Alternatives to RemNote
Note-taking app that pairs outlining with built-in spaced-repetition flashcards. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
RemNote
Note-taking app that pairs outlining with built-in spaced-repetition flashcards.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as RemNote.
Logseq
An outliner that stores notes as plain Markdown files, built around a daily journal and linked blocks.
Logseq is an open source outliner with block linking, plain Markdown files and mobile apps, but the roster lists no built-in spaced-repetition flashcards for it.
SiYuan
A block-based notes workspace with Markdown that renders as you type, and an option to self-host it.
SiYuan offers block references, two-way links and SQL queries with mobile apps and self-hosting, but the roster does not list built-in flashcards.
Obsidian
A notes app that works on a folder of plain Markdown files on your own disk, with links between them.
Obsidian stores notes as local Markdown files with links and a large plugin ecosystem, free for all use, but spaced repetition is not a built-in feature listed.
Capacities
Object-based note app that organizes ideas as typed, tagged objects.
Capacities organises notes as typed objects with native desktop and mobile apps, but offers no spaced-repetition flashcards in the roster description.
Roam Research
A networked note-taking outliner for connecting related ideas into a graph of linked notes.
Roam Research is a paid web outliner for linked notes with real-time collaboration, lacking RemNote's built-in flashcards.
MarginNote
A study app for Mac and iPad that links PDF highlights, mind maps and flashcards.
MarginNote turns PDF highlights into mind map nodes and flashcards with spaced repetition, but runs only on Mac and iPad and centres on reading PDFs.
Workflowy
A nested outliner that organizes notes, lists and projects as a single tree of bullets.
Workflowy is a nested outliner with apps on desktop, mobile and web, but has no flashcards and caps new nodes on its free plan.
Also worth comparing
These listings name RemNote as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Supernotes
A collaborative note-taking app that stores ideas as linked notecards with Markdown and LaTeX.
RemNote pairs outlining with built-in spaced-repetition flashcards on Windows, macOS and web, suiting study use but with a steeper learning curve than notecards.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Anytype
An encrypted, offline-first workspace for notes, tasks and databases that syncs peer to peer.
Notion
All-in-one workspace combining notes, databases, wikis, and task boards.
Heptabase
Visual note-taking app that organizes research as cards on whiteboards.
Notability
A note app combining handwriting, audio recording and transcription with AI summaries, quizzes and flashcards.
Flexcil
A study app that combines PDF reading, annotation and handwritten notes on tablets and the web.
LiquidText
An active-reading app for annotating PDFs and pulling excerpts into a flexible workspace.
