The flatnotes is a simple, self-hosted notes app made for people who just want to write and keep their notes private. It’s a ...

People have a habit of using messaging apps to send things to themselves. So much so that chat apps like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram have built-in features for bookmarking or note-taking. Developer ...

I used to spend my first 20 minutes of work every morning just managing my productivity system. I was building complex ...

[Disclosure: Q Branch developers John Gruber, Brent Simmons, and Dave Wiskus have written articles for Macworld in the past. Gruber is currently a Macworld senior contributor.] A Vesper note can ...

This application has a really nice-looking UI, and it’s free to use. That’s not all, though, the app is also open-source, which is always great to see. It currently has a 4.2-star rating in the Google ...

Microsoft may have dumped its Cache experimental note-taking app, but Windows users have alternatives to the sometimes overwhelmingly complex Evernote, Google Keep, or Microsoft’s own OneNote. When ...

Where do you note down all your thoughts, your ideas, or the notes from that very urgent office meeting? Noting down each of your important things provides you with an accurate record, something that ...

There’s a lot more going on in Apple Notes than checklists and text, especially if you know where to look and how to use it.

Number seven in our series is free, streamlined, an absolute joy to use — and here’s the biggie — syncs seamlessly with one of several desktop companions (which are also free); it’s also the first ...

Laptops are ideal for taking course notes. They’re portable enough to carry with you to every class, they have built-in keyboards and touchpads for fast typing and navigation, you can doodle and ...

In this post, you are going to learn to make a basic notepad app. This is a great project to get to grips with because it will lend itself to a range of alternative uses as similar concepts can be ...

I started writing a novel one evening a week when my oldest child was a baby. I’ve just completed a big rewrite and finally feel ready to take the next steps toward getting my story out into the world ...