If you're looking for a note-taking tool that is: a. native b. local-first c. supports backlinks then this is it! There are plenty of notes app out there, but Monolog is built for people who consider those three features are must-haves.

Monolog is perfect for me, as I can store my notes locally on iCloud! I was always looking for an app that could support inline hierarchical hashtags! The UI too looks so good and the fact that it's accessible offline just hits it for me! Can't wait to get this one.

@gupta_ayushh I'm glad you like it! Please feel free to share more what you like or don't like here so I can improve it :).

Monolog is a note-taking app, and some more. There are plenty of note-taking apps out there. But as a heavy note-taker myself, none of the existing note-taking tools satisfy my demands. What I want is simple: 1. Data safety and privacy. The risk of data loss or developers stops maintaining the app is unacceptable. So it better stores the data locally. 2. It can't be a web app, because I need to take notes whenever some ideas pop up. 3. After trying Roam Research, I find backlinks is a must-have. 4. Sometimes you write down something brilliant, only to find that you had the same idea years ago, and you completely forgot about it. I need a mechanism to remind me of revisiting old notes. Also, I would love to see some visual progress of what I've written down. I didn't find a tool that have all these features, so I decided to make one. Monolog solves the exact problems I mentioned earlier: 1. All notes are stored locally on the device with iCloud sync option, contrary to the common practice that sends notes back to and stores on developer's servers. This is completely private and secure, and users won't need to worry about privacy or app's continuity because their notes will always be there. 2. It's native, written completely in SwiftUI. So it's faster and accessible offline in comparison to other web-based note-taking apps. This means a lot when users try to take something down where there may not be Internet connections. 3. It adopts the bi-directional links concept, which is hot recently in note-taking apps. It also adopts inline hierarchical hashtags. The combination is unique. It allows users to adopt the Zettelkasten style while maintaining a canonical hierarchy for the notes. 4. Monolog is more than a note-taking tool, for its rich support in charts and statistics. It intends to be the tool that enables the users to focus and keep track of their ideas instead of only writing something down. What's your take on Monolog? Feel free to try it out!

@mention @dynamicstutor Thank you for using it and providing feedbacks! Good points, will definitely fix these in the next patch.

Monolog is pretty unique, one of the first I came across with bi-directional links concept. Glad to see that could support charts and statistics! I love how secure it is along with the offline working option. Congrats on the launch

@aryaaagarwal Thank you! Glad you like it. Looking forward to hearing more feedbacks or reviews using Monolog!

Monolog is an awesome application that looks like a very simple notes app but offers much more. I tried Obsidian, RemNote, Notion, Zettlr etc. but either tje visuals were unappealing or the system was too big to tackle. In Monolog, you tend to write condensed notes (great for atomic notes) while still having the ability to use backlinks and tags. The review option is great because otherwise one might lose sight of their previous ideas and notes. And it is a natively-built. Only thing I can critique is that since the last update there were some design changes that look a bit odd, but I‘m guessing that‘ll be resolved in the future.

Monolog

An iPhone app for your notes, links and charts

An iPhone app for your notes, links and charts

Monolog

An iPhone app for your notes, links and charts

An iPhone app for your notes, links and charts

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