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Great insights.. I'm actively using Mem v2 for my notetaking and PKM, and I must say, I'm enjoying it immensely. I signed up for a subscription almost 2 years ago knowing it was not a completely developed and mature product and they were still figuring things out, but more on the idea of hoping it can become what it hopes to be. I suppose I really started using it a lot just at the time when it had some features removed and there was a new more sparse interface rolled out. I've been using these products long enough to have arrived at the conclusion that there is not one perfect do-it-all. I'm one that rather than try the free version with limited features I'll sign up, pay the coin then immerse myself in it to get a good opinion about it and see if a product fits what turns out to be my 'natural' way I approach my workflow... in essence, to see if it 'fits me.' That said, its become my norm to use a few products in tandem while I vet them. Overboard some might think but it ensures my data is up-to-date and present in them all and I get to actively use them all for what I do. Mem has emerged for me as a companion/compliment to Evernote. Yes, despite growing numbers seeming to pile on that whipping boy, EN is a solid storehouse for everything I do, still has the most peerless webclipper, still has enough 3rd party entities that gets plugged into it so that it compliments other products (zapier, IFTTT, Make, email notes to EN, service that export to EN, etc, etc,.. ), I have a Zapier zap that copies every note created in EN it copies to MEM, this in addition to my creating notes in Mem. Mem's chat so far for me hits it out the park. I query it for information I'm looking for, snippets I have in there, commands/scripts, explanations, etc, and each and every time it comes back with exactly the information I'm looking for. It's proven itself dependable for my day-to-day work. I'm impressed and so pleased with it. I do tend to use it for what it is, rather than what I think some others might want it to be. This is my opinion of what I observed from the complaints, expressed disappointments, and exodus I think happened from many that came aboard early and what Mems's creators stripped away at some point, that angered some. I read feature request that were asked, and it seemed like some folks wanted what they saw other products have, even if it did not really fit the 'mission' of this product (imo). Before embracing Mem, I was going between it and Reflect... I find I have no want or desire for daily journaling, habit tracking, contemplations, etc. Reflect seem to insist on the daily journal metaphor and it turns out I just want someplace to put my info and have meaningful performative ways of retrieving it when I need it. I still continue to use a few products in tandem while I either want to spend time immersed so that I can know it well and see how it fits and to continue my apparent never-ending quest for the perfect beast. Mem v.2 so far is making me smile. I'm loving it. It does what it says on the tin! That's all I ask for.

What is your discord link? You mention it but I can't find it

Web clipper - you did it right at 8:38, but you did not recognize it 😂.

How is your discord server going 8 months later? As someone from an older generation, I have to tell you that your qualities of courage to share a vulnerability, concern for others' suffering, flare for fashion, effectual nerdiness, and entrepreneurial spirit make an excellent formula for success and fulfillment in life. Knowing almost nothing of your situation, I can tell you from the vantage point of a 60 year old single person who has lived in world capitals and in the boonies, I suggest you seek out a location that has a large community of residents you vibe with to live in, if that can work for your loved ones or whatever other elements of your life that need to be considered. It's very important to choose a location conducive to strong mental health.

Many thanks for the introduction to Memotron. Looks an interesting new app.

I saw this and initially said to myself, "oh gawd, not ANOTHER PKM/Notetaker!". I find that I am overly immersed, over subscribed, and need to chill out with this pursuit... but both watched this vid and went to the website... I must say, it looks promising. I'm surprised. I think @8:20 with your struggle with the webclipper is that you might be better served using that 'side tool' (that blue protrusion mid way down your screen on the right) to determine what you wish to do with those selection. They have a vid on their site that demonstrates it. I'm not a university student any longer and find that for whatever reason PDF's dont seem to dominate my document space any longer. Actually strangely weird that I barely use them at all, so my focus will rather center on notes I create, snippets, links, screenshots, etc I grab from online resources. Hopefully it has a stellar importer that can pull in content you already have in another product (.md, .txt, .html, .enex, etc..). Thought I was going to roll my eyes at this one, but Hmm... If it lives up to what it hopes to be, who knows? Free for now, hopefully if they figure out a path forward they wont try to gouge! Thanks for introducing us to this 'potentially' decent option. Like you, I have WAY too many 'necessary' browser extensions. 35 active and more... much more deactivated. Craziness...

