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Bear Notes

Bear Notes is a minimal, markdown note-taking application perfect for iOS and Mac.

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Highly Recommended!

This tool stands in the top 5% of tools on Tool Finder. Our ratings for tools factor in design, features, performance, practicality and value to help determine the tool's overall score.

Things we like

Comes with Markdown Support

Easy to use hashtag organization

End to end encryption

Sketch notes on iPad

Exporting abilities

Things we don't like

Comes restricted and only available on iPhone, iPad and macOS for those who want it elsewhere won't be able to access.

Does not come with sync to iCloud as the basic free subscription, you need to pay $2.99 per month to access sync.

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Bear Notes Review

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Quick Facts

  • Pricing: Free, $2.99 per month or $29.99 yearly
  • Features: Hashtags, editor abilities & offline modes

What is Bear Notes?

Bear Notes is a note-taking application that uses markdown. It is available on iOS and macOS and is built natively for easy use. Users store ideas, capture quick notes, and organize them using Bear's unique hashtag folders.

Students commonly use Bear to organize their notes, and those who like simple, minimal note-taking apps use markdown. Apple has praised Bear Notes for their build quality.

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How does Bear Notes work?

Bear Notes is a note-taking app focused on markdown.

It offers a range of features, such as the ability to create structured notes with headings and subheadings, add images and links, and collaborate with others. It also makes sharing notes easy, allowing export to other services or devices. With its clean design and range of features, Bear Notes makes it easy to keep track of ideas and tasks.

Bear Notes Pros

  • Comes with a markdown editor
  • Really reasonable pricing per year
  • Easy to use for all types of note-takers
  • Well-developer and respected developer
  • Bunch of themes and app icons to customize

Bear Notes Cons

  • It might be too basic for some
  • Limited to iOS and macOS devices

How much does Bear Notes cost per month?

Bear Notes costs $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year. This is reasonable pricing for those looking for a lightweight note-taking app.

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Pricing

Monthly

$2.99

Yearly

$29.99

Is Bear Notes free?

Bear Notes is free and allows you local access to notes, but premium features, including sync with iCloud between accounts, themes, exporting, and PDF abilities, are locked under the premium.

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