Thread for saying nice things about software you won't use

I would say Tana and Capacities . They are the new-generation “typed” data note-taking apps. Both immediately clicked for me, and I’ve used both extensively for weeks. However, Tana’s export function is meh, and I don’t have enough confidence in the service to put all my PKM data there. Capacities, on the other hand, supports exporting data to Markdown files, but the app is a bit slow. I also think the pro/believer plan is on the pricer side.

I do think this “typed” data approach is very intuitive and greatly reduces the effort to maintain one’s PKM. I’ll continue to follow up on the development of both apps.

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Thanks for flagging this up. The interface looks very clean and I am going to give it a try.

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Curio falls in this category for me. Lack of iOS supports means I cannot use it in my workflow.

Things is another app which I love but due to lack of a review system I have never used long term.

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update: I’m now journaling again using Obsidian’s daily notes. Easily updated from phone as needed, mostly on desktop.

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For touchbar laptops, BetterTouchTool is a ridiculously useful app (once configured properly), though battery drain and weird keyboard capture issues mean i rarely use it,

I quite enjoyed Raycast, too, and it was a smooth and pleasant launcher as they built out various functionalities. Alfred won me back with various updates.

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