Alternatives to Devonthink

[anon41602260]

@apb123

For me I want a storage place for my documents, must be end to end encrypted, and have the ability to be used for notes and reminders and tasks…and a bit of brainstorming…

Notebooks

I’m not sure there is a single app that fills all those needs – especially one that does reminders and tasks. Notebooks comes to mind – it does have a basic task list.

Keep IT

This thread focused on Keep It.

DEVONthink or KeepIt?

I’ve recently switched from KeepIt to DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go (thanks to MPU coverage). I’m not sure I’m going to stick with it though. I’d previously had a DT license so it wasn’t a huge buy in, which is probably a good thing because I’m wavering. The main problem I had with KeepIt was it seemed to be incessantly doing… something… with iCloud. I’d add one document and it would be “fetching 100 documents, saving 100 documents, fetching 100 documents.” Or at least, so it seemed. I also f…

Use what you’ve got

If you want to give up DEVONthink to avoid a subscription, you’ll have to pay for the other two options mentioned above. Or you could achieve all your requirements with the kit you probably already have:

iCloud for file sync across devices.
Notes and Calendar and Reminders for the notes, reminders and tasks.
Brainstorming – not sure how you’ve defined that for yourself.