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Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 27, 2024 at 09:37 AM
NotesHub is a rather elegant little application I discovered recently, developed by a very amiable and responsive chap. It’s available for a very modest fee for Mac, iPhone and iPad, and consists of a mixture of notes and kanban boards.
My main task/project management now takes place on TickTick (we transferred back to TickTick from Pagico some time ago, because TickTick now does so many things really rather well and very easily, and because Pagico is just a little too complicated – although let me be clear: it’s an amazing piece of software, and getting better with every iteration).
But I like to have a board with my main tasks for each day of the week up in front of me, and after experimenting with various simple kanban solutions (TickTick supports kanban too, of course, but I prefer to keep it focused on my main project view, which is enormous), I found NotesHub.
It’s a deceptively simple piece of software. The relatively spartan interface conceals a wealth of elegance. Only after you’ve investigated it a bit do you find out just how powerful it is. It has exceptional support for markdown (probably the most extensive support of any app I’ve ever used, with an excellent, easily accessible help file to remind you exactly what you can do – as well as a menu bar for all the most commonly used commands). It supports links between kanban boards and notes. It supports folders. It even supports tags, although Alex hasn’t got round to putting in the relevant filters just yet – they’re on the roadmap, however!
I love this app despite – and those who know me will be amazed – the lack of a search function! Again, this is on the roadmap. But Alex has taken the sensible decision to store all data as simple markdown files, in iCloud for syncing purposes, so that it’s easy to find stuff using Spotlight. And easy to import it into other apps if you so wish.
I’m always enthused by really well-written, small-footprint independent apps (other excellent examples for Mac include Noteship and Growly Notes); this is definitely one for the treasure trove.
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by Franz Grieser
Feb 27, 2024 at 10:06 AM
There is also a Windows app for 2.99 Euro.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 28, 2024 at 02:12 PM
It also supports internal links (and has a “back” arrow), and you can open notes or boards in separate windows if you wish.
It’s really growing on me!
Posted by Ken
Feb 28, 2024 at 03:44 PM
It reminds me a lot of KanbanFlow. That is what I use when I need just a simple board with minimal friction. I leave ClickUp to do all of the heavy lifting for my projects.
—Ken
Posted by MadaboutDana
Aug 1, 2024 at 08:40 AM
Okay, for Mac, iPhone and iPad users out there: NotesHub has just had a major upgrade and now features universal search, in-document search, and filters (including filters by tag/favourite/date/completion status).
The app has a remarkably small footprint, is remarkably fast (searches unobtrusively inform you how many milliseconds they took!), but also remarkably elegant (the author eats his own dogfood, and clearly doesn’t release features until he’s absolutely happy with them).
It uses markdown for editing, and stores files as simple text files in the folder of your choice (however, it also offers Git, GitHub and iCloud syncing as standard).
You can create markdown notes, kanban notes and folders. It uses a breadcrumb system to orient you in the simple interface, but you can open any folder/note/kanban note in a separate window. It syncs fast and reliably across iCloud.
Even though the latest upgrade to full searches/filters is a major one, it’s absolutely stable.
It’s not expensive, and is a one-off purchase (no subscription).
I love it, frankly!
Cheers,
Bill