Those of you who read this blog know that I have been searching for months trying to find a Windows equivalent to Apple Notes. I thought that I had the solution in quite a few different apps, the latest one being Notion. However, Notion does not handle dictation well on the iPhone, so it became unusable for me. There’s that, and I am not particularly fond of the app anyway.
After all my searching, I keep falling back to Apple Notes, copying the new posts over and then trying again. At this point I am just tired of the search and testing. There are many great apps out there, but none function as well for me as Apple Notes does. Especially considering that I am still on an iPhone. It does all that I want and need but unfortunately doesn’t have a proper Windows client. They say we can install the web client as an app, but that experience isn’t great either. Without a proper app, I might as well just log in to the browser whenever I need it. And that’s what I’ve chosen to do.
I have come to this final decision because I spend most of my time on the phone. Most of my writing and dictation happens on the phone. So, if I have to pick between the PC and the phone where the app works best and is most useful, I’ll choose the phone. I would love to still be using a Mac, but I prefer Windows for gaming, as I can’t play Call of Duty and other PC games on a Mac. I also wanted to avoid managing multiple computers, so I switched back to Windows. If gaming wasn’t a factor, I’d likely still be running the Mac environment.
In any case, this is why I have opted to just keep Apple Notes. If you’d like to read about the other apps I’ve tested, here are a couple of pieces on my journey, and some more.
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