space for iOS▲350
Sharing, Feedback & Planning Made Easy
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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PopNotes▲96
The notes app that lives in the menu bar of your Mac
2020 · serialcoder.dev · its alternatives →
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Manifest▲248
A simple grid-based pinboard for note taking.
2020 · manifest.app · its alternatives →
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Smarkup Notes▲191
Extremely simple, productivity-focused, collaboration notes
2022 · smarkup.com · its alternatives →
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Jot▲235
The no-fuss way to take notes
2018 · gogetjot.com · its alternatives →
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Dumbnote▲141
Offline-first Markdown note app. No lock-in. Just write.
2025 · dumbnote.app · its alternatives →
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PeekNote▲176
Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I wrote a local-first notes app for Mac, with data longevity in mind▲128
Noteship is a note taking app for Mac that combines notes, todos, and reminders and is based on simple files and folders.
2021 · noteship.com · its alternatives →
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Spaces▲200
Writing app that never breaks your flow ✍️
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Better Notes▲357
Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags
2016 · betternotesapp.com · its alternatives →
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Meteorite▲134
A minimal & frictionless menu bar notetaker for macOS
Feb 2026 · trymeteorite.com · its alternatives →
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Flyout▲101
A notes app for Mac that flies out from your screen edge. Code blocks, task lists, images and reminders — always one gesture away. For macOS 14 or later.
Jul 2026 · getflyout.app · its alternatives →
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Jot▲115
Simplest notes app for the Mac Menu Bar the world has seen.
2020 · getjot.app · its alternatives →
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Unfriction▲69
Instant local notes for macOS to capture thoughts in <400ms
Jan 2026 · unfriction.app · its alternatives →
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Notational Velocity▲166
A unique modeless, mouseless Mac OS X note-taking app
2014 · notational.net · its alternatives →
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Flash Note – No dock▲9
Fast, lightweight, and doesn’t take up your Dock (macOs)
2025 · flashnote.loce.io · its alternatives →

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