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Bear

Markdown notes you’ll love·bear.app

From $2.99/mo · Free plan · Self-hostable See pricing ↓

Bear is a Markdown note-taking app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad that lets users capture text, photos, tables, and todo lists in one note. It offers flexible tagging for organization, native performance online and offline, and export to multiple formats. A Pro subscription unlocks additional themes, iCloud sync, OCR search, and encryption.

What it's for

capture, write, and organize your lifeplan your weekwrite a bookbuild a wikiblog with Bearmigrate notes from other apps (Evernote, Apple Notes, Obsidian, Drafts, Day One, UpNote)

Features 21

28+ themes
Apple Advanced Data Protection support
Apple Watch widget
CLI for AI and scripting
Custom app icons
Document scanning
Export to multiple formats (PDF, HTML, DOCX, JPG, TXT, Markdown, TextBundle, RTF, ePub)
iCloud sync
Link previews
Markdown editor
Note encryption
OCR search inside photos and PDFs
Search and replace
Siri Shortcuts
Sketch insertion with Apple Pencil
Table of contents
Tag-based organization
Todo lists
Web Clipper
Wiki links & backlinks
XCallback URL API

At a glance

free tierfree trialself-hostableAPI

TypeDesktop app

DeploymentHybrid

PlatformsmacOS, iOS

CompanyShiny Frog

Integrations

iCloudSiri

Complianceself-reported

GDPR

Resources

Docs

Pricing

The 15% saving on the yearly subscription may vary according to your country's currency and taxes. A school discount is mentioned but no details given.

FreeFree

Local access to your notes, Document scanning, Export to: TXT, Markdown, TextBundle, RTF, PDF, JPG, HTML, DOCX, ePub, 3 free themes, 1 app icon

3 free themes, 1 app icon

Bear PRO$2.99/mo

7-day free trial, then $2.99/month; annual billing offers -15% at $29.99/year.

28+ themes, 15 app icons

-15% saving on yearly subscription: $29.99/year instead of monthly billing.