Before I watched: At this point, with so many new PKMs and notetaking apps coming out each day (see producthunt), you could just make a Video on how to create your own Notetaking without Programming Skills with a No-Code Builder.

A “mature” app (one that has already hit the “sweet spot” of utility. Evernote, for example). No major updates. 1-2 minor updates per year. An “immature” app (Affine, for example), 1-2 major upgrades per year (so I can keep up) and scads of minor ones. I get very concerned about a notetaking apps viability if there have been NO upgrades for over a year.

“I’m not sure Parker gets enough sleep…..”😂😂😂

This is how we, users, react to subscription model: we pay and expect to receive updates on a regular basis and it’s tied to monthly/annual costs. As much we pay on monthly basis as higher our expectations. AppleNotes are free and hundreds thousands people don’t care about lack of features, they simply use the app and that’s it. Fair exchange. When app cost around 4-5$USD users expect more and in parallel they are ready/glad to support Devs as users like the app they use. When the app cost 10+USD…well this is where these thoughts appear. “I pay 15$ and I expect to receive my “investments” back as new features, improvements! Why XXXX has offline mode and YYYY doesn’t?!”. Personally, I like 4$ model as a balance between expectations and comfortable zone of monthly payment. Look at Bear :) 3USD/month and gold army of supporters/customers cannot lie.

Evernote is a prime example of what I consider new feature overload. I appreciate they're catching up, to a certain degree. with other apps on the marker. However, with 100 new improvements in 2024 i got a little hard to focus on just using the app. Not all of these were features, but enough were to be a distraction. I've only just got round to actually using the AI feature in actual use cases. The other problem with implementing so much was the bugs they came with. Or just the unfinished feel of some of them - the recent Spaces addition for example. They introduced it, if you clicked on it to have a look it created sample spaces. But you can't delete them yet. So I users have these sample spaces just sat there.I'd rather wait for the developer to get the feature as polished as they can before releasing it. If this means less features, I'm personally ok with that. I'd rather 1 or 2 features that are useable and don't break workflow than half baked.

For this kind of card-based mind mapping, I’ve been using Muse. It’s primarily an iPad app that has some innovative gestures and other UX touches that make it a fun lightweight mind mapping tool.

Todoist keeps winning IMHO, they have a simple app when you first open it, but their API is wonderful. They managed to cater to less techy people as well as the power users who leverage these custom integrations with things like drafts and obsidian or Notion. With only a drafts subscription which is like 2 bucks a month or 20 for the year, free todoist and obsidian you have a absurdly powerful and integrated setup that can facilitate thinking and archiving your stuff, evaluating your workload, etc.

love seeing the Moleskine apps being mentioned. They’re super simple and look amazing, they don’t take any time to set up which is my pet peeve with productivity apps, they’re all so counter intuitive.

I liked Readwise some years ago, but the current pricing is a joke - not sure what are they thinking.

I like then addition of deadlines in todoist. Already become a big part of my workflow

Wow, Noteplan continues to crush it--such an underrated app.

I love the new Scrintal, I don't use it as a PKM but for researching a particular topic. I still use Capacities as my daily driver for the opposite reason to using Scrintal, Capacities has rigidity so staying organised isn't hard. It has a great mobile app so I'm beginning to use other Apps less and less.

have you tried slite for note taking?

Any plans for scrintal to go local and or offline ??? I would like more privacy

You misspelled: My thoughts on *-scintal-* after using in for a while This is right > scrintal

Love the new format, Daniel. Content remains unchanged…consistently excellent!

You should have more affiliate links, you review a lot of apps that hardly anyone else reviews! I'm not a fan of sponsorships, since the brand often tells you what you can and can't say or how long content stays on your channel.

