Bear: Markdown notes for people inside the Apple world
A writing app with tags instead of folders and a design people stay for. Apple platforms only, and sync requires the subscription.
Bear is the app people pick when writing should feel pleasant. Typography, spacing and the editor itself get more attention here than feature count.
How it organises
Tags, not folders — and they nest. A note tagged #work/clients/acme appears
under all three levels. In practice this beats folders for anything that belongs
in two places at once.
The limits
Apple only. No Android, no Windows. If any device in your life runs something else, this is the end of the conversation.
Sync is paid. The app is free on a single device; using it on both iPhone and Mac requires the subscription.
184 MB for a text editor is more than it looks like it should be.
Who it suits
Writers who live entirely on Apple hardware and care how the page looks while they type. That is a narrow group, and Bear serves it better than anything else here.
More on switching is in: Evernote alternatives: where to move and what breaks.
Common questions
- Is Bear - Markdown Notes available on Android?
- No. The app ships for iPhone and iPad only, and we could not confirm a Google Play package. Similarly named apps on Google Play come from other developers and are not the same program.
- What languages does Bear - Markdown Notes support?
- Of the languages this site covers, the App Store lists: Russian, Spanish, English, German. The store page shows the full list for your region.
- Is Bear - Markdown Notes free?
- Bear - Markdown Notes is free outright: no subscription and no in-app purchases are listed in the App Store.