Obsidian review: your notes stay as files on your disk, and that is the entire argument
Plain Markdown in a folder you control, free for personal use, with no account required. The plugin ecosystem is both the best and worst thing about it.
4.5of 5
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Productivity
Notes, tasks, habits. Mostly a competition to see who can charge for sync.
Todoist review: the task manager that survives being abandoned for three weeks
Natural-language input is fast enough that capture stops being a decision, and the app is forgiving when you stop using it. The free tier's five-project limit arrives sooner than it looks.
4.0of 5
Streaks review: a habit tracker that charges once and then leaves you alone
A one-off purchase in a category that has almost entirely moved to subscriptions, and it does the job without asking for anything else. The limit of twelve tracked habits is deliberate and correct.
4.0of 5
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