I cancelled a long running competitor subscription within a week because this covered every real workflow I had. Battery impact is barely measurable even when I leave the app running in the background all day long. Diff view for revisions is clear enough that non technical teammates can actually review changes without my help.
A killer feature is missing and the roadmap is vague about whether that gap will be addressed this year.
Plugin ecosystem is active without being overwhelming and the ones I installed have all been well maintained.
An hour of exploration unlocked more useful functionality than a week with the heavier competitor I used before. Easy on the eyes with sensible defaults for typography line height and contrast that work out of the box.
Automation triggers hook into my existing shell scripts without any wrapper code which keeps my toolchain simple. A quiet revelation to realize my morning startup script now takes seconds instead of the minute it used to require. This hits the sweet spot between powerful and approachable without forcing me to read a thick manual.
Database queries feel instant even against a table with several million rows which the previous tool choked on. I cancelled a long running competitor subscription within a week because this covered every real workflow I had.
This holds its own against far more expensive incumbents while charging a fraction of their monthly price.
Smart search beats every grep script I ever wrote and surfaces results across pdf attachments and old emails. Great fit for a small team because permissions are granular without turning admin work into a second job.
Developer updates include changelogs that explain tradeoffs honestly rather than hiding regressions behind marketing language. Snapshots every few minutes recovered an entire chapter after a careless undo chain ate my changes. Shortcut customization reached a level where I rebuilt my entire muscle memory from a decade of Vim habits.
Export to a local git repository preserved history metadata so I have real version control over my notes. Tags combined with filters give me a flexible organization system that beats the folder structure I abandoned. Fast enough for anything I throw at it including nested outlines and documents with hundreds of embedded images.
Pdf export preserved every heading hyperlink and footnote exactly as it looked in the editor pane. A quick glance at the activity log shows exactly who changed what and when which my auditors loved.
Being able to run the same binary on every operating system removed a surprising amount of friction from onboarding. Plugin ecosystem is active without being overwhelming and the ones I installed have all been well maintained.
Templates saved me hours this week alone because the project boilerplate matches our internal style guide exactly.
Native support for passkeys made me drop my password manager for everything inside this ecosystem. A thoughtful onboarding flow walked me through the useful features without burying me in modal popups.
Setup finished in under five minutes and everything synced across my laptop phone and tablet without a single hiccup. An hour of exploration unlocked more useful functionality than a week with the heavier competitor I used before. After switching from a bloated enterprise tool my morning routine finally stopped including a reboot.
Autosave quietly rescued a three hour draft after a power outage took down my whole desk. Offline mode genuinely works and I kept getting things done on a long flight with no internet connection at all.
Response times from support exceeded my expectations and the engineer who replied actually understood my setup. Linux build does not feel like an afterthought and the maintainers respond to issues on the tracker within days.
Collaboration feels native with cursors presence and comments all showing up instantly across continents and devices. Automation triggers hook into my existing shell scripts without any wrapper code which keeps my toolchain simple. Terminal integration lets me launch new sessions tagged by project which keeps my shell history clean and searchable.
Shortcut customization reached a level where I rebuilt my entire muscle memory from a decade of Vim habits. Fast enough for anything I throw at it including nested outlines and documents with hundreds of embedded images.
I replaced three separate subscriptions after a week of using this and my monthly bill actually dropped noticeably. Diff view for revisions is clear enough that non technical teammates can actually review changes without my help. Default color palette passes accessibility checks without any custom css which I did not expect from this tier.
I found my new favorite productivity app and it only took one weekend of real usage to decide.
Default color palette passes accessibility checks without any custom css which I did not expect from this tier.
I used to live in spreadsheets and this replaced that entire workflow with something far easier to maintain. It scales smoothly from my solo projects up to our shared startup workspace without any pricing surprises.
