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I truly believe that there is a lack of good notes app for Mac. Or maybe for other systems as well...

1. Mac native app - just don't like it.

2. Bear - good, but I don't want the markdown highlighting, I don't want to use markdown

3. ...? anything else?

Regarding your app: haven't checked it but the landing should be fixed for desktop, it's not centered, it's made for mobile but there are desktop users too! :)

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Drafts [0] is my current workhorse for all things text. It's where all text starts for me (comments, emails, long iMessage/FB/SMS messages, etc). It's go great mobile and desktop clients (native). You can use MD or you can pick from one of the other editors they support. I came to Drafts from NVAlt + SimpleNote for mobile access and it's been great. I've tried a few other "hip" note apps (notion, obsidian, etc) but they either have bad or non-existent mobile apps or are just too heavy for what I want. If Drafts could handle pictures/files I would be over the moon. I understand some of their reasoning behind not doing that but it means that I currently pay notion monthly so I can use it for 1 project that needs, at a minimum, for me to be able to put pictures inline. (Note: I want Drafts to "manage" these files/photos, I know I can add in a MD photo and it will show in preview but I want to be able to store the photo on the note itself).

[0] https://getdrafts.com/

Hi, We’ll add this to the design pipeline. The site is intentionally left aligned as we felt it worked best for readability and responsiveness. However, as you pointed out, the left aligned, one column design is a little unconventional.

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