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Shiny Frog
For professionals, writers, and power users within the Apple ecosystem who prioritize aesthetic, distraction-free, and privacy-focused tools.
Known for
For professionals, writers, and power users within the Apple ecosystem who prioritize aesthetic, distraction-free, and privacy-focused tools.
Equipping Apple users with high-performance, aesthetic tools for knowledge management and system customization. Focused on distraction-free productivity and clean, native design.
Target audience
Portfolio
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Bear: Markdown Notes
v1.0
1.6y ago
Primary focus
Productivity and utility software for Apple platforms
Scale
indie
Target audience
Professionals, writers, and power users within the Apple ecosystem who prioritize aesthetic, distraction-free, and privacy-focused tools.
Released 10 updates across 5 apps in the last 6 months, demonstrating consistent maintenance and feature iteration on core products.
5 apps analysed
Simple yet powerful markdown note app with emoji categorization, search, export.
Strong brand identity and industry accolades.
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Positive apps
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Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
68/100
Avg sentiment score
Competes on aesthetic design and block-based organization, targeting the same creative professional demographic that values high-end UI.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
The primary competitor for power users, offering a local-first, Markdown-based knowledge management system with powerful backlinking and graph visualization.
A massive competitor in the productivity space that offers more complex database and collaboration features at the cost of Bear's simplicity.
A strong cross-platform alternative that mimics Bear's tagging and organization style but offers better native support for Windows and Android.
A legacy productivity giant that competes for the same 'all-in-one' note-taking and web-clipping user base.
The default system-integrated competitor that offers free, seamless iCloud sync and deep OS integration.
A broad productivity competitor that captures users needing free-form canvas note-taking and heavy enterprise integration.
