Bear
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Apr 24, 2026first mention
Sep 28, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I can recommend Bear (https://bear.app) been using for ~6 years or more. Truly native and 100% macOS-ish.”
Mac user ~6 yearson “Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Ma…”
“nothing that compares to Bear, Things, DEVONthink, Transmit”
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“copying the Bear app interface for the web”
“I am a big fan of Bear App for it's wonderful simple design”
Caveats and dissent
“they all didnt even come close to what I personally wanted”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases 2 mentions
- Show HN: Building a Markdown editor for Mac, iOS and web 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) 1 mention
- Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS 1 mention
- Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM 1 mention
- Show HN: Files.md – open-source alternative to Obsidian 1 mention
Data: bear.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“I do not want to pay $$ per month just to sync notes between iPhone and Mac”
“they all didnt even come close to what I personally wanted”
“I can recommend Bear (https://bear.app) been using for ~6 years or more. Truly native and 100% macOS-ish.”
“nothing that compares to Bear, Things, DEVONthink, Transmit”
“copying the Bear app interface for the web”
“Bear just got a cli, MCP support and a Claude connector”
“I am a big fan of Bear App for it's wonderful simple design”