It is just amazing😍🥰🤩🤩
Ever since I got this app it has just got me changing the fonts and highlighting random notes and well in conclusion it is just fantastic and everyone should get this in my opinion and to be honest the bear pro can be worth it but even if you just get the original it will still be a great experience.
Bear also helps with planning for future events and provides many opportunities in a way which they can be separated into chunks and if needed a limit of words it will count your characters in total .
In the end, I love this app and loads of people should get it 💕
Bear also helps with planning for future events and provides many opportunities in a way which they can be separated into chunks and if needed a limit of words it will count your characters in total .
In the end, I love this app and loads of people should get it 💕
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Yes! Bear is the GOAT 😅😻🤗🥳
I hated the notes app, even tho on iOS it did get a lot better. It still wasn’t enough for me. So I downloaded about 10 note-taking apps, tried them each for a day or two, kept fiddling around, but it was a Goldilocks problem for me. I can’t handle too many options in my organization- I end up creating these ridiculous systems I will never use. But I need a fair amount of functionality, and all the apps I tried where one or the other. Bear was one of the last I tried and I fell in love so fast.
It’s minimalistic but, for me, it does everything I need and it does it well. The UI is elegant and cozy and enjoyable to work in. There were a few things I didn’t know how to do right when I started but it wasn’t much a learning curve. I had the basics down once I read through the welcome pages, and then specific questions I had were always in the Support Library or in the community pages. It took me less than a day before I started to feel intuitive using it. I just think it is great, I was gearing up to start using Obsidian but tbh when I watched the first video it linked to it seemed kind of cult-y.
I use Bear for all my notes, and since I am trying to write a book, I did decide to use Ulysses for that. But I like to keep my notes and research over here until I have them pared down, then I move them into the project over there. Bear is great- be like Bear, get Bear, and the subscription is a no-brainer. Thank you Bear!! 👏👏👏👏
It’s minimalistic but, for me, it does everything I need and it does it well. The UI is elegant and cozy and enjoyable to work in. There were a few things I didn’t know how to do right when I started but it wasn’t much a learning curve. I had the basics down once I read through the welcome pages, and then specific questions I had were always in the Support Library or in the community pages. It took me less than a day before I started to feel intuitive using it. I just think it is great, I was gearing up to start using Obsidian but tbh when I watched the first video it linked to it seemed kind of cult-y.
I use Bear for all my notes, and since I am trying to write a book, I did decide to use Ulysses for that. But I like to keep my notes and research over here until I have them pared down, then I move them into the project over there. Bear is great- be like Bear, get Bear, and the subscription is a no-brainer. Thank you Bear!! 👏👏👏👏
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Beautiful, simple and very efficient
I love how simple and minimal the app is, it has increased my productivity a lot. My experience with other note taking app always used to follow the same pattern: I would spend hours and hours to optimize it, re-organize it, create workflows etc. Then I would drop them in just few weeks, to jump on another app.
Bear is different. I love how simple and straight forward Bear is: there’s a lot of functions that don’t distract you from your daily use, and I LOVE how many shortcuts I can use. It’s so handy to use the app without leaving your keyboard. My favorite shortcut is Cmd+Shift+8! I use it to add the date when I finish a task, before ticking the To-Do box (with cmd+. ;) ).
I really look forward to the web version of the app, because currently i can use it on all my device expect on Windows! It’s so annoying because on Windows there’s not really an alternative app that follows Bear’s approach and philosophy. That says enough about how unique Bear is. Thank you Bear team!
Bear is different. I love how simple and straight forward Bear is: there’s a lot of functions that don’t distract you from your daily use, and I LOVE how many shortcuts I can use. It’s so handy to use the app without leaving your keyboard. My favorite shortcut is Cmd+Shift+8! I use it to add the date when I finish a task, before ticking the To-Do box (with cmd+. ;) ).
I really look forward to the web version of the app, because currently i can use it on all my device expect on Windows! It’s so annoying because on Windows there’s not really an alternative app that follows Bear’s approach and philosophy. That says enough about how unique Bear is. Thank you Bear team!
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It is honestly not much better than Notes.
Updated, for the sake of innocent readers and my reviewer credit...
This is a very lovely app, and that is coming from someone who does not like bears or "boring" notes apps. When it comes to beauty, Bear beats the vast majority of other notes apps. Functionality, however, is another story.
