Bear 2 is a terrific notes app
In an ever-growing sea of notes apps for Apple devices, Bear is still as good as it gets.
Markdown notes you’ll love
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Editor's Choice
2020
Design Award
2017
App of the year
2016
Write naturally
Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown note taking app to capture, write, and organize your life.
Seamless Markdown
- Work your way with text, photos, tables, and todo lists, all in the same note
- Easily organize notes and projects with flexible tags
- Format notes with simple Markdown that adapts to any situation
Organize easily
- Powerful tools to take notes, plan your week, write a book, or even build a wiki
- Fast, native apps that keep pace with your imagination, online and off
- Send notes to others, export to many formats, and share ideas with the world—if you want
Universal beauty
- Winner of the coveted Apple Design Award
- A polished, minimal interface stays out of your way
- Beautiful themes offer the perfect, cozy space to work
Private security
- Your notes are between you and iCloud—
we can't see anything - Encrypt notes for an extra layer of protection from prying eyes
And so much more
Bear is packed with advanced features that reveal themselves naturally once you dive in.
- Export more. Export notes into more formats: PDF, HTML, DOCX, JPG. PRO
- OCR Search. Search for text inside photos and PDFs—whether in a single note or across all of them. PRO
- View more at a glance. Resize or crop your images. Look beyond URLs with rich media previews for links and PDFs.
- Tags that pop. Choose from over 250 icons to help tags stand out. Pin important tags for easy access.
- Outline with focus. Structure notes with headings. Use folding to focus on a section and hide the others.
Resize and crop images
Keep what you need, leave out the rest.
iCloud sync
PROYour notes stay up-to-date across all your devices, automatically.
Sketch your notes
Insert sketches anywhere in your note, inline with your text, photos, and attachments.
Draw with your Apple Pencil or finger, and edit your creations at any time.
Price
Help support further development and gain access to great extra features
Free
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Local access to your notes
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Document scanning
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Export to: TXT, Markdown, TextBundle, RTF, PDF, JPG, HTML, DOCX, ePub -
3 free themes
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1 app icon
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Search inside PDFs and images -
Sync with iCloud
We aim to set a fair price for Bear Pro to ensure regular updates and future development.
The 15% saving on the yearly subscription may vary according to your country's currency and taxes.
Bear
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Local access to your notes
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Document scanning
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Export to: TXT, Markdown, TextBundle, RTF, PDF, JPG, HTML, DOCX, ePub
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28+ themes
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15 app icons
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Search inside PDFs and images
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Sync with iCloud
A 7 day free trial, then
$2.99/month
-15%
$29.99/year
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