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Alternatives to NormalNotes
NormalNotes: Quick Markdown note app for Apple devices that starts on a daily page and works directly with Obsidian vault files. Here are 11 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 9 have a free plan, 1 sells for a one-off price.
- 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
- deariary
Writes a daily diary entry for you each morning from your calendar, chat, code and social activity.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Dotflowy
Outliner for organizing notes, to dos and ideas as nested bullets, with Workflowy import, OPML or Markdown export and a free tier.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Jørnal
A private journal that gives you one blank page per visit and locks each entry once you finish writing.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Notanic
A note app on an endless canvas with nested pages, Markdown, sketching and live collaboration, for people who think visually.
Since 2025
Subscription · 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
- QOwnNotes
A free open-source desktop notes app that saves plain Markdown files and syncs through Nextcloud or ownCloud.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- AI Gist
An app for saving AI prompts as templates, filling in their variables and copying the result, with data kept on your device.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- cyberWriter
Note app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that keeps a folder of Markdown files linked with wikilinks, backlinks and a graph, plus PDF export.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Theorem
An open source reader for EPUB, PDF, comics and RSS that saves your highlights to an Obsidian or Logseq vault as Markdown.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Korvo
Desktop workspace that pulls your files and notes into structured plans and records the reasons behind each decision.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge