Alternatives

Products that do what SideNotes 1.0 for macOS – Clean notes on the side of your monitor does

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SideNotes▲290
Clean notes with superpowers on the side of your monitor
2019
2
SideNotes▲311
Quick notes on screen edge
2025
3
SideNotes 1.3▲259
Quick Notes on Screen Side
2021
4
SideNotes▲134
Take notes on your screen side
May 2026 · apptorium.com
5
SideNotes for iPhone and iPad▲110
Your quick notes with you
2022
6AT
Alt-tab-macos – Windows-style alt-tab on macOS▲156
2019 · github.com
7
Notebook for Mac▲340
The beautifully simple note-taking app from Zoho. Now on Mac
2017
8
AudioNotes▲185
Easily record and share audio messages from your Mac menubar
2017
9NM
Note, my simple command-line note taking app▲81
2021 · github.com
10
Glance▲157
All-in-one Quick Look plugin for macOS
2020
11
Quick Note▲149
Colorful sticky notes for Mac
2024
12
Memo▲128
Simple and elegant notes app on your Mac
2017
13
SnipNotes for macOS▲82
A versatile note-taking app. On all your Apple devices.
2017
14
PeekNote▲176
Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers
2025
15
NoteTabs▲129
Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore
Jan 2026
16N3
NotePlan 3 – Native (Mac/iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files▲56
2020 · noteplan.co
17MQ
Marginotes, quick and elegant side notes for your paragraphs▲111
2016 · github.com
18
Unclutter▲192
Access notes, files & pasteboard clips quickly on your Mac
2015
19SC
Simple command line note taking tool▲84
2019 · github.com
20
Side Notepad▲165
Write notes without leaving your work
2025
21UN
Umbrella Note – Simple app for notes and journals▲71
2018 · umbrellanote.com
22
PopNotes▲96
The notes app that lives in the menu bar of your Mac
2020
23
a5▲181
Takes notes in your browser. Elegant & simple.
2015
24YA
Yet Another Notepad App for macOS▲8
Any suggestion is welcomed and appreciated!
2023 · notepad-release.web.app

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