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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask sidenotes
About SideNotes
SideNotes keeps notes in a panel that shows and hides at the edge of the monitor, so you can jot something down or look it up without switching away from the app you are working in.
Notes support Markdown, tasks, pictures and colors, and can be sorted into folders. It suits people who want a scratchpad that is always within reach rather than a full notes library in its own window.
Strengths
- Notes panel appears at the screen edge without app switching
- Markdown, tasks, images and colors in notes
- Folders for organising notes
Limitations
- Mac only
- Suited to quick notes rather than a large knowledge base
Details
- Pricing
- PaidCommercial Mac app from Apptorium; check the developer's site for current pricing.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Apptorium
- Platforms
- macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Mac users who want quick notes always one gesture away
- Categories
- Note-taking
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Unclutter
A macOS pull-down panel that holds clipboard history, quick notes and a file drop zone.
Unclutter is a paid macOS pull-down panel that combines quick notes with clipboard history and a file drop zone, opened by a scroll gesture.
Apple Notes
Apple's built-in notes app with sync, sketches, and text recognition.
Apple Notes is free and preinstalled on Apple devices with sync, sketches and text recognition, but opens as a regular app rather than an edge panel.
Drafts
An Apple-platform app for capturing text quickly and sending it elsewhere with actions.
Drafts is a freemium Apple app that opens straight to a new page and sends text to other apps through actions, with an Apple Watch app.
Google Keep
A note service from Google for quick notes, checklists and reminders that sync across devices.
Google Keep is a free web note service for quick notes, checklists and reminders that syncs through a Google account and stores notes on Google's servers.
Simplenote
Minimal note app that syncs plain-text and Markdown notes across devices.
Simplenote is a free, open-source app on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android with unlimited plain-text sync, but no folders or images.
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Twos
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Memos
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