Looking for an Apple Notes alternative?
Explore xTiles - it goes beyond being a simple Apple Notes alternative. xTiles is an all-in-one solution for task management and creating visually customizable projects. It's user-friendly, flexible, and aesthetically pleasing. Join xTiles to capture ideas, plan life, and do something creative daily 💙
Are you searching for a single primary app that fits exactly to your workflow?
- 💻 A web-first app crafted for productivity enhancement
- 👍 Web clipper and additional functionalities for gathering comprehensive information
- 💙 A visual and flexible interface for attractive organizing information
- 📱 Mobile apps for on-the-go planning
- 😉 Ready-to-use planners and templates for a seamless beginning
- 🔁 Suitable for both synchronous and asynchronous teamwork
xTiles vs Apple notes
iOS
Web, Windows, iOS, and Android
- Set a due date
- Set reminders for tasks
- Assign a task to someone
- Flexible Templates for task management
- Built-in tasks. Special task panel
- Allows for easy insertion of content within notes
- View tasks in one place
- Set a due date
- Set reminders for tasks
- Assign a task to someone
- Recurring task
❌ No database function available
- Build your collection (database) as you work on your project
- Collection items can belong to several collections simultaneously
- Freedom to merge canvas and collections within a single project
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- Compare Apple Notes and xTiles for Task Management: While Apple Notes offers basic task management features like due dates, reminders, and task assignments, xTiles provides a more comprehensive task management solution. xTiles boasts flexible task templates, built-in tasks, easy content insertion within notes, a centralized task view, and advanced features such as recurring tasks.
- Database: Apple Notes does not have a database function. xTiles offers flexible, visual, and easy-to-use collections (databases)
Convincing features
Here are a few more reasons why you should give xTiles a go...
Schedule and focus on what you're working on.
Instantly find notes, switch docs, and move content between projects
Add more details to your notes to diverge your thoughts and ideas.
Import or Export projects with PDF, PNG, and Markdown files.
Create notes directly linked to your calendar with one-click.
Kanban boards, tables, galleries, and more. Customize any workflow.
Converge your knowledge and see all needed contexts for your stuff.
Work faster. Write better. Brainstorm new ideas and first drafts
Get going on web or desktop
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Alternatives
We asked our users about their previous tools, and here's the rundown
Databases, Docs, Projects, Notes, Tasks Management, Calendar
Kanban, Tasks Management, Project Management
Notes, Lists, Calendar, Tasks Management, Projects
Notes, Links, Graph
Notes, Links, Lists, Tasks
Tasks, Projects, Notes, Docs, AI
Cards, Boards, Notes, Tasks
Tasks, Projects, Notes, Docs, MindMaps, AI
Whiteboard, Notes, Projects
Docs, Notes, Projects
Tasks Management
Tasks Management
Notes, Lists, Tasks
Notes, Project Management, Tasks Management
Notes, Links
Notes, Lists, Tasks
Notes, Lists, Tasks Management, Projects
Docs, Notes, Projects
Notes, Links
Knowledge Management
FAQ
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Is xTiles available exclusively on iOS, similar to Apple Notes?
Unlike Apple Notes, xTiles offers cross-platform compatibility, allowing you to access your notes and projects on various devices and operating systems, including Windows, iOS, and Android. Additionally, there is a web version of xTiles, ensuring a consistent experience even if you’re using Linux or encounter any installation challenges on your current OS. You can download xTiles for mobile devices here: xTiles Mobile App https://xtiles.app/en/mobile-app-xtiles and for desktop devices here: xTiles Desktop Apps https://xtiles.app/en/desktop-apps
Can I access my notes and projects created in xTiles across different devices, just like in Apple Notes?
How do the customization features in xTiles differ from those offered by Apple Notes?
xTiles allows for extensive visual customization, letting users design and arrange their notes in a tile-based format with various colors, fonts options, and layouts. Apple Notes primarily offers text-based notes with limited visual customization. As a result, xTiles is highly flexible and adaptable to different use cases due to its visual interface and allows to combine textual and visual content in a seamless way, without interfering with your notes’ organization and structure.
What organizational structure does xTiles offer as an alternative to the folder structure in Apple Notes?
xTiles offers a tile-based organizational structure as an alternative to the folder structure in Apple Notes. In xTiles, notes are represented as individual tiles, each containing blocks of content. Users can arrange these tiles according to their preferences, making it easy to visualize and categorize their notes, tasks, and ideas. Blocks formulate tiles, tiles formulate projects that can consist of many pages, each of which can consist of multiple tiles. Blocks can be turned into sub-pages. Finally, projects combine into workspaces. Users can freely create new workspaces and projects and share them with others for real-time collaborative work. As you can see, xTiles offers a much deeper approach to note-taking than Apple Notes, yet you can control how far you want to go.
Does xTiles offer a robust search feature similar to Apple Notes?
Yes, xTiles offers a robust search feature similar to Apple Notes. Users can efficiently search for specific content within their notes and projects, whether they are shared by someone else or their own. This allows for quick and convenient access to relevant information, ensuring that users can easily locate the content they need in a few seconds with a few clicks.
Can I share my xTiles notes and collaborate with others, as I can in Apple Notes?
Yes, you can share your xTiles notes and collaborate with others on the Internet, similar to how you can in Apple Notes. xTiles offers collaborative features that allow you to share your notes, projects, and ideas with colleagues or collaborators, granting them the level of access you prefer – they can edit or only view and comment on your projects. You can work together in real-time on the same project, leave comments and reactions, and make edits collaboratively, enhancing teamwork and productivity.
How does xTiles enhance organization compared to Apple Notes?
xTiles enhances organization compared to Apple Notes through its tile-based structure, task management features, collections, gallery of ready-to-use templates for different purposes, customization capabilities, and advanced data visualization capabilities. While Apple Notes offers a traditional folder-based organizational system for users’ notes, xTiles provides a more visual and flexible approach that allows users to dive deeper into not only their notes but also their projects, research, and turn single notes into something more substantial.
xTiles is suitable for a wider range of use cases compared to Apple Notes, which means your complex and versatile planning and tasks won’t be limited due to insufficient functionality. You can maintain a natural connection between a single note and what it evolves into within xTiles, whereas in Apple Notes, you can only manage the initial stage before switching to another app to work on your idea.
In xTiles, each tile represents a piece of information, making it easy to classify and categorize your notes, projects, or ideas, and quickly see connections between different tiles and how they relate to one another. Since every tile consists of blocks and offers a wide range of text customization options, your notes become much deeper and more significant. This visual hierarchy within your workspace can be customized to fit your needs, with drag-and-drop options and highlighting/linked features for arranging tiles based on importance or relevance.
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