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Coincidentally I discovered another iOS app for note-taking this week called Beorg, which leverages the emacs + org mode format so I can easily sync between iOS and Linux.

This one looks nice too though; always good to see open source apps for Mac and iOS. I wonder how similar the markdown formats are.

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And on the Android side, Orgzly http://www.orgzly.com/

I'm finding that syncing between Emacs/org-mode and my phone has been nothing but problems, though. Sync conflicts abound. I'm not sure how much of that is my Emacs config, Syncthing on Android, or Orgzly.

Any ideas on avoiding that? How are you syncing with Beorg?

I’m working on bringing my org tasks to iOS. It’s early days but can be seen here https://www.reddit.com/r/plainorg and here https://xenodium.com/org-habits-on-ios-check-tasks-youre-nex...

I have TestFlight invites available for anyone interested.

Edit: Email me for invites "plainorg" + "@" + "xenodium.com"

Just wanted to say I'm currently using it and it's fantastic (and rapidly developed).

Can't thank you enough for spending so much effort supporting org on iOS, it's really filling a huge gap for me!

Hey, that's wonderful to hear! Thank you.

I think the most "hard" problem in such apps is solving conflicts and reliable background sync. Beorg uses iCloud versioning since some time. Before it was implemented, it was a bloody mess - my org files would get conflicts on daily basis so that I've mostly used it only for reading org files.

I love org mode for writing and that side of org is brilliant. It’s not just a task manager. In fact I’d love just a note taking tool that doesn’t care as much about tasks but focuses on a outstanding org mode note taking experience on mobile.

Give the TestFlight build a go. You may find an overlap with what's offered. Happy to take feedback.

I find the beorg UI ugly. I would really love an Orgzly for iPad.

I’m working on bringing my org tasks to iOS (iPad included). https://www.reddit.com/r/plainorg Available on TestFlight now.

Edit: Email me for invites "plainorg" + "@" + "xenodium.com"

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