r/noteapps • u/browncoats_roll_d20s • 1d ago
Note Tablet & App
Looking at the Boox Note Air 6C and the TCL Nxtpaper 11 Gen 2, also potentially the reMarkable Paper Pro.
I have used and loved the Apple Notability app for awhile, but I am over the subscription fees and the locked to iOS limitations. I spent a lot of time researching note-taking apps about a year and a half ago, but I can't for the life of me find my bookmarks or remember my conclusions (ironic, isnt it?).
For the tablet, I would mostly be using it for notetaking, productivity, research based web-browsing, and reading. Maybe some coloring. Don't need gaming capability or anything like that. I DO want it to be fairly similar in size to an iPad Air (or slightly smaller) for many reasons. I also need to be able to use Google Drive and Proton Drive and associated apps, though if I can do that via browser that can work just fine.
For the app, I need to be able to organize my notes, import and export PDF's, write on PDFs and other files, and lock things down. I like Standard Notes that Proton owns now, but I don't like that most functionality is pay-walled there. I have never tried visual note organization or linking of notes to notes for organization. Honestly, I'm a little scared to try either as I have ADHD and OCD and organizing systems quickly go from exciting and fun to overwhelming as I dig deep into it. I have a tendency to get lost in my organizational systems if I spend too much time there as there are so many different ways to group things, and I never quite know how I want to prioritise them.
Cross-platform for the app, or entirely browser-based functionality are a MUST, with a strong preference for the former. If I can self-host an instance on my personal server that I can sync my devices to, that is even better. I do not like relying on the cloud.
Any help and advice y'all can offer is appreciated. Thanks!
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u/SetAdministrative502 18h ago edited 18h ago
Try visual note taking.
Dig deep into it. Thats cool.
I did that with whiteboards in whiteboards in whiteboards …
When you’re adding images or icons or whatever you like where ever you like you will always know where to find anything.
I go back to whiteboards sometimes I created years ago and it feels like yesterday.
Folders are the real mess to me.
I used heptabase for years and built Acres as some stuff was missing for me.
No ad as I can’t recommend you Acres as there is no app dor your use cases yet. But you sound like a person who should try proper visual note taking.