Anytype: Apple Notes on Steroids! | Review

Anytype is like a baby between Notion and Apple Notes with a hint of Obsidian. Unsurprisingly, it's one of the most exciting apps released recently. It's a note-taking/knowledge management app that you can use for managing tasks, projects, notes, contacts, recipes, books and pretty much anything you want to keep track of. That's why they call themselves "the everything app". It's like Tana in a way that you can customise a lot and build cool stuff. But it's probably not for me or anyone who can't be bothered to spend hours organising things.

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0:00 Anytype = Notion + Apple Notes with a bit of Obsidian
0:52 Beautiful UI!
1:27 Anytype Essentials
3:38 Dex: One place for your relationships (Sponsor)
5:06 Widgets and the sidebar
5:52 Slash command menu
6:20 Graph view and Flow
6:58 Who is this for? Will I use it?

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[francisalcantara]

These apps make me realize just how game changing Notion was. So many other notes app post-Notion follow a similar (but of course still unique per app) look, feel, and usability.

[twosballer]

Great review, Shu! Loved your honest opinion at the end about doing more work and less of setup. Aligns completely with our opinion at Twos. That sponsor was awesome as well. Congrats on your recent engagement! 🎉

[iamjesushusbands]

I totally agree with the ending statements of this video. I’ve had anytype for awhile but I feel like I would have to invest too much time to fully learn the app to make the most use out of it. All in all great video and thanks for sharing!

[herbshirt]

Great vid Shu.
I use Notion a lot, especially at work. It's been invaluable. Practical, but bulky. Now I see there are competitors so I headed down the rabbit hole.
I love the simplicity and speed of Bear but it leaves me wanting for just a few more features.
I struggled to learn AnyType for a while, and gave up. I need to get on with work.
Obsidian is just way too over the top for my liking.
Capacities was looking like a clear winner until I realised - no mobile app?!!
Craft is looking like the winner. So far.

[inspector-tech]

Anytype is in its early stages, a little bit like a toddler, but already it’s so powerful and very useful. I really like it. I can’t wait to see what they have in store for the future.

[vaderihg]

Looks like the graph view of Obsidian. Thanks for the video!

[johndonaldson]

I agree - this app is challenging to learn. Your video does a good job simplifying some concepts that aren't very well explained in their documentation and videos.

[jonathanwingmusic]

I don't mind that there is too much going on as it seems like it's only there if you need it, but not in the way if you don't. As for me, I've been slowly trying to wean myself off Apple Notes to develop a more advanced PKM system, and I've tried Notion, Obsidian, LogSeq, Craft, and perhaps a few more. I wanted to like Notion but I found the UX a bit clunky and distracting, spending too much time trying to make it look good. Obsidian is a cool idea but my mind doesn't work that way, and I found dealing with markdown to create too much friction for me. I'm more of a creative type so Craft was my favorite out of the box, it's definitely close to Apple Notes in ease of use and making really nice looking notes, plus backlinks etc., however I get kind of frustrated with the limitations (no real database feature). Plus Apple Notes is going to add a backlinks feature in the next MacOS update. That said I keep thinking I wish Craft, Notion, and Apple Notes had a baby haha – and it seems like Anytype might be the answer to that, with a bit of Obsidian thrown in (not mad at the idea of local storage!). Definitely going to give this a try, thanks for the review.

[袁焕生]

- 00:00 视频赞助商介绍
- 介绍视频的赞助商Dex
- 00:02 Anytype应用介绍
- 讲述Anytype应用的期待和初体验
- 00:32 Anytype的核心特点
- 描述Anytype的本地优先存储特性
- 00:51 设计与使用体验
- 讨论Anytype的设计与使用体验
- 01:29 Anytype的术语和对象
- 解释Anytype中“对象”的概念及其多样性
- 01:55 自定义对象类型
- 展示如何在Anytype中添加自定义对象类型
- 02:20 关系（Relations）的添加和使用
- 演示如何在Anytype中添加新的字段（关系）
- 02:39 组织信息
- 讨论如何使用关系来组织信息
- 03:01 创建集合（Set）
- 展示如何在Anytype中创建集合来组织人员
- 03:33 Dex应用介绍
- 引入Dex应用并讨论其用于管理人际关系的功能
- 04:59 返回Anytype
- 回到Anytype话题，预告将要展示的功能
- 05:10 侧边栏和小部件
- 展示Anytype的侧边栏和可自定义小部件
- 05:52 块类型和命令菜单
- 演示如何在Anytype中创建不同类型的块
- 06:09 表格和集合
- 讨论Anytype中的表格、内联集合和集合
- 06:21 文件上传功能
- 展示Anytype的文件上传功能
- 06:32 图形视图
- 介绍Anytype的图形视图及其作用
- 06:58 Flow视图
- 展示Anytype的Flow视图及其可视化链接的功能
- 07:03 应用特点总结
- 总结Anytype的特点，包括其速度、免费性、跨平台可用性
- 07:30 个人偏好和选择
- 表达个人对于Anytype的复杂性和定制化的看法
- 08:04 简化的应用程序偏好
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- 08:10 结语和推荐
- 鼓励观众尝试Anytype并提供观看其他相关视频的选项
- 08:16 结束语
- 感谢观众观看并告别

[stansuen]

This is a fancy UI for relational database. You build up your database as you add objects. Anything advance with lots of features will likely be complicated. For the smart consumers who like to plan ahead of how information can be accessed, this looks like a great tool (I have only used it for 2 min so far). This is not for people who does not want to learn an advance system.

[yannickhs]

All I've been looking for is a simple side-by-side (PDF and notes) notetaking app that would also benefit from AI capabilities to summarize, bullet point etc. (maybe using API from OpenAI and such to make it future-proof). That's all I'd need !

[dendenbruh]

LOL i just learned how to use Notion and finally getting in the groove of it and fully transitioned into it as my second brain and now i see this BEAST. LOL maybe one day ill use this, or ill use it as a notes app for something else

[ObsidianDetailing]

I am trying Anytype quite extensively, my only complaint is that is NOT peer to peer or local first. You can not control where your data is held yet, and it all filters through Anytype to sync. I had to contact them directly to find this out as I was struggling to understand the peer to peer aspect (which is why I started testing initially). They do say that the goal is to be local and peer to peer as soon as they can be though. Other than that, its a really really nice, polished app, and the phone app is way better than obsidians

[chrisso]

Loved this review Shu, thank you! Anytype looks to be a strong contender in the PKM / Productivity space, but I was wondering if you’ve used Heptabase yet? The guys over at Paperless Movement just did a review of the Beta and it looks fantastic—like a cross between Scrintal, Craft and Obsidian. Would love to know what you think. 👍

[dagwould]

The killer for me is that Anytype (along with Joplin and others) wants to take over my system structure. I store all data on my 'data' volume, while the software stays in the software volume. That's how I manage backups of the system and software drive images (if I was really pedantic I'd have system and software on different drives, for the same reason). But I can't see how Anytype will allow me to nominate the data location. If software won't let me do this, I don't use it.

[DonClark]

In a 'smart app' like this, I expect the interface to prompt me with the top 3 options rather than the user having to click the interface and then select. I expect it to be smarter and less tedious.

[guilhermeneder]

Thanks for the video! Can you say which app you used to record the screen with mouse tracking? Looks great 🔥

[jhp]

is it possible to have the Mac OS Finder visualized in the map feature?

[bluinman]

Can you do a video on Dex There's features that you mentioned that didn't even know it had. Really good video and it's a very good tool to use.

[kisho]

does it work with PostgreSQL (e.g. CRUD)?