I get why subscriptions are good for developers. But I can't subscribe to everything, and would prefer a single-shot purchase (even if I were to end up upgrading the year after, I would have the option not to).
Other than that, the app seems to be _exactly_ what I need when compared to, say, Agenda (which I already own and use). So, in a nutshell, I'd likely switch if the pricing were different solely for the plain text storage.
Edit: To clarify, if it was a single purchase i'd buy it in a heartbeat. It looks exactly like what i need and would actually use, but subscriptions on everything is putting me off. If it's not a media platform (news, netflix, etc), i'm not subscribing to anything, and even those platforms are getting too diversified.
Subscriptions on software grants me (personally) exactly zero advantages over a single purchase that fullfils a purpose, and no amount of "spin" from developers will convince me otherwise.
If a new version comes each year, I shall buy it as well. I have done that with VMWare Workstation, and Arqbackup, to mention a couple.
It's not a subscription, as the software will continue to work just fine when the pro unlock expires, but you don't get new features.
This of course puts pressure on the developer to keep coming up with new features, but then again that's the developers job.
To be clear: I understand why subscriptions work well for developers. As a consumer, I'm finding I have an enormous amount of subscriptions and it becomes harder and harder to justify an additional $1/month, $5/month, etc. for an app.
Maybe that means I'll be more selective in what I buy, which doesn't hurt. But it does lead to a "well that's a bummer" when I find a cool app I'd be willing to pay an up-front fee for, but realize it's subscription.
Right now I'm using Obsidian, which has been awesome, but it doesn't have a native UI feel to me.
NotePlan 3 is going live today on the App Store (Mac, iPhone, and iPad)
I have created NotePlan to be your task-manager, calendar, and note-taking app in one (Bullet Journal style). All your notes are locally saved as plain text-files and are [[linkable]] (+ backlinks).
Markdown makes the content of your notes future-proof and highly portable. Apple's CloudKit service is used to sync everything across your devices (you don't need to rely on private sync solutions).
NotePlan is a 100% native app written in Swift. This means: a beautiful, clean design, super-fast, and highly integrated into Apple's ecosystem (iOS included). It also syncs with iCloud calendar and reminders.
If you are looking for a native alternative to Obsidian and Roam, which has iOS apps, NotePlan also supports bi-directional linking and is compatible with Obsidian (change the file-extension to .md in NotePlan's preferences) and Roam (when you export your data as Markdown files).
With NotePlan, you can build your favorite productivity workflow:
- Zettelkasten ([back-]linking, folder support, notes)
- GTD (tasks are first-class citizens, create project notes and schedule)
- Bullet Journal (daily notes, re-schedule tasks, undated notes as lists).
Read a quick walkthrough here (with videos): https://noteplan.co/walkthrough
Read more about NotePlan's features here: https://noteplan.co/features
If you have questions, just ask :)
Best,
Eduard
Unfortunately, NotePlan doesn't support inline PDFs as IMAGES (not links, displayed inline like a PNG). Without support for this, it's unusable to me (basically every note taking app is).
Latex symbol / equation rendering is also important, but I can live without that.
If you added that functionality, I'd be more or less happy to pay whatever you want for the app.
1. Installing on second machine led to daily note being constantly wiped while I typed
2. Could not add/modify events to calendar
3. When entering a task I added '3pm-5pm' and nothing showed on calendar (probably related to #2)
Looks great, just don't think it's ready for prime time.
Edit I don't know who's downvoting but Apple has documented cases of file sync inconsistency bugs with iCloud, and I've personally lost half a dozen files over the years to iCloud bugs. https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSBeta/comments/cz4rkn/news_icloud...
1. Does it support opening external folders from other iOS apps? I’ve started using Working Copy so that I can store and sync my notes in GitHub repos. I’ve been using iA Writer as my Markdown Editor (since it interops nicely with Working Copy), but I’m interested in something with better Roam/Obsidian-like features.
2. Does it have a Markdown preview? Or just the editor + navigation support? I often use a lot of Markdown tables, and so having a preview mode is pretty critical to efficiently reading the content later.
2. There is no separate preview, but most of the markdown is being rendered, so you don't see it. To be specific: Headings and tasks are rendered properly without markdown characters. But tables are not supported yet.
Would love to use this but need something that works on android as well
[0]https://obsidian.md/ [1]https://github.com/liamcain/obsidian-calendar-plugin
I want my notes apps to be native, thanks :)
I don’t have subscription fatigue yet however money is a bit tight. So I was on the fence since being native is so amazing. Seeing the latest change log mention Setapp inclusion coming was the best news for me. Can’t wait!
Loving the trial of Noteplan 3.
