Anchor instead of Apple Notes

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Quick notes, checklists, images and voice memos, even without a connection. In a notes app that runs in the browser on any device and keeps its data in your own instance.

about €3.70 / month All the pricing details

What you get out of it

  • Notes go in and out as Markdown
  • Every note has a history that brings earlier versions back
  • In the browser on any device, plus an app for Android

Apple Notes and Podless

Apple Notes and PodlessApple NotesOn Podless
Where the data livesApple NotesOn the provider’s serversOn PodlessIn your own instance in the EU
Source codeApple NotesNot open to readOn PodlessOpen, you can read what runs
Ads and profilingApple NotesPer the provider’s termsOn PodlessNone
Your own domainApple NotesUsually not offeredOn PodlessIncluded, certificate too
Getting out againApple NotesAs far as the provider allowsOn PodlessSFTP, database, backups to your storage
If it gets shut downApple NotesYou have to moveOn PodlessYou decide when you leave

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