Alternatives

Products that do what Heron does

Notes, made simple

1
UpNote▲161
The most pleasant app for writing and organizing notes
2020
2
Dumbnote▲141
Offline-first Markdown note app. No lock-in. Just write.
2025
3
SideNotes 1.3▲259
Quick Notes on Screen Side
2021
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Umbrella Note – Simple app for notes and journals▲71
2018 · umbrellanote.com
5
Cheetah Note▲111
A notes app that's more than just a word processor ✍️
2018
6
Notes▲103
Streamlined notes: quick & organized
2024
7
UpNote for Android▲80
Simple, beautiful note-taking app across platforms
2021
8
Enote▲107
Lightweight Desktop Notes
Jan 2026
9
Notilus▲128
A super simple note app inspired by Apple Notes
Oct 2025
10
Notekeeper▲101
Decentralized note keeping app
2019
11
Writer▲134
Beautiful, fast, native notes app with Markdown
2021
12
Notey▲117
Capture thoughts effortlessly with smart, secure notes
2025
13
Stacknote▲80
Make your writing surprisingly efficient
2019
14
Taky▲103
Write ideas down as fast as they come up.
2019
15
NoteLedge▲210
Take better notes, your way
2021
16
NotePlan 3▲264
Native (Mac & iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files
2020
17
Nimble Notes▲107
The anti-Evernote. Fast, dead-simple note-taking.
2019
18
Notebook for Windows▲129
The beautifully simple note-taking app, now on Windows.
2019
19
PeekNote▲176
Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers
2025
20
Notea▲288
Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion
2021
21
Standard Notes▲164
A simple and private notes app.
2017
22
Quick Note▲149
Colorful sticky notes for Mac
2024
23
Notebook for Web▲224
The beautifully simple note-taking app. Now on the Web.
2017
24
Spit Notes▲198
A songwriting app that keeps your lyrics and audio together
Oct 2025

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