75% of Notetakers Use These 4 Apps

I've already been using Obsidian for a while, which I love, but I'm also realizing how I've barely scratched the surface of its features. I think Obsidian will continue to rise dramatically in popularity.

I started using Joplin. I am a big supporter that open source so using this one made sense. Im not experienced "note taker" to really review how i feel versus OneNote or Obsidian but so far its been a positive experience.

I went through all the top 3 apps. Starting with Evernote in 2012, then switched to Notion in 2020, and again to Obsidian in 2021. I think Obsidian is the number one choice for scientists, engineers and programmers. Both Evernote and Notion require use of UI and mouse. Obsidian notes are text files, so the complete input can be made from keyboard. With help of required plugins, tables, equations and references become easy. Obsidian requires a lot of typing skills, and memorizing some commands, that usually programmers and engineers have. I really enjoy that I have a full control over the app. Notion has a great UI but I always missed more specific control that I do have in Obsidian. I also tried Joplin, that is an Evernote with Markdown syntax. That's also a nice app, but it didn't match my working style

as someone very new to the digital note taking space I was amazed at so many types of note apps, I am used to docs and one note because they kind of mimicked the way of having a notebook, but coming away from that I can see how using these other methods can be insanely useful, and I can see different aspects of my note taking and writing working better in different styles

I personally use Bear and Craft (however my main use for Craft is latex). Notion used to be my choice but I started finding it cluttered so I separated notion into Bear + Todoist (+ Airtable at times). I love the simplistic design of Bear however the only thing I need from it is latex rendering.

To me, obsidian is the most powerful of all.

Amazing video Tiago! Thanks for sharing with us all of your passion and wisdow

Amazing video! Thank you!

The power of the 80/20 Principle (Again!)... Thanks Tiago for sharing these insights. One of the major causes why Obsidian is a strong Roam competitor resides in the fact it's free... and the strong community around it. Yet, the interface can be intimidating / looking old-school for a lot of users. Can't wait for your next video!

Enjoyed this - I was part of that first Aug 2020 cohort [BASB 11] as a long-time (10-year) Evernote user. I found the course eye-opening in so many ways and have been using the lessons I learned from you every day in small and sometimes large ways ever since. Since taking the course I have also established Notion as our business collaboration platform and for project work, whilst keeping and substantially improving my use of Evernote as my personal digital brain. The course also helped me resolve my decades-long battle between paper and digital, seriously enhancing my creative productivity. Great work Tiago and looking forward to the book!

Great survey! Good work, hope to see more～ I previously used Evernote and I loved it, but It changed everything after its updates few years ago, all good things changed and now it's a slow and disappointing apps. Then I switched to notion for personal notes, it works great and it's free for students! (A large plus) Few days ago I discovered obsidian, I was so surprised and love it instantly, it is perfect to build a knowledge database (especially for reading journal articles). Looking forward to more obsidian videos. 👍🏻👍🏻

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I encountered the 4 archetypes today and I've realized I'm an intuitive Gardener and raised Architect. My first real dive into note-taking is OneNote for college which evolved to Notion after I fell in love with its organization, aesthetic, and sheer power. Never before have I seen databases, calendars, galleries, kanban boards and more in just 1 app! But somehow, I've found that after categorizing all of my ideas into neat little boxes in Notion, I never actually reviewed them again...which defeats the purpose of learning for me. Since I can't turn knowledge into action or a uniquely creative idea. Perhaps that's why Obsidian really intrigued me when I first encountered it on YT. Might also consider Roam, which I've heard for the first time here!

Other hypothesis is: those who use Notion (or are using Evernote but thinking on moving to Notion) feel the need to invest time learning how to improve their note taking system (like participate in your workshop or acquiring your book). Also, it may show that Notion has a UI that invite users to reflect on how note taking can impact your life, due to the wide customization possibilities.

Trying to choose a notepad for my projects... This was so helpful... Thank you

One thing to consider in regards to Roam, the beta closed around the time of these polls and now is no longer free. May be the correlation explaining your results

Thank you, Mr. Forte, for giving us the 'CODE' framework and for continuous spreading this valuable concept of BASB. BTW. Which tool do you use to visually demonstrate the interactive workflow in this video?

Your video is fantastic! How a interesting survey result~ Especially your voice is so calm and crispy! Can I ask what microphone you use? I want to start my own channel recently, thank you again.

Just saw your video on my feed - recognized your name and then realized I’m pretty sure I was in a class with you in high school lol. In any case fantastic video!

I'm a big fan of Notion (mainly personal and for fleshing out ideas) but I also use Workflowy and Google docs/sheet for specific work projects with my VA.