Alternatives to Craft

Native docs app with real-time collaboration and deep integration into Apple's ecosystem. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Craft

    Native docs app with real-time collaboration and deep integration into Apple's ecosystem.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSiOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Craft.

  • Notion

    All-in-one workspace combining notes, databases, wikis, and task boards.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOSWeb

    Notion keeps real-time collaboration and nested pages but adds databases and task boards on Windows, Android and the web, with a steeper setup learning curve.

  • Apple Notes

    Apple's built-in notes app with sync, sketches, and text recognition.

    FreeProprietarymacOSiOS

    Apple Notes is free and preinstalled on Apple devices with sketches and text recognition, but lacks Craft's real-time collaboration and structured page nesting.

  • Bear

    Apple-exclusive markdown notes app with tag-based organization and a polished editor.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSiOS

    Bear is another Apple-only app, using Markdown and tag-based organization instead of nested pages, and export options require a subscription.

  • AFFiNE Community

    Combine notes, tables and a drawing canvas in a local-first workspace.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hostedWeb

    AFFiNE Community is open source under MIT with Windows and Linux support and a drawing canvas, but it has no listed iOS app.

  • Capacities

    Object-based note app that organizes ideas as typed, tagged objects.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Capacities runs on desktop and mobile platforms including Windows and Android, and organizes notes as typed objects, which has a learning curve.

  • Anytype

    An encrypted, offline-first workspace for notes, tasks and databases that syncs peer to peer.

    FreemiumWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Anytype adds Windows, Linux and Android with local data and encrypted peer-to-peer sync, but it is source-available and still labelled beta.

  • AppFlowy

    Organize documents and projects in an open-source workspace.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    AppFlowy is an AGPL-3.0 open-source document workspace with desktop and mobile clients and self-hosting, though cloud sync needs extra setup or an account.

  • UpNote

    A cross-platform notes app with rich text, Markdown support, nested notebooks and automatic sync.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSBrowser extension

    UpNote is a cross-platform notes app with nested notebooks and Markdown on all major systems, but it lacks Craft's real-time collaboration.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Craft as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Notebooks

    A writing, notes and task app for Mac and iOS that organises documents in nested books.

    PaidProprietarymacOSiOS

    Craft is a native Apple docs app with nested pages and real-time collaboration, with premium features requiring a paid subscription.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.