The tag feature is...interesting, but what would be better is a by-file organization system. The by-tag system that the developers condone is messy and not pretty. Besides, why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in? It is not as if it disturbs the flow of typing...
Two important features—exportation and locking—are behind the infernal wall of subscription. I do not need either that much, thank you! (I never said they were useless.) Locking is free with Notes. However, exportation is NOT available with Notes at all—I knew that—but Bear also locks it. For a free user, there is still lots of copying, pasting, and possibly eMailing to do.
In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage, besides expo for those who do not mind paying for one-trick-pony apps. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours. (I know "they" have to say is better; I will not judge them for that.)
This is a very lovely app, and that is coming from someone who does not like bears or "boring" notes apps. When it comes to beauty, Bear beats the vast majority of other notes apps. Functionality, however, is another story.
The tag feature is...interesting, but what would be better is a by-file organization system. The by-tag system that the developers condone is messy and not pretty. Besides, why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in? It is not as if it disturbs the flow of typing...
Two important features—exportation and locking—are behind the infernal wall of subscription. I do not need either that much, thank you! (I never said they were useless.) Locking is free with Notes. However, exportation is NOT available with Notes at all—I knew that—but Bear also locks it. For a free user, there is still lots of copying, pasting, and possibly eMailing to do.
In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage, besides expo for those who do not mind paying for one-trick-pony apps. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours. (I know "they" have to say is better; I will not judge them for that.)
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Response from developer
> why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in? Because you can do it without leaving the keyboard you are writing in. This functionality is also available in Apple Notes. > I do not need that or exportation You don't need it but this is currently another huge difference with Apple Notes. Notes is currently a closed system and it's very complex to move or export your work from it. We worked hard to adopt an open format people can easily move from or export for different purposes. > In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours. Nah, it's way better :)
Interesting
Bear is ok but the lack of folders is annoying. In fact it’s a deal breaker. In no way does the tag system give more freedom or make things easier, in fact the opposite is true. Just because something is better for you personally doesn’t mean as a business owner you don’t try and accommodate everyone who might possibly be using your product. And answers like “we have determined this is better” don't help. Better for you maybe but not everyone. The hashtag system is ok but a lot of us use folders and without them it makes organization difficult. We can’t nest hashtags into hashtags so the left column is just a jumbled mess, that can never be organized. Every time I open bear It’s like walking into a messy room that I can’t do anything with. Also the reading time estimation is way off. This is an important feature for us in fact one of the only reasons we considered bear so we don't have to take notes from Apple notes into pages, just to find out word count, and then paste into a website to find reading time But bears estimation calculation is severely off by a lot. I did a test and used three different online calculators to determine reading length for some text I wrote, and all came back between 9 and 9:30 minutes. Bear however said 4:45 for the same text. This may not seem like a big deal but is extremely important for what we do.
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Response from developer
Yes, we agree on your reasoning, folders are better for you but not everyone.
It is honestly not much better than Notes.
Updated, for the sake of innocent readers and my reviewer credit...
This is a very lovely app, and that is coming from someone who does not like bears or "boring" notes apps. When it comes to beauty, Bear beats the vast majority of other notes apps. Functionality, however, is another story.
The tag feature is...interesting, but what would be better is a by-file organization system. The by-tag system that the developers condone is messy and not pretty. Besides, why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in? It is not as if it disturbs the flow of typing...
Two important features—exportation and locking—are behind the infernal wall of subscription. I do not need either that much, thank you! (I never said they were useless.) Locking is free with Notes. However, exportation is NOT available with Notes at all—I knew that—but Bear also locks it. For a free user, there is still lots of copying, pasting, and possibly eMailing to do.
In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage, besides expo for those who do not mind paying for one-trick-pony apps. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours. (I know "they" have to say is better; I will not judge them for that.)
This is a very lovely app, and that is coming from someone who does not like bears or "boring" notes apps. When it comes to beauty, Bear beats the vast majority of other notes apps. Functionality, however, is another story.
The tag feature is...interesting, but what would be better is a by-file organization system. The by-tag system that the developers condone is messy and not pretty. Besides, why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in? It is not as if it disturbs the flow of typing...
