Bear - Markdown Notes
Bear - Markdown Notes
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Bear - Markdown Notes

The award-winning Markdown app for creative professionals who value focus. Capture ideas, build your personal wiki, and write distraction-free across all your Apple devices.

Key Figures

Downloads

4M+

User Rating

4.6/5

Total Ratings

31K+

Publisher

Shiny Frog Ltd.

Category

Productivity

Locales

11

Latest Version

2.6.4

Size

143.5 MB

First Released

Nov 2, 2016
Features

Elevate Your Digital Craft

Built for the creative minimalist, Bear combines elegant design with powerful markdown tools to help you focus on your best work without the clutter.

Distraction-Free Writing

A beautiful, clean canvas that hides technical markdown syntax, letting you enter a flow state with gorgeous typography and themes.

Fluid Tag-Based Organization

Replace rigid folder structures with flexible nested tags and WikiLinks to build a personal knowledge base that grows with your ideas.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Bear - Markdown Notes

What is Bear - Markdown Notes?

Bear is a powerfully simple Markdown app for capturing, writing, and organizing life. It allows users to take notes, plan, journal, create lists, sketch ideas, and link notes.

Do I need an account to use the Bear app?

No, Bear does not require a signup or account. Users can open the app and start writing immediately without any initial setup steps.

Can I sketch ideas with an Apple Pencil in Bear?

Yes, Bear supports sketching ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil, as well as other styli.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

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Screenshots

Bear - Markdown Notes - Smartphone screen showing the Bear app with a formatted note about polar bears including an image and table

Smartphone screen showing the Bear app with a formatted note about polar bears including an image and table

Bear - Markdown Notes - Bear app interface showing note organization using nested hashtags in a dark mode sidebar

Bear app interface showing note organization using nested hashtags in a dark mode sidebar

Bear - Markdown Notes - Bear app interface showing word count statistics table of contents and backlink panels

Bear app interface showing word count statistics table of contents and backlink panels

Bear - Markdown Notes - Bear app interface showing a science project note with a hand-drawn rocket illustration

Bear app interface showing a science project note with a hand-drawn rocket illustration

Bear - Markdown Notes - Bear app interface demonstrating search results for the word focus highlighted within text and images

Bear app interface demonstrating search results for the word focus highlighted within text and images

Bear - Markdown Notes - Bear app interface showing private notes protected by Face ID Touch ID and password encryption

Bear app interface showing private notes protected by Face ID Touch ID and password encryption

Description

Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life. ​ Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally. ​ "My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times ​ * 2017 Apple Design Award * 2016 App Store App of the Year * Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years * Most of our parents love it ​ ## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE - Tools stay out of your way so you can just write - Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli) - Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app extension - The redesigned Info Panel now with Table of Contents and Backlinks - Use Apple Watch to dictate and append to recent notes - Support for all the scripts including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian - Easily create notes with Siri and Shortcuts - Your notes, not ours - Bear is private at its core: We cannot see your notes, tags, or anything else ​ ## FLEXIBLE MARKDOWN ​ - Work in plain text - easy to move between apps - Still use formatting like bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more with Markdown - Combine text styles like bold and underline, even in headings - Markdown hides for a clean reading experience - Use WikiLinks to connect notes and build a personal wiki or knowledge management tool ​ ## GET ORGANIZED with #tags, tasks, and more ​ - Add #tags, #multi-word tags# and even #multiple/nested/tags anywhere in a note for quick organization - Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar - Make important tags stand out in the Sidebar with TagCons - Add tasks to notes and easily view all notes that include tasks - Fold sections to get them out of the way ​ ## SHARING MADE EASY ​ - Export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text - Export notes to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub (Bear Pro required) - Easily share your notes to any third-party app with the Share Sheet ​ ## SEARCH FAR AND WIDE ​ - Use Spotlight to search your notes from anywhere - Search for text inside photos and PDFs (Bear Pro required) - Focus on specific types of notes with powerful Special Searches like @todo, @images, and @yesterday ​ ## CREATE YOUR COZY SPACE ​ * Pick from nearly 30 themes for the perfect writing space in both Light and Dark Mode (Bear Pro required) * Choose an app icon that speaks to your personality (Bear Pro required) * Set your own fonts for plain text, headings, and code * Set line height and width, paragraph spacing, and more ​ ## GET MORE WITH BEAR PRO ​ One subscription enables a variety of features on all your devices and keeps the Bear hugs coming. ​ - Sync notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud - Encrypt individual notes with a password that is entirely private to you - Lock Bear with Face/Touch ID - Export to more formats including HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub - Search for text inside images and PDFs in Bear notes - Over 30 beautiful app themes & app icons ​ $2.99 monthly $29.99 yearly 14-day free trial ​ ----- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ----- ​ bear@shinyfrog.net Twitter: BearNotesApp Reddit: reddit.com/r/BearApp Facebook: BearNotes Instagram: BearNotesApp Privacy Policy: http://www.bear.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: http://www.bear.app/terms/

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This page is not an official page of the app or its developer, but an independent editorial publication created for informational and commentary purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, neither the app nor its developer is affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, authorized by, or otherwise officially connected with MWM, Apple, Google Play, the app publisher, or the app's developer, and nothing on this page implies that the app was developed using MWM's services. Any trademarks, logos, screenshots, and other content remain the property of their respective owners.