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Ask HN: Good Alternatives to One Note

19 pointsby atiredturteabout 6 years ago
I&#x27;ve used a variety of different softwares for my organisation systems, but they all seem to be lacking. One note seems to be the only one that works, but their sync issues are so bad that it makes editing from multiple devices painful as hell.<p>I have 3 main functionalities that I am searching for: 1. Allow me to organise my pages (rules out Evernote) 2. Has table functionality (rules out notion) 3. Can be used on the phone (rules out desktop-only solutions)<p>I&#x27;ve been looking for ages and have found nothing that suits.<p>If anyone has something that fits this description, it would be a game changer for me.

8 comments

anoncakeabout 6 years ago
I use Org. It&#x27;s part of Emacs, which you may consider either a dealbreaker or a feature.<p>While Emacs itself does not really work on mobile (unless you run it in a terminal), there is a companion app for Android called Orgzly. Unfortunately it is quite limited. For example, it does not support tables. (Since Org files are plain text, you can view and technically edit them, but the latter is a pain.) It&#x27;s good enough for taking quick notes so you don&#x27;t forget them and to look at existing ones.<p>For syncing, I use Syncthing, which works flawlessly. Conflicts have to be resolved manually though. Orgzly also has built-in support for syncing via Dropbox. I&#x27;ve never used it as it involves manually pulling and pushing to the server as in a VCS rather than working in the background.
superleptonabout 6 years ago
Would Simplenote suit your needs? It supports markdown so it should be possible to create tables, although I did not try it.
ssorcabout 6 years ago
Notion has tables; is there specific table functionality you need that they don’t offer?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.keepproductive.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;notion-tables" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.keepproductive.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;notion-tables</a>
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tajstarabout 6 years ago
I would give <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;coda.io&#x2F;welcome" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;coda.io&#x2F;welcome</a> a try it should meet all the criteria that you mentioned. I use it on the daily.
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ducatduskabout 6 years ago
You&#x27;ve not said what platform you primarily work with but if you use MacOS&#x2F;iOS then I can highly recommend DevonTHINK.
sandreasabout 6 years ago
Perhaps Typora? (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;typora.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;typora.io&#x2F;</a>)
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DoreenMicheleabout 6 years ago
Private blogspot blog. You can add tables with a little HTML and CSS.
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s_mabout 6 years ago
Google Docs?