Kasten vs Nodeza

Kasten is a Zettelkasten note-taking app built around one idea: thoughts grow through connections, not collections. Write a card. Link it to another. Follow the chain. LUHMANN-STYLE CARD IDs Every card gets a unique ID based on where it fits in your thinking — 21/3b, 21/3b1, 21/3ba. Branch off in a new direction or continue a thread, and the ID reflects the relationship automatically. THREE TYPES OF LINKS Sequence — continue the same line of thought Branch — explore a new angle from the same point Reference — connect ideas across different contexts YOUR FILES, YOUR WAY Cards are stored as plain Markdown files in iCloud Drive. Open them in any text editor. No lock-in, no proprietary format. WIKI-LINK SYNTAX Type [[ to link to any card by ID or title. Unresolved links are flagged so nothing gets lost. DRAFT AND PERMANENT Mark cards as draft while thinking, permanent when the idea is settled. A simple toggle, no ceremony. Kasten is for people who think by writing — researchers, writers, and anyone building a personal knowledge base over years, not weeks.

Nodeza is a fast, beautiful note-taking app for thinkers, students, and writers who refuse to compromise on capture speed or clarity. Built around three core ideas: Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula MARKDOWN THAT FLOWS. A rich, modern editor (TipTap) with full Markdown support, code blocks with syntax highlighting, tables, images, and inline formatting that stays out of your way. A MIND GRAPH THAT THINKS WITH YOU. Every note becomes a node. Every link becomes an edge. Pan and zoom your knowledge as it grows — see ideas cluster, connect, and surface patterns you didn't know were there. OFFLINE-FIRST, SYNC-WHEN-READY. All your notes live locally on your device (IndexedDB) for instant load times and zero-network reads. Premium adds cross-device sync. AI PRO adds: automatic note summarization, smart suggestions, and "expand this thought" prompts powered by a private inference endpoint. PREMIUM unlocks: advanced export (Markdown, HTML, PDF), unlimited graph nodes, custom themes, and priority email support. PREMIUM + AI BUNDLE: everything together, one-time purchase. Free version is fully functional for capture, search, and basic graph view forever.