The BEST Notetaking Apps Ranked

00:00 Intro
00:22 The contenders
01:17 Cherrytree
02:29 GitBook
03:36 Joplin
04:18 Obsidian
05:03 Notion
06:32 Google Docs
07:28 OneNote
8:15 Honourable mentions
09:00 Outro

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[MrCoolCatMatt]

You can hide the images that you paste into Obsidian by creating a new folder and then going to "Settings > Files & Links > Default location for new attachments (set to "In the folder specified below") > Attachment folder path" and then selecting that folder you just created to be the default location for all new images. Now, any time you paste an image into Obsidian it just goes straight into that folder rather than cluttering up your sidebar.

[xbro]

Obsidian has a game-changing feature that most other tools do not: Canvas. You can link notes and other elements in mind maps, greatly simplifying organization and logical flows. Is extremely useful, for example, for mapping active directories or logical sections of a program (while doing code review or reversing). The whole thing is integrated as well. You absolutely must give it a shot!

[thetoekneesan]

Joplin is my favorite and I've tried all of these so far. Nice video!

[adam]

I use Joplin because it's open source (unlikely to be fully abandoned), cross platform (I use a Mac at home and Windows at work) and has a straightforward sync service. It's also pretty simple to learn and has a rich plugin ecosystem. At the moment I use the web clipping function the most, but the more I use Joplin the more I like it.

[LoudTech]

Thanks for the video and recommendations. Been a long time Samsung Notes user and have been wanting to break away. I've downloaded Joplin across my Mac, windows, android and iPhone. Seems to be just what I have been looking for. Thanks again.

[deenmotivated]

I use one note. It’s just easy and simple. Accessible via my phone and PC. I also love the fact that I can record voice notes even meetings.

[amirmir]

The best thing about this video is your calm style of speaking . The details on the notes are a matter of opinion which I am sort of in line with. But again, the only reason I watched the whole video was because of your way of speaking. Nice job. 😊

[FeckOffTeaCup]

Been using Joplin for a while now. Best I've seen so far especially with plugins and the web clipper.

[adambair]

I use Notion, OneNote and Obsidian. All for different use cases. I love that you didn't have Evernote listed here ;)

[darthhydralisk]

I feel like Obsidian is the "I use Arch" of the note taking app. I use it as well :). And I saw that there is a post answering the images issue you are having.

[jonathanboerner]

I personally like to use obsidian myself, as for the "issue" with images, I like to structure my folders in a way that there is a "00_Assets" folder that contains any images, I seldomly willput PDF related docs within this folder as well on different projects, or allow them to be streamlined within my md files. Each project has its own root folder, then subfolders for the "00_Assets", "01_Category/Phase1", "02_Category/Phase2", etc., with each markdown file created or PDF inserted being named in the same manner "01_...", "02_...", etc. Seems to work well for me. Obsidian can be accessed from multiple devices if you set up sharing of file storage, and, permissions can be setup within vaults amongst folders and files individually between multiple people if you wanted to share /collaborate. However, collaboration editing of the same file by more than one person at the same time doesn't seem to do well.

[yukz]

Joplin search function is not as robust as Obsidian and Notion. I think this is a worthy point to highlight.

[JudoP_slinging]

Obsidian is an absolute beast for just building up an entire wiki of your knowledge. Having user defined links between files lets you build your own structure entirely. A totally flat repository of timestamped notes with a few ad-hoc index pages linking together key pieces of info? No problem. How about a zettlekasten style second brain where the entire vault is composed of linked atomic notes? Sure. A completely traditional hierarchical file system with folders only? Yep. It can do practically any setup you want.
A genuine disadvantage is it can be quite difficult and take a long time to figure out the best way to structure your notes because it is so radically open. That and sometimes I like a snappy app which opens instantly. Overall I'd put it as the heavyweight champ in the category.

[CodyHadley]

While my current notetaking app Turtl which is opensource & encrypted was not mentioned I think you did a fantastic job plus there is no way to squeeze every note taking app into one video!

[adyp]

Totally agree with your assessment. Thank you for sharing 🙏

[CodeDotCarter]

I personally like trilium notes. Has a browser plugin also where i can rip whole webpages as its formatted into my notes

[R.JanakSundhar]

Haven't seen anyone talking about Notable or Trilium. Have seen many videos & blogs, but nothing about these two. Trilium has a decent sync options between systems and where you have to make one as the Master server. Notable is good note taking app for taking notes.

[skyone]

I am in love with notion since I found it..i use obsidian for making writeups and notion for note making

[Monkeyindatrees]

I think logseq is cool. It's obsidian just open source and have a whiteboard for drawing and sketching ideas

[tdd]

Joplin and Joplin Cloud: Joplin is end-to-end encrypted and the cloud does not have access to your key. I don't have the link but the tech surrounding how this is implemented is documented somewhere. Plus, it's open source, to include the software that runs Joplin Cloud.