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24 alternatives to scatteredNote

Simple UI to grab content and take note easily

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. scatteredNote launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Collected Notes – A note-taking blogging app I made▲457
2020 · collectednotes.com · its alternatives →
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NotesAlong▲75
Highlight, organize, and share information effectively
2020 · its alternatives →
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Notes▲103
Streamlined notes: quick & organized
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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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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Contexted▲107
Write, connect & visualize your notes
2019 · contexted.io · its alternatives →
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Note It▲59
A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Browser Notes▲128
Your ideas, organized - not uploaded
Jul 2026 · browsernotes.xyz · its alternatives →
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Notes Tab▲209
Take notes faster and easier
2024 · markdownnotestab.com · its alternatives →
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A canvas-based note taking and organizer app▲61
So I've been working on this app for a very long time now. Started off by wanting an app that separates long form notes from short form notes visually and keeps everything organized on a canvas. The app features: -Sticky notes for quick, small notes and A4 notes for long form documents -A quick mode that uses local storage to quickly open the app and jot down a thought on the canvas -A PDF export option that exports your notes into 3 custom designed PDF styles -Visual hierarchy to replicate file structure instead of a linear fashion, where your files are notes, stacks are folders and labels…
Jul 2026 · passinote.app · its alternatives →
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a5▲181
Takes notes in your browser. Elegant & simple.
2015 · khiry.co · its alternatives →
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Quick Notes▲70
Maintain organized notes on every new tab 📝
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Notes▲63
Managing notes made easy.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Contenteditable.space▲68
Minimalist in-browser note taking app to take quick notes.
2019 · contenteditable.petpetproject.com · its alternatives →
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Mixim Drafts▲74
Simple yet powerful note-taking app for productive minds
2023 · its alternatives →
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Really Simple Notes▲69
Simple, plain-text notes with offline saving
2022 · its alternatives →
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Take Notes▲78
Handwritten notes made easy
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Browser Note (Chrome Extension)▲97
Effortless note-taking in your browser
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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VNote, a fresh Markdown note-taking app▲80
2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →
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Gnotes▲109
You focus on learning, we'll take the notes.
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Context Note▲114
take notes on the web with their context
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ScatterNote▲63
A note-taking app for networked thought
2020 · scatternote.flycricket.io · its alternatives →
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Collate: Cross platform note taking app based on plain text data format▲85
Welcome to the Collate Blog! As our first blog post, let’s kick things off with the...
2017 · collatenotes.com · its alternatives →
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VNote▲78
A Vim-inspired note-taking application with Markdown
2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →
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Notepad▲77
Simple app to take notes.
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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