Craft seems like it is going to handle whatever I throw at it as far as I need for my note-making and research. I recently signed up for the premium version of Craft, so I am going to stick with it for a year as my main tool and we will see where it takes me. It is still letting me take notes in a similar way to Obsidian but it has a little more structure that fills in the gap between working and working on my setup. Again, Craft is not slowing me down in any way. I can still write in Markdown, but then it can be shown instantly. It does the Obsidian thing with a little more polish. The real feature of Craft is the great search and ability to link notes together. ![]() Craft’s system is not intrusive or opinionated, but it is enough structure to keep me on track. As nice as the open-world setup of Notion can be (you can do literally anything inside of Notion), there is something to be said for a few parameters to help you get work done. I developed a pretty great setup in Notion with relational databases that could talk with each other. I can add any image that I need with ease. I also use images as page cover for my daily journal, and it makes me happy to look through those notes and see images instead of text. I need a place to sketch notes and use a few colors to highlight. I am not a good artist, so I don’t need fancy settings. I could be writing in craft, hit one button and start sketching out an idea. When I saw how easy it was to add a sketch in Craft using the Pencil Kit support, I was blown away. Good Notes 5 also let me use powerful tools to capture ideas with the Pencil. I loved being able to quickly add notes with the Apple Pencil, add images, or even add documents. I switched to Apple Notes with iOS 13 because Notes got a nice upgrade. That might not be a problem for you depending on how you take notes, but for me it’s crucial that I can capture ideas when they come I can process those later.Ģ. Other note apps are just slow to open or don’t have good support for quick entry. I have been using Drafts for a long time and there has not really been anything close to Drafts when it comes to the speed of note creation, but Craft is not far behind. I have been able to create several quick actions with Shortcuts to easily capture data and links to notes. ![]() ![]() There are great Widgets and support for Shortcuts are incredible. It opens almost instantly and I can easily create a note and get to work. Why I am loving Craft? Three quick thoughts.ġ. After spending time with Notion for a year, it’s been a nice chance of pace to have an app that is made for iOS and an app that has offline mode (more on that later as well.). Craft is built with love and the iOS, iPadOS, and macOS apps are all top-notch. It has so many smart features and it also just looks great on all my Apple devices. Something almost immediately clicked in my brain as I began to use the app. I’ve dabbled with Obsidian and I even thought about going back to Evernote (I loved Evernote so much back in the day.).īut then tried Craft. I’ve spent hours and hours developing a system with Notion. ![]() I’ve gone simple (Apple Notes) and I’ve gone analog / hybrid with apps like GoodNotes. From Notion to Notes and everything in between, I’ve tried them all. I’ve been back and forth with different apps over the last year. The upgraded stylus works with iPad Pro models made since that time, as well as the latest iPad Air and iPad mini.I’m going to spend a year with Craft as my main note-taking and note-making system (more on note-making vs note-taking in future posts). In 2018, the second-gen Apple Pencil came out. The original Apple Pencil debuted in 2015, and it works with some basic iPad and iPad mini models, as well as older iPad Pro versions. Or, if you have an older iPad, it might not be compatible with any Apple stylus. There are two models, and each works with one group of iPads but not the other. If the Apple Pencil is new (or new to you) and it won’t work with your iPad, that could be because it’s incompatible. Re-pair your Apple Pencil either by plugging it into your iPad (first-generation models) or by placing it on iPad Pro’s charging strip (second-generation models).Tap Forget This Device and then confirm by tapping OK.Find Apple Pencil in the connected devices list and tap the blue info button alongside its name.Open the Settings app on your iPad and tap Bluetooth.
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