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Edition 13 - Continuing the Quest for the Perfect Notes App

This is an edition from my series called ✦ The Journal ✦ an exclusive space for members where I share my personal tech journey. It's free to subscribe.


In my previous update, I outlined my situation with note-taking apps and shared what I planned to do moving forward. I reviewed the options I was considering and how I felt about each one. Ultimately, I decided to switch to Apple Notes for general and family-related notes. I will share more about my Apple Notes setup in a future edition. As for my personal, knowledge-based notes are concerned, I chose to move to Reflect Notes.

I'm a bit late in sharing this, but I didn’t stick with Reflect Notes after all. I gave it a try, but it just didn’t fully win me over. On paper, it seemed almost perfect—it had all the personal knowledge management (PKM) features I was looking for, a web app, and even semantic search. So I initially thought it would be the best fit among the options I had shortlisted.

But, there were several issues with Reflect that ultimately led to my decision not to continue using it. First, as I had anticipated, the design of the app is subpar. It feels mediocre in both aesthetics and functionality, and I tend to prefer applications that are thoughtfully designed, both visually and in terms of user experience.

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