Alternote for Mac
The Beautiful OS X
Note-taking App for Evernote.
Distraction-free
Interface slightly dims as you start typing. Now just focus on writing.
Night mode & font settings
Change sidebar background, color scheme and font settings as you like.
Robust search
Search through note title and contents as-you-type. Start searching just as you launch Alternote, no more focusing search field.
Backed by Evernote
Alternote is an alternative Evernote client for Mac. You can use Evernote mobile apps and clippers. All your data will be in sync.
Retina-ready & smooth
You will make use of every pixel of Alternote. It’s retina-ready and has smooth, optimized scrolling. No matter how long your note is.
Alternote is totally secure. There are no Alternote servers in the chain, just you, your Mac and Evernote backend.
WYSIWYG,
when you need it
Text styling controls don’t bother you and appear when you select something.
Compact mode
Hide sidebar and show notes in one line.
So, once again...
- Distraction-free mode
- Evernote service support
- Night color theme
- 6 built-in fonts
- Font size and line height settings
- Notebooks stacks
- Yinxiang Biji support
- Colored tags
- Live word count
- Starred notes
- Trash and restore a note
- Compact mode
- To-do lists
- Selective sync
- Robust search everything
- Search inside a certain note
- Intuitive shortcuts
- Print to PDF
- Expand Markdown-like symbols
- WYSIWYG, when you need it
- and...
6 amazing hand-picked backgrounds
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Alternote support iCloud or Dropbox?
We’re delivering stable smooth experience to our users. That’s why we don’t want to defocus on support of different platforms. Alternote is created exclusively for Evernote.
Is there an iOS version?
We do want to bring clutter-free and elegant solution to iPhones and iPads as well. We’re already working on the companion app and planning to release it in 2016.
Any support for Markdown?
For now Alternote expands some of Markdown entities to rich text. We’re planning to support full Markdown syntax, including code snippets and tables, in version 2.0.
What about reminders, work chat and presentation mode?
We are not going to duplicate all of existing Evernote features, as we want to keep Alternote an elegant app for crafting texts. But we‘ll introduce some new ;-)
Why my Evernote shortcuts are not available in Alternote?
Unfortunately Evernote doesn’t allow developers to access Shortcuts yet, so we implemented own starred notes. As soon as Evernote grants access to the API, we’ll be the first to support it.
Can I use local Evernote notebooks?
Your local notebooks are not synced to Evernote cloud service. That’s why third-party applications cannot access them via public interface.
@AlternoteApp after 15 seconds, this just became my main note app. love the simplicity and am looking forward to # & * expansion. great work
— Trevor Harmon (@thetrevorharmon) February 17, 2015
Using @AlternoteApp since yesterday, it has the coolest UI ever! Best part is I did not have to do away with Evernote! Do give it a spin!
— Jayesh Sidhwani (@JayeshSidhwani) February 18, 2015
Holy shit I just downloaded the alternote beta... Hands down the most beautiful notes app I've ever seen, and I've seen them all.
— ./connorhicks (@cohix) January 28, 2015
Slowly falling in love with @Alternoteapp - great Evernote experience on Mac.
— Paul Legan (@hngrylobster) March 19, 2015
@AlternoteApp Just downloaded it! Fantastic job on the app: clean UI and very fast! Big fan already!
— Loki Meyburg (@LokiMeyburg) February 4, 2015
If you use Evernote, check out Alternote beta on the Mac. Simplified, super fast, smooth, optimised and beautiful UI. http://t.co/erDySfyqnr
— Harri Granholm (@hgranholm) February 4, 2015
Cheers to @AlternoteApp for making @evernote fun and simple and clean and sexy again. Looking forward for the iOS version! #UX
— Zsolt Kacso (@kaolti) February 4, 2015