Bear

Bear is a Markdown note taking app for Apple devices. It focuses on clean writing, with tags and folding to keep longer notes tidy.

Bear lets you mix text, photos, tables and to-do lists in one note, using simple Markdown formatting. Tags help you group notes and projects, and headings can be folded so you can focus on one section at a time. Notes can be exported to several formats and shared when you want to.

• Write in Markdown with photos, tables and lists
• Organise notes with flexible tags
• Export notes to PDF, HTML, DOCX or JPG
• Search text inside photos and PDFs
• Add sketches inline with your text

Writers, students and people who already use Apple devices and want a tidy notes app. Anyone who likes Markdown but finds complicated setups off-putting may also like it.

Bear has a free tier with local access to your notes. The paid Pro tier adds iCloud sync, more export formats and OCR search. Apple's Advanced Data Protection is supported for iCloud, and the vendor site lists current plan details.