Two important features—exportation and locking—are behind the infernal wall of subscription. I do not need either that much, thank you! (I never said they were useless.) Locking is free with Notes. However, exportation is NOT available with Notes at all—I knew that—but Bear also locks it. For a free user, there is still lots of copying, pasting, and possibly eMailing to do.
In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage, besides expo for those who do not mind paying for one-trick-pony apps. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours. (I know "they" have to say is better; I will not judge them for that.)
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Response from developer
> why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in? Because you can do it without leaving the keyboard you are writing in. This functionality is also available in Apple Notes. > I do not need that or exportation You don't need it but this is currently another huge difference with Apple Notes. Notes is currently a closed system and it's very complex to move or export your work from it. We worked hard to adopt an open format people can easily move from or export for different purposes. > In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours. Nah, it's way better :)
Lovely design and idea but lacks robustness
This is a nice software. UI is good and the community is flourishing. Moving my 4000 notes from Evernote though has proven to be frustrating. The tags are nice but fiddly (if you delete a mother tag it deletes all bested tags) and the initial sync let's you guessing as what's going on, that's very frustrating. I hope the team can resolve those teething issues, some other parts of the software are lovely and it is no bloated.
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It's a nice app, but is it really any better than Notes?
This is a very lovely app, and that is coming from someone who does not like bears or "boring" notes apps. When it comes to beauty, Bear beats the vast majority of other notes apps. Functionality, however, is another story.
The tag feature is...interesting, but what would be better is a by-file organization system. The by-tag system that the devs condone is messy and not pretty. Besides, why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in?
Two important features—exportation and locking—are behind the infernal wall of subscription. Locking is free with Notes. I do not need that or exportation, however; but people juggling ten other subscriptions might. (I do appreciate the devs' stance against AI. Take humans seriously!!)
In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours.
The tag feature is...interesting, but what would be better is a by-file organization system. The by-tag system that the devs condone is messy and not pretty. Besides, why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in?
Two important features—exportation and locking—are behind the infernal wall of subscription. Locking is free with Notes. I do not need that or exportation, however; but people juggling ten other subscriptions might. (I do appreciate the devs' stance against AI. Take humans seriously!!)
In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours.
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Response from developer
> why waste time adding all the "#lalaloopsey" nonsense when you could have created the note within the file it needs to go in? Because you can do it without leaving the keyboard you are writing in. This functionality is also available in Apple Notes. > I do not need that or exportation You don't need it but this is currently another huge difference with Apple Notes. Notes is currently a closed system and it's very complex to move or export your work from it. We worked hard to adopt an open format people can easily move from or export for different purposes. > In conclusion, Bear looks better than Notes, but looking better is Bear's sole advantage. Be real, Apple editor: It is no better than yours. Nah, it's way better :)
What happened to our tiny image thumbnails?
I've been using Bear since 2021. I use it for pretty much everything—from research notes, to shopping & to-do lists, to Pinterest-styled mood boards—and I had zero complaints up until this latest 'revamp.' I opened my app up one day to find that all of my uploaded images had been resized to a HUGE SIZE, and the only way to get them to be smaller was to go back and resize them all INDIVIDUALLY? Why? They won't even let me pick a default size. I have hundreds of pictures. I have to scroll endlessly just to find one picture now, when before, they were so small that I had them all listed in rows and could pick any one of them out instantly.
I needed a note-taking app that allowed me to upload pictures right next to my writing, and I liked this feature in Bear because its tiny thumbnails didn't take up too much of my writing space. After all, if I needed to see the picture better, I could just click on it to enlarge it.
I love Bear—I really do—and I can deal with all the other changes, but the image thing is really what does it for me. Please don't fix something that isn't broken... I don't know why they would go and change this up, but I can't go back and resize everything now. :'( Is there a way to revert those changes back? Or could you at least give us the option to pick? I hope you well at least consider this.
I needed a note-taking app that allowed me to upload pictures right next to my writing, and I liked this feature in Bear because its tiny thumbnails didn't take up too much of my writing space. After all, if I needed to see the picture better, I could just click on it to enlarge it.
I love Bear—I really do—and I can deal with all the other changes, but the image thing is really what does it for me. Please don't fix something that isn't broken... I don't know why they would go and change this up, but I can't go back and resize everything now. :'( Is there a way to revert those changes back? Or could you at least give us the option to pick? I hope you well at least consider this.
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Bunch of idols!
Amazing work to the authors truly an a grade application
