Joplin 4+
Note taking and to-do app
Laurent Cozic
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- Free
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Description
Joplin is an open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified. Images and other files can be attached to notes. The iOS application supports markdown rendering.
The notes can be synchronised with your other devices via Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive or Joplin Cloud. Joplin is also available for Windows, macOS and Linux and all can synchronise with each others so your notes can be available on your mobile phone, computer, tablet, etc. Please see the official website for the list of available applications: https://joplinapp.org
The desktop applications can be used to import notes from Evernote via .enex files, including the formatted content (which is converted to markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.) and complete metadata (geolocation, updated time, created time, etc.). These imported notes can then be synchronised with the iOS app.
End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is supported and will encrypt the complete data, including notes, notebooks and attachments.
What’s New
Version 13.1.1
Full changelog at https://joplinapp.org/help/about/changelog/ios/
Ratings and Reviews
Possible Notion Alternative
I have tried several apps in this space having been an Evernote user who migrated to Notion.
Notion is undeniably powerful and although I don’t use its ‘database’ features, its tables are much better than Joplins. However this is mitigated by the fact that like Evernote, Joplin can open spreadsheets in your default app, which in my case is Excel. Notion by contrast is tied to Google Docs, which doesn’t suit me.
Pluses for me:
1. Syncing via my Cloud provider (OneDrive)
2. End to end encryption (a major omission in Notion)
3. Image placement in notes
4. Open Source
I don’t use the Joplin Cloud. I would happily pay for extra features such as publishing to the web etc., but I am holding back because I love the fact that I can sync via OneDrive where I store all my docs. and (maybe I’m wrong but) it looks like I could be limited in doc size.
Overall, it is a likely Notion replacement for my use case although I think converting the notes will be quite an effort. Still that will be an opportunity to tidy things up (again).
Good note app
I’m an Evernote user but wanted to find an alternative note app which lets me encrypt my notes because Evernote doesn’t let users do this, and while looking for an alternative I stumbled across this app.
I have it installed on my iPhone, Samsung tablet and PC and the app syncs my notes with my Dropbox account without issue between my devices.
It allows me to encrypt all my notes and it has even imported all my Evernote notes.
This app maybe doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of Evernote but it’s perfect for my use. Oh and it’s free.
Competent
A trustworthy and stable jotter, properly focussed on essentials without dancing around the houses doing a song.
Maybe there are bells and whistles in the background though? — Although nothing on the scale of bloated Evernote, adding a new note consumes more volume compared to two other highly efficient apps I use.
But now that I've mentioned an overweight app losing sight of its original purpose, I must say I far prefer Joplin.
App Privacy
The developer, Laurent Cozic, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- Laurent Cozic
- Size
- 44.1 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2016-2024 Laurent Cozic
- Price
- Free