category · Notes & Knowledge
Notes & Knowledge software after AI
21 tools in this category. 3 are rated killed and 11 survived — together the non-survivors add up to $93 a month.
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killed
11
survived
$93
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most-voted in Notes & Knowledge
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Confluence
menu_book Notes & Knowledge
The enterprise wiki survives on inertia more than on love.
why
Notion and Obsidian cover the headline feature free, so the $6/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
Anthropic · 2024-06 $6/mo
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GoodNotes
menu_book Notes & Knowledge
AI made handwritten notes searchable, which helped it.
why
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $2/mo.
OpenAI · 2024-05 $2/mo
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Anytype
menu_book Notes & Knowledge
Free, local-first, and better positioned every time a cloud tool adds AI training clauses.
why
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
Anthropic · 2024-06 free
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Bear
menu_book Notes & Knowledge
Survived by being fast, local and cheap.
why
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $3/mo.
OpenAI · 2024-05 $3/mo
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Heptabase
menu_book Notes & Knowledge
Survived by being about understanding, not retrieval.
why
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $12/mo.
Anthropic · 2024-06 $12/mo
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Milanote
menu_book Notes & Knowledge
A moodboard tool AI has no clean answer to.
why
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $13/mo.
OpenAI · 2024-05 $13/mo
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21 of 21· $93/mo at riskS
Saner.AI
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $15
YES
OpenAI · 2025-09 · ChatGPT connectors reading your mail and calendar with persistent memory
Todoist now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $15/mo is optional.
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Fabric
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $10
YES
Google · 2025-07 · Gemini searching across Drive, Gmail and Photos as one connected corpus
Google Gemini and Obsidian now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
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AudioPen
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $8
YES
OpenAI · 2025-04 · Free voice transcription and cleanup in ChatGPT and in the phone keyboard itself
Wispr Flow and Voicenotes now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $8/mo is optional.
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Capacities
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $12
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-08 · Assistants with persistent memory
Obsidian and Notion cover the headline feature free, so the $12/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Slite
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $10
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-06 · Free wikis with AI search from larger suites
Notion covers the headline feature free, so the $10/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Voicenotes
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $10
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-05 · ChatGPT voice mode plus free phone dictation that transcribes and tidies speech
AudioPen and Wispr Flow cover the headline feature free, so the $10/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Matter
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $8
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-01 · AI summarisation reduced the appetite for reading full articles
Raindrop.io covers the headline feature free, so the $8/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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RemNote
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $8
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-06 · Claude turns notes and PDFs into flashcards and study material
Claude and Anki cover the headline feature free, so the $8/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Confluence
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $6
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-06 · Model-read documents made structured wikis less necessary
Notion and Obsidian cover the headline feature free, so the $6/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Nuclino
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $6
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-06 · AI-assisted wikis everywhere
Notion covers the headline feature free, so the $6/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Notability
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $15
NOT REALLY
Microsoft · 2023-11 · AI note assistants summarize and generate notes across platforms
Microsoft's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $15/mo.
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Milanote
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $13
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Visual thinking boards are spatial, not conversational
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $13/mo.
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Scrintal
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $13
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-01 · AI notebooks summarise sources without any visual thinking
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $13/mo.
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Heptabase
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $12
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2024-06 · Visual sensemaking over documents is a different job from summarising them
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $12/mo.
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Outline
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $10
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-04 · Notion and Confluence adding AI search across a wiki teams already maintain
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $10/mo.
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Supernotes
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $6
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-08 · Assistants with memory and projects acting as an always-available scratchpad
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $6/mo.
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Bear
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $3
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Fast local note-taking is a latency product
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $3/mo.
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Raindrop.io
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $3
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-01 · AI assistants can recall pages you mention without a bookmark
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $3/mo.
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GoodNotes
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· $2
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Handwriting is an input method AI improved rather than replaced
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $2/mo.
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Anytype
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· free
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2024-06 · Local-first and encrypted, which AI anxiety made more attractive
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
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AFFiNE
menu_bookNotes & Knowledge· free
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-01 · Notion AI and hosted workspaces dominate the category
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one is still worth keeping open.