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1. Evernote

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   Evernote is an application that allows you to take endless notes and save them across all of your devices with one account. You can sync and save your voice recordings, typed notes, and other file...

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2. Microsoft OneNote

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   With Microsoft OneNote, you can take advantage of a digital notebook that you can edit in just about any way you please. You can hand-write, type, draw, or clip content from the internet to use as...

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4. Google Keep

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   Google Keep is an innovative note-taking application that can be used across multiple platforms. A note can be auto-saved across a user’s Google account on a PC, Mac, or iOS device. The software ut...

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5. Simplenote

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   Simplenote is a note-taking app that features cloud synchronization and other apps used to access various platforms. The open-source software was created by Automattic, a company linked to WordPres...

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6. Scrivener

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   Scrivener is a writing studio that claims to provide all the tools you need to take a manuscript from concept to completion. Created by writers for writers, Scrivener's modular take on document man...

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7. Standard Notes

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   Standard Notes is a private notes app that features unmatched simplicity, end-to-end encryption, powerful extensions, and open-source applications.

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8. Google Tasks

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   Learn how to keep track of tasks in G Suite. Tasks syncs across all your devices, so your lists and tasks go with you, wherever you are.

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9. wikidPad

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   WikiPad is a digital notepad application that uses a wiki build to help you keep track of your thoughts. Wiki, originally meaning "quick" in Hawaiian, simply means that the technology uses links to...

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10. FocusWriter

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    FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a fami...

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11. Paperwork

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    Paperwork - OpenSource note-taking & archiving alternative to Evernote, Microsoft OneNote & Google Keep.

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12. RedNotebook

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    Open source diary and journal software for Linux, Windows and Mac. DownloadsOpen source diary and journal software for Linux, Windows . ScreenshotsAbout · Downloads · Screenshots &mid...

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13. iA Writer

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    iA Writer is a tool for the brave. Because starting something new is not easy. Telling someone who you really are, never feels entirely comfortable. It takes courage. I wonder how Bowie felt when h...

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14. Byword

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    Byword is a piece of software that acts as a markdown editor, and when you take full advantage of the software, you'll be able to focus on your writing with a much higher rate of success and stabil...

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15. WriteRoom

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    For Mac users to write without distractions. WriteRoom is a full screen writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word processors you're used to, WriteRoom lets you focus on writing.

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16. Thinkery

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    Thinkery is a fast and lightweight tool for storing notes, bookmarks, todos, organized through #hashtags. Bookmarks are stored in full-text. Android and iOS app available.

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17. Milanote

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    Milanote offers users a space to quickly and easily collect creative ideas. Not unlike a virtual notebook, the online software's simplicity gives it versatility. Within Milanote, you can open a new...

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18. VoodooPad

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    VoodooPad is a personal wiki developed for the Mac OS. It lets users create a personal wiki by giving them the ability to manage a network of pages right from the desktop. Similar to ConnectedText,...

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19. JotterPad

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    JotterPad Writer for Android — Turn your thoughts into text. Go about your creative writing without distractions, write to your hearts content.

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20. Ulysses III

    A pleasant, focused writing experience combined with effective document management, fast syncing and flexible export make Ulysses the first choice for writers of all kinds.

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21. Pattern

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22. scrut.ch

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    End-to-encrypted, laser-focussed yet elegant editor. No registration, no login, no ads, no tracking, no hassle. Just write. In private or together with others.

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