The best Obsidian alternatives

App	Price	How you pay	Mac	iPhone	iPad	Watch	App Store	Developer	Rating
Obsidian	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades							4.5
Logseq	Free, open source	Free							Too few ratings
Anytype	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades							4.5
Capacities	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades							Too few ratings
Reflect	Free, open source	Free							Too few ratings
Goodnotes	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades							4.7
Notion	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades							4.8
Drafts	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades							4.8
Bear	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades							4.7

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   Logseq

   Free, open sourceBest alternative

   Pick this if you think in bullet points and want free, open source linked notes with a daily journal.

   Free, open source bullet notes where every line links to the rest, with a daily journal page built in.

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2. 2

   Anytype

   Free to startBest free4.5

   Pick this if you like how Notion works but want everything encrypted on your own devices.

   A Notion-style workspace for notes, tasks and databases that stays encrypted on your own devices and works offline.

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3. 3

   Capacities

   Free to start

   Pick it if you'd rather organize notes as people, books and ideas than as folders.

   Notes saved as people, books and ideas that link to each other, with no limit on notes in the free plan.

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4. 4

   Reflect

   Free, open source

   Pick this if you want simple daily notes with backlinks on the Mac, saved as plain files in your own folder.

   Daily notes and backlinks saved as Markdown files in your own folder, free and open source on the Mac.

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5. 5

   Goodnotes

   Free to start4.7

   Pick this if you write with an Apple Pencil in class or meetings and mark up lots of PDFs and slides.

   Paper-style notebooks for Apple Pencil, PDF markup and lecture recordings that turn into summaries.

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6. 6

   Notion

   Free to start4.8

   Pick it if your notes double as trackers and project boards, like a reading list or content calendar.

   A single workspace for notes, docs, tasks and databases, free for personal use and full of templates.

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   Drafts

   Free to start4.8

   Pick this if you capture quick ideas all day and send each one on to another app.

   A blank page the instant you open it, plus 1-tap actions that send your text to whichever app it belongs in.

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   Bear

   Free to start4.7

   Pick this if you want good-looking private notes that sort themselves with hashtags and need no account.

   Markdown notes that organize themselves with hashtags, no account needed, with sync for $29.99 a year.

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• Obsidian vs BearPick this if you want good-looking private notes that sort themselves with hashtags and need no account.
• Obsidian vs NotionPick it if your notes double as trackers and project boards, like a reading list or content calendar.