Bear

Founded by Danilo Bonardi in 2016

Write and organize Markdown notes across Mac, iPhone, and iPad

Cost

Free Tier

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Immediate

You can use Bear to write and organize notes using Markdown formatting on Apple devices. It supports text, photos, tables, to-do lists, sketches, and attachments in a single note. You can organize notes with flexible tags, export to formats like PDF, DOCX, and HTML, encrypt notes for privacy, search text inside photos and PDFs, and sync everything across devices via iCloud. It works offline too.

What Bear does

Write notes using Markdown formattingOrganize notes with custom icon-tagged tagsEncrypt a note to protect sensitive informationExport a note to PDF, DOCX, or HTMLSearch for text inside an image or PDF attachmentInsert a hand-drawn sketch into a noteSync notes across Apple devices via iCloudCollapse note sections using heading-based foldingWrites and formats notes using Markdown with live previewOrganizes notes with flexible, icon-tagged tag systemSearches for text inside photos and PDFs using OCREncrypts individual notes for extra privacySyncs notes across Mac, iPhone, and iPad via iCloudInserts hand-drawn sketches inline with text and photosExports notes to PDF, DOCX, HTML, ePub, RTF, and moreSupports collapsible headings to focus on specific sections

Pricing breakdown

PlanPrice10 seats / yr

Free$0—

Bear PRO$2.99 / mo$358.8

Bear PRO$29.99 / mo$3,598.8

Annual estimates assume continuous billing at the listed list price. Volume discounts typical above 50 seats.

Tutorials & Demos

Frequently asked

iCloud, Apple Pencil

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