Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)




Roam Research is described as 'As easy to use as a word document or bulleted list, and as powerful for finding, collecting, and connecting related ideas as a graph database. Collaborate with others in real time, or store all your data locally' and is a popular Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Roam Research for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Roam Research alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like Roam Research are Logseq, Anytype, Notesnook and Zettlr.




Safe Notes is a security project aimed at providing an encrypted, private note manager that works locally and protects notes from various threat actors.




nvPY is a note-taking tool inspired by Notational Velocity, nvALT and ResophNotes. It syncs with simplenote, and runs on Linux, Windows and OSX.




Modern writing app for Windows with three-panel workflow, automatic version history, writing goals, and beautiful Gruvbox themes. Ulysses for Windows users.






Write styled Markdown notes, sync across Mac, iPhone and iPad add to-dos and tags, export to a variety of formats and choose your favourite style from a variety of colourful themes.




Networked note-taking application for delivering flexible documents via live links. Create and view your knowledgebase as a Map, documents, or HTML page. Create viewpoints for narrowing focus on specific content. Start blank or import existing docs!.




Hypernote lets you keep track of the people, organizations, and connections that make up your network.
Terminal-based markdown note manager to view statistics, explore connections and launch editing and viewing applications.


Notebag is a fully keyboard-compatible note taking app that links all your knowledge and gets out of your way.
