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Posted by Luhmann
Dec 20, 2024 at 01:55 AM
I’m done working on this (for now). You can see the final chart here: https://bit.ly/pkmchart
Please read the text which explains the standards I used and the reasoning behind them. I know many people here would have made a very different chart.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Dec 21, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Love your chart and your explanations.
If you added Reflect to this chart, I believe it would score at least a 6, maybe a 7. It’s your chart, so I’m not suggesting you do add Reflect, but I have to mention it, because it is my primary notes app and I think it is great.
Steve
Posted by Luhmann
Dec 21, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Thanks. I’ll take a look.
Posted by Luhmann
Dec 28, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I added some new apps to the chart and redid some of the features to be clearer about what I am looking for.
What I learned from my effort to compare 12 other PKMs to Logseq:
1. I can’t live without “click to zoom” outlining.
Ever since I first used Workflowy, I’ve never wanted to use a note taking app that didn’t have this, and yet very few PKMs implement this. Besides Logseq, only Orca and Tana have it, though there is a plugin that will implement it in Obsidian.
2. I need a full fledged task manager.
This is why I originally switched from Roam to Logseq. Most PKMs have some kind of task check boxes, and some have the ability to expand on those via “supertags” of some kind, but very few have built-in task managers that let you assign a status and a deadline to individual tasks, not to mention having repeating tasks and priorities, etc. Besides Logseq only Amplenote fit the bill, though there are plugins for Orca and Obsidian that bring them a bit closer to Logseq.
3. Aliases are essential.
I have come to depend on the alias feature in Logseq. For one thing, I live and work in a multilingual environment and often refer to the same thing using different langauges. Having true aliases makes the wikilinks feature of Logseq work for me no matter which word I use. Some apps, like Obsidian, let you use different text to link to something, but it isn’t the same as having true parity between different names for the same page. Besides Logseq, Remnote, Reflect, Orca, and Siyuan are the only ones I found that have this ability.
4. Logseq falls short with mobile and calendars
Although Logseq beat out all the competitors in almost every feature I looked at, there were two where it fell short. Almost all the apps (except Orca, Siyuan, and Tana) had full fledged mobile apps that seem to be more robust than what Logseq currently offers. Hopefully that will be fixed with the upgrade to the DB version. Also, a number of apps allowed you to sync your calendars with the PKM, something I hope Logseq will eventually adopt.