<ul><li>Need to store a large amount of mostly static information in order to easily retrieve it later? Evernote </li><li>Need to brainstorm new ideas? Obsidian, Remnote</li><li>Need to organize a large project and manage your productivity? Notion</li></ul>

Choosing the right app

<ul><li>There is no universally perfect note-taking app, and no note-taking app will do the work for you.</li><li>You can use an intersection of several apps if you need to use two or more of them in combination to achieve your goals.</li><li>However, it’s better to make a conscious effort to avoid building Frankenstein's monster of a productivity system.</li><li>Finally, try to not keep on switching note-taking apps too often. The shiny new toy syndrome is real, and the desire to always use the “latest and greatest” will end up wasting lots of your time. </li></ul>

Things to consider

There is a note-taking app for everyone. But with a new note-taking app popping up every single week, it can be hard to decide which one is the best for your use case.So hopefully these ideas about the different note-taking styles can help you with that journey.And remember:"The more you invest in your note-taking tool, the more value you will get out of it".

Different digital note-taking styles and apps

Note-taking apps do not have to be more than a place to store and retrieve information you care about. Web clipping, rich formatting, file attachment, tagging, and a way to filter your notes is all you need to quickly save and access what you need.<ul><li>Evernote</li><li>OneNote</li><li>Bear</li></ul>

Apps for librarians

Instead of having a template-first approach, they are more akin to the process of simultaneously exploring and building a map.Non-linear, these apps offer bi-directional linking, allowing you to not only see what a note links to, but what notes link back to it. So you can discover connections between ideas that you may have not made yourself. <ul><li>Roam Research.</li><li>Obsidian.</li><li>Remnote</li></ul>

Apps for gardeners

Architectural note-taking apps rely on a hierarchical structure based on pages and categories. They require a bit of planning to decide whether an idea deserves its own category or its own page.But once you have made the effort to go through that decision-making and design process, you can keep on re-using your templates for different workflows, which can be great for productivity.<ul><li>Notion</li><li>Coda</li><li>Tettra</li></ul>

Apps for architects

<ul><li>The architect. They enjoy planning, designing processes and frameworks, and need a note-taking tool that allows them to easily structure their ideas.</li><li>The gardener. They enjoy exploring, connecting various thoughts together, and need a note-taking tool that allows them to easily grow their ideas.</li><li>The librarian. They enjoy collecting, building a catalogue of resources, and need a note-taking tool that allows them to easily retrieve their ideas.</li></ul>

Note-Taking Styles

Here are some ideas to find the app you need to build a note-taking productivity system that suits your style of organizing information.

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