I’m finding all the note-taking apps lacking. I’ve tried many, if not most, of them. The fundamental problems I find are:

• They come with a lot of baggage: markdown, organizing, todo lists, calendaring, “stickers”, etc.
• They are meant for long-form notes instead of quick fire-and-forget utility.
• Being too “cute”; looking like sticky notes, etc.

Apple Notes comes close to what I need, but it is long-form and you have to go through Shortcuts to create a note.

What I want is a note-taking app that allows me to collect my book notes and annotations, fire-and-forget notes. I want to remember an idea, create a note and keep doing what I’m doing. No, Reminders is too complex for that. I also want a way to export these notes into a “standard” format.

I don’t want a note-taking app, I want a memo app. But memos are too wordy. I want a bullet-points app.