The War of Note-Taking Apps

A look into the battle of 2021 and my personal predictions

Francesco D'Alessio
3 min readOct 28, 2020

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What an exciting year for note-taking software…

  • The rise of Roam and Obsidian has been well-documented
  • The growth and mainstream approach of Notion has finally arrived
  • The re-emergence of Evernote is among us…
  • And there’s dozens of side tools like Walling, Supernotes & more being thrown around as rapid-growth options
  • Not to mention the new “must-have” of note-taking tools, bi-directional linking…

🆕 Name Swap

First of all, the name has changed.

It’s no longer “Note-Taking Apps”

Should I say “Personal Knowledge Apps”…

Probably yes.

Perfectly summarised in NessLabs piece of personal knowledge management, tools have now become much better at encapsulating more of our life.

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