Comparison

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal vs Tagarific

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

A beautiful and simple Markdown app for capturing, writing, and organizing your thoughts and ideas. It offers a distraction-free writing environment, flexible formatting, and powerful organizational tools like tags and tasks. Ideal for anyone looking to streamline their note-taking and creative processes.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing environment
  • Flexible Markdown formatting
  • Tag-based organization
  • Task management
  • Note linking (WikiLinks)
  • Web clipping extension
  • Apple Pencil sketching
Features
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Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life. ​ Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally. ​ "My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times ​ * 2017 Apple Design Award * 2016 App Store App of the Year * Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years * Most of our parents love it ​ ## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE - Tools stay out of your way so you can just write - Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli) - Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app extension - The redesigned Info Panel now with Table of Contents and Backlinks - Use Apple Watch to dictate and append to recent notes - Support for all the scripts including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian - Easily create notes with Siri and Shortcuts - Your notes, not ours - Bear is private at its core: We cannot see your notes, tags, or anything else ​ ## FLEXIBLE MARKDOWN ​ - Work in plain text - easy to move between apps - Still use formatting like bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more with Markdown - Combine text styles like bold and underline, even in headings - Markdown hides for a clean reading experience - Use WikiLinks to connect notes and build a personal wiki or knowledge management tool ​ ## GET ORGANIZED with #tags, tasks, and more ​ - Add #tags, #multi-word tags# and even #multiple/nested/tags anywhere in a note for quick organization - Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar - Make important tags stand out in the Sidebar with TagCons - Add tasks to notes and easily view all notes that include tasks - Fold sections to get them out of the way ​ ## SHARING MADE EASY ​ - Export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text - Export notes to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub (Bear Pro required) - Easily share your notes to any third-party app with the Share Sheet ​ ## SEARCH FAR AND WIDE ​ - Use Spotlight to search your notes from anywhere - Search for text inside photos and PDFs (Bear Pro required) - Focus on specific types of notes with powerful Special Searches like @todo, @images, and @yesterday ​ ## CREATE YOUR COZY SPACE ​ * Pick from nearly 30 themes for the perfect writing space in both Light and Dark Mode (Bear Pro required) * Choose an app icon that speaks to your personality (Bear Pro required) * Set your own fonts for plain text, headings, and code * Set line height and width, paragraph spacing, and more ​ ## GET MORE WITH BEAR PRO ​ One subscription enables a variety of features on all your devices and keeps the Bear hugs coming. ​ - Sync notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud - Encrypt individual notes with a password that is entirely private to you - Lock Bear with Face/Touch ID - Export to more formats including HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub - Search for text inside images and PDFs in Bear notes - Over 30 beautiful app themes & app icons ​ $2.99 monthly $29.99 yearly 14-day free trial ​ ----- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ----- ​ bear@shinyfrog.net Twitter: BearNotesApp Reddit: reddit.com/r/BearApp Facebook: BearNotes Instagram: BearNotesApp Privacy Policy: http://www.bear.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: http://www.bear.app/terms/

About

Tagarific

This app acts as a digital clipboard for the real world, allowing you to take photos, tag them with labels, and count items. Organize your tagged photos and counts into searchable folders, then export your data in various formats.

Highlights
  • Snap photos or import from camera roll
  • Tag photos with labels, colors, and icons
  • Track quantities and edit notes
  • Organize with nested folders
  • Export to PDF, Excel, CSV, or JSON
  • Cloud sync across devices (Pro plan)
Features
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Tag it and bag it. Tagarific turns your phone into a clipboard for the real world. Walk around, take photos, tag what's in them, count what matters — Tagarific organizes it all in folders you can search, sort, and export. Built for anyone who needs to walk-and-count: lighting auditors logging fixtures and bulbs, contractors tracking site inventory, store associates counting stock, photographers cataloging shoots, organizers labeling possessions, hobbyists tracking collections. CORE FEATURES (all tiers) • Snap photos in-app, or import from your camera roll • Tag each photo with as many labels as you want — colors and icons make scanning easy • Track quantities per item, edit notes, attach location • Folders within folders for tidy organization • Powerful tag library: rename, merge duplicates, mark favorites • Export to PDF, Excel, CSV, or JSON — with photos embedded and tag totals computed • Light and dark themes • 30-day free trial of any plan BASE — $4.99/month • Full app on a single device • All photos and counts stay on this device • Perfect for solo workflows PRO — $9.99/month • Everything in Base, plus • Cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and the web at tagarific.com • Multi-device: start a count on your phone, finish it on your desktop • AI-powered features (coming soon) Subscriptions auto-renew at the end of each billing period unless canceled at least 24 hours before. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://tagarific.com/terms

Screenshots

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal4 screens
Tagarific4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bear Markdown Notes & Journal at 6.9K against Tagarific's 2. Bear Markdown Notes & Journal also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Tagarific's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bear Markdown Notes & Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Tagarific sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tagarific holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bear Markdown Notes & Journal has 6.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Bear Markdown Notes & Journal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tagarific's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bear Markdown Notes & Journal versus Tagarific: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear Markdown Notes & JournalTagarific
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.9K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.9K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShiny Frog Ltd.onCharge

Customer experience

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

All ratings6,870 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews1,754 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative13.7%

Tagarific

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sync issues causing note conflicts and data loss
  • Cursor jumping and input issues on iPad
  • Inconsistent behavior when importing/exporting content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add password protection for individual notes
  • Improve search capabilities to find text within notes
  • Implement table support for more robust note-taking
  • Develop a web-based version for broader accessibility
  • Allow manual sorting and organization of notes

Tagarific

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bear Markdown Notes & Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Tagarific

Subscriptions2
  • Tagarific Base1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Tagarific Pro1 Month trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Bear Markdown Notes & Journal free?
Bear Markdown Notes & Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tagarific free?
Tagarific is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bear Markdown Notes & Journal or Tagarific?
Tagarific is rated higher. Bear Markdown Notes & Journal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.9K ratings, while Tagarific averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bear Markdown Notes & Journal or Tagarific have ads?
Neither Bear Markdown Notes & Journal nor Tagarific shows ads.

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