Bear - Markdown Notes

Bear - Markdown Notes

By Shiny Frog Ltd.

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2016-11-02
  • Current Version: 2.1.8
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 70.52 MB
  • Developer: Shiny Frog Ltd.
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 14.0
Score: 4.6956
4.6956
From 6,383 Ratings

Description

Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life. ​ Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally. ​ "My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times ​ * 2017 Apple Design Award * 2016 App Store App of the Year * Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years * Most of our parents love it ​ ## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE - Tools stay out of your way so you can just write - Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli) - Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app extension - The redesigned Info Panel now with Table of Contents and Backlinks - Use Apple Watch to dictate and append to recent notes - Support for all the scripts including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian - Easily create notes with Siri and Shortcuts - Your notes, not ours - Bear is private at its core: We cannot see your notes, tags, or anything else ​ ## FLEXIBLE MARKDOWN ​ - Work in plain text - easy to move between apps - Still use formatting like bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more with Markdown - Combine text styles like bold and underline, even in headings - Markdown hides for a clean reading experience - Use WikiLinks to connect notes and build a personal wiki or knowledge management tool ​ ## GET ORGANIZED with #tags, tasks, and more ​ - Add #tags, #multi-word tags# and even #multiple/nested/tags anywhere in a note for quick organization - Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar - Make important tags stand out in the Sidebar with TagCons - Add tasks to notes and easily view all notes that include tasks - Fold sections to get them out of the way ​ ## SHARING MADE EASY ​ - Export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text - Export notes to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub (Bear Pro required) - Easily share your notes to any third-party app with the Share Sheet ​ ## SEARCH FAR AND WIDE ​ - Use Spotlight to search your notes from anywhere - Search for text inside photos and PDFs (Bear Pro required) - Focus on specific types of notes with powerful Special Searches like @todo, @images, and @yesterday ​ ## CREATE YOUR COZY SPACE ​ * Pick from nearly 30 themes for the perfect writing space in both Light and Dark Mode (Bear Pro required) * Choose an app icon that speaks to your personality (Bear Pro required) * Set your own fonts for plain text, headings, and code * Set line height and width, paragraph spacing, and more ​ ## GET MORE WITH BEAR PRO ​ One subscription enables a variety of features on all your devices and keeps the Bear hugs coming. ​ - Sync notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud - Encrypt individual notes with a password that is entirely private to you - Lock Bear with Face/Touch ID - Export to more formats including HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub - Search for text inside images and PDFs in Bear notes - Over 30 beautiful app themes & app icons ​ $2.99 monthly $29.99 yearly 14-day free trial ​ ----- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ----- ​ [email protected] Twitter: BearNotesApp Reddit: reddit.com/r/BearApp Facebook: BearNotes Instagram: BearNotesApp Privacy Policy: http://www.bear.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: http://www.bear.app/terms/

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Reviews

  • Best Notes App Period

    5
    By 06rushd
    Apple notes is getting better and better with recent software updates. But Bear Notes has so many features that I want and look for . Its interface is so clean and easy too you . I’ve tried other note take apps and nothing works as well for me .

  • Evernote Refugee, haven’t looked back

    5
    By Captinsparklez156
    As the title says, I made the switch to Bear when Evernote made some interesting changes regarding how many notes free users could have, and I haven’t looked back since. Where other note taking apps like Notion have a really steep learning curve, Bear is easy to learn and approachable to newcomers. I’m so glad I made the switch and have no plans of ever going back.

  • Lost functionality after upgrade.

    2
    By Notemaker Writer Coder
    Bear was absolutely perfect before the 2.0 update. There was a very slim/narrow bar along the top of the keyboard with all the functions. You had to slide it to get to some of them, but after 30 minutes’ use, it wasn’t a big deal. Plus it stayed in place when you slid it so you could generally complete what you were doing without much need for other items, anyway. And when you got used to it, it was extremely quick and easy to get to what you needed, practically like typing. Now they have turned that super functional bar into a gigantic second keyboard. You have to press a button to get to it, and then it obscures the keyboard entirely. Sure, you can press one button and make yourself a long to do list. But if you want to add any indentations? Change any headings? You have to shift into that screen, then shift back into the keyboard, continue the list, and then to go back to left alignment, you have to repeat the process. And so on and so forth for every single formatting event you want to make. It has destroyed the functionality of it for me. I had previously switched completely over to Bear from Apple Notes for the added functionality and being cleaner to look at it. As soon as the update came out, I switched back. I occasionally try to use bear again, but it has become clunky and frustrating. I use screens because I type faster than I can write. Unfortunately Bear 2.0 slows down the process so that when using it, I go slower than I can write. I appreciate the developers’ desire to listen to and improve based on users’ feedback. I wish those new systems would be made optional (as in choose your system/interface) or togglable (as in switch on or off what you like). I have paid for at least a couple years now and would have paid more. I’m sure others like the new design so try it out yourself and don’t let this review sway you.

  • I love it love love it all

    4
    By homework✂️🖍📝📕📗📘📙📚
    Love it, it.

  • Was great before its major update

    2
    By Mihooly
    I have been using Bear for several years. My favorite part about it was it was so simple to use and unlike most note taking apps, it minimized checked off to-do items so they didn’t clutter the screen. It was my minimalist dream! That went away with the major update that changed the overall look and feel of the app. It’s clunkier, less intuitive, and my beloved disappearing checked off boxes are no more. At this point, it’s really no different for me than just using the standard Notes app. I went from using Bear every day to a couple times a month.

  • My go-to writing app

    5
    By U is for uranium...BOMBS!
    I downloaded Bear back in 2016 and it’s been my exclusive writing app since. The interface is intuitive yet non-intrusive, something very important to me. I can write without a bunch of buttons scattered across the screen and can pull them up easily when I do need them. The tag system is amazing and easy to work with and I love the small touches like changing tag icons! I write every day and it’s thanks to Bear!

  • Amazing app

    5
    By milesvincent
    This app has the most fantastic UI/UX. Full of delightful surprises. Is quick and simple to use, but also powerful where it matters. Definitely worth the download. You get almost everything for free, but premium is worth it to support the excellent developers. Great work!

  • Almost Perfect

    4
    By xXMr.MentosXx
    I’ve used bear notes on and off for over 3 years. I love everything about it except for its lack of sharing. Please let me share my notes even if it’s just to other Apple users.

  • A master of its craft

    5
    By Merakiae
    Truly a beautiful piece of software. As a front end software engineer and a writer, I have found most software to leave something to be desired in either their design/engineering or their organizational features. Bear excels in both. I am 180k words into writing my novel exclusively in Bear, and it has met nearly every one of my needs. The UI is elegant, tagging is easy, search is lightning fast, and iCloud synchronization between mobile and laptop is silky smooth. Eagerly anticipating Bear for Web - I would love to be able to use it for work but my work computer uses a separate AppleID and I don’t want to pay for Pro for both. Also would love to be able to leave inline comments. As a writer, this is perhaps the feature I miss the most in moving to Bear from Google Docs and Scrivener. Sounds like it’s already on your radar. Thanks for a great app!

  • Latest update

    1
    By Joetama
    Guys— please don’t clutter the screen with the “back / forward” button. Not necessary. Or at worst let people tap to get that.

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