Search and keyboard navigation good - apple-key+F to find in current focused document, and Shift+AppleKey+F to find globally.Great image support - paste in easily, and show in word/PDF export nicely.Mobile experience - pretty good - given that hashtags autocomplete it’s easy to get a new note into the right place.PDF Export - this is really nice, albeit a fixed format styling wise.Data Portability -pretty good - you can export individual files in Markdown.Markdown support is OK in Markdown mode.Tags - tags work well, and can be added anywhere in the document.This is good in that you can have a single piece of writing live in different locations, but I almost prefer iAWriter's implementation of folders and hashtags - there’s something reassuring about actual folders. (faux) folders - there's no folder structure, but it uses hashtags to organise things so you can type #my-test-folder/my-subfolder and it shows a collapsible nested hashtag tree in the sidebar.Pinning posts to the top of the list of posts is really useful, and seeing the time since edit right next to each post is nice.Being able to paste in images is nice, and not worry about where they are stored - it just works.bullet points show as bullet points, headings as headings etc. I like it’s hybrid Markdown/WYSIWYG view with a nice-preview as you type - as a long term Markdown user my fingers know what to type, but the UI preview is nicer - i.e.It’s cheap for what it is - about £14 or so for a year, and the free version gives you loads of features out of the box.Rock-solid sync - it uses iCloud, but it seems to have its own algorithms for doing so and is always really fast.Screenshot of Bear showing the search in action, with hashtag sidebar, post list, and post detail Notable features of Bear I’ve found: Price - Free + £14 per year for premium features Quick Search to find notes - ideally keyboard accessible.Image support (I watch webinars and add screenshots to my notes).Desktop experience - good experience on the desktop.Mobile experience - good experience on the iPhone. Data Portability - ease of getting 1000s of notes into/out of a tool if I switch.Ideal criteria I need in a note-taking/writing app (I’ve never found anything that does all of this well): Markdown export - Ease of getting notes into a form I can publish.Longer-form writing - more in-depth blog posts which might be formed over several days.
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