The privacy-first Obsidian alternative with native
notes
synced everywhere

Been using Amplenote for two weeks now, and I can confidently say that I would do a complete migration from the apps I'd been using for the past three years: Notion for note-taking, Obsidian for brainstorming and Excalidraw, and TickTick for calendar and task management. As a power user, I kept being baffled by so many hidden features I didn't think I would ever need, but that have become very useful to me in Amplenote. It feels much more minimalistic and decluttered than all my previous apps.

Great product you are making here. I've tried Roam, Tana, Obsidian and was a regular user of Todoist — and right now I'm enjoying Amplenote so much that I signed on as a Founder supporter.

I actually dove way into Obsidian before eventually coming back to Amplenote once I realized I was spending way too much time fiddling and struggling with sync and information capture. I started slowly diving into Amplenote, and the Idea Execution Funnel and Help Docs really started to draw me in because they were at once a way to show me how to use Amplenote and a system for productivity itself. It's similar to why I love YNAB — it isn't just great software, but also a method for budgeting.

Obsidian is just as fast as you are on a computer, but you blow the doors off it on mobile — and getting ideas and tasks in quickly from your mobile is crucial to allowing yourself to make it a "trusted system" in the GTD sense. Of course, you have a big leg up on Obsidian in task management, too.

I use Obsidian for EVERYTHING. However, Amplenote has two killer features: Web availability. As a professional in companies where software downloads are restricted, this is a lifesaver, as I can access my Zettelkasten from the web and easily from mobile. Task management is great, especially the "!hide" function, where I can manage my to-do list a bit like an email inbox and snooze tasks or emails for later. This is actually a life changer for me, as it allows me to prioritize tens of tasks for my day in two minutes.

I've bounced between almost every solution, actually. I use Things every day and love it. I used Obsidian for a long time, trying Notion, RemNote, Supernotes, NotePlan, Clover, Craft, Keep It, Reflect, Logseq and most of the second-tier ones as well. Amplenote is easily the best. Beyond being surprisingly feature complete, you've built something approachable and usable for the casual user but wildly customizable for the power user. I'm slowly moving my tasks from Things into Amplenote.

I tried Bear, Notion, Obsidian, Nimbus and Craft. Amplenote was better, more intuitive and easier to use than all of these, hands down.

I have been hopping from Roam to Obsidian to Craft, but I never got things done. Amplenote is the panacea for getting things done.