Snappy on an old Android phone that struggles with everything else I install from the store these days. This holds its own against far more expensive incumbents while charging a fraction of their monthly price. Codebase appears clean because the UI never surprises me with inconsistent behavior between windows and dialogs.
Keyboard shortcuts are thoughtfully designed and I never need to reach for the mouse during a focused writing session. Several hidden shortcuts in the help menu transformed how fast I move through long documents. Setup finished in under five minutes and everything synced across my laptop phone and tablet without a single hiccup.
Running this reduced average CPU usage on my laptop compared with the Electron based tool I used before. Default export produces files I can archive without worrying about reading them a decade from now.
Granular export control meant our legal team could share only the exact subset of records they needed. Smart search beats every grep script I ever wrote and surfaces results across pdf attachments and old emails.
Mobile parity is real and I can actually complete the same tasks on my phone that I do at my desk. Converted my whole team in two weeks because the shared workspace features removed friction we did not realize we had.
After switching from a bloated enterprise tool my morning routine finally stopped including a reboot.
Battery impact is barely measurable even when I leave the app running in the background all day long.
Easy on the eyes with sensible defaults for typography line height and contrast that work out of the box. Dark theme uses proper contrast ratios so my eyes feel fine after an eight hour editing marathon. Keyboard shortcuts are thoughtfully designed and I never need to reach for the mouse during a focused writing session.
Even without an account I could try the full feature set in a sandbox before committing a single email address. Impressive onboarding did not drag on and left me with a working project rather than a tour of settings.
Tags combined with filters give me a flexible organization system that beats the folder structure I abandoned.
Zero bloat is a design philosophy you can feel in every menu and every settings panel. Documentation actually makes sense and the examples drop into my project with only minor edits.
Offline mode genuinely works and I kept getting things done on a long flight with no internet connection at all. Shipping updates monthly without breaking existing automations is rarer than it should be and I truly appreciate it.
A solid underlying engine is wrapped in a user experience that feels designed by three different teams.
Workspace templates clone an entire project structure in one click which cut our client kickoff from hours to minutes. Searching across attachments pulled quotes from pdf invoices as reliably as from plain text notes.
Several hidden shortcuts in the help menu transformed how fast I move through long documents.
Automation builder is powerful however the error messages when something breaks are cryptic and unhelpful. A capable editor sits inside a shell that feels sluggish during window resize and tab switching operations.
Dark theme uses proper contrast ratios so my eyes feel fine after an eight hour editing marathon.
Random logouts every single day interrupt my flow and the stay signed in checkbox is clearly cosmetic. Promised features from the roadmap never arrived and the roadmap itself quietly disappeared from the website.
Searching across attachments pulled quotes from pdf invoices as reliably as from plain text notes.
This hits the sweet spot between powerful and approachable without forcing me to read a thick manual. Perfect for daily workflow in a way that very few tools achieve without demanding significant customization first. Export options cover every format I care about from markdown to rich text to a tidy pdf.
Perfect for daily workflow in a way that very few tools achieve without demanding significant customization first. Automatic encrypted backups meant I recovered everything within two minutes after swapping to a new workstation.
Export options cover every format I care about from markdown to rich text to a tidy pdf. Native support for passkeys made me drop my password manager for everything inside this ecosystem.
Keyboard first design wins the day for me because my hands never leave the home row during a flow state. Export options cover every format I care about from markdown to rich text to a tidy pdf. An hour of exploration unlocked more useful functionality than a week with the heavier competitor I used before.
I noticed real improvements to my focus because distracting notification sounds have thoughtful opt in defaults.
Weekly updates ship real improvements rather than cosmetic changes which gives me confidence the team cares.
Mobile sync completed within a few seconds every time which has not been my experience with similar apps. Keyboard first design wins the day for me because my hands never leave the home row during a flow state.
Uptime has been rock solid for the entire year I have been paying for the professional tier. Billing is straightforward with per seat pricing that scales linearly rather than hiding tiers that triple the invoice.