Thank you for your honesty, personally I'm sick of hearing about ... 1. Con-Sell-Ya 2. Con-Stipella 3. Con-Spella 4. Conzilla 5. Con-Cellar 6. Con-Fetti 7. Con-Fuzzle 8. Con-Quest 9. Con-Traption 10. Con-Flab 11. Con-Fusion 12. Con-Motion 13. Con-Spire 14. Con-Stanza 15. Con-Rella 16. Con-Dango 17. Con-Fection 18. Con-Sutra 19. Con-Tella 20. Con-Fab ... enough! It's turning into a joke app.

Appreciate your transparency! IMHO, we're all adults here, meaning I personally wouldn't hold you accountable if I signed up for an app using your affiliate link and ended up not using it. You're one of the most objective reviewers I've seen to this day. All else being equal, affiliate links would be a win-win for your and for your audience.

Excited for it, Daniel!

pkm subreddit could be interesting for you

Loving the videos with face ❤

good scope of channel, but perhaps be familiar with a product before making a presentation?

Is that real or AI?

anytype's so difficult to use compared to notion. I just hate I always need internet connection to use notion

Looking forward to your mem v2 thoughts once its out of beta... or is it alpha? I'm using it now, and think its really really good. Lazy and Mem - D-level, eh? They certainly have some work to do, but, I dunno about 'D'. Gotta be honest, I like Craft plenty, but it does not do as much as Evernote, I don't see how it ranks above it.

I had a few bullet journals 6-7 years ago and eventually gave up because of the time it took to set up. Also, I once left the journal in a meeting room. Considering I was also using it for habit tracking, journaling my mental health and my personal and work to do lists I had exposed my personal life to the people I work with. There was nothing salacious in the book I'd left, but I wasn't in a place at that time to speak openly about my mental health. That put the nail in the coffin for Bujo for me.

Used to be called Moo.do in the old days

Curious to know why you decided to go with Scrintal instead of Heptabase, which seems more feature rich (but also not cheap)

Twos system actually is very interesting, I am long fan and user of todoist but Twos is great and simple. They need more integration stuff.

Thanks to your reviews, I decided to commit to using Capacities app for my own "Life OS" 😊 Todoist has been my go-to task manager for a while now, so we're aligned on that front. Thank you for your great work and keep on exploring! 🙌 My stack for 2025: 1. Capacities 2. Todoist 3. DayOne

now that you said craft, you gave me the idea to look into craft's ai features, not sure if those ai features in current notetaking apps are worth it in comparison to just using gpt

Thanks for the feature dude!!

I could only find two overviews on TH-cam.

It isn't really new. It has been around a long time. Back in the day it was called Moo.Do

This is basically a rename of the Moodoo app. I remember trying Moodoo about a decade ago as it was marketed as a competitor to Workfllowy and then Dynalist. I ultimately chose dynalist for it's simplicity and familiar structure but I noticed that Moodoo was rebranded and was curious about it again. My personal opinion is that this is still an outliner app with some additional task management functions, but I'm not sure I am understanding how they structured their approach to drilling down on each "bullet". Anyway, thanks for reviewing, it looks like it migh be worth creating an account and trying out again.

Good day DPA! I am looking for a well rounded all-in-1 app for Notes / Tasks that could be my digital alternative for my Bullet Journal. Any suggestions for 2025?

Good summary. Has Twos improved its sync functionality? I’ve had such issues with that, especially the calendar integration, which causes a lot of problems.

Ya bro Craft cooked up this year… I think 2025 is going to become a great year for them

6:23 This is where Notion is so much better. In Notion, you wouldn't have to manually filter for all views and all projects. You can simply make a template, and it will take care of everything and even new projects that you might add later. But I like the fact that anytype is offline first which means it's way faster than Notion. I use anytype for writing quick tasks and simple notes and storing my resources.

How did you setup My Types? All I seem to be doing when creating new custom objects is creating new instances My Type objects? thanks in advance.

Thanks, good vid. Suggestion - zoom in on what you're showing on the screen, it's difficult to see when watching on a snaller screen e.g. phone screen.

you could do a affine vs heptabse vs scrintal version since they updated their software :-) or scrintal vs milanote?

What is your productivity system? How do you collect information, etc., what are the apps you use?