Alternatives

Products that do what YANTA does

Fast, modern notes for people who prefer the keyboard

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   VNote▲78

   A Vim-inspired note-taking application with Markdown

   2018

2. 2
   Notea▲288

   Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion

   2021

3. 3
   NoteTabs▲129

   Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore

   Jan 2026

4. 4
   Notebook for Web▲224

   The beautifully simple note-taking app. Now on the Web.

   2017

5. 5
   Notebook for Mac▲340

   The beautifully simple note-taking app from Zoho. Now on Mac

   2017

6. 6
   Notebag▲298

   A keyboard-focused note-taking app that gets out of your way

   2020

7. 7
   Jot & Paste▲85

   Keyboard-oriented desktop app for fast note-taking and paste

   2022

8. 8
   Quick Note▲149

   Colorful sticky notes for Mac

   2024

9. 9
   Jot▲235

   The no-fuss way to take notes

   2018

10. 10
    Zen Notes▲135

    Like Notion, but much simpler

    2022

11. 11
    NotesNudge▲163

    A wisdomous whisper from your past notes, every day

    2023

12. 12
    Novi Notes▲107

    Your notes become AI memory. Local-only, no subscription.

    Mar 2026

13. 13
    Jota▲103

    Simple iOS app that is better than bookmarks

    2022

14. 14
    YANA▲85

    Stream of consciousness notetaking

    2019

15. 15
    Jot▲115

    Simplest notes app for the Mac Menu Bar the world has seen.

    2020

16. 16
    Kollate▲134

    Bookmarking and note taking. For free.

    2019

17. 17
    Gutta▲142

    A tiny, offline task list for your Mac menu bar

    27d ago · github.com

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    NotesTab - A notes app with real-time syncing for iOS, OS X & Windows 8▲15

    We built NotesTab as we couldn't find a note taking app that we liked. Either they were too bloated with needless features or were overly simple like those made by Apple. We wanted something that balanced features with simplicity and could sync seamlessly across platforms - so we made NotesTab - a handy note taking app that fits nicely into your daily workflow. We've already got updates in the works, but wanted to see what fellow HN'ers thought of what we've made so far. Find out more here: http://www.notestab.com App links: iPhone/iPad:…

    2012

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    Boostnote▲164

    An open-source cross platform notes app 📝

    2019

20. 20
    NoteRiot▲79

    Easy, private, secure note taking.

    2018

21. 21
    Memo▲128

    Simple and elegant notes app on your Mac

    2017

22. 22
    Standard Notes▲164

    A simple and private notes app.

    2017

23. 23
    Bananote▲45

    Simple note taking

    2020

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    PeekNote▲176

    Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers

    2025

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