Productivity Review
Bear
Deep Dive Analysis
Bear is a Markdown note app for Apple devices with tag-based organisation and a focus on writing.
Target Audience
Apple users who write a lot and want the app to disappear.
The Final Verdict
"One of the nicest writing apps anywhere. Cross-platform teams cannot use it."
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What we checked
Public API
Offers a documented API you can build against.
Mobile app
Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.
Open source / self-hostable
Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.
SSO (SAML)
Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.
These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.