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Basic Notepad vs QOwnNotes

A side-by-side look at Basic Notepad and QOwnNotes. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Basic Notepad

Basic Notepad

Office & Productivity

Basic Notepad is a simple text editor for Windows that allows users to open, edit, and save plain text documents. It has basic formatting functions like font and text size changes. Useful for quickly taking notes or writing short documents.

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QOwnNotes

QOwnNotes

Office & Productivity

QOwnNotes is a free, open source, plain-text file notetaking application with markdown support, todo lists, full text search, and optional end-to-end encryption. It is cross-platform, available on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

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