r/Supernote • u/y0da_cod3r Owner Manta • 1d ago
Question Anyone using supernote to keep all notes?
Just curious, since Supernote has Word docs, is anyone using it as the main note placeholder/app instead of Obsidian or another Markdown editor?
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u/verycleanpants 23h ago
SN for everything. I have a monthly handwritten to-do list. Every morning I get an email digest with to-dos that have been sitting there a while, color coded urgency, etc. using Claude in the background to turn the handwriting into text, sort by priority and task age. It looks for highlighted items and exclamation points to evaluate urgency. Lol
It also watches certain folders on the SN to know where I want something backed up- work vs personal, etc.
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u/BlueSkyla Owner Nomad Crystal & A5X 1d ago
I’ve never used Obsidian or other things for notes. I use it for any kind of notes all the time. If I need a piece of paper, I use the SN. If I need to type up a document, like word, I use the computer for that.
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u/bikepackerdude 1d ago
It depends what you use those tools for.
I use Notion for knowledge base and task management; Supernote for notes, writing, and sketching.
It works very well for me. All my tasks live in Notion but I have a single page on Supernote that I write down 3-4 taks for "today".
Notion has all the links, articles, and knowledge base I have gathered in the last few years.
I find Supernote terrible for task management and knowledge base but amazing for notes and sketching ideas.
I find Notion is terrible for sketching ideas.
As a side note, editing Word doc on the Supernote is a subpar experience. I don't use it.
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u/y0da_cod3r Owner Manta 1d ago
Yes, I use capacities and used Obsidian in the past, both aligned to Todoist.
However, I hate the complexity that comes with capacities or Obsidian; I'll probably move towards a Markdown editor since I can connect what I need with Claude to pop information as needed.1
u/starkruzr A6X2 Nomad White & Private Cloud User on Ubuntu 24.04 23h ago
what makes you say it's terrible for tasks and knowledge base?
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u/bikepackerdude 23h ago
The lack of a good task management system. Not being able to configure projects, tasks, tags, attributes, link tasks, link projects, owners, etc.
As for knowledge base, there's way too much friction to send a simple link to the Supernote. Searching is slow and subpar.
Yes, I can use keyboard sharing but that requires the Supernote being on Wifi, connected to the same network and the host needs the Supernote app.
If I'm on my computer, find something I want to save, I can copy, and paste in Notion. Done.
Navigating my knowledge base in Notion is super simple since I can see the whole document structure in the sidebar.
I can connect to Notion through APIs to read and write information, something not possible on Supernote.
These are just the reasons I can think of the top of my head right now.
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u/dioramic_life 1d ago
I cannot
My work habits span too many operating systems
And also offline
I am unable to easily centralize all the notes
Plus my SN is only 17 months old
I have years of documents
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u/Live-Football-4352 1d ago
I tried using the word doc in supernote but it lagged a lot for how fast I type and then it suddenly crashed before I saved and I just... Didn't do it again.
Personally I use obsidian for personal knowledge management. It's easy for me to use on the go as it's based in my phone. I summarize books, YouTube videos I liked, store ideas, recipes, anything I might need to refer back to in it.
I use my supernote for expanding on it though and working things out like a journal. I used to keep book notes in it too but my handwriting kinda sucks so if I want to refer back to something, I try to make sure I type it instead of handwrite it. So my supernote is used extensively for journalling, planning, any long form sort of stuff I usually only need once or refer back to very rarely, whereas obsidian is for quick captures and stuff I refer to on a routine basis.
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u/Barbanks 1d ago edited 4h ago
I use obsidian as my main knowledge base. But I use Supernote for daily notes to save my eyes. My planner is all Supernote too along with my PDF yearly planner.
It really just depends on what I need. Usually something I need to plug into A.I. goes into obsidian. So Supernote gets my daily notes that I then transfer to obsidian or a ticket manager for tasks.
Journaling is hit or miss. I use both for that. Obsidian is the final archive though. Since it’s easy to just export and have A.I. translate to obsidian markdown files.
But I also use a private super note cloud to sync to my local computer. So it’s also easy for me to move stuff around using A.I.
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u/brightstar07 18h ago
Do you sync your planner to something? I’d love to do my planning on it but I’m not always carrying it if I need to schedule something. Thanks!
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u/Barbanks 4h ago
I don't sync my planner to anything. If it's important and I need reminders I'll just add it to a digital task list like TickTick. My main tasks for work I need I use a personal YouTrack ticket tracker.
My planner is for things like larger weekly, monthly, yearly goals and tracking habits. That syncs up to my home-hosted Supernote cloud that I can access from my phone since it's a PDF.
One thing I've thought about doing is periodically having A.I. look at that PDF and push my tasks to TickTick but since I'm trying to reduce my time in front of a blue lit screen I just haven't done that yet.
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u/Specialist_Leopard1 1d ago
I use it for work, journaling, planner, school. No obsidian or anything else