# Bear - Markdown Notes

> Clean text editor for focus

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1016366447](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1016366447)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1016366447`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Shiny Frog Ltd.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (6,858 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.10.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-16
- **First published:** 2016-11-02
- **Size:** 230 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bear-markdown-notes/id1016366447)
- **Website:** [https://bear.app](https://bear.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://bear.app/privacy/](https://bear.app/privacy/)

## 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 more. Bear is private by design—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally. It supports WikiLinks, #tags, tasks, backlinks, Apple Pencil support, Siri and Shortcuts, and iCloud sync with Bear Pro. Export options include plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear notes, HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub, with Bear Pro unlocking additional formats and features.

## Rankings

- #21,924 — Overall
- #6 — Paths to Productivity
- #11 — Neat Notetakers
- #22 — Level Up Your Life
- #21 — text editor
- #25 — note

## Review summary

Bear - Markdown Notes is widely praised for its elegant UI, fast performance, and reliable syncing across Apple devices, along with strong Markdown support and tagging. Reviewers highlight its depth of features and distraction-free writing. Common downsides are post-update bugs (rendering, data loss, copy/paste), a tag-centric organization model with no folders, and cross-platform limitations (no Windows/web app) plus a clunky mobile editing experience.

### Pros

- Beautiful, intuitive UI/UX across Apple devices.
- Fast, reliable performance with smooth, consistent syncing.
- Comprehensive Markdown support with easy formatting and export options (LaTeX support).
- Powerful tagging and organizational capabilities (easy navigation and search).
- Feature-rich and versatile with an expanding toolkit (TOC, backlinks, todos, etc.)

### Cons

- Bugs and instability after updates, including rendering failures, data loss, and broken copy/paste.
- Tag-based organization only; no folders or nested folders—limiting structural organization for some users.
- No Windows app or web app; cross-platform access is limited and many users want Windows/web support.
- Mobile editing UX is cumbersome (heavy formatting menu and keyboard toolbar) and can feel slow on iPhone.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1016366447)