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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- RemNote
Note app for students that builds flashcards, quizzes and summaries from notes and PDFs with spaced repetition.
Since 2021
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Stempad
A browser note editor for science and maths students with quick equation entry, chemical structures and graphs.
Since 2024
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- NoteDiscovery
A free markdown notes app you run on your own server, with wikilinks, a graph view, diagrams, math and an MCP link for AI tools.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- OCR Buddy
Free Chrome extension that pulls text, code, math and tables from part of a page offline and saves pages as Markdown for LLMs.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Notes Plus
A notes app for Mac and Windows modelled on Apple Notes that saves every note as a plain Markdown file in your folders.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- MarginNote 5
A reading and study app that lets you clip from books and papers, link the clips in mind maps and review them as cards.
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Grape
A note app for desktop and phone that records and transcribes, then answers questions using your own notes.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Sarala
Desktop Markdown editor that shows the formatted page as you type, with diagrams, math and an optional AI helper.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Writer
A small, fast Mac app for writing and browsing markdown notes stored in your own folders.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Earnote
Records lectures and meetings on Mac or iPhone, transcribes them locally and turns them into notes, flashcards and study sheets.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- ParkourNote
Research workspace that keeps papers, web pages, recordings and lectures with your notes and lets AI answer from your library.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Mochi
Write notes and flashcards in markdown, then review them on a spaced repetition schedule.
Since 2019
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Caret
Desktop Markdown editor with autocomplete, multiple cursors and quick file jumping.
Since 2015
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Komihåg
An iPhone app that turns text you select and share into flashcards, shown on your home and lock screen.
Since 2025
Courses and learning · Individuals and families